1985 NatWest Team Challenge, 11-20 August, Catford, London

BCM, October 1985, p447

NatWest Challenge — A tournament with this title was played at Catford, South London, to make use of the opportunity provided by the presence in England of a large group of players waiting to take part in the Lloyds Bank Masters. The organisers were Eric Schiller and Louise McDonald, the former also turning out for the USA. An Anglo-India side consisted of Ravikumar, Martin and Hawksworth!

The event was actually conducted as a Category 4 tournament in which the individual scores were: (1) Stuart Conquest 7/9 losing only to Ravikumar and achieving his second IM norm (stated as the winning of the IM title in The Times); (2) Darryl Johansen (AUS) 6½; (3-5) Ravikumar, Hawksworth, Kosten 5½; (6-8) Hall, Gallagher, Martin 4½; (9) West (AUS) 4; (10) Colias (USA) 3; (11) Levi (AUS) 1½; (12) Schiller (USA) 1/8 — deputed for in one game by Bob Wade, who drew with Hawksworth. [I've marked Hall in red because I think he scored 5/9, not 4½/9 as given in BCM. See table below - JS]

(1) England 17; (2) Anglo-India 15½; (3) Australia 12; (4) USA 9½.

1985 NatWest Team Challenge				ENG				Eng/Ind				AUS				USA			Total
	England	Fed	Elo	1	2	3		1	2	3		1	2	3		1	2	3	17
1	Stuart Conquest	ENG	2345	&;				0	1	½		½	1	1		1	1	1	7
2	Anthony C Kosten	ENG	2395					½	0	½		½	1	1		0	1	1	5½
3	Joseph G Gallagher	ENG	2310					½	½	½		1	½	1		0	0	½	4½
	"Anglo-India"	Fed	Elo	1	2	3		1	2	3		1	2	3		1	2	3	15½
1	Vaidyanathan Ravikumar	IND	2370	1	½	½		&;				0	½	½		½	1	1	5½
2	John C Hawksworth	ENG	2370	0	1	½						0	1	1		½	1	½	5½
3	Andrew D Martin	ENG	2410	½	½	½						½	½	½		0	½	1	4½
	Australia	Fed	Elo	1	2	3		1	2	3		1	2	3		1	2	3	12
1	Darryl Johansen	AUS	2410	½	½	0		1	1	½		&;				1	1	1	6½
2	Guy West	AUS	2310	0	0	½		½	0	½						1	½	1	4
3	Eddy L Levi	AUS	2280	0	0	0		½	0	½						0	0	½	1½
	USA	Fed	Elo	1	2	3		1	2	3		1	2	3		1	2	3	9½
1	John Hall	USA	2295	0	1	1		½	½	1		0	0	1		&;			5
2	Billy Colias	USA	2315	0	0	1		0	0	½		0	½	1					3
3	Eric Schiller / Bob Wade	USA	2205	0	0	½		0	½	0		0	0	½					1 / ½

Scores marked in red: Robert G Wade (2315) stood in for Eric Schiller vs John Hawksworth. Schiller scored 1/8, Wade ½/1.

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28 February 2023

File first uploaded with 54 games. My thanks to Paul Summers for sending the Australian team games which has given at least some idea of the dates and round numbers. The games have been available via the CB Mega/Big Database for some years but without aforementioned information. They would have been taken from Richard O'Brien's bulletin. If anyone has further information about the dates and round numbers, please let me know.