14th Lloyds Bank Masters, 18-27 August 1990, Cumberland Hotel, Marble Arch, London

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1990 Lloyds Bank Masters		Nat'y	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	Stuart Conquest	ENG	2460m	◊ 1/84	♦ ½/99	◊ 1/65	♦ 1/43	◊ 1/5	◊ 1/19	♦ 1/8	◊ 1/15	♦ 0/2	◊ ½/3	8
2	Michael Adams	ENG	2590g	♦ 1/14	◊ 1/37	♦ ½/4	◊ 1/22	♦ ½/3	◊ 1/35	♦ ½/6	◊ 1/8	◊ 1/1	♦ ½/5	8
3	Zurab Sturua	USSR	2470m	◊ ½/101	♦ 1/110	◊ 1/83	♦ 1/52	◊ ½/2	♦ 1/30	◊ ½/55	♦ 1/53	◊ 1/7	♦ ½/1	8
4	Joseph G Gallagher	ENG	2495m	♦ 1/135	◊ 1/32	◊ ½/2	♦ 1/99	◊ 0/7	♦ 1/96	◊ ½/17	♦ 1/21	◊ 1/10	♦ ½/6	7½
5	Gregory S Kaidanov	USSR	2500g	♦ 1/70	◊ ½/22	♦ 1/80	◊ 1/82	♦ 0/1	◊ 1/16	♦ ½/23	◊ 1/49	♦ 1/56	◊ ½/2	7½
6	Jonathan P Levitt	ENG	2455m	♦ ½/58	♦ 1/107	◊ 1/77	♦ ½/46	◊ 1/75	♦ 1/10	◊ ½/2	♦ ½/20	◊ 1/55	◊ ½/4	7½
7	John DM Nunn	ENG	2610g	♦ 1/124	◊ ½/23	♦ 1/140	◊ 1/27	♦ 1/4	◊ 0/8	♦ 1/34	◊ 1/9	♦ 0/3	◊ 1/28	7½
8	Mihai Suba	ENG	2520g	♦ 1/57	◊ 1/49	♦ 1/220	◊ 1/25	◊ 1/10	♦ 1/7	◊ 0/1	♦ 0/2	◊ 1/18	♦ ½/20	7½
9	Dibyendu Barua	IND	2490m	½/bye	♦ 1/231	◊ ½/74	◊ 1/100	♦ ½/32	◊ 1/57	♦ 1/28	♦ 0/7	◊ 1/41	♦ ½/12	7
10	Murray G Chandler	ENG	2560g	♦ 1/114	◊ 1/102	♦ 1/170	◊ 1/35	♦ 0/8	◊ 0/6	♦ 1/33	◊ 1/51	♦ 0/4	◊ 1/49	7
11	John M Emms	ENG	2430m	♦ ½/80	◊ ½/41	♦ ½/217	◊ ½/76	♦ 1/108	◊ 1/112	♦ 1/170	◊ ½/19	♦ 1/68	◊ ½/15	7
12	Thomas Ernst	SVE	2480m	◊ ½/60	♦ ½/71	♦ ½/72	◊ 1/70	♦ 1/109	◊ 1/80	♦ ½/32	◊ 1/13	♦ ½/15	◊ ½/9	7
13	Tarek Fatin	EGY	2375m	◊ 1/67	♦ 0/25	◊ 1/138	♦ 0/20	◊ 1/106	♦ 1/77	◊ 1/101	♦ 0/12	◊ 1/59	◊ 1/54	7
14	Aljosa Grosar	YUG	2330m	◊ 0/2	♦ 1/137	◊ 0/118	♦ 1/219	◊ 1/140	♦ ½/116	◊ 1/79	♦ 1/39	◊ 1/53	½/bye	7
15	Julian M Hodgson	ENG	2555g	◊ 1/157	♦ ½/26	◊ 1/183	♦ ½/28	◊ 1/116	♦ 1/40	◊ 1/18	♦ 0/1	◊ ½/12	♦ ½/11	7
16	Andrew D Martin	ENG	2415m	◊ 1/72	♦ 0/30	◊ 1/224	♦ 1/74	◊ ½/20	♦ 0/5	◊ 1/122	♦ ½/29	◊ 1/67	♦ 1/55	7
17	Colin A McNab	SCO	2385m	♦ ½/96	◊ 0/46	♦ 1/201	◊ 1/140	♦ 1/92	◊ 1/27	♦ ½/4	◊ ½/35	♦ ½/38	◊ 1/51	7
18	Igor Naumkin	USSR	2445m	♦ 1/112	◊ ½/19	♦ 1/79	◊ ½/71	♦ 1/54	◊ 1/44	♦ 0/15	◊ 1/34	♦ 0/8	◊ 1/38	7
19	Jonathan S Speelman	ENG	2605g	◊ 1/127	♦ ½/18	◊ 1/116	♦ 1/26	◊ 1/59	♦ 0/1	◊ ½/56	♦ ½/11	◊ 1/82	◊ ½/22	7
20	Gennadi A Timoshchenko	USSR	2495g	♦ 1/68	◊ ½/40	♦ ½/100	◊ 1/13	♦ ½/16	◊ 1/29	♦ 1/38	◊ ½/6	♦ ½/35	◊ ½/8	7
21	Sasa Velickovic	YUG	2415m	♦ 0/109	◊ 1/73	♦ 1/146	◊ 1/24	♦ 0/55	◊ 1/93	♦ 1/100	◊ 0/4	♦ 1/57	◊ 1/56	7
22	Peter K Wells	ENG	2415m	◊ 1/121	♦ ½/5	◊ 1/202	♦ 0/2	◊ ½/83	♦ 1/75	◊ ½/46	♦ 1/40	◊ 1/30	♦ ½/19	7
23	Keith C Arkell	ENG	2430m		♦ ½/7		♦ 0/25		♦ 1/101	◊ ½/5	♦ 0/28			6½
24	Neil H Bradbury	ENG	2370m				♦ 0/21				♦ 0/41			6½
25	Glenn C Flear	ENG	2485g		◊ 1/13	◊ 1/30	♦ 0/8	◊ 0/28	♦ 0/42		◊ 1/112	♦ ½/33	◊ 1/68	6½
26	Mark Ginsburg	USA	2420m		◊ ½/15		◊ 0/19	♦ 0/96			◊ 0/28			6½
27	Mark Hebden	ENG	2520m	◊ 1/85	♦ 1/89	◊ 1/47	♦ 0/7	◊ ½/46	♦ 0/17		♦ 0/82	◊ 1/93	♦ 1/80	6½
28	James C Howell	ENG	2415m			♦ 1/132	◊ ½/15	♦ 1/25	◊ ½/31	◊ 0/9	♦ 1/26	◊ 1/60	♦ 0/7	6½
29	Alisa Maric	YUG	2305wg	◊ 0/56					♦ 0/20	◊ 1/58	◊ ½/16	♦ 1/48		6½
30	Nukhim N Rashkovsky	USSR	2530g	♦ 1/93	◊ 1/16	♦ 0/25	◊ 1/23	♦ 1/49	◊ 0/3	♦ ½/82	◊ 1/50	♦ 0/22	1	6½
31	Sergey Smagin	USSR	2550g	◊ 1/50	♦ 0/116	◊ 1/86	♦ 1/84	◊ 1/89	♦ ½/28		♦ ½/59	◊ 1/52		6½
32	Andrew E Soltis	USA	2400g		♦ 0/4			◊ ½/9	♦ 1/47	◊ ½/12	♦ 0/56			6½
33	Alexey S Suetin	USSR	2360g			♦ ½/52		◊ 0/38		◊ 0/10		◊ ½/25	♦ 1/76	6½
34	Christopher R Ward	ENG	2460	♦ 0/78						◊ 0/7	♦ 0/18	◊ 1/96		6½
35	Aleksander Wojtkiewicz	POL	2515m	◊ 1/45	♦ 1/48	◊ 1/53	♦ 0/10	◊ 1/61	♦ 0/2	◊ 1/107	♦ ½/17	◊ ½/20	½	6½
36	John C Yoos	USA												6½
37	Beat Zueger	SWZ	2425m		♦ 0/2					◊ 1/96				6½
38	Dimitrios Anagnostopoulos	ENG	2400f			♦ ½/148		♦ 1/33	◊ ½/55	◊ 0/20		◊ ½/17	♦ 0/18	6
39	Simon Ansell	ENG	2230				◊ 0/54				◊ 0/14			6
40	Stellan Brynell	SVE	2405m		♦ ½/20		◊ ½/55	♦ 1/51	◊ 0/15	♦ ½/71	◊ 0/22	♦ 1/122		6
41	Frank Buchenau	GER	2280											6
42	James Cavendish	ENG	2325f						◊ 1/25	♦ 0/51	◊ 1/132	♦ 0/49		6
43	Aleksander Czerwonski	POL	2365				◊ 0/1	♦ 0/75						6
44	John P Fedorowicz	USA	2565g	◊ ½/107	♦ ½/83		♦ ½/45	◊ 1/121	♦ 0/18	◊ ½/63		◊ 1/101		6
45	Andrew P Law	ENG	2335f	♦ 0/35			◊ ½/44							6
46	Alexandre Lesiege	CAN	2355		♦ 1/17		◊ ½/6	♦ ½/27	◊ ½/170	♦ ½/22	◊ ½/57			6
47	Ronen Lev	ISR	2480m			♦ 0/27	◊ ½/93		◊ 0/32	♦ ½/92				6
48	Mahmood Lodhi	PAK	2405m	◊ 1/199	◊ 0/35	♦ ½/117			♦ 0/101	◊ 1/177		◊ 0/29		6
49	Sebastien Luce	FRA	2415m		♦ 0/8			◊ 0/30			♦ 0/5	◊ 1/42	♦ 0/10	6
50	Neil R McDonald	ENG	2350m	♦ 0/31					◊ 1/143	◊ ½/59	♦ 0/30			6
51	Peter Meister	GER	2420m					◊ 0/40		◊ 1/42	♦ 0/10		♦ 0/17	6
52	Philip Morris	ENG	2380f				◊ 0/3		◊ 0/23			♦ 0/31		6
53	Niaz Murshed	BNG	2465g		◊ 1/109	♦ 0/35		♦ 1/71			◊ 0/3	♦ 0/14		6
54	H James Plaskett	ENG	2445g	◊ 0/200			♦ 1/39	◊ 0/18	♦ 0/174	◊ 1/153	♦ 1/155		♦ 0/13	6
55	Ian Rogers	AUS	2535g	◊ ½/61		◊ 1/155	♦ ½/40	◊ 1/21	♦ ½/38	♦ ½/3	◊ 1/23	♦ 0/6	◊ 0/16	6
56	Matthew D Sadler	ENG	2470m	♦ 1/29	◊ 0/220		◊ ½/57			♦ ½/19	◊ 1/32	◊ 0/5	♦ 0/21	6
57	Gulnar Sachs (Sakhatova)	USSR	2315wm	◊ 0/8			♦ ½/56		♦ 0/9		♦ ½/46	◊ 0/21		6
58	Ran Shabtai	ISR	2295f	◊ ½/6		♦ 1/60	◊ 0/59			♦ 0/29				6
59	Miron N Sher	USSR	2485m			◊ 1/106	♦ 1/58	♦ 0/19	◊ ½/82	♦ ½/50	◊ ½/31	♦ 0/13		6
60	Aaron Summerscale	ENG	2315	♦ ½/12		◊ 0/58		◊ 1/168	♦ 1/114		◊ 1/71	♦ 0/28		6
61	Andrew Webster	ENG	2335	♦ ½/55				♦ 0/35						6
62	Susan Lalic (Arkell)	ENG	2270wg					♦ 0/170					◊ 1/150	5½
63	Ben Beake	ENG	2275							♦ ½/44				5½
64	Stephen Calderwood	ENG										◊ 1/104		5½
65	David J Coleman	ENG	2235		♦ ½/11	♦ 0/1				♦ 1/178	◊ 1/24	♦ 0/9		5½
66	Sune Berg Hansen	DEN	2280											5½
67	Peter W Hempson	ENG	2270	♦ 0/13								♦ 0/16		5½
68	Charles Kennaugh	ENG	2330	◊ 0/20								◊ 0/11	♦ 0/25	5½
69	Andrew PH Kinsman	ENG	2305f				◊ ½/132							5½
70	Simon JB Knott	ENG	2345	◊ 0/5			♦ 0/12							5½
71	Dharshan Kumaran	ENG	2245	◊ 1/178	◊ ½/12		♦ ½/18	◊ 0/53		◊ ½/40	♦ 0/60			5½
72	Giulio Lagumina	ITA	2280	♦ 0/16		◊ ½/12								5½
73	Yoav Lederer	ISR	2380		♦ 0/21									5½
74	Andrew Mack	ENG	2270	◊ ½/75		♦ ½/9	◊ 0/16							5½
75	Ildiko Madl	HUN	2375wg	♦ ½/74	◊ ½/105			♦ 0/6	◊ 0/22					5½
76	Leonard McLaren	NZL	2205				♦ ½/11						◊ 0/33	5½
77	Gur Mittelman	ISR	2220			♦ 0/6			◊ 0/13					5½
78	Uffe V Nielsen	DEN	2300	◊ 1/34										5½
79	Mark Frederick Noble	NZL				◊ 0/18				♦ 0/14				5½
80	Ram Ofek	ISR	2290	◊ ½/11		◊ 0/5			♦ 0/12				◊ 0/27	5½
81	Tahmidur Rahman	BNG	2310f											5½
82	Vaidyanathan Ravikumar	IND	2355m				♦ 0/5		♦ ½/59	◊ ½/30	◊ 1/27	♦ 0/19		5½
83	Jonathan Rogers	ENG	2240		◊ ½/44	♦ 0/3		♦ ½/22						5½
84	Daniel Summermatter	SWZ	2305f	♦ 0/1			◊ 0/31							5½
85	Richard Tozer	ENG	2285f	♦ 0/27										5½
86	Oliver Worsfold	ENG				♦ 0/31								5½
87	Bjorn Ansner	SVE		♦ ½/132										5
88	Itai Ater	ISR												5
89	N Sudhakar Babu	IND	2415		◊ 0/27			♦ 0/31				♦ ½/132		5
90	Markus Baldauf	GER	2280f											5
91	Bertrand Barlow	ENG												5
92	Richard Britton	ENG	2265					◊ 0/17		◊ ½/47				5
93	Graham Burgess	ENG	2335	◊ 0/30			♦ ½/47		♦ 0/21		♦ ½/104	♦ 0/27		5
94	Tobias Christensen	DEN	2280											5
95	Thomas Clarke	IRL	2215											5
96	Stephen Cullip	ENG	2270	◊ ½/17			♦ 1/104	◊ 1/26	◊ 0/4	♦ 0/37		♦ 0/34		5
97	Chris Duncan	ENG												5
98	Tryfon C Gavriel	ENG												5
99	Alan E Hanreck	ENG	2270f		◊ ½/1		◊ 0/4							5
100	Zaki Harari	USA	2270			◊ ½/20	♦ 0/9			◊ 0/21				5
101	Demis Hassabis	ENG	2285	♦ ½/3			◊ ½/170		◊ 1/48	♦ 0/13		♦ 0/44		5
102	Jean Hebert	CAN	2420m		♦ 0/10									5/9
103	Christopher Holland	ENG	2285				♦ 0/116							5
104	David Houston	IRL	2225	♦ 0/196	♦ ½/167	◊ 1/149	◊ 0/96	♦ 1 §	◊ ½/208	♦ 1/204	◊ ½/93	♦ 0/64	◊ ½/135	5
105	Sheila Jackson	ENG	2205wm		♦ ½/75									5
106	Andrew Jones	WLS	2245			♦ 0/59		♦ 0/13						5
107	Andrew Ledger	ENG	2350f	♦ ½/44	◊ 0/6			♦ 1/132		♦ 0/35				5
108	Arik Liss	ISR	2230					◊ 0/11						5
109	Eran Liss	ISR	2280f	◊ 1/21	♦ 0/53			◊ 0/12						5
110	Mark Lyell	ENG	2220		◊ 0/3									5
111	Mirjana Maric	YUG	2245wm											5
112	Ali Mortazavi	ENG	2285f	◊ 0/18					♦ 0/11		♦ 0/25			5
113	Ivan J Myall	ENG												5
114	Peter Heine Nielsen	DEN	2330	◊ 0/10			♦ 0/134		◊ 0/60					5
115	Olufemi Oris-Sharaibi	NGR												5
116	Malcolm Pein	ENG	2420m		◊ 1/31	♦ 0/19	◊ 1/103	♦ 0/15	◊ ½/14		◊ 0/127			5
117	James Poulton	ENG				◊ ½/48								5
118	V Puri	CAN	2255f			♦ 1/14							◊ ½/132	5
119	Almasur Rahman	BNG												5
120	Francis Rayner	WLS	2230											5
121	Eloi Relange	FRA	2280	♦ 0/22				♦ 0/44						5
122	Anda Safranska	USSR	2245							♦ 0/16		◊ 0/40		5
123	Henrik Sorensen	DEN	2265f											5
124	Todd Southam	CAN	2355	◊ 0/7										5
125	David Strauss	USA	2400m											5
126	David Tebb	ENG												5
127	Craig S M Thomson	SCO	2335f	♦ 0/19							♦ 1/116			5
128	Mark I Walker	ENG	2205											5
129	Laurence Webb	ENG	2220											5
130	Jonathan G Wilson	ENG	2225											5
131	David A Wood	ENG	2250					◊ 1/43						5
132	Michael J Yeo	ENG	2230	◊ ½/87	♦ 1/184	◊ 0/28	♦ ½/69	◊ 0/107	♦ 1/164	◊ 1/183	♦ 0/42	◊ ½/89	♦ ½/118	5
133	Dan Barash	ISR	2205											4½
134	Simon Bibby	ENG	2280				◊ 1/114							4½
135	Francis Choy Wan Chin	MAL	2310	◊ 0/4									♦ ½/104	4½
136	Peter C Doye	ENG												4½
137	David Drakeford	IRL			◊ 0/14									4½
138	Christine Flear	ENG	2160wm			♦ 0/13								4½
139	Alla Berkova Grinfeld	USSR	2200wm											4½
140	Y Hellwing	ISR				◊ 0/7	♦ 0/17	♦ 0/14						4½
141	Shahinoor Hossain	BNG												4½
142	Miroslav Houska	ENG												4½
143	Adrian Jackson	ENG							♦ 0/50					4½
144	Andrew C Keehner	ENG												4½
145	Calvin D Knowles	ENG												4½
146	Stephen G Lukey	NZL				◊ 0/21								4½
147	Brendan Lyons	IRL												4½
148	John Merriman	ENG	2220			◊ ½/38								4½
149	Giovanni Micalizzi	ITA	2205			♦ 0/104								4½
150	Christopher Njotea	ENG											♦ 0/62	4½
151	Kenneth I Norman	ENG	2215											4½
152	Arjun Panchapagesan	ENG			♦ ½/157	◊ ½/33								4½
153	Christopher Ray	ENG								♦ 0/54				4½
154	Elvira Berend (Sakhatova)	USSR	2190											4½
155	Nina Sitnikova	USSR	2280wm			♦ 0/55					◊ 0/54			4½
156	William Stanton	ENG												4½
157	Alessandro Stavru	ITA	2290	♦ 0/15	◊ ½/52									4½
158	William Stirling	ENG												4½
159	Matthew Turner	ENG												4½
160	Peter A N Webster	ENG												4½
161	C A Wells	ENG												4½
162	Mike Zelkind	USA	2220											4½
163	Beata Zietek-Czerwonska	POL	2110											4½
164	Kiran Agrawal	IND	2070wf						◊ 0/132					4
165	M Ali	ENG												4/9
166	Baris Barutcu	TRK												4
167	Roger Beckett	IRL			◊ ½/104									4
168	Paul G Brown	ENG						♦ 0/60						4
169	Jose-Claude De Sousa	FRA												4
170	Lasha Janjgava	USSR	2470m			◊ 0/10	♦ ½/101	◊ 1/62	♦ ½/46	◊ 0/11				4/7
171	Alimul Kazal Haque	BNG												4
172	John H Hodgson	ENG												4
173	Khalid Janahi	BRN												4
174	Vladimir Kalinin	WLS	2270						◊ 1/54					4/9
175	Ingrid Lauterbach	GER	2130wm											4
176	Maxim Magen	ISR												4
177	Joseph C Monk	ENG								♦ 0/48				4
178	Craig William Pritchett	SCO	2355m	♦ 0/71						◊ 0/41				4
179	C Rigby	ENG												4
180	Daniel B Rosenberg	ENG												4
181	Reefat Bin-Sattar	BNG	f											4
182	Peter Scott	ENG												4
183	Julien M Shepley	ENG				♦ 0/15				♦ 0/132				4
184	Leslie Smart	ENG	2205		◊ 0/132									4
185	Claude Sollars	MLT	2230											4
186	Alex Tucker	ENG	2235											4
187	Aurelio Vila Dupla	ESP												4
188	Chris Briscoe	ENG												3½
189	Jane Eastwood	ENG												3½
190	A Freeman	USA												3½
191	Lionel Goldgewicht	FRA												3½
192	Paul V Griffiths	ENG												3½
193	Shahadat Hossain	BNG												3½
194	Alam Khorshed	BNG												3½
195	Andrew Kitchlew	ENG												3½
196	Simon Jakob	SWZ		◊ 1/104										3½
197	Dan Mayers	USA												3½
198	Chris Rice	ENG												3½
199	Jonathan Sachs	ENG	2275	♦ 0/48										3½
200	David Southam	CAN		♦ 1/54										3½
201	John D Thornton	WLS				◊ 0/17								3½
202	Darryl Wolstencroft	ENG				♦ 0/22								3½
203	Ghislain Baury	FRA												3
204	Eoin Campbell	SCO								◊ 0/104				3
205	Blair Connell	ENG												3
206	Heidi Heron	ENG												3
207	Claude Kaber	LUX												3
208	Nicolas Noden	SCO							♦ ½/104					3
209	Brian MacReamoin	IRL												3
210	David Moskovic	ENG												3
211	Cathy Rogers	AUS	2070wf											3
212	P Verma	IND												3
213	R White	ENG		◊ 1/222										3
214	Harry M Lamb	ENG												2½
215	J McDonald	ENG												2½/4
216	Martin J Neave	ENG												2½
217	Orest Popovych	USA	2275f			◊ ½/11								2½/6
218	Marcy Soltis	USA												2½
219	Emmanuel Tseleng	BWA					◊ 0/14							2½
220	Nino Gurieli	USSR	2340wg		♦ 1/56	◊ 0/8								2/4
221	P Stuart Milner-Barry	ENG												2/7
222	S Al Marif	BNG		♦ 0/131										1½
223	Nicholas R Moloney	ENG												1½
224	Joseph Ryan	IRL				♦ 0/16								1½/4
225	M/Y Yasin	BNG												1
226	A K M Azad	BNG												½/4
227	Rani Hamid	BNG	2190wm											½/3
228	M Khan	ENG												½/3
229	Andrew J Whiteley	ENG	2360m											½/1
230	Augustine A Aaron	ENG												0/1
231	John Anderson	ENG	2205		◊ 0/9									0/1
232	C Nigel J Rose	ENG												0/0

§ in round 5 David Houston won with Black against one of the two Bangladeshi players surnamed Rahman but it is not known which one (either Tahmidur, no.81, or Almasur, no.119)

The Guardian, 25 August 1990 (Leonard Barden): "Game of the week has to be six-year-old George Hassapis’s victory over Fide master and US life master Orest Popovych in the launch game for the current Lloyds Bank international at Marble Arch, London.

"It happened, as world records sometimes do, rather accidentally. Hassapis was the substitute for another six-year-old who couldn’t make it that day, while Popovych stepped in at the last minute when a grandmaster failed to arrive for the open-air game with giant pieces. Hassapis chose the variant of the Sicilian Defence pioneered by the Soviet grandmaster Sveshnikov, and pounced on move 13 when Popovych allowed a tactic wrecking White’s central bind. White’s 18th lost a piece, but if instead 18 Qb7 Qb8! 19 Qxb8 (19 Qxe7 Qxb6+ and Ra7 traps the queen) Rfcb8 20 Be3 Rxb2 when Black has an extra pawn with good winning chances.

"When Popovych — who twice turned down a draw against Bobby Fischer during their game in the 1956 US Open — resigned, the result decisively broke one of the longest standing chess records, set 70 years ago. The previous youngest win against a recognised master in single combat was prodigy Samuel Reshevsky’s victory at age eight over Richard Griffith, former editor of the British Chess Magazine, British champion in 1912, and co-author of Modem Chess Openings. A remarkable feature of their historic encounter, which took place at the Gambit Chess Rooms off Cannon Street, London, in August 1920, was that both sides played without sight of the board. Reshevsky later named it as the first game of his long and still enduring career which really satisfied him."

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Lloyds Bank Champion: Stuart Conquest (on tie-break)
Lloyds Bank Ladies: Alisa Maric
Lloyds Bank Juniors: Michael Adams
Lloyds Bank Veterans: Alexei Suetin

Commonwealth Champion: Stuart Conquest
Commonwealth Ladies: Susan Arkell [Lalic]

GM title: J Gallagher
GM norms: S Conquest, J Levitt, Z Sturua

IM title: A Lesiege
IM norms: A Maric, G Sakhatova [Sachs], A Webster

WGM norm: A Safranska

FIDE ratings achieved (estimated)
M Noble (2320), J Poulton (2315), D Tebb (2290), Y Hellwing (2255), D Rosenberg (2230), D Wolstencroft (2225), C Ray (2220), M Turner (2220), A Jackson (2215), D Southam (2215), C Knowles (2210), J Shepley (2205), H Heron (2160)

Partial FIDE ratings
J Yoos (7 x 2291), C Duncan (7 x 2282), T Gavriel (8 x 2248), S Calderwood (7 x 2246)

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BCM, October 1990, p427-428: "The 14th Lloyds Bank Masters was probably the best of the series. It had no fewer than 220 entries, of whom 214 finished the course of ten rounds in the excellent playing conditions of the Cumberland Hotel, Marble Arch.
Just as last year, it was a battle royal between the home stars and the mainly Soviet contingent of strong visitors. Stuart Conquest finally finished first, Mihai Suba, starting with 6(6), made a bid for an Olympiad place, and Olympiad players Speelman, Nunn and Chandler were not seen at their best.

"A publicity boost for chess came when an outdoor exhibition game on large pieces resulted in a swift win for young
George Hassapis, only 6, against US master Orest Popovych, who extended Fischer in his best period, 25 years ago. A front-page photo and extensive story in The Guardian resulted.

"Just as last year, a Soviet representative from the Caucasus finally took the spotlight. Last year Azmaiparashvili won by half a point from Ian Rogers. This year Zurab Sturua, another Georgian, but one who does not even have the GM title, took home the big money after his tie for first place.

"Yet the main story has to be the performance of Stuart Conquest, who had a wonderful winning run, put an end to Suba’s fine sequence by a bold long-term knight sacrifice, and has probably clinched the GM title as a result. The former Hastings, now Bristol, player had 7½(8) before losing to Michael Adams, who seems to have the Indian sign on him.

"Your editor [Bernard Cafferty] noticed one touching scene, which may have escaped the attention of most. Amongst the crowd willing Conquest on was his former trainer, the veteran IM Cenek Kottnauer. After this latest success, the tall Czech-born Kottnauer made a slight gesture of approval to his ‘lad’. Conquest, from a distance, caught the sign and acknowledged it by a short bow of the head. You don’t need to punch the air or even to exchange words to show your delight in circumstances like this; a lesson indeed to some of the more demonstrative of our brethren.

"Another success was the GM norm for Joe Gallagher, his final one. Jon Levitt also made the norm, but still has more effort to come.

"An innovation was the Family Championship, open to relatives. Susan and Keith Arkell finally won; other couples were in contention such as the Maric sisters, Sher (USSR) and his wife Grinfeld, and Ian and Cathy Rogers (but the Australian was not in the same good form as last year).

"Leading scores: 1-3 Conquest, Adams, Sturua 8(10) £1,150 each; 4-8 Kaidanov (USSR), Suba, Nunn, Gallagher, Levitt 7½; 9-21 Chandler, Hodgson, Speelman, Timoschenko (USSR), Wells, Emms, Ernst (S), Barua (IND), Velickovic (Y), McNab (SCO), Naumkin (USSR), Fatin (EGY), Martin 7; ...

"Jim Plaskett could not maintain the form of Eastbourne; he began with a loss to Canadian D. Southam and finished with a zero against the steady Egyptian Fatin, who also extended Timoschenko.

"The strength in depth can be seen from the results of the last round. The only decisive result in the top eight pairings came on board 4: Nunn v Howell.. Conquest v Sturua on top board was a quick draw; Kaidanov v Adams on second board was a much longer tussle in which the Russian seemed to have the better of the opening.

"Amongst those finishing on 6½ were Alisa Maric, Keith Arkell, Mark Hebden, Glenn Flear, Ginsburg (USA), Chris Ward, A. Suetin and Andy Soltis.

"Soviet veteran Suetin at the good chess age of 64 took the prize for veterans. He pointed out that, unlike the hungry young Soviet players, he was only here to show his wife London. His trip was financed by an author’s fee for updating a Pergamon book on the openings. He found the student accommodation rather rudimentary, but that is the state that Soviet masters have been reduced to by recent developments."

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File Updated

Date	Notes
14 July 2021	241 games posted on BritBase for the first time, plus a game from the tournament launch. Games sourced from ChessBase but checked against the bulletin. As a result dates and round numbers have been added, and names corrected. For example, one of the games ChessBase have listed as being played in the tournament by Demis Hassabis was in fact played by his six-year-old brother George at the tournament launch. I've added as full a crosstable as appears to be available. The tournament bulletin had players and scores but not individual results, while the 1992 BCF Yearbook had a partial crosstable of the top 22 players. I have extended this to take account of results from the games database but it is not complete. Has anyone got a full crosstable?
22 July 2021	Ten more games, played by David Houston, submitted by David McAlister, for which many thanks. I've also added in some details of games that were lost on time as shown in the bulletin. Now 251 games, plus the tournament launch game.
28 May 2023	Four more games added, all played by Andrew Soltis: (1) Rd 1 win v Susan Arkell/Lalic; (2) Rd 4 win v D Coleman; (3) Rd 5 draw with D Barua; (4) Rd 9 draw with G Mittelman. My thanks to Andy Ansel for sending the games.