1989 6th NatWest Young Masters, 30 August - 8 September, Bayswater, London

6th NatWest Grandmasters London 1989		Nat'y	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	Dibyendu Barua	IND	2470m	&;	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	6
2	Michael Adams	ENG	2505g	½	&;	1	½	½	½	1	0	½	1	5½
3	David I Bronstein	USSR	2430g	½	0	&;	1	½	½	0	1	1	1	5½
4	Jonathan Levitt	ENG	2475m	½	½	0	&;	½	½	1	½	1	1	5½
5	Anthony C Kosten	ENG	2500m	½	½	½	½	&;	0	1	0	1	1	5
6	William N Watson	ENG	2495m	½	½	½	½	1	&;	0	1	½	½	5
7	Mark L Hebden	ENG	2520m	0	0	1	0	0	1	&;	1	½	½	4
8	Niaz Murshed	BAN	2475g	½	1	0	½	1	0	0	&;	0	1	4
9	Colin Anderson McNab	SCO	2435m	0	½	0	0	0	½	½	1	&;	½	3
10	Stuart Conquest	ENG	2515m	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	½	&;	1½

Category 10, average rating 2482, GM norm = 6, achieved by Dibyendu Barua. David Bronstein counted as 2488 – FIDE title regulation 4.63

[BCM, November 1989, ppn 492-493]

The former name of NatWest Young Masters did not quite fit this year, in view of the welcome participation of that popular visitor David Bronstein. He was pitted against players thirsting for GM norms.

The event was run by the King’s Head club at the Bayswater Inn and Bronstein showed his paces by winning his first two games, against Murshed (BAN) and Conquest. Later the lead was taken by the Indian IM Dihyendu Barua, Jonathan Levitt and William Watson.

The last two slipped at the last hurdle: Watson lost to a resurgent Hebden (who had begun with four losses!) in round 8; Levitt needed a draw in the last round against Bronstein, offered it far too early (36 hours according to the bulletin) and found the Muscovite eager for battle. Meanwhile, British Champion Michael Adams had lost to Murshed in round 7, so it was very close at the top.

Stuart Conquest’s nightmare tournament began with a missed win in the first round [see game file].

In the following round Bronstein played his best game [vs Conquest - see game file]...

Bronstein was involved in all three special prizes, awarded by the landlord of the King’s Head pub, and judged by Jon Speelman. The game above was adjudged thematic. The positional win by Adams against Bronstein was 37 moves long in round 5. Here is the brilliancy prize effort [Bronstein-Hebden - see game file].

The arbiters for the event were Bob Wade and Andrew Whiteley. Prize fund: £1000. Could other clubs take the initiative and run such excellent tournaments? A bulletin by [produced by] R. O’Brien.

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