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

1987 West of England Championship		Resid.	Grade	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
1	Michael Adams	Truro	219J	◊ 0/11	♦ 1/22	◊ 1/18	♦ 1/3	◊ ½/12	♦ 1/4	◊ 1/5	5½
2	Gareth Anthony	London	202	♦ 0/17	◊ 1/24	♦ 1/8	◊ 1/9	♦ 0/5	◊ 1/10	◊ 1/4	5
3	Timothy Headlong	Swindon	195	♦ ½/20	◊ 1/16	♦ ½/17	◊ 0/1	♦ 1/8	◊ 1/14	◊ 1/7	5
4	Gerald Moore	Chalfont St Peter	193	◊ 1/15	♦ 1/23	◊ 1/11	◊ 1/5	♦ 1/17	◊ 0/1	♦ 0/2	5
5	Stephen J Shutler	Poole	199	◊ 1/6	♦ 1/21	◊ 1/7	♦ 0/4	◊ 1/2	♦ 1/12	♦ 0/1	5
6	James R Boyce	Bristol	187	♦ 0/5	◊ ½/19	♦ 1/15	◊ ½/14	♦ ½/11	◊ 1/17	◊ ½/12	4
7	David O Collier *	Bristol	190	♦ 1/23	◊ 1/8	♦ 0/5	♦ 0/12	◊ 1/10	◊ 1/9	♦ 0/3	4
8	Graham P Copeland	Gloucester	183	◊ 1/13	♦ 0/7	◊ 0/2	♦ 1/23	◊ 0/3	♦ 1/20	◊ 1/22	4
9	Miles L Cowling	Poole	195	◊ ½/10	♦ ½/18	◊ 1/23	♦ 0/2	◊ 1/13	♦ 0/7	◊ 1/16	4
10	Alex Easton	Bristol	181	♦ ½/9	◊ 1/20	♦ 1/14	◊ ½/17	♦ 0/7	♦ 0/2	◊ 1/15	4
11	Richard Heasman	Basingstoke	188	♦ 1/1	◊ ½/14	♦ 0/4	♦ ½/13	◊ ½/6	♦ ½/15	◊ 1/17	4
12	David LeMoir	Letchworth		♦ 1/24	◊ 0/17	♦ 1/21	◊ 1/7	♦ ½/1	◊ 0/5	♦ ½/6	4
13	David C Osborne	Bristol	197	♦ 0/8	◊ ½/15	♦ 1/20	◊ ½/11	♦ 0/9	◊ 1/19	♦ 1/14	4
14	B Peter A Andrews	London	200	◊ 1/22	♦ ½/11	◊ 0/10	♦ ½/6	◊ 1/16	♦ 0/3	◊ 0/13	3
15	Jane Anson	Plymouth		♦ 0/4	♦ ½/13	◊ 0/6	◊ 1/19	♦ 1/21	◊ ½/11	♦ 0/10	3
16	Philip J Meade	Cheltenham	174	◊ ½/18	♦ 0/3	♦ ½/19	◊ 1/24	♦ 0/14	◊ 1/21	♦ 0/9	3
17	Jeremy F S Menadue	Truro	189	◊ 1/2	♦ 1/12	◊ ½/3	♦ ½/10	◊ 0/4	♦ 0/6	♦ 0/11	3
18	David J Shire	Canterbury	193	♦ ½/16	◊ ½/9	♦ 0/1	◊ ½/21	♦ 0/19	◊ ½/22	♦ 1/24	3
19	George W Wheeler	Plymouth	194	◊ 0/21	♦ ½/6	◊ ½/16	♦ 0/15	◊ 1/18	♦ 0/13	◊ 1/20	3
20	Ronnie Burton	Weymouth	180	◊ ½/3	♦ 0/10	◊ 0/13	♦ ½/22	♦ 1/24	◊ 0/8	♦ 0/19	2
21	Ian C Clark	Bournemouth	174	♦ 1/19	◊ 0/5	◊ 0/12	♦ ½/18	◊ 0/15	♦ 0/16	◊ ½/23	2
22	Stephen P Dilleigh	Bristol	188	♦ 0/14	◊ 0/1	♦ 0/24	◊ ½/20	◊ 1/23	♦ ½/18	♦ 0/8	2
23	D C Wood *	Burnham	160	◊ 1/7	◊ 0/4	♦ 0/9	◊ 0/8	♦0/22	◊ ½/24	♦ ½/21	2
24	S Robinson	Poole	185	◊ 0/12	♦ 0/2	◊ 1/22	♦ 0/16	◊ 0/20	♦ ½/23	◊ 0/18	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.