1980 British Chess Championship, Brighton, 4-16 August • 1979« »1981

Venue: Brighton Centre, Brighton, Sussex • sponsors Grieveson, Grant & Co

1980 British Chess Championship		Fed	Residence	Elo	BCF	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
1	John D M Nunn	ENG	Oxford	2515g	245	b29+	w16+	b9=	w23+	b2=	b5=	w3=	w4=	b10=	b13+	w6+	8
2	William R Hartston	ENG	Cambridge	2465m	233	w24+	b15+	w5=	b13+	w1=	b3=	w18=	b6=	w19+	b7=	w9+	8
3	David E Rumens	ENG	Coulsdon	2310	212	b11-	w35+	b29+	w20+	b6+	w2=	b1=	w19-	b8+	w9=	w5+	7½
4	Jonathan S Speelman	ENG	London	2490m	239	w30+	b25=	w13-	b15+	w7+	b14+	w5=	b1=	w6-	b19+	b10+	7½
5	Murray G Chandler	NZL	N Zealand	2450m	237	b35+	w20+	b2=	w9=	b19+	w1=	b4=	w10=	b7=	w12+	b3-	7
6	Michael J Basman	ENG	Chessington	2405	224	b26+	w33=	b21+	b14=	w3-	w9+	b23+	w2=	b4+	w10=	b1-	7
7	Shaun M Taulbut	ENG	Swindon	2375m	212	b34=	w31=	b11+	w10=	b4-	b25+	w14+	b13+	w5=	w2=	b12=	7
8	Robert Bellin	ENG	Gt Yarmouth	2440m	225	w38=	b40+	w14-	b25+	w13-	b15+	w28+	b18=	w3-	b16+	w19+	7
9	Graham D Lee	ENG	London	2280	221	b37+	w11+	w1=	b5=	w14=	b6-	b16=	w23+	w18+	b3=	b2-	6½
10	Michael J Franklin	ENG	London	2345	209	w25-	b36+	w24+	b7=	w18=	b12+	w26+	b5=	w1=	b6=	w4-	6½
11	Colin A McNab	SCO	Dundee	(2280)		w3+	b9-	w7-	b27-	b37+	w30=	w25+	b14=	b28=	w23+	w18+	6½
12	Maxwell L Fuller	AUS	Australia	2355	215	w15-	b17=	w40+	w34+	b16=	w10-	b29+	w20+	b21+	b5-	w7=	6½
13	Glenn C Flear	ENG	Leicester	2320	213	b27=	w34+	b4+	w2-	b8+	w23=	b19=	w7-	b15+	w1-	b14=	6
14	Julian M Hodgson	ENG	London	2315	215	b28+	w23=	b8+	w6=	b9=	w4-	b7-	w11=	b20+	b18=	w13=	6
15	David H Cummings	ENG	Brighton	2280	208	b12+	w2-	b31=	w4-	b34+	w8-	b22+	w16+	w13-	b24=	w26+	6
16	Victor W Knox	ENG	Cheadle	2335	210	w32+	b1-	w27+	b18=	w12=	b28=	w9=	b15-	b31+	w8-	b23+	6
17	John W Branford	ENG	London		199	b23-	w12=	b34-	w22-	b40+	w35+	b30=	w31-	w39+	b33+	b28+	6
18	Craig W Pritchett	SCO	London	2390m	227	b31=	w19+	b33=	w16=	b10=	w21+	b2=	w8=	b9-	w14=	b11-	5½
19	Mark L Hebden	ENG	Leicester	2290	217	w39+	b18-	b37+	w33+	w5-	b24+	w13=	b3+	b2-	w4-	b8-	5½
20	Brian J Denman	SCO	Brighton		213	w36+	b5-	w39+	b3-	w24-	b27+	w33+	b12-	w14-	w31+	b21=	5½
21	Peter G Large	ENG	Sheffield	2310	214	w40=	b38+	w6-	w31=	b33+	b18-	w24=	b26+	w12-	b27=	w20=	5½
22	Simon J B Knott	ENG	London	2220	214	b33-	w37-	b35=	b17+	w38+	b26-	w15-	b36+	w27=	w30=	b32+	5½
23	John G Cooper	WLS	Benfleet	2335	221	w17+	b14=	w25+	b1-	w27+	b13=	w6-	b9-	w24+	b11-	w16-	5
24	Malcolm Pein	ENG	Liverpool	2240	205	b2-	w26+	b10-	w29+	b20+	w19-	b21=	w28=	b23-	w15=	b30=	5
25	Gary Kenworthy	ENG	East Grinstead		198	b10+	w4=	b23-	w8-	b31+	w7-	b11-	w34=	w32=	b29=	w33+	5
26	Edward Davis	SCO	Glasgow	(2145)		w6-	b24-	w32=	b36+	b35+	w22+	b10-	w21-	b29+	w28=	b15-	5
27	Peter Hugh Clarke	ENG	Bude	2355	205	w13=	b30=	b16-	w11+	b23-	w20-	b34=	w35+	b22=	w21=	b31=	5
28	Daniel J King	ENG	Bromley	2330	209	w14-	b39-	w36+	w37+	b30+	w16=	b8-	b24=	w11=	b26=	w17-	5
29	Ian R Watson	ENG	Faversham	2210	201	w1-	b32+	w3-	b24-	w39+	b38+	w12-	b33=	w26-	w25=	b36+	5
30	Bernard Cafferty	ENG	Birmingham	2305	204	b4-	w27=	w38+	b39=	w28-	b11=	w17=	b32=	w33=	b22=	w24=	5
31	Richard L Britton	ENG	Sheffield	2330	210	w18=	b7=	w15=	b21=	w25-	b33-	w39+	b17+	w16-	b20-	w27=	4½
32	James Burnett	ENG	Doncaster		201	b16-	w29-	b26=	b38-	w36-	w40+	b37+	w30=	b25=	w34+	w22-	4½
33	Dr. Kenneth P Neat	ENG	Durham	2315	204	w22+	b6=	w18=	b19-	w21-	w31+	b20-	w29=	b30=	w17-	b25-	4
34	John C Henshaw	ENG	Brighton	2215	210	w7=	b13-	w17+	b12-	w15-	b39=	w27=	b25=	w38=	b32-	w40=	4
35	Moss McCarthy	WLS	Swansea	(2055)		w5-	b3-	w22=	b40+	w26-	b17-	w38+	b27-	w36=	b37-	b39+	4
36	Gary W Lane	ENG	Paignton		191	b20-	w10-	b28-	w26-	b32+	w37=	b40+	w22-	b35=	b38+	w29-	4
37	Philip Adams	ENG	Oldham		193	w9-	b22+	w19-	b28-	w11-	b36=	w32-	b39-	w40=	w35+	b38=	3½
38	Chris W Baker	ENG	Coventry	2260	204	b8=	w21-	b30-	w32+	b22-	w29-	b35-	w40+	b34=	w36-	w37=	3½
39	Thomas L Milligan	SCO	Clackmannan	(2115)		b19-	w28+	b20-	w30=	b29-	w34=	b31-	w37+	b17-	b40-	w35-	3
40	David A Houston	IRL	Belfast			b21=	w8-	b12-	w35-	w17-	b32-	w36-	b38-	b37=	w39+	b34=	2½

1980 British Championship Play-Off - RAC, Pall Mall, London - 13-17 February 1981

1980 British Championship Play-Off		Fed	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	John D M Nunn	ENG	2575g	½	½	½	1	½	½	3½
2	William R Hartston	ENG	2450m	½	½	½	0	½	½	2½

[BCM, September 1980, p465] "BCF CONGRESS BRIGHTON AUGUST 4-16 - by P. C. Griffiths - The British Chess Federation Congress, sponsored for the third year running by the well-known firm of stock-brokers, Grieveson, Grant & Co. , was held this time at the new Brighton Centre. Brighton is a popular venue for the congress, having staged it in 1972 and 1977, but the building which was made available this year was a big improvement; in fact I cannot remember having seen more suitable accommodation. One large main hall was easily sufficient to take all the players and conditions were excellent. In addition there were analysis rooms, offices, a restaurant, a bar and a bookstall all within the same complex.

"The total number of entries was around 480, a slight drop on last year’s Chester congress, though that was probably a record. The British Championship itself included one Grandmaster and seven International Masters among its forty competitors and the play was interesting enough, though at times it seemed a little subdued, perhaps inevitably when compared with the excitement of last year. The result was a tie between the favourite John Nunn and Bill Hartston, and these two will play a match later in the year to decide the title. Both played solidly without losing a game or even getting into any real difficulties; Hartston’s high-class endgame technique was much in evidence, while Nunn won several games with his more vigorous attacking style.

"Third and fourth places were shared between the 1978 Champion Jonathan Speelman and David Rumens. Speelman was recovering well from an indifferent start and beginning to look like a strong contender for the title, when he lost a game by reacting wrongly to one of Basman’s peculiar openings and was thus knocked out of the race for first place. As for Rumens, he is always an entertaining player to watch, whether he is winning or losing, and here he had one of his best results ever, his last round game against the otherwise undefeated Chandler being specially brilliant.

"Of the four players who shared the remaining prizes, the two young IMs Shaun Taulbut and Murray Chandler both returned sound performances, while last year’s Champion Robert Bellin had a relatively poor start, being in the middle reaches of the tournament for much of the time. However, he took his chances when they came and a strong finish left him with a respectable seven points. Basman’s play was highly original, as always; his willingness to try all kinds of new openings (as witness his extraordinary 1 e4 g5 2 d4 h6 defence, played not against weaker opponents, but when facing Nunn and Speelman!) undoubtedly adds to the interest of a tournament. The problem, of course, is that the results of such a style are bound to be unpredictable and his adoption of this opening in the critical last round was fatal to his hopes of first place. "

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[BCM, April 1981, p129-130] "The [1980] British Championship Play-off Match by W. R. Hartston [13-17 February 1981]

The RAC Club in Pall Mall was the venue for the long-awaited play-off match between John Nunn and William Hartston. The conditions of the match specified six games, with John Nunn taking the title if the final score was level, by virtue of his superior tie-split score from the Brighton Championship (Tie split was the sum of opponents’ scores, omitting highest and lowest). Both players had agreed to play all six games, even if the match was decided sooner.

"The match was a great success with all six games exciting struggles much enjoyed by the spectators who turned up to be entertained by Michael Stean’s commentaries. The sponsors, Grieveson Grant, deserve our thanks for adding to their sponsorship to enable this match to take place under such fine conditions. "

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Results of Other Sections [BCM, October 1980, pps 521-524; FIDE Report via Jeremy Gaige Archive]

1980 British Ladies Chess Championship, Brighton (11 round swiss) • 1979« »1981

1980 British Ladies Championship		Fed	Residence	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
1	Sheila Jackson	ENG	Wimbledon	2165	b15+	w10+	w4+	b3+	w7+	b2=	w5+	b14-	w6+	b9+	w12+	9½
2	Margaret Eileen Elizabeth (Peggy) Clarke	ENG	Bude	1970	b8=	w9=	b10=	b11+	w3+	w1=	b4+	w7+	w14+	b5=	w6=	8
3	Jane Garwell (» Richmond)	WLS	Pontypool	2050	w13+	b14=	w11+	w1-	b2-	w9+	b8+	b4+	w5-	w7+	b10+	7½
4	Wanda Pritchard (» Dakin)	ENG	Godalming	1925	b12+	w8+	b1-	b14+	w6+	b5-	w2-	w3-	b7+	b13+	w15=	6½
5	Dinah Margaret Wright (» Norman)	ENG	Wembley	2030	w7+	b11=	w14=	b6=	b8=	w4+	b1-	w10=	b3+	w2=	b9=	6½
6	Maria Eagle	ENG	Formby		w14-	b13+	w16+	w5=	b4-	b7-	w12+	w8+	b1-	bye+	b2=	6
7	Anita Rakshit	ENG	London		b5-	w15=	b9+	w10+	b1-	w6+	w14+	b2-	w4-	b3-	bye+	5½
8	Jean P M Rogers (née Craker)	ENG	Acton	1840	w2=	b4-	w15+	b13+	w5=	b14=	w3-	b6-	bye+	w12-	b11+	5½
9	Suzzane J Wood	ENG	Norwich	1950	w11-	b2=	w7-	b15+	w13+	b3-	w10=	bye+	b12+	w1-	w5=	5½
10	Rowena Mary Bruce (née Dew)	ENG	Plymouth	1990wm	w16+	b1-	w2=	b7-	w12=	w15+	b9=	b5=	w13=	b11-	w3-	4½
11	Nancy Conchar Elder	SCO	Dundee	1835	b9+	w5=	b3-	w2-	w14-	b12-	bye+	b13-	b15+	w10+	w8-	4½
12	Muriel E Leask	SCO	Balerno		w4-	b16-	w13-	bye+	b10=	w11+	b6-	w15+	w9-	b8+	b1-	4½
13	Christine J Nicholson (» Taulbut)	ENG	Ascot		b3-	w6-	b12+	w8-	b9-	bye+	b15-	w11+	b10=	w4-	b14+	4½
14	(Patricia) Anne Sunnucks (» Mothersill)	ENG	Camberley	2055wm	b6+	w3=	b5=	w4-	b11+	w8=	b7-	w1+	b2-	b15-	w13-	4½
15	Angela Eagle	ENG	Formby		w1-	b7=	b8-	w9-	bye+	b10-	w13+	b12-	w11-	w14+	b4=	4
16	Helen C Scott (» Milligan)	SCO	Dundee	1840	b10-	w12+	b6-	withdrew ill								1 / 3

 

1980 British Ladies Championship		Fed	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	BYE	Total
1	Sheila Jackson	ENG	2165	&;	½	1	1	1	1	1		1	1		1		0	1			9½
2	Margaret Eileen Elizabeth (Peggy) Clarke	ENG	1970	½	&;	1	1	½	½	1	½	½	½	1			1				8
3	Jane Garwell (» Richmond)	WLS	2050	0	0	&;	1	0		1	1	1	1	1		1	½				7½
4	Wanda Pritchard (» Dakin)	ENG	1925	0	0	0	&;	0	1	1	1				1	1	1	½			6½
5	Dinah Margaret Wright (» Norman)	ENG	2030	0	½	1	1	&;	½	1	½	½	½	½			½				6½
6	Maria Eagle	ENG		0	½		0	½	&;	0	1				1	1	0		1	1/bye	6
7	Anita Rakshit	ENG		0	0	0	0	0	1	&;		1	1				1	½		1/bye	5½
8	Jean P M Rogers (née Craker)	ENG	1840		½	0	0	½	0		&;			1	0	1	½	1		1/bye	5½
9	Suzzane J Wood	ENG	1950	0	½	0		½		0		&;	½	0	1	1		1		1/bye	5½
10	Rowena Mary Bruce (née Dew)	ENG	1990wm	0	½	0		½		0		½	&;	0	½	½		1	1		4½
11	Nancy Conchar Elder	SCO	1835		0	0		½			0	1	1	&;	0	0	0	1		1/bye	4½
12	Muriel E Leask	SCO		0			0		0		1	0	½	1	&;	0		1	0	1/bye	4½
13	Christine J Nicholson (» Taulbut)	ENG				0	0		0		0	0	½	1	1	&;	1	0		1/bye	4½
14	(Patricia) Anne Sunnucks (» Mothersill)	ENG	2055wm	1	0	½	0	½	1	0	½			1		0	&;	0			4½
15	Angela Eagle	ENG		0			½			½	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	&;		1/bye	4
16	Helen C Scott (» Milligan) withdrew ill	SCO	1840						0				0		1				&;		1 / 3

1980 BCF Major Open

Rank	1980 BCF Major Open	Total
1	John Hall	8½/11
2-3	Oliver A Jackson, Richard McMichael	8
4-7	(Denis) Michael Denison, Prof. Julian T Farrand, Geoffrey W Lawton, Maurice J Staples	7
8-13	Keith R Barnes, Neil F Dickenson, Keith L Escott, Dr. Ronald L Johannes, Edward G Lea, Matthew C L Read	6½
14-18	Dr. Thomas Bimpson, M P Carey, Thomas M Clarke, Michael J Haygarth, Rory M R O'Kelly	6
19-26	R Alan Barton, John D Burke, Michael A Cook, S P Goodman, John C Hawksworth, David Robertson, P Robinson, David R Sedgwick	5½
27-30	Percy B Cook, Ian G Kelly, Klaus Nickl, Douglas G A Shallcross	5
31-35	Dr. P Dean, Frank Parr, Andy K Reeve, Derek Maurice Wise, P W Winter	4½
36-37	John D Blore, Canon (Arthur) Eric Smith	4
38-39	Jan H Hasselt, Leon M Wooldridge	3½
40	F Brian Ings	3
41-42	Arthur Hall, Michael F Redmond	2½

1980 British U-21 Championship - (11-Rd Swiss): (1) Andrew P Lewis 10/11; (2) Erik O M C Teichmann 8; (3) Adrian Jackson 7; (4-7) Jonathan C Benjamin, Susan L Caldwell, P J Dixon, David C Perrett 6½; (8-13) Jonathan J Ady, Nevil Chan, Miles L Cowling, Stephen J Popham, Ian D Thompson, John A Freeman 6; (14-17) David Robert Carless, Jeremy F S Menadue, M R Taylor, John B Henderson 5½; (18-19) Graham E Borrowdale, Clive R Bowley 5; (20) R A Coles 4½; (21) David Tuddenham 4; (22-23) J P Munday, John E Upham 3½; (24-25) J F Gregson, Tony N Nabarro 3; (26) Rod C Hessing 2½.

1980 British U-18 Championship - (11-Rd Swiss): (1) Peter K Wells 9; (2) Byron A Jacobs 8; (3) John J Cox 7½; (4-7) Stuart Conquest, Simon G Dighton, Laurence J Pinto, Jeff R Smith 7; (8-13) Stephen D Bell, G B Dawson, D P Frost, Joe G Gallagher, James C Howell, Stuart H Niman 6½; (14-18) Christopher J Archer-Lock, Trevor D Coote, M Johnstone, Simon Triggs, Clare E Whitehead 6; (19-24) M J Hughes, A J McClelland, Dominic J C Mackle, Guy A Novik, N C T Wall, A Chapman 5½; (25-29) R G Britton, P F Hasson, John R Sharp, G M Smith, Peter Heaven 5; (30-34) Paul A Batchelor, K A Chapman, G D Davies, Ken B McEwan, Kevin A Yeomans 4½; (35-36) N F Capey, Marc A Shaw 4; (37-38) M McLoughlin, A N Smith 3½; (39) Matthew J D Baker 3 Clare E Whitehead – British Girls U-18 Champion.

1980 British U-16 Championship - (11-Rd Swiss): (1) Andrew C L Dyson 9; (2) Neil H Bradbury 8½; (3) Michael Kerridge 8; (4) Karl Bowden 7½; (5-8) Keith A Dawson, M P Sharp, Ian A Welch, Tom E Wiley 7; (9-15) Bruce L Baer, David J Edmonds, Farrukh Khan, Stephen R Mannion, Simon J Roe, David J Walker, Gavin L Brown 6½; (16-19) Nigel Alldritt, D B Forson, Andrew P H Kinsman, William Giblin 6; (20-28) Craig R Dawson, Matthew Eke, Daniel R Feinstein, Nigel P J Greer, Nicholas J M Pelling, Ian A Robson, Matthew P Sames, Graham N Strouts, Gareth O Roberts 5½; (29-35) Karen A Cartmel, S E Coe, M Forward, P S J Jones, Lavinia A M Pereira, M W Robertson, Mark R Ruston 5; (36-40) K A Freeman, Mark E L Griffiths, Andrew G H Kluth, Conor P Kostick, D P McCarthy 4½; (41-42) T M Broome, J A Brown 4; (43-44) Carol Gorman, Caroline M Lane 3½; (45-47) Mandi S Abraham, R A Parker, Terri C Ruff 3; (48) Miss J A Brooks 2½. Karen Cartmel and Lavinia Pereira are British Girls U-16 Co-Champions.

1980 British U-14 Championship - (11-Rd Swiss): (1) Edward S Lee 9; (2-4) John M Emms, Darren L Lee, Nicholas Thomas 8; (5-7) Neil L Carr, Graham A Waddingham, M I Watkins 7½; (8) A J Mitchell 7; (9-18) Neil E G Crickmore, Andrew R Exton, James D Hockaday, David A Knox, Michael Leahy, Simon R Lee, M E Vincent, Tim P Wall, David J Watts, Ian Haslegrave 6½; (19-23) John E Duggan, Iain A Galloway, Chris M Hawthorne, Andrew M Stone, M E Vernon 6; (24-31) Jeffrey P Baillie, D L Burton, David C Curtis, P A Garrett, Simon E Lazarus, Malcolm D Pridmore, Saul Richman, H-T Tong 5½; (32-36) Niall P Carton, John W Franklin, Jaime M J Gorman, Mandy A S Hepworth, D N Whittaker 5; (37-41) P W Howlett, Miss T Munday, Aaron Rose, Tina Louise Ruff, Jason B Kirk 4½; (42-45) Claire Elizabeth Batchelor, Salli E Clarke, Simon S K Hepworth, Richard J Lee 4; (46-47) L A Howlett, Andrew J K Macmillan 3½; (48-50) K R Brotherton, S T Fox-Kirk, Miss M Hill 3. Mandy Hepworth is British Girls U-14 Champion. Sarah C Christopher withdrew ill with 4/10 [n.b. many BCF/ECF yearbooks since the 1980s have recorded Susan Walker as joint winner of the 1980 British Girls Under-14 Championship with Mandy Hepworth but this is a mistake, probably as a result of faulty typography many years ago. Susan Walker did not compete in 1980 and Mandy Hepworth was sole winner of this category - JS]

1980 British U-11 Championship - (7-Rd Swiss); (1-5) Joe T Hockaday, Philip J Rossiter, Jeremy P Sharp, Mark A Wheeler, David A Wood 5½; (6) Darren P Wheeler 5; (7-9) Paul J Burton, John D Carlin, John J Fleetwood 4½; (10-18) D J Edwards, Michael T Hennigan, Kevin A Howe, Philip G Hughes, Jan Nigel Labrooy, Robert E Maullin, Eric J Onona, Sean R Pettit, Nicholas Ryding 4; (19-20) M P Revell, Nathan Ruff 3½; (21-29) A G Blackburn, Chris J Butt, Andrew J Fleetwood, M D Fleetwood, Caroline L Hallett, Paul N Hawthorne, G M Knox, Trevor Lee Ruff, C Paul Sanders 3; (30-31) Penelope (Pennie) Anne Clarke, M T Munday 2½; (32-35) A J Callan, (Flora M) Alexandra Maclean, A B Medlock, Miss J Ruff 2; (36-37) Lisa M Berberich, D C Carton 1½; (38) Toby G T Maclean 1.

First Class Tournament - (11-Rd Swiss): (1) Suri J Rodericks 8½; (2) Chris K D Holland 8; (3) Geoffrey James Nicholas 7½; (4-6) G M Brown, Guy J Mason, R Plater 7; (7-8) Bosko Gvero, N M Smith 6½; (9-11) M Cooke, B Marshall, Chris C Sherwood 6; (12-15) Robert J M Bavin, S M Chivers, Tony Gaffney, D Smith 5½; (16-21) D Blair, Thomas Hazdra, Rev Peter R Kings, G S McCormick, V J Michel, Norbert Stoeckl 5; (22-27) Martin Baumgartner, J M Haigh, K Hoadley, W Mandl, Martin Stichlberger, R T F Williams 4½; (28-29) H James Draisey, E Oliver 4. Withdrawals: M Driscoll 0/1, A T Macdonald 3/5, M Vidler 1/2

Second Class Tournament (11-Rd Swiss): (1) J R M Moore 8; (2-5) Kenneth W Clow, John G Foulger, John D H Nicholas, E Sauzedde 7½; (6-8) R Amram, G V Glover, Paul C Stokes 7; (9) David A Law 6½; (10-15) Eric A Key, Ronald H Saunders, David Welch, A P White, David G Woodruff, V Ramjit 6; (16-17) J C Dufraisse, Jack A Speigel 5½; (18-21) M J Hooper, W Luehrig, A Mack, D G Erharbor 5; (22-25) John R Beadle, N A Howe, R A Macbrayne, A R Whitehead 4½; (26-27) A Nightingale, B V Stewart 4; (28) P Griffiths 3½; (29-30) G Alec M Boswell, M L Patrick 3; (31) Antony J Sage 2½. Marcus P A Connolly withdrew with 1/6.

Third Class Tournament - (11-Rd Swiss): (1) G V Stewart 8; (2-4) Paul Dansey, Alec J Aslett, B Ward 7½; (5) N Lister 7; (6-7) A W Boggis, D Truesdale 6½; (8-13) J F Dennis, R J Hale, M J Kelly, D Macindoe, R E C Mills, James D Pratt 6; (14-15) Alfred Milner, E Rhodes 5½; (16-18) E D Hockaday, Victor Litvin, L Wade 5; (19-20) A Galloway, F R J Martin 4; (21) John C Calvert 3½; (22-23) Gregory Owen J Melitus, Frank Richardson 3; (24) S Wallace 2.

Over-60 (American): (1-2) John B Hawson, Reginald Charles Noel-Johnson 8½; (3) Harry I Woolverton 8; (4) Charles A S Damant 7½; (5) Reginald W Stevenson 7; (6-7) J Johnson, George W Rutland 5; (8) John R Cotterell 4½ ; (9) Francis P E Green 4; (10) J Richmond 3½; (11) A Laxton 3; (12) Harry Standring 1½.

Five-Day, Week 1 Morning - (5-Rd Swiss): (1-3) Mike J Conroy, J A Hunt, S McKenzie 4; (4-6) T Kahlert, Philip B Pinto, S Festing 3½; (7-8) A R Henry, Lucien Mouillaux 3; (9-11) H M Brown, P A Brown, E E Wright 2½; (12-17) D J Fowler, D G Maclean, Matthew P R Veck, Robert J Harnett, L Hunt, S Kitby 2; (18-20) J Borrill, B L Pettit, Susan C Scott 1½; (21) G May 1. C C Harding withdrew with 1½/3.

Five-Day, Week 1 Afternoon - (5-Rd Swiss): (1-2) Simon Macaulay, Timothy Upton 4½; (3) P Barnard 4; (4-5) D Hopson, Percival Ernest Monkhouse 3½; (6-12) J E Cope, R W Nicholls, A Philip Primett, J Rakshit, Karl Rakshit, David Sherman, I L Lamont 3; (13-16) R W Parsons, D Smith, T B Towner, Jane F Seymour 2½; (17-24) Christine M Elder, D J Langridge, A S Owen, J Druce Powell, D M Cooper, R M Harris, Geoffrey W Naldrett, T Brown 2; (25-27) Mira Rakshit, J D Robbins, H E Wadsworth 1. B Isnarde-Bruno withdrew with 0/2.

Five-Day, Week 2 Morning, Section A - (5-Rd Swiss): (1) Dr Leon P Burnett 4; (2-4) D W Clark, Mike J Conroy, Philip C Hoad 3½; (5-9) Martin H R Alster, Robert D M Alster, R G Clark, G D Evans, S Lee 3; (10-12) Trevor G Dunmore, P V Malbon, R A Walker 2½; (13-16) Geoffrey H James, Lucien Mouillaux, C L Ridley, D A Tarbuck 2; (17-18) S R Prince, A G A Willis 1. Dr Eric N Bramley withdrew ill with 2/4.

Five-Day, Week 2 Morning, Section B - (5-Rd Swiss): (1-3) Frank Carlucci, R G Jones, Philip B Pinto 4; (4-7) Paul J Burton, K A J Francis, J S Keaveney, M R Lee 3½; (8-9) A Bennett, Michael T Bolan 3; (10-16) N S Bresler, R M Eames, D Reynolds, A Ruff, Laurence J Tarbuck, G C Wesson, J Weston 2½; (17-22) E Blankett, K Buntschu, J C M Herring, S Mitchell, A W Watts, P P White 2; (23-25) J T Byrne, J J W Herring, T J C Herring 1; (26) J M Sommer ½.

Five-Day, Week 2 Afternoon - (5-Rd Swiss): (1) Andrew D Martin 4½; (2-3) Anthony K Swift, H Trevor Jones 4; (4) D Hopson 3½; (5-8) A D Williams, David R Fewell, M Brewer, W Oaker 3; (9-12) A Philip Primett, R S Thornton, Percival Ernest Monkhouse, P T C Lewin 2½; (13-15) Christine M Elder, R M Harris, D G Maclean 2; (16-19) Charles Hugh Graham Evill, J Druce Powell, C Gueneau, A H Williams 1½; (20) A A Bleach 0.

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File Updated

Date	Notes
4 March 1998	First posted on BritBase.
28 March 2019	Upgraded to provide a game viewer, crosstable and full results of all tournaments.
30 August 2020	Added 12 games from subsidiary sections, contributed by Brian Denman. One from the U14 section (Mandy Hepworth 1-0 Andrew Macmillan) and all 11 games played by Canon (Arthur) Eric Smith in the Major Open. The latter is rather wonderful because I've only just uploaded some games played by Canon Smith from the 1927/28 Hastings tournament! Such longevity. . .
27 October 2020	Some name amendments following an extensive proof-read by Paul Georghiou. I have restored the six-game play-off match games between John Nunn and Bill Hartston, left off by mistake. Also a few small amendments to the games (adding the detail of losses on time).