1987 Chess for Peace International, 1-11 September, North London Polytechnic, London

1987 Chess for Peace International		Fed	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total	Rtg
1	Julian M Hodgson (trophy)	ENG	2510g	85 +	102 +	31 +	25 +	18 +	3 =	21 =	27 +	2 –	6 +	8 +	9	+16
2	Gavin Crawley	ENG	2345	89 +	70 =	61 +	def –	48 +	9 +	20 +	18 +	1 +	3 =	17 +	9	+33.4
3	Dibyendu Barua	IND	2455m	47 +	39 +	33 +	38 =	23 +	1 =	6 =	5 +	21 +	2 =	7 +	9	+24
4	Mark L Hebden	ENG	2515m	63 +	28 +	17 –	46 =	34 +	44 +	16 =	8 –	31 +	38 +	19 +	8	-4
5	Fernando Alberto Braga	ITA	2420m	107 +	12 +	16 =	44 +	38 +	6 =	18 =	3 –	17 –	29 +	15 +	7½	+7.3
6	Eric Lobron	FRG	2530g	46 +	22 +	25 –	102 +	36 +	5 =	3 =	62 +	8 =	1 –	28 +	7½	-7
7	Neil R McDonald	ENG	2400m	def –	107 +	99 =	37 +	24 =	55 +	34 =	10 +	27 +	21 +	3 –	7½	+9
8	Lanka Ravi	IND	2325m	103 +	34 +	11 =	23 –	86 =	59 +	32 +	4 +	6 =	25 +	1 –	7½	+19.7
9	Goran N Todorovic	YUG	2415f	37 =	57 +	10 =	65 +	41 =	2 –	52 +	40 =	63 +	17 =	18 +	7½	-0.4
10	Colin S Crouch	ENG	2320	82 +	11 =	9 =	59 +	27 =	42 +	23 –	7 –	55 +	60 +	13 =	7	+6.9
11	Maxim Dlugy	USA	2545g	24 +	10 =	8 =	12 +	33 =	19 =	31 +	15 =	16 =	13 =	21 =	7	-11.4
12	Peter Fransson	SWE	2240	50 +	5 –	30 +	11 –	29 +	34 –	59 +	36 =	37 +	62 +	32 =	7	+6.5
13	Rainer Kraut	FRG	2420f	29 –	54 +	40 =	52 +	46 +	17 –	60 +	38 =	39 +	11 =	10 =	7	-2
14	Martin Kreuzer	FRG		111 +	17 –	28 –	63 –	58 +	73 +	56 +	51 =	43 +	33 =	44 +	7	2292
15	Ilan Manor	ISR	2375m	101 +	61 =	56 +	20 =	25 +	18 –	36 +	11 =	23 =	27 +	5 –	7	+13
16	Andrew D Martin	ENG	2375m	97 +	69 +	5 =	bye +	21 =	20 =	4 =	42 =	11 =	28 =	25 =	7	+7.2
17	Carlos S Matamoros Franco	ECU	2395	80 +	14 +	4 +	18 –	51 =	13 +	27 –	43 +	5 +	9 =	2 –	7	+8.6
18	Jacob Murey	ISR	2505m	95 +	68 +	32 +	17 +	1 –	15 +	5 =	2 –	19 =	44 +	9 –	7	-6
19	Malcolm Pein	ENG	2385m	41 +	29 +	20 =	21 –	64 +	11 =	24 +	25 =	18 =	23 +	4 –	7	+6.4
20	Devaki V Prasad	IND	2425m	67 +	43 +	19 =	15 =	68 +	16 =	2 –	44 –	70 =	41 +	39 +	7	-5.4
21	Gad Rechlis	ISR	2450m	65 =	48 +	86 +	19 +	16 =	31 +	1 =	23+	3 –	7 –	11 =	7	+2.6
22	Johann Sander	FRG	2300	83 +	6 –	78 –	30 –	81 =	96 =	77 +	bye +	45 +	55 +	42 +	7	+4.8
23	Leonid A Shamkovich	USA	2420g	78 +	26 +	44 =	8 +	3 –	38 +	10 +	21 –	15 =	19 –	40 +	7	-0
24	Matthias Steinbacher	FRG	2260f	11 –	84 +	29 +	42 =	7 =	56 +	19 –	55 –	54 +	35 +	38 +	7	+6.5
25	Sasa Velickovic	YUG	2420m	30 +	99 +	6 +	1 –	15 –	78 +	68 +	19 =	62 +	8 –	16 =	7	-7.1
26	John Anderson	ENG	2225	91 +	23 –	35 –	92 +	59 –	29 =	53 +	52 –	86 +	48 +	60 +	6½	-2.5
27	Nathan Birnboim	ISR	2455m	98 +	71 +	38 –	73 +	10 =	41 +	17 +	1 –	7 –	15 –	52 +	6½	-17.7
28	Christopher K D Holland	ENG	2275	94 +	4 –	14 +	41 –	62 –	47 +	78 +	30 +	42 +	16 =	6 –	6½	+5
29	Paul A Hutchinson	ENG		13 +	19 –	24 –	74 +	12 –	26 =	57 +	81 +	52 +	5 –	62 +	6½	2132
30	Carsten Kluth	FRG		25 –	77 +	12 –	22 +	63=	50 +	46 =	28 –	68 +	51 +	33 =	6½	2334
31	Mahmood A Lodhi	PAK	2365m	54 +	bye +	1 –	78 +	32 +	21 –	11 –	67 +	4 –	59 +	34 =	6½	-6.5
32	Pravin M Thipsay	IND	2420m	92 +	66 +	18 –	98 +	31 –	54 +	8 –	34 +	44 =	40 =	12 =	6½	-21.6
33	Goran M Todorovic	YUG	2410f	79 +	58 +	3 –	35 +	11 =	51 +	62 –	63 =	40 =	14 =	30 =	6½	-1
34	Robert Willmoth	ENG		77 +	8 –	75 +	39 +	4 –	12 +	7 =	32 –	35 =	63 +	31 =	6½	2349
35	Abdelha Elaroucz	EGY		57 =	80 =	26 +	33 –	39 +	62 –	61 =	83 +	34 =	24 –	66 +	6	2293
36	Juergen Graf	FRG	2405f	86 =	96 +	70 +	51 =	6 –	99 +	15 –	12 =	60 –	67 +	37 =	6	-10
37	Andrew J Ledger	ENG		9 =	42 –	97 +	7 –	104 +	bye +	43 –	61 +	12 –	50 +	36 =	6	2190
38	John E Littlewood	ENG	2380	52 +	55 +	27 +	3 =	5 –	23 –	66 +	13 =	46 +	4 –	24 –	6	-7.6
39	Nino Martincevic	FRG	2275	84 +	3 –	92 +	34 –	35 –	98 +	54 +	86 +	13 –	70 +	20 –	6	-8.7
40	Daniel Pergericht	BEL	2260f	105 +	51 =	13 =	62 =	56 =	60 =	70 +	9 =	33 =	32 =	23 –	6	+8.2
41	Stephen Pickles	AUS		19 –	104 +	66 +	28 +	9 =	27 –	44 –	71 =	84 +	20 –	63 +	6	2261
42	Wolfram Schoen	FRG	2445f	48 =	37 +	65 =	24 =	43 +	10 –	83 +	16 =	28 –	46 +	22 –	6	-19.7
43	Mohammed Sharif	UAE	2255	75 +	20 –	52 =	104 +	42 –	53 +	37 +	17 +	14 –	61 =	bye +	6	-8.4
44	Christopher G Ward	ENG	2330	59 +	60 +	23 =	5 –	70 +	4 –	41 +	20 +	32 =	18 –	14 –	6	-0.4
45	Peter Baetz	FRG		51 –	59 –	103 +	69 +	55 –	81 =	80 =	87 +	22 –	76 +	46 =	5½
46	Dan Barash	ISR	2240	6 –	94 +	100 +	4 =	13 –	64 +	30 =	68 +	38 –	42 –	45 =	5½	+0
47	Frank Drill	FRG		3 –	79 =	82 +	70 –	94 =	28 –	75 –	88 +	89 +	72 =	78 +	5½
48	Goran M Fant	SWE		42 =	21 –	80 +	57 +	2 –	83 –	81 –	94 +	73 +	26 –	84 +	5½	2044
49	Hans-Joachim Frasch	FRG		99 –	87 +	68 –	76 =	57 –	92 =	89 =	79 +	78 =	64 +	69 =	5½
50	Richard Gerber	SUI	2275	12 –	78 –	87 +	83 +	99 –	30 –	92 +	74 =	81 +	37 –	82 +	5½	-5.5
51	Lev Gutman	ISR	2475g	45 +	40 =	64 +	36 =	17 =	33 –	63 –	14 =	75 +	30 –	55 =	5½	-19
52	Torsten Lux	FRG		38 –	67 +	43 =	13 –	80 +	bye +	9 –	26 +	29 –	65 +	27 –	5½	2165
53	Abdulla Mansouri	QTR		bye =	65 –	57 –	77 +	79 +	43 –	26 –	89 =	82 =	96 +	73 +	5½
54	Assa Moussa	QTR		31 –	13 –	88 +	91 +	73 +	32 –	39 –	80 +	24 –	78 =	74 +	5½
55	Paul A O'Neill	WLS		bye +	38 –	102 –	58 +	45 +	7 –	65 +	24 +	10 –	22 –	51 =	5½	2112
56	Martin Pettinger	ENG		104 =	76 +	15 –	90 +	40 =	24 –	14 –	59 –	92 +	86 +	61 =	5½
57	Francis Rayner	ENG		35 =	9 –	53 +	48 –	49 +	66 –	29 –	72 =	80 +	68 +	59 =	5½
58	Bagyashree Sathe Thipsay	IND	2190wm	87 +	33 –	59 –	55 –	14 –	84 =	69 –	96 +	79 +	81 +	75 +	5½	-2.2
59	Armin Sommerfeld	FRG		44 –	45 +	58 +	10 –	26 +	8 –	12 –	56 +	71 +	31 –	57 =	5½	2134
60	William Stanton	ENG		81 +	44 –	95 +	68 –	75 +	40 =	13 –	66 +	36 +	10 –	26 –	5½	2091
61	Sze W Tan	SGP		100 +	15 =	2 –	99 =	65 –	75 +	35 =	37 –	83 +	43 =	56 =	5½
62	Philip Wheldon	ENG		66 –	63 +	91 +	40 =	28 +	35 +	33 +	6 –	25 –	12 –	29 –	5½	2341
63	Jonathan C Benjamin	ENG	2255	4 –	62 –	105 +	14 +	30 =	65 +	51 +	33 =	9 –	34 –	41 –	5	+5.4
64	Christopher R Duncan	ENG		73 +	bye =	51 –	101 +	19 –	46 –	90 +	70 –	bye =	49 –	85 +	5
65	Thomas Duester	FRG		21 =	53 +	42 =	9 –	61 +	63 –	55 –	98 +	67 =	52 –	72 =	5	2198
66	Philipp Eitel	FRG		62 +	32 –	41 –	100 =	96 +	57 +	38 –	60 –	74 =	87 +	35 –	5
67	Peter M Gayson	ENG		20 –	52 –	72 =	82 =	88 +	102 +	94 +	31 –	65 =	36 –	71 =	5	2190
68	Andrew J Muir	SCO	2285	72 +	18 –	49 +	60 +	20 –	86 +	25 –	46 –	30 –	57 –	87 +	5	-14
69	Kevin M O'Shea	IRL		112 +	16 –	98 –	45 –	def –	bye =	58 +	93 –	97 +	83 +	49 =	5
70	Aymon M Salem	EGY		88 +	2 =	36 –	47 +	44 –	76 +	40 –	64 +	20 =	39 –		5 / 10	2067
71	Nicholas Thomas	ENG	2240	74 +	27 –	101 =	86 –	98 +	def –	99 +	41 =	59 –	75 =	67 =	5	-2.3
72	Kevin J Thurlow	ENG		68 –	81 –	67 =	97 –	77 =	107 +	91 =	57 =	bye +	47 =	65 =	5
73	Chris Baker	NZL		64 –	105 +	81 +	27 –	54 –	14 –	100 +	78 =	48 –	90 +	53 –	4½
74	Christian Bleis	FRG		71 –	82 =	76 =	29 –	87 +	89 +	86 –	50 =	66 =	84 =	54 –	4½
75	Sandys Dickinson	ENG		43 –	103 +	34 –	89 +	60 –	61 –	47 +	76 +	51 –	71 =	58 –	4½
76	Ibrahim Fakhroo	QTR		bye =	56 –	74 =	49 =	100 +	70 –	82 =	75 –	94 +	45 –	77 =	4½
77	Mohammed Hassan	UAE		34 –	30 –	84 =	53 –	72 =	95 +	22 –	97 =	85 =	88 +	76 =	4½
78	Adrian Jackson	ENG		23 –	50 +	22 +	31 –	102 +	25 –	28 –	73 =	49 =	54 =	47 –	4½	2281
79	Dan E Mayers	USA		33 –	47 =	83 –	84 +	53 –	82 –	85 +	49 –	58 –	103 +	90 +	4½
80	Robert Parker	ENG		17 –	35 =	48 –	95 +	52 –	85 +	45 =	54 –	57 –	94 =	91 +	4½
81	Adrian Swartz	ISR		60–	72 +	73 –	94 =	22 =	45 =	48 +	29 –	50 –	58 –	bye +	4½
82	George Szaszvari	ENG		10 –	74 =	47 –	67 =	92 =	79 +	76 =	84 –	53 =	91 +	50 –	4½
83	André Tarazi	LEB		22 –	85 =	79 +	50 –	97 +	48 +	42 –	35 –	61 –	69 –	92 +	4½
84	Rajko Vujatovic	ENG		39 –	24 –	77 =	79 –	105 +	58 =	bye +	82 +	41 –	74 =	48 –	4½
85	Khalfan Abdullah	UAE		1 –	83 =	104 –	96 –	95 +	80 –	79 –	103 +	77 =	89 +	64 –	4
86	Patrick Needham	ENG		36 =	90 +	21 –	71 +	8 =	68 –	74 +	39 –	26 –	56 –		4 / 10	2157
87	John Rety	ENG		58 –	49 –	50 –	105 +	74 –	88 +	97 +	45 –	90 +	66 –	68 –	4
88	Liam Roche	ENG		70 –	91 –	54 –	bye +	67 –	87 –	105 +	47 –	95 +	77 –	bye +	4
89	Gerhard Roerig	FRG		2 –	98 –	111 +	75 –	107 +	74 –	49 =	53 =	47 –	85 –	100 +	4
90	Sarfraz Chaudry	PAK		109 =	86 –	96 –	56 –	101 –	bye +	64 –	91 +	87 –	73 –	79 –	3½
91	Hassan El Cherif	PAL		26 –	88 +	62 –	54 –	bye +	94 –	72 =	90 –	100 +	82 –	80 –	3½
92	Hussein Khoori	UAE		32 –	bye +	39 –	26 –	82 =	49 =	50 –	100 +	56 –	97 =	83 –	3½
93	Salah Koma	SUD									69 +	103 +	95 =	105 +	3½ / 4
94	Hans-Georg Uffelmann	FRG		28 –	46 –	107 +	81 =	47 =	91 +	67 –	48 –	76 –	80 =		3½ / 10
95	James Frederick Adams	ENG		18 –	97 =	60 –	80 –	85 –	77 –	103 –	105 +	88 –	93 =	96 +	3
96	Mohammed Al Medaihki	QTR		bye =	36 –	90 –	85 +	66 –	22 =	98 –	58 –	105 +	53 –	95 –	3
97	Hisham Al Tahir	UAE		16 –	95 =	37 –	72 +	83 –	100 =	87 –	77 =	69 –	92 =		3 / 10
98	Christopher N Dunworth	ENG		27 –	89 +	69 +	32 –	71 –	39 –	96 +	65 –				3 / 8
99	Eli Fefer	ISR		49 +	25 –	7 =	61 =	50 +	36 –	71 –					3 / 7	2199
100	Kenneth W Regan	USA		61 –	bye +	46 –	66 =	76 –	97 =	73 –	92 –	91 –	105 +	89 –	3
101	Leonard M Pickett	ENG		15 –	111 +	71 =	64 –	90 +							2½ / 5
102	Rezaul Huque	BAN	2260	113 +	1 –	55 +	6 –	78 –	67 –						2 / 6	+3.7
103	Walter B Scales	ENG		8 –	75 –	45 –	107 –	106 –	105 –	95 +	85 –	93 –	79 –	bye +	2
104	Joachim Olbrich	FRG		56 =	41 –	85 +	43 –	37 –							1½ / 5
105	Abdullah Al Balavshi	UAE		40 –	73 –	63 –	87 –	84 –	103 +	88 –	95 –	96 –	100 –	93 –	1
106	Paul Charles	ENG						103 +							1 / 1
107	Mervyn J Hughes	ENG		5 –	7 –	94 –	103 +	89 –	72 –						1 / 6
108	Luke Rutherford	ENG		110 +											1 / 1
109	Thomas Bjornson	ISL	2245	90 =											½ / 1
110	Dastgir Butt	PAK	2345	108 –											0 / 1
111	Tryfon C Gavriel	ENG		14 –	101 –	89 –									0 / 3
112	Ludger Keitlinghaus	FRG	2400	69 –											0 / 1
113	Oliver Reeh	FRG	2425	102 –											0 / 1	-7.2

Julian Hodgson won the trophy after a blitz play-off with Barua and Crawley. The three shared £7,000 (1st prize was £4,000, 2nd £2,000 and 3rd £1,000). Crawley's success came despite defaulting his 4th round game (when he had a job interview).

IM norm achieved by Carlos S Matamoros Franco (Ecuador)

Shamkovich won the £500 veteran's prize.

Prize fund £9,500 (the bulletin claimed this as a record for UK opens - it had originally been announced as £100,000, with a £50,000 first prize, but the sponsor's support had been withdrawn and a new prize fund announced a week before the tournament began - ref. Murray Chandler chess column in The Listener, 31 October 1987)

Tournament Organiser: Aly Amin (Chequers Chess Café, Chalk Farm Road, London) (BCM, June 1993, p321: "We also learn of the death on April 20 [1993] of Ali [sic] Amin proprietor of the Chequers Chess Cafe in N London. Active from the early 1980s, the former Egyptian Junior Champion ran a daily bulletin for a while during the 1986 Kasparov-Karpov match in London, and arranged a “Chess for Peace” tournament which did not succeed in raising the high prize from Arab sources that he hoped for." - the death record shows his name as Aly Moustafa Amin, born 13 February 1942, died 2nd qtr, 1993)

From BCM, November 1987, ppn 472-473:

"As has been widely observed, the ‘Chess for Peace’ tournament at the North London Polytechnic was hardly peaceful. The preliminary confusion over the availability of the widely-publicised prize fund was followed by a hard-fought tournament in which the five remaining GMs in the field of 113 had a difficult time of it.

"The highest-rated, Maxim Dlugy, conceded four draws in the first six rounds and also drew his last four games. Murey lost to Hodgson in the fourth round and to Crawley in the seventh. Gutman lost no fewer than three games, and Lobron’s chances were finally scuppered when he went down to Hodgson in the penultimate round.

"Hodgson was the early leader, winning his first five games before drawing with Barua and Rechlis and losing to Crawley. In fact Crawley could be considered the hero of the tournament as he had to default in the fourth round due to a job interview. He followed up this zero in the table by five consecutive wins before drawing with Barua and then beating Matamoros from a dubious position in the last round.

"There had been controversy over the last round pairings, as the pairings posted late the night before had been made on the basis of N. G. Todorovic [sic] having 7 points, whereas the correct entry of his card should have indicated 6½. This error affected boards 4-10, and the error was not pointed out till late the following morning. Clocks had been started before dissension arose over the changed pairings. The main complaint was that players had prepared to meet one opponent, and now had to meet another. The Appeals Committee finally ruled, after a break in play for the above boards, that the original morning pairings should stand.

"In a long press release given to the players Aly Amin, the sponsor of the tournament, made accusations against other London organisers, and stated that because of the disappointing response he had received, the 1988 'Chess for Peace' tournament would not take place in Britain. "... Chess for Peace will be the last chess tournament organised by Chequers in the United Kingdom.""

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The Guardian, 26 September 1987 (Leonard Barden)

"FOLLOWING its much publicised loss of Saudi sponsorship, the Chess for Peace international at North London Polytechnic seemed likely to produce an overseas victory. But though five visiting GMs were in contention, Hodgson and Crawley (England) and Barua (India) won with 9/11, followed by Hebden (England) 8. Hodgson was awarded the trophy after a blitz play-off, but Crawley, who is not even an IM, was the real success. He had to default an early round because of a job interview, so effectively totalled 9/10.

"Organiser Aly Amin was widely criticised when the Saudis backed out after a prize fund of £100,000 was originally announced — even this would have been small beer compared with the millions which the rival sheikhs of the UAE gave to their Dubai olympiad. Most events, in chess or in sport, which lose their sponsor simply disappear from view, but Amin financed his tournament personally and still to the extent of a British record £4,000 first prize.

"He has already this year run an IM tournament at his Chequers restaurant in Camden Lock, as well as numerous one day and smaller contests; while his tournament books about Brussels 1986 and 1987 and the Dubai olympiad have been excellent

"Some 25 years back, the old Gambit café off Cannon Street was demolished by developers and the National Chess Centre in Bishopsgate was shut down. Since then, London has lacked a venue for seven-days-a-week chess and numerous plans by the BCF or others for a new centre have remained just paper projects. Chequers, along with the King's Head pub in Bayswater, has filled the gap while Chess for Peace helps offset the loss of several major London events."

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File Updated

Date	Notes
3 July 2023	First uploaded. 162 games from the bulletin and elsewhere. Plus complete crosstable and further tournament info. (EDIT: apologies for the error in the download URL - it should now work)
13 August 2023	Added one game: Goran M Todorovic 1-0 T Duester (rd 4).
14 August 2023	Added four more games, from CHESS, End-November 1987, which featured all of Gavin Crawley's games (he defaulted round 4 because he had a job interview). Additional games: (1) black v Roerig (rd 1); (2) white v Salem (rd 2); (3) white v Fant (rd 5); (4) black v Murey (rd 8). Running total now 167 games.