1975 British Chess Championship, Morecambe, 4-15 August • 1974« »1976

1975 British Chess Championship		Residence	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
1	William R Hartston	Cambridge	2475m	♦ 1/30	◊ ½/12	♦ 1/5	◊ ½/16	♦ 1/22	♦ 1/3	◊ ½/4	♦ 1/7	♦ ½/2	◊ ½/6	◊ ½/9	8
2	Simon Webb	Harlington	2385	♦ ½/19	◊ 1/23	♦ ½/7	◊ 1/18	♦ 1/6	◊ 0/4	♦ ½/3	♦ 1/8	◊ ½/1	◊ 1/9	♦ 0/5	7
3	Louis De Veauce	Manchester	2270	◊ ½/13	♦ 1/27	♦ 1/12	◊ 1/6	♦ 1/7	◊ 0/1	◊ ½/2	♦ ½/4	◊ 0/5	♦ ½/15	♦ 1/10	7
4	Anthony J Miles	Birmingham	2435m	◊ ½/32	♦ ½/13	◊ 1/17	♦ ½/10	◊ 1/8	♦ 1/2	♦ ½/1	◊ ½/3	♦ 0/6	◊ 1/5	♦ ½/11	7
5	Maxwell L Fuller	AUS Ilford	2400	◊ 1/33	♦ ½/8	◊ 0/1	♦ ½/23	◊ 1/29	◊ ½/16	♦ ½/6	◊ 1/10	♦ 1/3	♦ 0/4	◊ 1/2	7
6	Jonathan S Speelman	London	2370	◊ 1/28	♦ 1/18	◊ 1/10	♦ 0/3	◊ 0/2	♦ ½/11	◊ ½/5	♦ 1/22	◊ 1/4	♦ ½/1	◊ 0/7	6½
7	Craig W Pritchett	Scotland	2390	◊ 1/20	♦ 1/17	◊ ½/2	♦ 1/8	◊ 0/3	♦ ½/10	♦ 1/22	◊ 0/1	♦ 0/9	◊ ½/11	♦ 1/6	6½
8	John E Littlewood	Skelmersdale	2340	♦ 1/34	◊ ½/5	♦ 1/15	◊ 0/7	♦ 0/4	◊ 1/18	♦ 1/16	◊ 0/2	♦ ½/14	◊ ½/12	♦ 1/22	6½
9	Owen Hindle	Cromer		◊ ½/29	♦ ½/28	◊ ½/11	♦ ½/15	◊ ½/17	♦ ½/27	◊ 1/21	♦ 1/20	◊ 1/7	♦ 0/2	♦ ½/1	6½
10	Victor W Knox	Manchester	2320	◊ 1/14	♦ 1/25	♦ 0/6	◊ ½/4	♦ ½/16	◊ ½/7	◊ ½/11	♦ 0/5	◊ 1/20	♦ 1/19	◊ 0/3	6
11	Jonathan Penrose	London	2420m	♦ ½/23	◊ ½/26	♦ ½/9	◊ ½/12	♦ 1/13	◊ ½/6	♦ ½/10	◊ ½/14	◊ ½/15	♦ ½/7	◊ ½/4	6
12	Alan H Perkins	London	2300	◊ 1/31	♦ ½/1	◊ 0/3	♦ ½/11	◊ ½/27	♦ ½/17	◊ ½/19	♦ ½/23	◊ 1/22	♦ ½/8	◊ ½/15	6
13	Bernard Cafferty	Birmingham	2335	♦ ½/3	◊ ½/4	♦ 1/19	◊ 0/22	◊ 0/11	♦ ½/29	♦ ½/24	◊ ½/18	♦ 1/27	◊ 1/23	♦ ½/14	6
14	Peter H Clarke	Bude	2350	♦ 0/10	◊ 0/22	♦ ½/24	◊ 1/30	♦ 1/26	◊ 1/15	◊ ½/20	♦ ½/11	◊ ½/8	♦ ½/21	◊ ½/13	6
15	Brian R Eley	Bolton-on-Dearne	2340	◊ ½/27	♦ 1/21	◊ 0/8	◊ ½/9	♦ ½/34	♦ 0/14	◊ 1/28	◊ 1/25	♦ ½/11	◊ ½/3	♦ ½/12	6
16	Michael J Haygarth	Wetherby	2335	◊ ½/25	♦ 1/32	◊ ½/20	♦ ½/1	◊ ½/10	♦ ½/5	◊ 0/8	♦ ½/17	◊ ½/23	♦ ½/18	◊ ½/21	5½
17	Andrew J Whiteley	London	2380	♦ 1/22	◊ 0/7	♦ 0/4	◊ 1/28	♦ ½/9	◊ ½/12	♦ ½/27	◊ ½/16	♦ ½/21	◊ ½/24	◊ ½/18	5½
18	Nigel E Povah	London		♦ 1/24	◊ 0/6	♦ 1/26	♦ 0/2	◊ ½/23	♦ 0/8	◊ ½/31	♦ ½/13	◊ 1/28	◊ ½/16	♦ ½/17	5½
19	Michael Macdonald-Ross	Harrow		◊ ½/2	♦ ½/29	◊ 0/13	♦ 1/21	◊ 1/20	◊ 0/22	♦ ½/12	◊ 1/27	♦ ½/24	◊ 0/10	♦ ½/23	5½
20	Nigel J Holloway	Cambridge	2365	♦ 0/7	◊ 1/30	♦ ½/16	◊ 1/34	♦ 0/19	◊ 1/23	♦ ½/14	◊ 0/9	♦ 0/10	◊ ½/25	♦ 1/24	5½
21	Roderick McIntosh McKay	Glasgow	2335	♦ ½/26	◊ 0/15	♦ ½/25	◊ 0/19	♦ 1/30	◊ 1/34	♦ 0/9	♦ 1/31	◊ ½/17	◊ ½/14	♦ ½/16	5½
22	Kenneth P Neat	Durham		◊ 0/17	♦ 1/14	◊ 1/29	♦ 1/13	◊ 0/1	♦ 1/19	◊ 0/7	◊ 0/6	♦ 0/12	♦ 1/26	◊ 0/8	5
23	John G Nicholson	London		◊ ½/11	♦ 0/2	◊ 1/32	◊ ½/5	♦ ½/18	♦ 0/20	◊ 1/33	◊ ½/12	♦ ½/16	♦ 0/13	◊ ½/19	5
24	Alan T Ludgate	Liverpool		◊ 0/18	♦ ½/31	◊ ½/14	♦ 0/29	◊ ½/28	♦ 1/32	◊ ½/13	♦ 1/26	◊ ½/19	♦ ½/17	◊ 0/20	5
25	Ian J Sinclair	Kilmacolm		♦ ½/16	◊ 0/10	◊ ½/21	♦ 0/27	◊ 1/33	♦ ½/31	◊ 1/29	♦ 0/15	◊ 0/26	♦ ½/20	◊ 1/34	5
26	Jeff Horner	Bolton	2450	◊ ½/21	♦ ½/11	◊ 0/18	♦ ½/31	◊ 0/14	♦ ½/33	♦ 1/34	◊ 0/24	♦ 1/25	◊ 0/22	♦ 1/30	5
27	Frank Parr	Ewell		♦ ½/15	◊ 0/3	♦ ½/28	◊ 1/25	♦ ½/12	◊ ½/9	◊ ½/17	♦ 0/19	◊ 0/13	♦ ½/32	◊ ½/33	4½
28	Paul R Kemp	Nottingham		♦ 0/6	◊ ½/9	◊ ½/27	♦ 0/17	♦ ½/24	◊ 1/30	♦ 0/15	◊ 1/32	♦ 0/18	◊ ½/33	◊ ½/31	4½
29	Rory M R O'Kelly	London		♦ ½/9	◊ ½/19	♦ 0/22	◊ 1/24	♦ 0/5	◊ ½/13	♦ 0/25	♦ ½/33	◊ 0/30	♦ 1/34	◊ ½/32	4½
30	Moss McCarthy	Swansea		◊ 0/1	♦ 0/20	◊ ½/33	♦ 0/14	◊ 0/21	♦ 0/28	◊ ½/32	◊ 1/34	♦ 1/29	♦ 1/31	◊ 0/26	4
31	Peter J Lee	Portsmouth		♦ 0/12	◊ ½/24	♦ ½/34	◊ ½/26	♦ ½/32	◊ ½/25	♦ ½/18	◊ 0/21	♦ ½/33	◊ 0/30	♦ ½/28	4
32	David J Sully	Oxford	2435	♦ ½/4	◊ 0/16	♦ 0/23	♦ ½/33	◊ ½/31	◊ 0/24	♦ ½/30	♦ 0/28	◊ ½/34	◊ ½/27	♦ ½/29	3½
33	Gerald Bonner	Glasgow	2275	♦ 0/5	◊ 0/34	♦ ½/30	◊ ½/32	♦ 0/25	◊ ½/26	♦ 0/23	◊ ½/29	◊ ½/31	♦ ½/28	♦ ½/27	3½
34	David Brine Pritchard	Godalming		◊ 0/8	♦ 1/33	◊ ½/31	♦ 0/20	◊ ½/15	♦ 0/21	◊ 0/26	♦ 0/30	♦ ½/32	◊ 0/29	♦ 0/25	2½

THE B.C.F. CONGRESS [CHESS Magazine, September 1975, p350ff]

The entry, over 500, broke all previous records. Unfortunately, although the numbers were evenly divided between morning and afternoon main sessions, this meant that the various events straggled into a great number of rooms over a large area of the venue, Morecambe High School.

There were 34 in the British Championship; 30 in the British Ladies, Girls under 18 and Girls under 14; 30 in the British Junior (under 21), 45 for the under 18, 60 for the under 16, 60 for the under 14 and 26 for the new under 11. Also 61 for the Major Open, 54 for the First Class, 15 for the Over 60 and 96 for four five-day events.

William R. Hartston (28), mathematician and author, regained his 1973 British Championship title. Last yeai, it will be recalled, he tied for first place with George Botterill, (who won the sevenfold play-off), Bellin, Haygarth, Williams, Mestel and Stean.

The absence of R. D. Keene, who has turned his back on the British Championship in disapproval of the Swiss pairing system, also of the defending champion [Botterill] whose wife has been very poorly, was accentuated when Mestel, Williams, Stean, Nunn and Basman had other calls and Bellin’s entry was turned down (he came ready to play but no entry or entry fee from him could be traced).

In view of recent form Miles was expected to challenge strongly but never really got going. Hartston’s domination became so complete as to rob the event of some of its interest and enable him to coast home with perfunctory draws.

Literally the hottest championship (reaching 93F.) in the 71 years’ history of the event and the first in which a competitor (Macdonaid-Ross) played the best part of a round (the first) stripped to the waist, possibly encouraged by the fact that the event was held in a Morecambe suburb called Bare.

1975 British Ladies’ Chess Championship • 1974« »1976

1975 British Ladies Championship		Residence	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Total
1	Sheila Jackson1	Liverpool	2030	&;	1	½	½	1	0	1		1	1	½	1	1						8½
2	(Patricia) Anne Sunnucks	Crowthorne	2075wm	0	&;	1	½	0	1		1		1	1			1	1	1			8½
3	Dr Jana Hartston	Cambridge	2250wm	½	0	&;	0	½		1	1	1	1	1			1	1				8
4	Susan L Caldwell	London	2050	½	½	1	&;	0	0			1	1	1			1	½			1	7½
5	Elaine Pritchard	Godalming	2060wm	0	1	½	1	&;	0	1	0			1	1	1					1	7½
6	Kathleen Hindle	Cromer		1	0		1	1	&;		1				0	0	½		1	1	0	6½
7	Mary A Hutchinson	Brigg		0		0		0		&;	½	1			0	½		½	1	1	1	5½
8	Susan A Hutchinson	Brigg			0	0		1	0	½	&;		0	0		1			1	1	1	5½
9	Rowena M Bruce	Plymouth	wm	0		0	0			0		&;	½			1	½	1	1	½	1	5½
10	Margaret E E Clarke	Bude	1970	0	0	0	0				1	½	&;	0	1	1		1		1		5½
11	Wanda Pritchard	Godalming		½	0	0	0	0			1		1	&;	1		1	1	0			5½
12	Dr Valerie Craven	Leeds		0				0	1	1			0	0	&;	0	0		1	1	1	5
13	Muriel E Leask	Midlothian		0				0	1	½	0	0	0		1	&;	½		1	½		4½
14	Margaret R Rowley	Harrogate			0	0	0		½			½		0	1	½	&;	0		1	1	4½
15	Rae E Galtsmith-Clarke	London NW1	1800		0	0	½			½		0	0	0			1	&;	1	½	1	4½
16	Mrs I Oliver	Enfield			0				0	0	0	0		1	0	0		0	&;	1	1	3
17	Jean Pickles	Preston							0	0	0	½	0		0	½	0	½	0	&;	1	2½
18	Christine M Elder	Dundee					0	0	1	0	0	0			0		0	0	0	0	&;	1

¹ play-off (Cardiff, 2-5 January 1976) - Sheila Jackson 2½ (01½1) - 1½ (10½0) Anne Sunnucks.

[CHESS, September 1975, p352] "A crazy year. Jana Hartston’s loss to Susan Caldwell in Rd. 3 seemed to sap her confidence but Susan, after draws with Sheila Jackson and Anne Sunnucks, lost to Elaine Pritchard who with two rounds to go led by a clear point then lost to Kathleen Hindle and S. A. Hutchinson. Mrs. Hindle, who had just tied for the Scottish Ladies Championship with Mrs. Leask, started with three losses to tail-enders, then won six games in succession, the last three against Miss Caldwell, Miss Jackson and Mrs. Pritchett. Her headlong progress was halted only in the last round by Miss Sunnucks who held the title in 1957, 1958 and 1964. Sheila Jackson is only 17, still at school; when she finishes a game, she ups and away with the minimum of analysing or staying around to watch."

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1975 BCF Major Open

(1) Albert Peter Wernitz (GER) 9/11; (2) John N Sugden 8; (3-5) B R Smith, James E Vickery, Derek Maurice Wise 7½; (6-11) Paul A Hutchinson, Paul V Byway, Julian T Farrand, Richard Arnold Collins, John M Ripley, Jochen Lehmensick 7; (12-14) Charles W Kennaugh, John J Carleton, (Derek) George Ellison 6½; (15-27) John W Naylor, A Philip Primett, Ian McAllan, Keith L Escott, Philip Maurice Giulian, Andrew J Morley, George Szaszvari, Michael Davis, James R Nicolson, Ludwig Rellstab (GER), Baruch H Wood, Paul F Habershon, D Newhouse 6; (28-36) Dr. Paul Dean, Peter A Harris, John F Turnock, Otto H Hardy, Richard J F Sams, Paul A Lamford, Alan G Trangmar, Peter J Romilly, Graham P Burton 5½; (37-42) E J Blackburn, Chris J McSheehy, Martin H Hawley, B Marshall, David J James, David A Curnow 5; (43-46) John D L Ball, R Alan Barton, R Bischoff, Percy B Cook 4½; (47-52) I Nelson, (Denis) Michael Denison, K Evans, John M Bennett, J R Holland, John G Cockcroft (out of 10) 4; (53-54) J W Dick, (Arthur) John Peters 3½; (55-56) Michael P Littlewood, F Corrigan (out of 10) 3; (57) Roger D W Marsh 2½ (out of 9).

The Major Open Tournament was won by a German entrant A Wernitz. J N Sugden Cambridge, as highest placed British competitor, gains a place in the next British Championship.

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British Junior Championships

1975 British Under-21 Championship

(1) Paul Littlewood 9/11; (2) R A Rigby 8; (3) M K Jones 7½; (4-10) Mike C Truran, Martin Goldschmidt, Peter G Large 7; David L Massie, A G Coates, Mark I Hassall, Nick P Alexander 6½; (11-15) Jonathan Kinlay, Chris W Baker, Malcolm R Major, Shaun M Taulbut, C Jones 6; (16-19) J A Hutchinson, Ivan P Legg, D Kerr, Simon C LeBlancq 5½; (20-21) Nigel Anthony Patrick McSheehy, Anthony L Hosking 5; (22-26) Alan S Westwood, Andrew P Le Fevre, A Costelecky, Amit Mozoomdar, Ian J Wallis 4½; (27-28) Peter D Rooney, Julian Paul Fetterlein 4; (29) Rowley C S Newton 3½; (30) S F Barry 3; (31) Kevin Bowmer 2½ (out of 8).

P Littlewood Skelmersdale, son of J E, also goes into the 1976 British Championship, winning the British Junior (under 21) title with 9 pts., ahead of R A Rigby 8.

1975 British Under-18 Championship

(1) Richard L Britton 9½/11; (2-3) Martin A Lee, David P Mooney 8; (4) D Johnson 7½; (5-6) H Dugald Macpherson, P Hadden 7; (7-11) Gary Kenworthy, Neil Davey, K S Ashman, A Macdonald, Adam C W Springbett 6½; (12-17) Simon Macaulay, R Campbell, Charles G Button, Howard S Mather, J N Mills, M Cox 6; (18-28) S Williams, Adrian Stuart Argile, Simon P Finn, Ian R Dutton, Bernard L Tedd, J Boswell, C Parkes, Paul C Girdlestone, M J Spencer, P F Brown, Andrew D Martin 5½; (29) D Booth 5; (30-32) P J Dolan, Philip R Baslington, A Gilmore 4½; (33-36) J Anderson, John A Bower, Peter J Szalapaj, R Ellis 4; (37-40) A H Thomas, Richard C P Freeman, G Hardy, R Hirst 3½; (41) S B P Towers 3; (42) M P Cooper 2½ (out of 7).

1975 British Under-16 Championship

(1-2) Trevor Fernley, Peter J Sowray 9/11; (3-4) Julian M Hodgson, Ian M Raindle 8; (5-7) Paul D Hannam, Simon Spivack, Jonathan C Benjamin 7½; (8-12) H James Plaskett, M Spindler, Nigel R Davies, G P Tait, John W Branford 7; (13-18) P A Bancroft, M Paul Townsend, Adrian Jackson, S J Hooker, Russell Granat, S Johnson 6½; (19-27) Carl A Plasa, Chris K D Holland, Daniel Shuttleworth, Kim L Harris, S P Jackson, D A Phillips, A Gregory, Stephen J Popham, C P Lines 6; (28-36) Tom M Clarke, G Boot, J R Fryer, M J Coogan, Mark R Charter, M Kearns, J S Hill, R Stern, S J Dilworth 5½; (37-44) Malcolm Pein, Colin J Gentile, Owen S Phillips, S Milner, Malcolm G Bucknell, M J Tait, J E Hudson, Michael A Carnochan 5; (45-51) P Heighway, M Howard, P Kenning, G Stern, Norman A Lazonby, A Gardner, D Marshall 4½; (52-58) David G Hackett, M N Ward, D Ralston, P B Cook, S B Rooney, A J Ryba, James D Pratt 4; (59-62) A J Bullen, P G Featherstone, George N Crockart, G R Wood 3½; (63) R Clough 2½.

Trevor Fernley (Sheffield) and Peter J Sowray (London W4) tied first in the British Under 16. Fernley got there via a 78 moves, 7 hours’ draw with 10-year-old Julian Hodgson (London).

1975 British Under-14 Championship

(1) Nicholas R Benjamin 9/11; (2-3) Richard F Holmes, Nick W Ivell 8; (4-5) David H Cummings, John A Hann 7½; (6-11) Nicolas Mark Marillier Andrews, Clive A Frostick, Simon D Brown, Colin P Garwood, Daniel J King, Robert D M Alster 7; (12-17) Gary Senior, Simon D Hannan, Richard Webb, C Scott, R Henley, Simon J Don 6½; (18-26) Neil W Cannon, Adam Jefferson Griffiths, C Barron, Robert Williams, Andrew J King, Rick J McMichael, A C McGregor, K Allen, C Young (out of 9) 6; (27-31) N Cunningham, R J Williams, Matthew P Sames, Benjamin P Q Collinson, M Hare 5½; (32-43) J G Towers, K N Parker, Martin J Benjamin, A Barron, M Felton, J T Ward, N Fenton, T Jones, K A Yeomans, N Jones, Chris A Jones, S H Lee 5; (44-50) Sajal K Rakshit, Tom Farrand, G M Jennings, P Fenton, C Tuthill, A Bill, Kajol K Rakshit 4½; (51-53) P Seery, D Branford, J R Hannan 4; (54) J E Hockaday 3½; (55) A Jordan 3; (56) P Thompson 2½; (57-58) G W L Evans, P W Coxon 2.

1975 British Under-11 Championship

(1) Neale D Walford 6½; (2-3) Nigel D Short, Ian D Wells 6; (4) John C Hawksworth 5½; (5-8) I Brennan, James C Howell, D Jones, Robert G Letton 5; (9-12) D Connolly, R M Harris, S Phillips, G Tubb 4½; (13-14) P McMahon, A Stolow 4; (15-17) Neil Fox, G Roberts, M Shephard 3½; (18-22) A Dearnley, D Edmonds, D J Lee, P Nightingale, J Peters 3; (23-24) J A Brown, P Jones 2½; (25) J Newham 2; (26) M Ellis 1½.

1975 British Girls Under-18 Championship

1975 British Girls Under 18 Championship		1	2	3	4	Total
1	Jane F Seymour	&;	½ ½	1 1	1 1	5
2	Jane Anson	½ ½	&;	1 1	½ ½	4
3	Alison Boswell	0 0	0 0	&;	1 ½	1½
4	Sharon Prince	0 0	½ ½	0 ½	&;	1½

My thanks to Jane Eichmann (née Anson) for providing the results of the above event

1975 British Girls Under-14 Championship

(1) Helen Granat 4½/5; (2) Penelope Anne Coxon 3½; (3-5) Ross Crail, Deborah M Evans, Jane Garwell 3; (6-7) C Fox, Carena Nicholas 2½; (8-9) Anita Rakshit, Mira Rakshit 1½.

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1975 BCF Over-60s Tournament

(1-2) Robert P Ross, Wilfred Evans¹ 9/11; (3) W R Withers 8½; (4) C W Marshall 7½; (5) Mrs Olive Chataway 6½; (6-8) James W Prosser, Alfred Milner, W A Dixon 6; (9-11) M McCaig, B C Gould, F Richardson 5; (12) Peter Doig (Wormit, Fife) 4½; (13-14) Miss A Livesey, J Johnson 4; (15) G Burnett 2.

¹ Biographical note: Wilfred Evans, b 12 November 1897, d 1985/q1, Reading, Berkshire, should not be confused with Wilfred Colin Evans, known as Colin, b 16 January 1909, Wales, lived in Sheffield from 1919, d 1996/q1, Rotherham, Yorkshire. The Yorkshire-based player seems to have played chess close to home, while the older Wilfred Evans, who lived in Chorleywood, played county chess for Buckinghamshire and was affiliated to Battersea CC in the mid-1950s, travelled to various congresses around the country. At one time he was the SCCU grader. JS

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BCF First Class

1st Roger Hardy 8½/11; Stephen Welbourne 8; R Glew, Arthur Pinkerton, Raymond J Starkie, D M Taylor 7½; Roy Woodcock, George V Glover, (Henry) James Draisey 7; (James) Stuart Ridgway, R Franklin, Lucien Mouillaux, G S McCormick, David Eustace, P Ball 6½; Dr. Reinhard Cherubim, Frank G Hatto, A Gardner, J H Hasselt, W Johnson, G Alec M Boswell, Fred C Manning, M Owen 6; K F Shaw, B R Walker, C M Read, F K Kneale, W Phillips, V Ramjit, A Mack, M R Lee, D Blair, E J West, D G Woodruff, J M Chevalier, T Russell 5½; F Cole, Mike T Bolam, L Fainlight, John Philip Scragg, J L Barks, E R Rawcliffe 5; D McGregor, E Plumbley, P Griffiths, K A Lucas 4½; P Blackburn, Frank A Winter, B Dann, R Blake, John C Calvert 4; G H Phillips 3½; H Phillips, Mrs P Jackson, H F Long 3; Miss L Toth 2 (out of 8).

Five Day (First Week)

1st Ronald F Harman 4½/5; P Aston, Mike J Conroy, M Hickey 4; Jacob (Jack) Alster, Paul R Bielby, A Foster, Robin A E Shaw 3½; K C Dunmore, Leslie T Melvin, J H Rathbune, A Willis 3; R L Baker, F J Batchelor, Bryan J Benjamin, S Johnson, P J Monks 2½; T E Fineran, Richard J Haddrell, John D H Hair, R G Jones, T Mezzo, M L Patrick 2; J Coogan, A Mufti, R Boot, R Gouldsworthy 1½; N T Blade, Eric D Hockaday 1; Mrs F Enns 0.

Five Day (Second Week)

1st George Renison 4½/5; Jacob (Jack) Alster, Bryan J Benjamin, Paul R Bielby, C F Fielding, R K Taylor 4; B Brown 3½; David O Vaughan, C Fisher, H Trevor Jones, Richard J Haddrell, M C Hartley, M Hickey, Mike J Conroy, - Andrews 3; G C Yarwood, Leslie T Melvin, Leigh A Trangmar 2½; G Davie, R L Baker, Kenneth A J Francis, M L Patrick, C Cheetham, J A Beck, A Shaw, J M Naylor, N Spencer 2; F F Jacquier, P Lyons 1½; G Stokes-Roberts, D Shereood, K H Appleby, P J Monks 1; T E Fineran ½.

Five Day Afternoon (First Week)

1st Anthony P Taglione 4½/5; Richard W O'Brien, James Steedman 4; M E Cooksey, Alan D Gravett, B S Mackay, Victor J Russ 3½; F W Bradbury, A W R Harris, A Vigor 3; J R Beadle, Horst Otto Heuer, M M Robertson, B Sanders, M E Waite 2½; S Allcock, J D Evans, Mrs Ann Garwell, D C Knight, A Lane, John D H Nicholas 2; L Bland, P T Seery 1½; A Danic, Mrs J Withers 1.

Five Day Afternoon (Second Week)

1-3 John A Gorman, Richard W O’Brien, M M Robertson 4/5; 4-6 George Gatheral, R A Walker, James Steedman 3½; 7-10 B Connolley, J R Beadle, R Jones, A Holden 3; 11-12 Horst Otto Heuer, A W R Harris 2½; 13-17 Peter Cloudsdale, G Wellings, Alan D Gravett, B S Mackay, J Beckett 2; 18-20 P Perry, Mrs J Withers, Miss Annie Hilda Gammans 1½; 21 J G Whitehead 1.

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File Updated

Date	Notes
17 September 2017	Uploaded in its present form.
26 June 2019	Added a game from the 1975 British Women's Championship – Sheila Jackson 0-1 Kathleen Hindle – which I collected from an excellent archive page on the Chess Scotland site.
16 April 2020	Added the game D.Newhouse - J.R. Nicolson from the Major Open, found in Mike Conroy's book A History of Lancashire Chess 1871-2009, page 280.
1 May 2020	Three games added and one corrected as regards its provenance. The game Sheila Jackson vs Anne Sunnucks previously given here was not played as part of the British Women's Championship proper, but was the last of the four play-off games played in 2-5 January 1976 in Cardiff. I've now added the three other games of this play-off match.
4 October 2020	Revamped to provide a crosstable of the Ladies' Championship and fill in a few more forenames.
18 March 2021	Added biographical note about the two Wilfred Evanses.
4 September 2021	Added the British Women's Championship game K.Hindle 1-0 S.Caldwell, contributed by Geoff Chandler, for which many thanks.
8 February 2022	Thanks to Jane Eichmann (née Anson) for supplying full results and names for the 1975 British Girls' Under-18 Championship.
20 December 2022	Added 11 games played by Richard A Collins in the Major Open. Includes his annotations. My thanks to Sean Parker for sending me Richard Collins' collected games.
26 December 2022	Added one game: B.Blackburn 0-1 G.H.Phillips (First Class), found in an old issue of CHESS.