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Tournament: 107th Varsity Match • Venue: RAC Club, Pall Mall, London • Date: 4 March 1989
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The 107th Varsity Chess Match between Oxford University and Cambridge University was held at the RAC Club, Pall Mall, London on 4 March 1989. The match arbiter was Bob Wade and sponsors were Lloyds Bank (for the final time). Only two game scores available (boards 2 and 6) - can anyone supply other scores?
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| Bd | Oxford University | Fed | Rating | 1989 | Cambridge University | Fed | Rating |
| 1w | James Clifford Howell (Jesus) | ENG | 2440m | 1-0 | Graham Kenneth Burgess (Downing) | ENG | 2350 |
| 2b | David Robert Norwood (Keble) | ENG | 2430m | 0-1 | D Harsha Aturupane (Trinity) | SRI | 2385f |
| 3w | Demetrios Agnos (Hertford) | ENG | 2370 | 1-0 | Sukh David Singh (Queens') | ENG | 2225 |
| 4b | David Douglas Alexander Lawson (Trinity) | 2265 | ½-½ | Jeremy P Sharp (Downing) | (2125) | ||
| 5w | Frank van Hasselt (New) | HKG | 2205 | 0-1 | Arne Hessenbruch (Darwin) | LUX | (2280) |
| 6b | Paul Mukherjee (Lady Margaret Hall) | (173) | 0-1 | Peter Andrey Noden Webster (St John's) | (177) | ||
| 7w | Mark Addis (New) | (157) | 0-1 | Jon David Lee (Trinity) | (188) | ||
| 8b | Anna Jane Jillings (St Hilda's) | (e1600) | 0-1 | Alison Margaret Franklin (later Bexfield) (Downing) | (136) | ||
| 2½-5½ | |||||||
Best game prizes went to Aturupane of Cambridge and James Howell of Oxford.
Sources: BCM, May 1989, p208-9 & Yearbook of Chess 1989/90, p65.
Picture: Alison Franklin (left) playing Anna Jillings. Spectators (left-right) are Harry Golombek, Peter Wells, Ray Keene, Leonard Barden and Henry Mutkin (RAC). Alison Franklin later became Alison Bexfield, and became a top Go player for the university and country. Anna Jillings married Jim Semlyen and became a professional juggler, yoga instructor, councillor and traffic consultant.
File Updated
| Date | Notes |
| 30 March 2017 | Uploaded for the first time |
| 3 March 2019 | Added the game Webster-Mukherjee. Many thanks to Peter Webster for providing the score. |