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

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

1980 British Chess Championship		Nat'y	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
1	John D M Nunn	ENG	2515g	♦ 1/29	◊ 1/16	♦ ½/9	◊ 1/23	♦ ½/2	♦ ½/5	◊ ½/3	◊ ½/4	♦ ½/10	♦ 1/13	◊ 1/6	8
2	William Roland Hartston	ENG	2465m	◊ 1/24	♦ 1/15	◊ ½/5	♦ 1/13	◊ ½/1	♦ ½/3	◊ ½/18	♦ ½/6	◊ 1/19	♦ ½/7	◊ 1/9	8
3	David Edward Rumens	ENG	2310	♦ 0/11	◊ 1/35	♦ 1/29	◊ 1/20	♦ 1/6	◊ ½/2	♦ ½/1	◊ 0/19	♦ 1/8	◊ ½/9	◊ 1/5	7½
4	Jonathan S Speelman	ENG	2490m	◊ 1/30	♦ ½/25	◊ 0/13	♦ 1/15	◊ 1/7	♦ 1/14	◊ ½/5	♦ ½/1	◊ 0/6	♦ 1/19	♦ 1/10	7½
5	Murray G Chandler	NZL	2450m	♦ 1/35	◊ 1/20	♦ ½/2	◊ ½/9	♦ 1/19	◊ ½/1	♦ ½/4	◊ ½/10	♦ ½/7	◊ 1/12	♦ 0/3	7
6	Michael John Basman	ENG	2405	♦ 1/26	◊ ½/33	♦ 1/21	♦ ½/14	◊ 0/3	◊ 1/9	♦ 1/23	◊ ½/2	♦ 1/4	◊ ½/10	♦ 0/1	7
7	Shaun M Taulbut	ENG	2375m	♦ ½/34	◊ ½/31	♦ 1/11	◊ ½/10	♦ 0/4	♦ 1/25	◊ 1/14	♦ 1/13	◊ ½/5	◊ ½/2	♦ ½/12	7
8	Robert Bellin	ENG	2440m	◊ ½/38	♦ 1/40	◊ 0/14	♦ 1/25	◊ 0/13	♦ 1/15	◊ 1/28	♦ ½/18	◊ 0/3	♦ 1/16	◊ 1/19	7
9	Graham D Lee	ENG	2280	♦ 1/37	◊ 1/11	◊ ½/1	♦ ½/5	◊ ½/14	♦ 0/6	♦ ½/16	◊ 1/23	◊ 1/18	♦ ½/3	♦ 0/2	6½
10	Michael J Franklin	ENG	2345	◊ 0/25	♦ 1/36	◊ 1/24	♦ ½/7	◊ ½/18	♦ 1/12	◊ 1/26	♦ ½/5	◊ ½/1	♦ ½/6	◊ 0/4	6½
11	Colin A McNab	SCO		◊ 1/3	♦ 0/9	◊ 0/7	♦ 0/27	♦ 1/37	◊ ½/30	◊ 1/25	♦ ½/14	♦ ½/28	◊ 1/23	◊ 1/18	6½
12	Maxwell L Fuller	AUS	2355	◊ 0/15	♦ ½/17	◊ 1/40	◊ 1/34	♦ ½/16	◊ 0/10	♦ 1/29	◊ 1/20	♦ 1/21	♦ 0/5	◊ ½/7	6½
13	Glenn C Flear	ENG	2320	♦ ½/27	◊ 1/34	♦ 1/4	◊ 0/2	♦ 1/8	◊ ½/23	♦ ½/19	◊ 0/7	♦ 1/15	◊ 0/1	♦ ½/14	6
14	Julian M Hodgson	ENG	2315	♦ 1/28	◊ ½/23	♦ 1/8	◊ ½/6	♦ ½/9	◊ 0/4	♦ 0/7	◊ ½/11	♦ 1/20	♦ ½/18	◊ ½/13	6
15	David H Cummings	ENG	2280	♦ 1/12	◊ 0/2	♦ ½/31	◊ 0/4	♦ 1/34	◊ 0/8	♦ 1/22	◊ 1/16	◊ 0/13	♦ ½/24	◊ 1/26	6
16	Victor W Knox	ENG	2335	◊ 1/32	♦ 0/1	◊ 1/27	♦ ½/18	◊ ½/12	♦ ½/28	◊ ½/9	♦ 0/15	♦ 1/31	◊ 0/8	♦ 1/23	6
17	John W Branford	ENG		♦ 0/23	◊ ½/12	♦ 0/34	◊ 0/22	♦ 1/40	◊ 1/35	♦ ½/30	◊ 0/31	◊ 1/39	♦ 1/33	♦ 1/28	6
18	Craig William Pritchett	SCO	2390m	♦ ½/31	◊ 1/19	♦ ½/33	◊ ½/16	♦ ½/10	◊ 1/21	♦ ½/2	◊ ½/8	♦ 0/9	◊ ½/14	♦ 0/11	5½
19	Mark L Hebden	ENG	2290	◊ 1/39	♦ 0/18	♦ 1/37	◊ 1/33	◊ 0/5	♦ 1/24	◊ ½/13	♦ 1/3	♦ 0/2	◊ 0/4	♦ 0/8	5½
20	Brian J Denman	SCO		◊ 1/36	♦ 0/5	◊ 1/39	♦ 0/3	◊ 0/24	♦ 1/27	◊ 1/33	♦ 0/12	◊ 0/14	◊ 1/31	♦ ½/21	5½
21	Peter G Large	ENG	2310	◊ ½/40	♦ 1/38	◊ 0/6	◊ ½/31	♦ 1/33	♦ 0/18	◊ ½/24	♦ 1/26	◊ 0/12	♦ ½/27	◊ ½/20	5½
22	Simon J B Knott	ENG	2220	♦ 0/33	◊ 0/37	♦ ½/35	♦ 1/17	◊ 1/38	♦ 0/26	◊ 0/15	♦ 1/36	◊ ½/27	◊ ½/30	♦ 1/32	5½
23	John G Cooper	WLS	2335	◊ 1/17	♦ ½/14	◊ 1/25	♦ 0/1	◊ 1/27	♦ ½/13	◊ 0/6	♦ 0/9	◊ 1/24	♦ 0/11	◊ 0/16	5
24	Malcolm Pein	ENG	2240	♦ 0/2	◊ 1/26	♦ 0/10	◊ 1/29	♦ 1/20	◊ 0/19	♦ ½/21	◊ ½/28	♦ 0/23	◊ ½/15	♦ ½/30	5
25	Gary Kenworthy	ENG		♦ 1/10	◊ ½/4	♦ 0/23	◊ 0/8	♦ 1/31	◊ 0/7	♦ 0/11	◊ ½/34	◊ ½/32	♦ ½/29	◊ 1/33	5
26	Edward Davis			◊ 0/6	♦ 0/24	◊ ½/32	♦ 1/36	♦ 1/35	◊ 1/22	♦ 0/10	◊ 0/21	♦ 1/29	◊ ½/28	♦ 0/15	5
27	Peter Hugh Clarke	ENG	2355	◊ ½/13	♦ ½/30	♦ 0/16	◊ 1/11	♦ 0/23	◊ 0/20	♦ ½/34	◊ 1/35	♦ ½/22	◊ ½/21	♦ ½/31	5
28	Daniel King	ENG	2330	◊ 0/14	♦ 0/39	◊ 1/36	◊ 1/37	♦ 1/30	◊ ½/16	♦ 0/8	♦ ½/24	◊ ½/11	♦ ½/26	◊ 0/17	5
29	Ian R Watson	ENG	2210	◊ 0/1	♦ 1/32	◊ 0/3	♦ 0/24	◊ 1/39	♦ 1/38	◊ 0/12	♦ ½/33	◊ 0/26	◊ ½/25	♦ 1/36	5
30	Bernard Cafferty	ENG	2305	♦ 0/4	◊ ½/27	◊ 1/38	♦ ½/39	◊ 0/28	♦ ½/11	◊ ½/17	♦ ½/32	◊ ½/33	♦ ½/22	◊ ½/24	5
31	Richard Britton	ENG	2330	◊ ½/18	♦ ½/7	◊ ½/15	♦ ½/21	◊ 0/25	♦ 0/33	◊ 1/39	♦ 1/17	◊ 0/16	♦ 0/20	◊ ½/27	4½
32	James Burnett	ENG		♦ 0/16	◊ 0/29	♦ ½/26	♦ 0/38	◊ 0/36	◊ 1/40	♦ 1/37	◊ ½/30	♦ ½/25	◊ 1/34	◊ 0/22	4½
33	Kenneth P Neat	ENG	2315	◊ 1/22	♦ ½/6	◊ ½/18	♦ 0/19	◊ 0/21	◊ 1/31	♦ 0/20	◊ ½/29	♦ ½/30	◊ 0/17	♦ 0/25	4
34	John C Henshaw	ENG	2215	◊ ½/7	♦ 0/13	◊ 1/17	♦ 0/12	◊ 0/15	♦ ½/39	◊ ½/27	♦ ½/25	◊ ½/38	♦ 0/32	◊ ½/40	4
35	Moss McCarthy	WLS		◊ 0/5	♦ 0/3	◊ ½/22	♦ 1/40	◊ 0/26	♦ 0/17	◊ 1/38	♦ 0/27	◊ ½/36	♦ 0/37	♦ 1/39	4
36	Gary William Lane	ENG		♦ 0/20	◊ 0/10	♦ 0/28	◊ 0/26	♦ 1/32	◊ ½/37	♦ 1/40	◊ 0/22	♦ ½/35	♦ 1/38	◊ 0/29	4
37	Philip Adams	ENG		◊ 0/9	♦ 1/22	◊ 0/19	♦ 0/28	◊ 0/11	♦ ½/36	◊ 0/32	♦ 0/39	◊ ½/40	◊ 1/35	♦ ½/38	3½
38	Chris W Baker	ENG	2260	♦ ½/8	◊ 0/21	♦ 0/30	◊ 1/32	♦ 0/22	◊ 0/29	♦ 0/35	◊ 1/40	♦ ½/34	◊ 0/36	◊ ½/37	3½
39	Thomas L Milligan	SCO		♦ 0/19	◊ 1/28	♦ 0/20	◊ ½/30	♦ 0/29	◊ ½/34	♦ 0/31	◊ 1/37	♦ 0/17	♦ 0/40	◊ 0/35	3
40	David A Houston	SCO		♦ ½/21	◊ 0/8	♦ 0/12	◊ 0/35	◊ 0/17	♦ 0/32	◊ 0/36	♦ 0/38	♦ ½/37	◊ 1/39	♦ ½/34	2½

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

1980 British Championship Play-Off		Nat'y	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	John D M Nunn	ENG	2575g	½	½	½	1	½	½	3½
2	William Roland 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		Nat'y	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 (later Richmond)	WLS	2050	0	0	&;	1	0		1	1	1	1	1		1	½				7½
4	Wanda Pritchard (later Dakin)	ENG	1925	0	0	0	&;	0	1	1	1				1	1	1	½			6½
5	Dinah Margaret Wright (née Dobson)	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 (later Taulbut)	ENG				0	0		0		0	0	½	1	1	&;	1	0		1/bye	4½
14	(Patricia) Anne Sunnucks (later 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 (later Milligan) withdrew ill	SCO	1840						0				0		1				&;		1 / 3

1980 BCF Major Open Tournament — (11-Rd Swiss): 1 John Hall 8½; 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 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 J. 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, K. 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).