1990 Midland Counties Chess Union Congress (Forrest Cup), Darwin Suite, Assembly Rooms, Derby, 23-25 March

1990 Midland Championship		Grade	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total	Notes
1	Mark L Hebden	234	♦ 1/19	◊ 1/15	♦ 1/7	◊ 1/2	♦ 1/3	◊ 1/9	6
2	Andrew Bryce	197	◊ 1/23	♦ 1/16	◊ 1/10	♦ 0/1	◊ 1/18	♦ ½/6	4½	BCQ
3	Geoffrey W Lawton	230	◊ 1/20	♦ ½/11	◊ 1/14	♦ 1/21	◊ 0/1	♦ 1/18	4½
4	Michael H Barnes	187	◊ 1/28	♦ ½/5	◊ 0/21	♦ 1/26	◊ ½/7	♦ 1/16	4
5	(Louis) Alan Edwards	198	♦ 1/22	◊ ½/4	♦ ½/11	½/bye	◊ ½/16	♦ 1/17	4
6	Oliver A Jackson	192	½/bye	♦ 0/10	◊ 1/33	♦ 1/8	◊ 1/21	◊ ½/2	4
7	Paul Madden	194	♦ 1/12	◊ 1/13	◊ 0/1	½/bye	♦ ½/4	◊ 1/15	4	BGP
8	David Cristinacce	151	♦ 0/15	◊ 1/25	♦ ½/22	◊ 0/6	♦ 1/29	♦ 1/21	3½	U185 GP
9	Paul A Hutchinson	200	◊ 1/24	♦ ½/14	◊ 1/31	♦ 0/18	◊ 1/10	♦ 0/1	3½
10	Dave J Ledger	183	♦ 1/30	◊ 1/6	♦ 0/2	◊ ½/11	♦ 0/9	◊ 1/28	3½	U185 GP
11	John Naylor	171	♦ 1/25	◊ ½/3	◊ ½/5	♦ ½/10	♦ ½/15	◊ ½/13	3½	U21 ch
12	John K Robinson	166	◊ 0/7	♦ 0/18	♦ 1/27	◊ ½/22	♦ 1/33	◊ 1/25	3½	U185 GP
13	Graham M Smith	171	◊ 1/18	♦ 0/7	◊ 0/16	♦ 1/32	◊ 1/20	♦ ½/11	3½	U185 GP
14	Robert K Thomas	177	♦ 1/32	◊ ½/9	♦ 0/3	◊ ½/28	♦ ½/17	♦ 1/24	3½	U185 GP
15	Nigel Birtwistle	192	◊ 1/8	♦ 0/1	◊ 1/26	♦ ½/16	◊ ½/11	♦ 0/7	3
16	Steven J Burke	157	♦ 1/27	◊ 0/2	♦ 1/13	◊ ½/15	♦ ½/5	◊ 0/4	3
17	Michael J Gibbons	141	½/bye	♦ 0/21	◊ 1/23	♦ 1/31	◊ ½/14	◊ 0/5	3
18	Alan A Smith	206	♦ 0/13	◊ 1/12	♦ 1/24	◊ 1/9	♦ 0/2	◊ 0/3	3
19	Stephen I Calderwood	164	◊ 0/1	♦ 0/28	♦ 1/29	◊ 0/24	♦ 1/30	◊ ½/26	2½	U16 ch
20	David M Cooper	172	♦ 0/3	◊ 1/30	♦ ½/28	◊ ½/25	♦ 0/13	◊ ½/22	2½
21	Robert S Eames	192	♦ ½/29	◊ 1/17	♦ 1/4	◊ 0/3	♦ 0/6	◊ 0/8	2½
22	Raymond J Gamble	175	◊ 0/5	♦ ½/23	◊ ½/8	♦ ½/12	◊ ½/26	♦ ½/20	2½
23	Simon N Gilmore	168	♦ 0/2	◊ ½/22	♦ 0/17	◊ 0/29	1/bye	◊ 1/33	2½
24	Stephen Mario Joseph	159	♦ 0/9	◊ 1/27	◊ 0/18	♦ 1/19	♦½/28	◊ 0/14	2½	U18 ch
25	Michael Lambert	175	◊ 0/11	♦ 0/8	◊ 1/30	♦ ½/20	◊ 1/31	♦ 0/12	2½
26	Paul Stimpson	144	½/bye	◊ 1/29	♦ 0/15	◊ 0/4	♦ ½/22	♦ ½/19	2½
27	Jonathan A Tait	182	◊ 0/16	♦ 0/24	◊ 0/12	♦ ½/33	◊ 1/32	♦ 1/31	2½
28	RG Walker	158	♦ 0/4	◊ 1/19	◊ ½/20	♦ ½/14	◊ ½/24	♦ 0/10	2½
29	C Walker		◊ ½/21	♦ 0/26	◊ 0/19	♦ 1/23	◊ 0/8	w/d	1½ / 5
30	Paul R Archer	157	◊ 0/10	♦ 0/20	♦ 0/25	1/bye	◊ 0/19	♦ ½/32	1½
31	William G Armstrong	161	½/bye	◊ 1/32	♦ 0/9	◊ 0/17	♦ 0/25	◊ 0/27	1½
32	Mark N Greenwood	127	◊ 0/14	♦ 0/31	1/bye	◊ 0/13	♦ 0/27	◊ ½/30	1½
33	G Keith Rockett	159	½/bye	-	♦ 0/6	◊ ½/27	◊ 0/12	♦ 0/23	1 / 5

Key: BCQ = British Championship qualifier; BGP = Best Game Prize (P Madden, rd 2 v G Smith); U185 GP = Under 185 Grading Prize; U21/18/16 ch = Under 21/18/16 Championship winners

Contemporary BCF grades as given in the bulletin. For the PGN file I have converted these to four-figure Elo ratings using the then current conversion formula Elo = (BCF x 8) + 600.

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Prizewinners:

Open (Forrest Cup) (1) M L Hebden (Leicester) 6/6; (2-3) G W Lawton, A Bryce 4½; (4-7) P Madden, M Barnes, L A Edwards, O A Jackson 4; Best Game: P Madden (Breadsall) (R2 v. G.M. Smith). Midland Ag Champsions: U21 - J Naylor (Rugby) 3½; U18 S M Joseph (Stapleford) 2½; U16 S I Calderwood (Loughborough) 2½. British Championship Qualifier: A Bryce (Hebden, Lawton - already qualified). Grading Prizes: U185 D J Ledger, R K Thomas, G M Smith, J K Robinson, D Cristinacce 3½.

Major (Grade U170): (1) R Sagall (King's Head) 5½/6; (2-3) P J Mercs, S D Sheahan 5; (4) J W Simpson (also U-140 Grading Prize) 4½; (5-11) J A Edge, B A Foreman, R J Forey, M J Gough, J King, K Simpson, J W Vere (Courtaulds, Derby - Midland U14 Champion) 4. Grading Prizes: U155 J Cooksey, H Grist, D Williams, A J Wright 3½.

Minor (Grade U125): (1) P N Morris (Ecclesall) 6/6; (2-5) I J R Clarke, S P Gay, C Harrison, S Pringle, D M Hartley 5; Grading Prizes: U110 J Huthwaite 4½; U95 D A Arnold 4½; Ungraded G Drabwell, P Walker 4; Ladies' Prizes: Abigail Dyce, Gloria Sullivan 2½; Veteran's Prizes: H A J Rather, A Severn 4.

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File Updated

Date	Notes
28 November 2022	First upload. From a bulletin lent by Mike Alderson.