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Tournament: 63rd British Championship (won by Mestel) (all 198 games, plus 22 games from other sections)
Venue: Portsmouth • Dates: 9-20 August 1976 • Download PGN Updated 12 October, 2024 10:18 AM

1976 British Chess Championship, Portsmouth, 9-20 August • 1975« »1977

1976 British Chess Championship Nat'y Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  Total 
1 A Jonathan Mestel ENG 2390 ◊ 1/33 ♦ 1/13 ♦ 1/15 ◊ 1/8 ◊ 1/17 ♦ 1/21 ◊ 1/3 ♦ 1/5 ◊ 1/9 ♦ ½/4 ♦ 0/2 9½
2 Andrew J Whiteley ENG 2370 ◊ 0/3 ♦ ½/22 ◊ 1/34 ♦ ½/6 ◊ ½/14 ♦ 1/30 ◊ 1/31 ♦ ½/7 ◊ 1/21 ♦ 1/9 ◊ 1/1 8
3 Emmanuel Rayner WLS   ♦ 1/2 ◊ ½/4 ♦ 1/10 ◊ 1/25 ♦ 0/21 ◊ 1/8 ♦ 0/1 ◊ 1/11 ♦ 0/7 ◊ 1/18 ♦ 1/12 7½
4 Michael J Haygarth ENG 2330 ◊ 1/22 ♦ ½/3 ◊ 1/20 ♦ 0/17 ◊ ½/15 ♦ ½/7 ◊ 1/14 ♦ 1/21 ◊ 1/5 ◊ ½/1 ♦ ½/6 7½
5 Jonathan S Speelman ENG 2380 ♦ ½/11 ◊ ½/14 ♦ 1/33 ◊ 1/16 ♦ ½/8 ◊ 1/18 ♦ 1/6 ◊ 0/1 ♦ 0/4 ◊ ½/10 ♦ 1/19 7
6 Victor W Knox ENG 2330 ♦ 1/23 ◊ 0/15 ♦ 1/14 ◊ ½/2 ♦ ½/10 ♦ 1/20 ◊ 0/5 ◊ 1/25 ♦ ½/16 ◊ 1/7 ◊ ½/4 7
7 Glenn E J Lambert ENG   ♦ 1/21 ◊ 1/12 ♦ 0/8 ◊ ½/15 ♦ ½/16 ◊ ½/4 ♦ 1/18 ◊ ½/2 ◊ 1/3 ♦ 0/6 ◊ ½/9 6½
8 Anthony J Miles ENG 2510m ◊ 1/31 ♦ 1/18 ◊ 1/7 ♦ 0/1 ◊ ½/5 ♦ 0/3 ◊ 1/17 ♦ 0/9 ◊ ½/20 ♦ 1/16 ♦ ½/10 6½
9 Robert Bellin ENG 2360 ♦ 1/24 ◊ ½/10 ♦ ½/16 ◊ 0/21 ♦ 1/12 ◊ 1/23 ♦ 1/15 ◊ 1/8 ♦ 0/1 ◊ 0/2 ♦ ½/7 6½
10 Nigel E Povah ENG 2300 ◊ 1/26 ♦ ½/9 ◊ 0/3 ♦ 1/22 ◊ ½/6 ♦ 1/17 ◊ 0/21 ◊ ½/15 ♦ 1/14 ♦ ½/5 ◊ ½/8 6½
11 Murray G Chandler NZL   ◊ ½/5 ♦ 1/34 ◊ 0/17 ♦ 0/14 ◊ ½/19 ♦ 1/32 ◊ 1/20 ♦ 0/3 ◊ ½/25 ♦ 1/27 ♦ 1/18 6½
12 George Steven Botterill WLS 2390 ◊ 1/29 ♦ 0/7 ◊ 1/31 ♦ 0/18 ◊ 0/9 ♦ ½/13 ◊ ½/30 ♦ 1/22 ◊ 1/26 ♦ 1/21 ◊ 0/3 6
13 Kenneth P Neat ENG 2315 ♦ 1/36 ◊ 0/1 ♦ 0/25 ◊ 1/31 ♦ ½/23 ◊ ½/12 ♦ ½/19 ◊ 0/16 ◊ 1/30 ♦ ½/14 ◊ 1/21 6
14 John N Sugden ENG   ◊ ½/19 ♦ ½/5 ◊ 0/6 ◊ 1/11 ♦ ½/2 ◊ 1/16 ♦ 0/4 ♦ 1/17 ◊ 0/10 ◊ ½/13 ♦ ½/20 5½
15 John C Pigott ENG 2380 ◊ 1/27 ♦ 1/6 ◊ 0/1 ♦ ½/7 ♦ ½/4 ◊ 1/25 ◊ 0/9 ♦ ½/10 ◊ 0/18 ♦ ½/20 ◊ ½/16 5½
16 David Goodman ENG 2230 ◊ ½/17 ♦ 1/19 ◊ ½/9 ♦ 0/5 ◊ ½/7 ♦ 0/14 ◊ 1/23 ♦ 1/13 ◊ ½/6 ◊ 0/8 ♦ ½/15 5½
17 Michael Macdonald-Ross SCO 2280 ♦ ½/16 ◊ 1/28 ♦ 1/11 ◊ 1/4 ♦ 0/1 ◊ 0/10 ♦ 0/8 ◊ 0/14 ♦ 0/19 ♦ 1/34 ◊ 1/32 5½
18 Jeff Horner ENG 2405 ♦ 1/32 ◊ 0/8 ♦ 1/26 ◊ 1/12 ♦ ½/25 ♦ 0/5 ◊ 0/7 ◊ 1/19 ♦ 1/15 ♦ 0/3 ◊ 0/11 5½
19 Peter H Clarke ENG 2350 ♦ ½/14 ◊ 0/16 ♦ ½/23 ◊ 1/27 ♦ ½/11 ♦ ½/22 ◊ ½/13 ♦ 0/18 ◊ 1/17 ♦ 1/25 ◊ 0/5 5½
20 Maxwell L Fuller AUS   ♦ 1/35 ◊ ½/25 ♦ 0/4 ◊ ½/23 ♦ 1/33 ◊ 0/6 ♦ 0/11 ◊ 1/31 ♦ ½/8 ◊ ½/15 ◊ ½/14 5½
21 David E Rumens ENG 2300 ◊ 0/7 ♦ 1/29 ◊ 1/30 ♦ 1/9 ◊ 1/3 ◊ 0/1 ♦ 1/10 ◊ 0/4 ♦ 0/2 ◊ 0/12 ♦ 0/13 5
22 (Derek) George Ellison, ENG   ♦ 0/4 ◊ ½/2 ♦ 1/28 ◊ 0/10 ♦ 1/26 ◊ ½/19 ♦ 0/25 ◊ 0/12 ♦ ½/29 ◊ 1/24 ♦ ½/23 5
23 Hugh Dugald MacPherson ENG   ◊ 0/6 ♦ 1/27 ◊ ½/19 ♦ ½/20 ◊ ½/13 ♦ 0/9 ♦ 0/16 ◊ ½/35 ♦ ½/28 ◊ 1/30 ◊ ½/22 5
24 C Jonathan Lennox SCO   ◊ 0/9 ♦ 0/26 ◊ 0/32 ◊ 1/35 ♦ ½/28 ♦ ½/34 ◊ 1/29 ♦ ½/30 ◊ ½/27 ♦ 0/22 ◊ 1/25 5
25 Peter W Hempson ENG   ◊ 1/30 ♦ ½/20 ◊ 1/13 ♦ 0/3 ◊ ½/18 ♦ 0/15 ◊ 1/22 ♦ 0/6 ♦ ½/11 ◊ 0/19 ♦ 0/24 4½
26 David Brine Pritchard ENG   ♦ 0/10 ◊ 1/24 ◊ 0/18 ♦ ½/30 ◊ 0/22 ♦ ½/28 ◊ ½/34 ◊ 1/32 ♦ 0/12 ♦ ½/36 ◊ ½/29 4½
27 Paul E Littlewood ENG 2345 ♦ 0/15 ◊ 0/23 ♦ 1/35 ♦ 0/19 ◊ 0/30 ◊ 1/36 ♦ ½/32 ◊ 1/33 ♦ ½/24 ◊ 0/11 ♦ ½/28 4½
28 Bernard Cafferty ENG 2310 ◊ ½/34 ♦ 0/17 ◊ 0/22 ♦ ½/29 ◊ ½/24 ◊ ½/26 ♦ ½/33 ♦ ½/36 ◊ ½/23 ♦ ½/32 ◊ ½/27 4½
29 Alan Templeton Ludgate IRL 2255 ♦ 0/12 ◊ 0/21 ♦ ½/36 ◊ ½/28 ♦ 0/31 ◊ 1/35 ♦ 0/24 ♦ ½/34 ◊ ½/22 ◊ 1/33 ♦ ½/26 4½
30 Gerald H Bennett ENG 2350 ♦ 0/25 ◊ 1/35 ♦ 0/21 ◊ ½/26 ♦ 1/27 ◊ 0/2 ♦ ½/12 ◊ ½/24 ♦ 0/13 ♦ 0/23 ◊ ½/36 4
31 Derek Maurice Wise ENG   ♦ 0/8 ◊ 1/32 ♦ 0/12 ♦ 0/13 ◊ 1/29 ◊ 1/33 ♦ 0/2 ♦ 0/20 ◊ 0/36 ◊ ½/35 ♦ ½/34 4
32 Peter J Romilly ENG   ◊ 0/18 ♦ 0/31 ♦ 1/24 ◊ 0/33 ♦ 1/36 ◊ 0/11 ◊ ½/27 ♦ 0/26 ♦ 1/35 ◊ ½/28 ♦ 0/17 4
33 Frank Parr ENG   ♦ 0/1 ◊ 1/36 ◊ 0/5 ♦ 1/32 ◊ 0/20 ♦ 0/31 ◊ ½/28 ♦ 0/27 ◊ ½/34 ♦ 0/29 ♦ ½/35 3½
34 David O Vaughan WLS   ♦ ½/28 ◊ 0/11 ♦ 0/2 ◊ ½/36 ♦ 0/35 ◊ ½/24 ♦ ½/26 ◊ ½/29 ♦ ½/33 ◊ 0/17 ◊ ½/31 3½
35 Peter J Lee ENG   ◊ 0/20 ♦ 0/30 ◊ 0/27 ♦ 0/24 ◊ 1/34 ♦ 0/29 ◊ 1/36 ♦ ½/23 ◊ 0/32 ♦ ½/31 ◊ ½/33 3½
36 Charles W Pickard ENG   ◊ 0/13 ♦ 0/33 ◊ ½/29 ♦ ½/34 ◊ 0/32 ♦ 0/27 ♦ 0/35 ◊ ½/28 ♦ 1/31 ◊ ½/26 ♦ ½/30 3½

1976 British Ladies Chess Championship (all-play-all) • 1975« »1977

1976 British Ladies Championship Residence Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12  Total 
1 Dr. Jana Hartston (née Malypetrova) Cambridge 2230wm
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1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 8½
2 Sheila Jackson   2055 0
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½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 7½
3 (Patricia) Anne Sunnucks Crowthorne 2060wm ½ ½
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0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 7½
4 Marion McGrath Australia   ½ ½ 1
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1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 7
5 Susan L Caldwell   2060 0 1 ½ 0
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0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 6½
6 Margaret Eileen Elizabeth (Peggy) Clarke Bude 1970 ½ 0 0 ½ 1
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½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 6½
7 Dinah Margaret Wright (née Dobson) Harrow 2070 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½
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½ 0 1 ½ 1 5½
8 Rowena Mary Bruce (née Dew) Plymouth 1990wm ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 ½
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½ ½ ½ 1 4
9 Wanda Pritchard Godalming 1875 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½
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½ ½ 1 4
10 Jane F Seymour     ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½
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½ 1 4
11 Olive Chataway (née Richards) Harrow 1950 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½
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1 3½
12 Rae Galtsmith-Clarke   1800 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0
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1½

1976 BCF Major Open (11-rd Swiss)

Rank 1976 BCF Major Open  Total 
1 Julian T Farrand 10/11
2 David A Curnow 8½
3 Roger Emerson 8
4-5 Juergen Boecker (FRG), John W Naylor 7½
6-9 Paul V Byway, Duncan Kerr, Chris J McSheehy, Brian R Smith 7
10-16 R Alan Barton, Paul R Bielby, Paul F Habershon, David J James, Chris Jones, James Steedman, Albert Peter Wernitz (FRG) 6½
17-25 Donald M Andrew, John M Bennett, Michael P Cook, (Denis) Michael Denison, Keith L Escott, Ian McAllan, James Simpson, Peter J Sowray, P Wernitz (FRG) 6
26-36 Nicholas R Benjamin, Ronald Blow, Kevin Bowmer, Michael J Bulford, Graham P Burton, Kenneth G Coates, Percy B Cook, Michael C Davis, Edward Matthewson, William M McDougall (SCO), Ludwig Rellstab (FRG) 5½
37-43 Anthony Robert Cullinane, Arthur Hall, Horst Otto Heuer (FRG), Paul S N Kendall, George Szaszvari, Jim E Vickery, George W Wheeler 5
44-50 Alan D Gravett, Otto Hardy, Barry J Marshall, James R Nicolson, William Phillips (WLS), A Philip Primett, S Williams 4½
51-56 Nasser M Abbasi, David (Paul) L Barasi, Fred Clough, Richard C P Freeman, S L Green, Roger Hardy 4
57 Douglas A Bennett 3½
58-59 J M Haigh, R J F Williams 2½

1976 British U-21 Championship (11-rd Swiss)

(1-3) Richard Britton, Clifford R Chandler, Robin W Haldane 8/11; (4) Shaun M Taulbut 7½; (5-6) Chris W Baker, Peter G Large 7; (7) John H Hodgson 6½; (8-14) S P Goodman, M K Jones, M A Lee, D L Massie, S W Small, P J Szalapaj, Ian R Watson 6; (15-22) K S Ashman, I Bourne, J Burke, Colin S Crouch, J Hall, J McCarthy, Ian Wallis, K P Warren 5½; (23-24) P R Baslington, Simon C Le Blancq 5; (25-26) P F Brown, N A P McSheehy 4½; (27-28) P Coughlin, I P Legg 4; (29) R C Dempsey 3½; (30) M Capek 2½; (31) M Lyus 1½/8; (32) Miss V Craven ½.

1976 British U-18 Championship (11-rd Swiss)

(1) Jonathan C Benjamin 8½/11; (2) Nigel R Davies 8; (3-6) Simon J B Knott, Timothy P Love, Graham Morrison, David R Stringer 7; (7-13) John P Hannan, Simon Macauley, Stephen Mulligan, H James Plaskett, Stephen J Popham, A T Richardson, Daniel Shuttleworth 6½; (14-16) Jonathan J Ady, M J Coogan, Matthew Read 6; (17-20) J Boswell, S J Hooker, Owen Phillips, A J Ryba 5½; (21-24) P B Eastlake, S Foale, David A Houston, B Tedd 5; (25-29) I R C Davies, S J Gregory, A C W Springbett, M Varnham, G Yevko 4½; (30-32) A J Bowden, M Seton, R J Woods 4; (33-35) James D Pratt, D Prees, P Thethi 3½; (36) G Hardy 3.

1976 British Girls U-18 Championship (all-play-all)

(1-2) Angela Eagle, Jane Garwell 5/7; (3) Shirley J Wilson 4½; (4) Maria Eagle 4; (5-6) Debbie H Evans, S Prince 3½; (7) A Boswell 2½; (8) C Smith 0.

1976 British U-16 Championship (11-rd Swiss)

(1) David H Cummings 9/11; (2) Nicholas W Ivell 8½; (3-7) John W Branford, Malcolm Gordon Bucknell, Andrew P Lewis, Malcolm Pein, M Paul Townsend 7½; (8-10) Adam Jefferson Griffiths, Richard J McMichael, Peter J Sullivan 7; (11-15) Nevil Chan, Tom Farrand, Simon D Hannan, Bobo Lo, Carl A Plasa 6½; (16-23) Simon D Brown, Mark R Charter, R Henley, J S Hill, S Johnson, K Mahon, D Roberts, Ian Duncan Wells 6; (24-29) P Anderson, Paul B Conway, Francis Rayner, M Shaw, A G (Alastair Murray?) Simpson, Robert J Woodcraft 5½; (30-35) Robert D M Alster, Martin Buckmaster, David Robert Carless, S J Don, N M Jones, Robert C Noyce 5; (36-44) (J?) C Barron, M Doran, Trevor G Dunmore, A Gardner, Colin J Gentile, G M Heap, K J Norbury, Richard A Ormesher, K Rakshit 4½; (45-48) M S Kay, D G Marshall, Richard Ian Rudgley, C Suddick 4; (49) P Bill 3½; (50) M V House 3; (51) Marc Bryant 2; (52) Mark L Baxendall 1½.

1976 British U-14 Championship (11-rd Swiss)

(1) Clive Frostick 9½/11; (2-3) Richard F Holmes, Richard M Webb 8; (4-6) Keith Allen, Colin P Garwood, R J Jacobs 7½; (7-10) John Hawksworth, Daniel J King, James Rakshit, Gary Senior 7; (11-13) Andrew J King, Matthew Rose, Neale D Walford 6½; (14-17) Nicolas Mark Marillier Andrews, Neil W Cannon, S H Lee, David Charles Spurgeon 6; (18-29) Christopher J Ballad, S D Bell, D Ford, K C House, C A Jones, Patrick S J Jones, J Kennedy, D J Miller, P A Norris, G O Roberts, G A White, Kevin A Yeomans 5½; (30-34) C Brookes, T C L Brown, A G Clough, D Edmonds, John E Hockaday 5; (35-39) A Barron, Kevin Beedle, S Pike, Miss Anita Rakshit, J R Smith 4½; (40-43) C Hunter, B R Joyce, Carl S S Roberts, Miss Mira Rakshit 4; (44) J A Brown 3½; (45) R Edmonds 2½; (46-47) S C James, David A Knox 1½; (48) A F Mottram 1.

1976 British Girls U-14 Championship (all-play-all)

(1) Clare Whitehead 6½/7; (2) Carey A Groves 5; (3) Katie Blake 4½; (4) Sally Atkin 4; (5) J Chamberlain 3; (6-7) Gaynor D James, Carena Nicholas 2½; (8) Julia L Scotney 0.

1976 British U-11 Championship (10-rd Swiss)

(1) Andrew C L Dyson 9/10; (2) James C Howell 7; (3-5) D A Jackson, Gary W Lane, B Sloan 6½; (6-11) D Connolly, Neil F Dickenson, T Kelly, V B Lewis, S G Walker, Peter K Wells 6; (12-16) P Daft, P Dixon, M Griffiths, Stephen Mannion (SCO), K Robbins 5½; (17-20) Neil I Fox, T Fyfe, C D St John, Ian A Welch 5; (21-29) Ian Holle, P House, Andrew P H Kinsman, R Ledbury, Darren L Lee, Philip Michael Spurgeon, H T Norris, Aaron Stolow, Graham A Waddingham 4½; (30) James D Hockaday 4; (31) J Richards 2½; (32-33) M Bevan, P Hatchett 1½; (34) S Brill 1.

1976 British Over 60 (11-rd Swiss)

(1-3) Charles Ambrose Scott Damant, Wilfred Henry Pratten, Harry Ivor Woolverton 8½/11; (4) Walter James Eric Yeeles 7½, (5-7) J Johnson, A Laxton, C W Marshall 6½; (8-9) A F Behmber, Wilfred Evans (Chorleywood) 5½; (10-14) Peter Doig, John W Graham, Alfred Milner, Walter R Rayner, J Richmond 5; (15) F Richardson 4; (16) H E Wadsworth 3; (17) E W Engert 2; (18) R Green 1½.

BCF First Class (11-rd Swiss)

1 A Williams 9/11; 2 R Franklin 8½; 3-5 Peter Hannan, D P Hurricks, C J West 7½; 6-9 B J Benjamin, C Green, W D Johnson, A Pinkerton 7; 10-13 R Cherubim (FRG), I Judd, G S McCormick, D Mayers 6½; 14-20 M J Benjamin, G A M Boswell, J Druce-Powell, G V Glover, P J McEvoy, M H Micklethwaite, K F Shaw 6; 21-25 H J Draisey, P Griffiths, S Welbourne, R Woodcock, D G Woodruff 5½; 26-34 M Bird, Michael T Bolan, S J Drury, F Cole, Frank G Hatto, M R Lee, K A Lucas, John Philip Scragg, E J Simpson 5; 35-38 P J Guyan, T J O’Donohue, T V Parrott, P Rose 3½; 39 F A Winter 4; 40-42 K Getty, E D Hockaday, N Meredith 3½; 43 J C Calvert 2½, 44 A J Doherty 1½; 45 G Burnett 1.

5 Day, Morning - 1st week (5-rd Swiss)

1 J O Pedersen (DK) 4½/5; 2-4 R M Horner, T Knoth, P A J Rose 4; 5-8 Jacob (Jack) Alster, O Eriksen (DK), C Kjersgaard (DK), P D Smith 3½; 9-12 D W Bell, D Branford, D Welch, S L Whitehead 3; 13-19 W T Chamberlain, P W L Clough, K E Eriksen (DK), C F Fielding, O Hald (DK), A J Mezzo, I Watson 2½; 20-27 G Davie, A Foster, P Kenning, O Ledbury, D I R Norris, D H Sprigley, M Stolow, A Whitehead 2; 28 F Martin 1½; 29-31 A J Bullen, C M W Daft, K Wilkinson 1; 32 D V Booth ½; 33 J Coogan 0.

5 Day, Afternoon - 1st week (5-rd Swiss)

1-2 Philip Giulian, Tim Parkes 4½/5; 3-4 C M Cooley, H Plukker (NL) 4; 5-6 P Morrey, J Ryan 3½; 7-11 E N Bramley, B Fraser, J Lehmensick, W D Muir, E Oliver 3; 12-15 P M Hodgson, A Leggatt, Richard W O’Brien, R H Saunders 2½; 16-19 C W Bryan, P W Mottram, J D Robins, M Vernon 2; 20-23 J R Beadle, G W L Evans, J D H Nicholas, R S Thornton 1½; 24-26 J D Evans, Mrs A Garwell, D Russell.

5 Day, Morning - 2nd week (5-rd Swiss)

1 F Watson 5/5; 2-3 K A J Francis, L Mouillaux (F) 4; 4-5 B Cox, H Plukker (NED) 3½; 6-11 Ms Debbie Evans, A Kinder, L W Prescott, P Spurgeon, L A Trangmar, I Whittaker 3; 12-16 M Cole, K Davies, R J Nash, N Staples, A Willis 2½; 17-19 D Lee, R W O’Brien, S L Whitehead 2; 20-22 E E Croker, F F Jacquier, R G Jones 1½; 23-26 Jacob (Jack) Alster 1, C Cheetham, G M Evans, Carey Groves 1.

5 Day, Afternoon - 2nd week (5-rd Swiss)

1-2 J Lehmensick, Tim Parkes 4/5; 3 E Oliver 3½; 4-6 D V Booth, Chris M Cooley, M Cox 3; 7-10 B Peter A Andrews, P Morrey, R H Saunders, D J Scotney 2½; 11-13 L C Allen, G Beattie, Miss Shirley J Wilson 2; 14 J R Beadle 1½; 15-16 Miss Jean Pickles, G D Scotney 1.

File Updated

Date Notes
18 September 2017 Added full results
16 July 2020 Some cosmetic amendments to spelling, etc. At some point I will replace the bulk of initials with forenames.
17 February 2024 Now with 20 games from other sections, including Roger Emerson's games from the Major Open.
8 June 2024 Added the game A.J.Griffiths 0-1 M.P.Townsend (Under-16), kindly contributed by Gerard Killoran.
12 October 2024 Added the game DM Andrew 1-0 G Szaszvari, Major Open. Contributed by Gerard Killoran via the English Chess Forum, 11 October 2024, for which many thanks.