42nd West of England (WECU) Chess Championship, Weymouth, 16-20 April 1987

1987 West of England Championship		Residence	Grade	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
1	Michael Adams	Truro	219J	w11-	b22+	w18+	b3+	w12=	b4+	w5+	5½
2	Gareth Anthony	London	202	b17-	w24+	b8+	w9+	b5-	w10+	w4+	5
3	Timothy Headlong	Swindon	195	b20=	w16+	b17=	w1-	b8+	w14+	w7+	5
4	Gerald Moore	Chalfont St Peter	193	w15+	b23+	w11+	w5+	b17+	w1-	b2-	5
5	Stephen J Shutler	Poole	199	w6+	b21+	w7+	b4-	w2+	b12+	b1-	5
6	James R Boyce	Bristol	187	b5-	w19=	b15+	w14=	b11=	w17+	w12=	4
7	David O Collier *	Bristol	190	b23+	w8+	b5-	b12-	w10+	w9+	b3-	4
8	Graham P Copeland	Gloucester	183	w13+	b7-	w2-	b23+	w3-	b20+	w22+	4
9	Miles L Cowling	Poole	195	w10=	b18=	w23+	b2-	w13+	b7-	w16+	4
10	Alex Easton	Bristol	181	b9=	w20+	b14+	w17=	b7-	b2-	w15+	4
11	Richard Heasman	Basingstoke	188	b1+	w14=	b4-	b13=	w6=	b15=	w17+	4
12	David LeMoir	Letchworth		b24+	w17-	b21+	w7+	b1=	w5-	b6=	4
13	David C Osborne	Bristol	197	b8-	w15=	b20+	w11=	b9-	w19+	b14+	4
14	B Peter A Andrews	London	200	w22+	b11=	w10-	b6=	w16+	b3-	w13-	3
15	Jane Anson	Plymouth		b4-	b13=	w6-	w19+	b21+	w11=	b10-	3
16	Philip J Meade	Cheltenham	174	w18=	b3-	b19=	w24+	b14-	w21+	b9-	3
17	Jeremy F S Menadue	Truro	189	w2+	b12+	w3=	b10=	w4-	b6-	b11-	3
18	David J Shire	Canterbury	193	b16=	w9=	b1-	w21=	b19-	w22=	b24+	3
19	George W Wheeler	Plymouth	194	w21-	b6=	w16=	b15-	w18+	b13-	w20+	3
20	Ronnie Burton	Weymouth	180	w3=	b10-	w13-	b22=	b24+	w8-	b19-	2
21	Ian C Clark	Bournemouth	174	b19+	w5-	w12-	b18=	w15-	b16-	w23=	2
22	Stephen P Dilleigh	Bristol	188	b14-	w1-	b24-	w20=	w23+	b18=	b8-	2
23	D C Wood *	Burnham	160	w7+	w4-	b9-	w8-	b22-	w24=	b21=	2
24	S Robinson	Poole	185	w12-	b2-	w22+	b16-	w20-	b23=	w18-	1½

* a peculiarity in the handwritten crosstable for this event, in the first-round pairing DC Wood vs DO Collier. Both are recorded as winning. And both are then paired with other players on 1/1 in round 2 so it's not really possible to determine which result is wrong. I've consulted Dave Collier and he couldn't remember what happened. However, it occurred to him that he might have had a default win in a West of England Championship back in the day and a controller had some reason not to default his opponent but he can't remember if it was at this tournament. This is similar to an idea I had - supposing both players had been paired with first-round no-shows and it was decided they should play each other for the sake of having a game, but their default point counted anyway. It's a possible interpretation - JS

1987 WECU Ladies' Championship: (1-2) Anne Spiller (Bristol), Beth Spiller (Bristol) 3. The first-named was champion on tie-break (sum of opponents' scores)

Challengers: (1-3) J Humphreys (Gloucester), S Kyriakides (Swindon), Matthew Piper (Truro) 4½/6.

Reserves: (1) RJ Perrin (Weymouth) 5/6

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File Updated

Date	Notes
8 February 2022	So far, no games, but Jane Anson kindly sent me a handwritten crosstable so I've added it here in the hope that some games eventually materialise, and also, to record an early success for GM Mickey Adams. There is a brief mention of the tournament in his father Bill Adams' book Michael Adams: Development of a Grandmaster.