1974 Robert Silk Fellowship, Paignton, 1-7 September

1974 Robert Silk Fellowship		Fed	Elo/BCF	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total
1	John D M Nunn	ENG	2395/213	&;	½	1	0	1	1	1	1	5½
2	A Jonathan Mestel	ENG	2270/216	½	&;	½	1	1	0	1	1	5
3	Martyn J Corden	ENG	2315/214	0	½	&;	0	½	1	1	1	4
4	Paul E Littlewood	ENG	197	1	0	1	&;	0	1	½	0	3½
5	A Howard Williams	WLS	2405/227	0	0	½	1	&;	0	1	1	3½
6	David J Findlay	SCO		0	1	0	0	1	&;	0	½	2½
7	Jonathan Speelman	ENG	204	0	0	0	½	0	1	&;	1	2½
8	Max Fuller	AUS	2365	0	0	0	1	0	½	0	&;	1½

24th Paignton Premier, 1-7 September

1974 Paignton Premier		Elo/BCF	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
1	Nigel E Povah	204	◊ 1/29	♦ 1/37	◊ 1/16	♦ 1/10	◊ 1/7	♦ 1/3	♦ ½/2	6½
2	Gerald H Bennett	206	-	♦ 1/18	◊ 1/33	♦ 1/25	◊ 1/22	♦ 1/12	◊ ½/1	5½
3	Peter C Griffiths	2285	◊ ½/10	♦ 1/32	◊ 1/44	♦ 1/13	♦ 1/15	◊ 0/1	♦ 1/7	5½
4	Michael A Stevenson		♦ ½/45	◊ ½/40	♦ 1/9	♦ ½/46	◊ 1/30	♦ 1/26	◊ 1/12	5½
5	F W Edge		◊ 1/50	♦ ½/44	◊ ½/20	♦ ½/8	◊ 1/46	♦ ½/6	◊ 1/23	5
6	Paul D Hare	186	♦ 1/28	◊ 1/9	♦ 0/22	◊ ½/26	♦ 1/27	◊ ½/5	♦ 1/15	5
7	Peter W Hempson	196	◊ 1/18	♦ 1/30	◊ 1/8	◊ 1/22	♦ 0/1	♦ 1/13	◊ 0/3	5
8	M J Lester		◊ 1/23	◊ 1/11	♦ 0/7	◊ ½/5	♦ ½/10	◊ 1/14	♦ 1/20	5
9	George Harold Govas		◊ 1/52	♦ 0/6	◊ 0/4	♦ 1/39	◊ 1/33	♦ ½/34	◊ 1/25	4½
10	Ronald E Spurgeon	185	♦ ½/3	◊ 1/45	♦ 1/34	◊ 0/1	◊ ½/8	♦ ½/25	◊ 1/26	4½
11	Daryl C Taylor		◊ 1/33	♦ 0/8	◊ 1/51	♦ ½/30	◊ 0/13	♦ 1/46	◊ 1/34	4½
12	Paul R Kemp		♦ 1/27	◊ 0/22	♦ 1/40	◊ 1/24	♦ 1/31	◊ 0/2	♦ 0/4	4
13	William A Linton		♦ 1/41	◊ ½/15	♦ 1/36	◊ 0/3	♦ 1/11	◊ 0/7	♦ ½/27	4
14	William Ritson Morry		♦ 0/34	◊ ½/49	◊ ½/32	♦ 1/54	◊ 1/44	♦ 0/8	◊ 1/41	4
15	Kenneth I Norman		◊ 1/17	♦ ½/13	◊ ½/26	♦ 1/16	◊ 0/3	♦ 1/22	◊ 0/6	4
16	Chris C W Shephard	199	◊ 1/53	♦ 1/21	♦ 0/1	◊ 0/15	♦ ½/35	◊ ½/19	♦ 1/36	4
17	James Macrae Aitken		♦ 0/15	♦ 1/53	◊ ½/21	♦ ½/23	◊ ½/32	◊ ½/31	♦ ½/40	3½
18	Anthony J Booth		♦ 0/7	◊ 0/2	♦ 0/35	◊ 1/43	♦ 1/53	◊ 1/48	♦ ½/24	3½
19	Percy Baldwin Cook		◊ 0/21	♦ 1/47	◊ 0/25	♦ ½/48	◊ 1/51	♦ ½/16	◊ ½/32	3½
20	Christopher M Cooley		◊ 1/51	◊ ½/36	♦ ½/5	◊ ½/27	♦ 0/26	♦ 1/21	◊ 0/8	3½
21	(Dr) Paul Dean		♦ 1/19	◊ 0/16	♦ ½/17	◊ ½/40	♦ ½/39	◊ 0/20	♦ 1/45	3½
22	Raymond J Gamble		◊ 1/42	♦ 1/12	◊ 1/6	♦ 0/7	♦ 0/2	◊ 0/15	◊ ½/33	3½
23	Anthony L Hosking		♦ 0/8	◊ 1/43	♦ ½/28	◊ ½/17	♦ ½/36	◊ 1/35	♦ 0/5	3½
24	Brian A Jones	190	½/bye	♦ ½/46	◊ 1/37	♦ 0/12	◊ 0/34	♦ 1/42	◊ ½/18	3½
25	Paul S N Kendall		♦ ½/31	◊ ½/34	♦ 1/19	◊ 0/2	♦ 1/38	◊ ½/10	♦ 0/9	3½
26	Peter G Killick		♦ ½/40	◊ 1/39	♦ ½/15	♦ ½/6	◊ 1/20	◊ 0/4	♦ 0/10	3½
27	Harry Lamb		◊ 0/12	♦ 1/52	◊ 1/31	♦ ½/20	◊ 0/6	♦ ½/41	◊ ½/13	3½
28	Edward G Lea		◊ 0/6	♦ 1/42	◊ ½/23	♦ 0/31	◊ 0/41	♦ 1/47	◊ 1/52	3½
29	David Lees		♦ 0/1	◊ ½/38	♦ ½/39	◊ 0/9	♦ ½/50	♦ 1/51	◊ 1/44	3½
30	David L Massie		♦ 1/38	◊ 0/7	♦ 1/49	◊ ½/11	♦ 0/4	◊ ½/36	♦ ½/31	3½
31	P Stuart Milner-Barry		◊ ½/25	♦ 1/54	♦ 0/27	◊ 1/28	◊ 0/12	♦ ½/17	◊ ½/30	3½
32	James E Pattle		♦ ½/39	◊ 0/3	♦ ½/14	◊ 1/53	♦ ½/17	◊ ½/40	♦ ½/19	3½
33	John K Robinson	192	♦ 0/11	◊ 1/41	♦ 0/2	◊ 1/49	♦ 0/9	◊ 1/39	♦ ½/22	3½
34	John Godfrey R Stainton		◊ 1/14	♦ ½/25	◊ 0/10	◊ ½/38	♦ 1/24	◊ ½/9	♦ 0/11	3½
35	Maurice J Staples	190	◊ 0/44	♦ 0/51	◊ 1/18	♦ 1/37	◊ ½/16	♦ 0/23	◊ 1/46	3½
36	John C Cock		◊ 1/47	♦ ½/20	◊ 0/13	♦ ½/44	◊ ½/23	♦ ½/30	◊ 0/16	3
37	Vernon Dilworth		♦ 1/48	◊ 0/1	♦ 0/24	◊ 0/35	♦ 1/52	◊ ½/45	♦ ½/38	3
38	James B Goodman	161	◊ 0/30	♦ ½/29	◊ 1/54	♦ ½/34	◊ 0/25	♦ ½/44	◊ ½/37	3
39	Dominique Metras	France	◊ ½/32	♦ 0/26	◊ ½/29	♦ ½/42	◊ ½/21	♦ 0/33	◊ 1/50	3
40	N Anthony Perkins		◊ ½/26	♦ ½/4	◊ 0/12	♦ ½/21	◊ ½/48	♦ ½/32	◊ ½/17	3
41	(Dr) P D Ralph		◊ 0/13	♦ 0/33	◊ ½/50	♦ 1/52	♦ 1/28	◊ ½/27	♦ 0/14	3
42	Geoffrey N Stokes		♦ 0/22	◊ 0/28	♦ 1/43	◊ ½/39	♦ ½/45	◊ 0/24	♦ 1/51	3
43	M K Jones		◊ ½/54	♦ 0/23	◊ 0/42	♦ 0/18	½/bye	◊ 1/53	♦ 1/48	3
44	Arthur C Barton		♦ 1/35	◊ ½/5	♦ 0/3	◊ ½/36	♦ 0/14	◊ ½/38	♦ 0/29	2½
45	Ronald M Bruce		◊ ½/4	♦ 0/10	◊ ½/47	♦ ½/51	◊ ½/42	♦ ½/37	◊ 0/21	2½
46	Leslie P Collard		♦ ½/49	◊ ½/24	♦ 1/48	◊ ½/4	♦ 0/5	◊ 0/11	♦ 0/35	2½
47	(Patricia) Anne Sunnucks	2100wm/183	♦ 0/36	◊ 0/19	♦ ½/45	◊ ½/50	♦ ½/49	◊ 0/28	♦ 1/53	2½
48	R Casanova		◊ 0/37	♦ 1/50	◊ 0/46	◊ ½/19	♦ ½/40	♦ 0/18	◊ 0/43	2
49	Wilfred H Pratten		◊ ½/46	♦ ½/14	◊ 0/30	♦ 0/33	◊ ½/47	♦ ½/50		2
50	J Walker		♦ 0/5	◊ 0/48	♦ ½/41	♦ ½/47	◊ ½/29	◊ ½/49	♦ 0/39	2
51	P H Copeland		♦ 0/20	◊ 1/35	♦ 0/11	◊ ½/45	♦ 0/19	◊ 0/29	◊ 0/42	1½
52	Joseph M Soesan		♦ 0/9	◊ 0/27	♦ 0/53	◊ 0/41	◊ 0/37	1/bye	♦ 0/28	1
53	R Willey		♦ 0/16	◊ 0/17	◊ 1/52	♦ 0/32	◊ 0/18	♦ 0/43	◊ 0/47	1
54	Geoffrey Daw		♦ ½/43	◊ 0/31	♦ 0/38	◊ 0/14	withdrew			½/4

Other Events

Challengers A: (1-3) A Gardner, Richard James, Mitko Entchev Mitev 5½/7; (4-5) B van der Gaast, Gerald Homer 5; (6-10) D K Butler, Chris D Carr, P R Rawcliffe, G Stevens, Roy A Wagstaff 4½; (11-14) (Richard) Nevil Coles, G Frost, K M Southern, Peter R Vivian 4; (15-22) G Beattie, John F T Charvill, D C Cannon, G Davies, John M Gorton, Ian Hopkinson, Jack Horrocks, M Roberts 3½; (23-26) Michael Goll, S Hamblin, M E O'Hare, Ronald G Rusha 3; (27-32) John R Beadle, R P Fry, Rodney E James, J G Linn, C J Meadows, S M Owen 2½; (33-34) Fridolin Jaeck, J A McGregor 2; (35-36) J Parker, J P Stapleton 1½.

Challengers B: (1-2) P van der Gaast, Alan D Gravett 5½/7; (3-6) Wilfred Evans, Ian D Hunnable, R J Roberts, B T King 5; (7-20) Andrew J D Baruch, Mrs Rowena M Bruce, William Ernest Bruges, Charles Ambrose S Damant, R J Hirons, Percival Ernest Monkhouse, Miss Gillian A Moore, N Page, (Arthur) Philip Primett, (James) Stuart Ridgway, Alan S Westwood, J I Wilkinson, Mrs Dinah Wright [Norman], Stephen D Lefevre 4; (21-25) Sydney Ross Capsey, H Green, D Lawson, Philip Walden, P C Wood 3½; (26-30) R A Black, A Feinstein, B A Foreman, R H Newman, T Parker 3; (31-35) P G Helliwell, E H Jones, Robert Liggitt, Louis H Plunkett, J Collins, 2½; (36-38) Edward J Downham, E C Sowden, A L Stepney 2; (39) T W Spurgeon 1½; (40) M J Shaw ½.

Premier Reserves A: (1) John P Knee 5/7; (2-3) M Clarke, M Whately 4½; (4) R Burton 4; (5) J W Fischer 3½; (6) R A MacBrayne 3; (7) W E Hollingdale 2½; (8) G L Pritchard 1½.

Premier Reserves B: (1) P Crumbine 6½/7; (2) Eric Croker 4½; (3) R G Daniels 4; (4-5) Joseph John Lauder, B H Turner 3½; (6) R G Monk 3; (7-8) R M Cherry 2, W W Tatum 1.

Premier Reserves C: (1-2) M Beech, W D Johnson 5/7; (3-4) A Varley, T W White 4½; (5) Roy W Heppenstall 4; (6-7) Roger L Baker, A G Bice 2; (8) M O Curtis 1.

Premier Reserves D: (1-2) A J Cooper, W Woodhead 4½/7; (3-4) Charles Hugh Graham Evill, David Terence Fairbank 4; (5) Steadman Louis Russell 3½; (6-7) Mrs Olive Chataway, R W Morris 3; (8) N Brat 1½.

Premier Reserves E: (1-2) Christopher J V Bellers, Alfred Milner 5/7; (3-4) D E Hardcastle, L Guard 4½; (5) J W Thornley 4; (6) M Sommer 2; (7-8) D Evans, D J Meadows 1½.

Premier Reserves F: (1) Philip T R Gasper 5; (2) R J Johnson 4½; (3) R J Thompson 4; (4) Peter J Colwill 2½; (5) Ian R Dutton 1½; (6) D Ball ½.

Major A: (1) T T Skipp 5½/7; (2) K A J Francis 5; (3-4) E Chambers, M D Ticehurst 4½; (5) Rev. Kenneth Stuart Procter 3½; (6) H A Viets 3; (7-8) F Lloyd, F Nicholas 1.

Major B: (1) W E J Sharp 5; (2) M Bird 4; (3-4) Victor Litvin, J Lord 3; (5) P A Baldwin 2½; (6) S Wavell 2; (7) B W Rippon 1½.

Major C: (1) A M Tyrell 5½; (2-3) W G Oliver, F V Wallace 5; (4) K W Thorp 4; (5) E G Potter 3½; (6) G Stokes-Roberts 3; (7) Albert John Leslie Wade 2; (8) J C Hamer 0.

Major D:

1974 Paignton Major D		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total
1	Jane Anson	&;	1	½	1	1	1	½	1	6
2	D W Harper	0	&;	0	1	1	1	1	1	5
3	G Slinger	½	1	&;	0	1	1	½	1	5
4	S Towers	0	0	1	&;	0	1	1	1	4
5	P Rooke	0	0	0	1	&;	½	1	1	3½
6	Miss S Goodwin	0	0	0	0	½	&;	1	1	2½
7	D N Harrison	½	0	½	0	0	0	&;	1	2
8	Mrs M M Lloyd	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	&;	0

My thanks to Jane Eichmann (née Anson) who supplied the crosstable of results for this section. The last-placed player could be Mrs H M Lloyd.

Special Swiss: (1-3) N A Johnson, K Studer, K E Voyce 5½/7; (4) D Dickinson 5; (5-6) A Conroy, D Ravenscroft 4½; (7-15) A E Baker, N C Bowley, A Doust, J J Evans, R E Goodman, D Hancocks, William Latey, Mrs M Wainwright, N M White 4; (16-19) J W Bryan, Mrs P Jackson, Sir John Latey, B C Rowe 3½; (20-22) T Allen, Mrs E Crowe, Maurice Brinsmead Latey 3; (23-25) Mrs M D Hatton, Miss A Livesey, N W Roberts 2½; (26-28) Lady Herbert, M Negus, A W Sommer 2; (29) J White 1½; (30) Patrick Alexander (withdrew after 4 rounds) ½.

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File Updated

Date	Notes
23 December 2021	First upload of 35 games. In compiling the games I have made use of the JM Aitken, PC Griffiths, Paul Littlewood and WH Pratten game collections which are already on BritBase though in the latter two cases they are not complete. I have also added games played by Richard James in Challengers A, from a series of five articles he contributed to the ChessImprover website in 2015. Links to those articles (which have his detailed annotations and stories from the tournament): 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5.
8 February 2022	I am grateful to Jane Eichmann (née Anson) for supplying the crosstable for the Major D section.
2 December 2023	Added the game R.Gamble 0-1 K.Norman, Premier rd 6. Many thanks to Ken Norman.
25 October 2024	I'm pleased to say that all 28 games of the Robert Silk tournament are now available. Many thanks to Andy Ansel for supplying the scores.