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Tournament: 80th British Championship • 234 games + 107 stubs, plus 4 games from the play-off
Venue: Dundee • Dates: 2-13 August 1993 • Download PGN • last updated Wednesday August 26, 2026 11:35 AM

1993 British Chess Championship, Dundee, 2–13 August - Sports Hall, University of Dundee 1992« »1994

1993 British Chess
Championship
Fed Elo Residence 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  Total 
1 Michael T Hennigan ENG 2415m London N10 w47+ b48+ w3+ w6+ b4+ w5= b2= w19= b17+ b8- w7+
2 Dharshan Kumaran ENG 2425m/u21 Harrow w29+ b36+ w7= b24= w23= b26+ w1= b8+ w6= w4+ b3+
3 Keith C Arkell ENG 2475m Derby b20+ w18+ b1- w34+ b19- w47+ b16+ w5+ b4= w6+ w2-
4 John M Emms ENG 2455m Beckenham b41+ w13+ b27+ w5+ w1- b15= w7+ b6= w3= b2- w8+
5 Julian M Hodgson ENG 2625g London NW10 w57+ b39+ w26+ b4- w24+ b1= w8= b3- w10+ b9+ b6=
6 Christopher G Ward ENG 2460m Sevenoaks w46+ b17+ w32+ b1- w11+ b19+ w15+ w4= b2= b3- w5=
7 Mark L Hebden ENG 2560g Leicester b40+ w19+ b2= w23= b15= w17+ b4- w9= b16+ w25+ b1- 7
8 Andrew D Martin ENG 2425m Camberley b33+ w23= b53+ w15- b12+ w27+ b5= w2- b19+ w1+ b4- 7
9 Mark Ferguson ENG 2195/u21 Haslemere w14= b11= w39= b10= w42+ b24= w26+ b7= b15+ w5- w19=
10 Jayant Suresh Gokhale IND 2330 India b59= w49+ b19- w9= b52+ w28- b45+ w22+ b5- w33+ b16=
11 Andrew J Ledger ENG 2375f Bedford b49= w9= b52+ w41+ b6- w34= b28+ w1 5= b18= w17= b13=
12 David J Ledger ENG 2295 Bedford w48- b31+ w30+ b26= w8- b32= w53+ w18- b44+ w27= b34+
13 Graham D Lee ENG 2345f Oakham w62+ b4- w43+ b42= w17- b41+ w39= b21= w26+ b14= w11=
14 Benjamin M S Martin NZL 2410f London WC24 b9= w61= b41- w49+ b20+ w18+ b25= w16- b39+ w13= b17=
15 Colin A McNab SCO 2490g Dundee w58+ b21+ w24= b8+ w7= w4= b6- b11= w9- w28+ b18=
16 Jonathan F Parker ENG 2370f/u21 Edinburgh w55= b30= w36= b47= w40+ b21+ w3- b14+ w7- b38+ w10=
17 Gary Quillan ENG 2300 Bootle b54+ w6- b51= w44+ b13+ b7- w24+ w25+ w1- b11= w14=
18 Aaron P Summerscale ENG 2355f London SW15 w22+ b3- w47= b58+ w21= b14- w48+ b12+ w11= b19= w15=
19 Andrew A Webster ENG 2410m/u21 Sutton w38+ b7- w10+ b32+ w3+ w6- b23+ b1= w8- w18= b9=
20 Richard A Bates ENG 2235/u21 Richmond w3- b60+ w58- b61+ w14- b30- w43+ b24- b47+ w35+ w26= 6
21 Lawrence Cooper ENG 2310f Stafford b51+ w15- b44= w45+ b18= w16- b47+ w13= b27= w34= b25= 6
22 Saheli Dhar (» Barua) IND 2050wf India b18- w52- w60+ b43= w31= b46+ w57+ b10- b35- w37+ w38+ 6
23 Victor W Knox ENG 2315f Stockport w60+ b8= w42+ b7= b2= w25= w19- b26- w30+ b24= w29= 6
24 Varugeese Koshy IND 2415m India b43+ w28+ b15= w2= b5- w9= b17- w20+ b34= w23= b27= 6
25 Jonathan P Levitt ENG 2455m London NW11 w31= b32- w37+ b36+ w39+ b23= w14= b17- w40+ b7- w21= 6
26 Krishnamoorthy Murugan IND 2430 India b52+ w34+ b5- w12= b28+ w2- b9- w23+ b13- w41+ b20= 6
27 Neil McDonald ENG 2395m Gravesend w53= b55+ w4- b40= w46+ b8- w50+ b39= w21= b12= w24= 6
28 David J Walker ENG 2305f Sunderland w50+ b24- w48= b51+ w26- b10+ w11- b30= w37+ b15- w36+ 6
29 Tim P Wall ENG 2230 Wallsend b2- w51- b50- b37= w56+ b60+ w30- b61+ w58+ w39+ b23= 6
30 Timothy Headlong ENG (2104) Swindon b35= w16= b12- w33= b53= w20= b29+ w28= b23- w48+ b39=
31 Stephen Mario Joseph 1 ENG 2235/u21 Nottingham b25= w12- b59= w50= b22= w44= b40- w35- b62+ w54+ b49+
32 Andrew J Muir SCO 2360m Dumbarton b45+ w25+ b6- w19- b41= w12= b34= w44= b38- w40+ b33=
33 Kenneth I Norman ENG 2220 Wokingham w8- b62= w56= b30= w51+ b39- w42= b50+ w48+ b10- w32=
34 Philip J Rossiter ENG 2330f Waterlooville w37+ b26- w61+ b3- w48+ b11= w32= b40= w24= b21= w12-
35 Jonathan W Rowson SCO 2325/u21 Aberdeen w30= b53- w55+ b48= w47- b43= w37- b31+ w2 2+ b20- w46+
36 James E Cobb ENG 2280/u21 Swindon b56+ w2- b16= w25- b55= w45- b59= w54= b51+ w44+ b28- 5
37 William T P Giblin ENG (2144) Manchester b34- w40= b25- w29= b49= w51+ b35+ w47= b28- b22- w56+ 5
38 Anupama Gokhale IND 2200wm India b19- w56= b45- w55- b54= w49+ b52+ b57+ w32+ w16- b22- 5
39 Andrew D Harley ENG 2315f London N1 b44+ w5- b9= w53+ b25- w33+ b13= w27= w14- b29- w30= 5
40 David J James WLS 2255 Liverpool w7- b37= w62+ w27= b16- b55+ w31+ w34= b25- b32- w43= 5
41 Mark Lyell ENG 2235 London W3 w4- b50+ w14+ b11- w32= w13- b44- b53+ w56+ b26- w42= 5
42 Conor O'Shaughnessy IRL 2340 London W4 b61= w59+ b23- w13= b9- w53- b33= w49= b45= w55+ b41= 5
43 Alan P Spice ENG 2200 Cardiff w24- b57+ b13- w22= b50= w35= b20- w56- b59+ w60+ b40= 5
44 F Norman Stephenson ENG (2088) Newby w39- b46+ w21= b17- w58= b31= w41+ b32= w12- b36- w57+ 5
45 Cathy Forbes (» Warwick) ENG 2105wm London SW9 w32- b58= w38+ b21- w57= b36+ w10- b48- w42= b46- w61+
46 Adrian M Gillen IRL 2235 Derry b6- w44- b54+ w59+ b27- w22- b56= w51= b49= w45+ b35-
47 Jonathan J Hastings ENG 2210/u21 Oxford b1- w54+ b18= w16= b35+ b3- w21- b37= w20- b56= w50=
48 John B Henderson SCO   Glasgow b12+ w1- b28= w35= b34- w52+ b18- w45+ b33- b30- w53=
49 Adam C Hunt ENG 2150/u21 Oxford w11= b10- w57= b14- w37= b38- w60+ b42= w46= b58+ w31-
50 Graham Lilley ENG (2056) St Helens b28- w41- w29+ b31= w43= b58+ b27- w33- w53= b57= b47=
51 John Molyneux ENG (2072) Breaston w21- b29+ w17= w28- b33- b37- w55+ b46= w36- w61+ b52=
52 Robert C Noyce ENG 2230 Eastleigh w26- b22+ w11- b56+ w10- b48- w38- b60+ w55= b53= w51=
53 Paul E Roberts SCO 2195/u21 Edinburgh b27= w35+ w8- b39- w30= b42+ b12- w41- b50= w52= b48=
54 Carey A Wilman (« Groves) SCO 2065w Perthshire w17- b47- w46- b60= w38= b61+ w58= b36= w57= b31- w62+
55 Harriet V Hunt ENG 2135wf/u21 Oxford b16= w27- b35- b38+ w36= w40- b51- w62+ b52= b42- w58= 4
56 James J McDonnell IRL (1952) London SE24 w36- b38= b33= w52- b29- w62+ w46= b43+ b41- w47= b37- 4
57 Gerard MacElligott IRL 2260 Dublin b5- w43- b49= w62+ b45= w59+ b22- w38- b54= w50= b44- 4
58 Simon K Williams ENG 2255/u21 Godalming b15- w45= b20+ w18- b44= w50- b54= w59+ b29- w49- b55= 4
59 John C Moore ENG (2112) Burnham-on-Crouch w10= b42- w31= b46- w61+ b57- w36= b58- w43- b62= b60=
60 (Walter) Nigel R Saunders WLS (2074) Gwent b23- w20- b22- w54= b62+ w29- b49- w52- b61+ b43- w59= 3
61 Mostaque H Choudhury BAN   Bangladesh w42= b14= b34- w20- b59- w54- b62+ w29- w60- b51- b45- 2
62 S R Radha IND 2050w India b13- w33= b40- b57- w60- b56- w61- b55- w31- w59= b54- 1

g= Grandmaster; m= International Master; f= FIDE Master; wg= Woman Grandmaster; wm= Woman International Master; wf= Woman FIDE Master; w= woman player (no title); u21 = eligible for the Under 21 Championship
1 Stephen Mario Joseph (born 19 April 1976, died 19 December 1993). Stephen, a pupil at Nottingham High School, suffered from cystic fibrosis. His younger brother Alex also suffered from it and predeceased him in 1992 at the age of 14. Stephen was the joint 1990 British Under-15 Champion and held the Midland Under-21 title at the time of his death (BCM, March 1994, p150)


1993 British Ladies' Champion: Saheli Dhar (now Saheli Dhar-Barua)
1993 British Under-21 Champion: Dharshan Kumaran

GM Norm (9 rounds): John Emms
IM Norm: Mark Ferguson


1993 British Chess Championship Play-off, London 8-13 September (sponsored by Raymond Mays Cars)

1993 British Championship Play-Off Elo  1   2   3   4   Total 
Michael T Hennigan 2415m 1 0 ½ 1
Dharshan Kumaran 2425m 0 1 ½ 0

1993 BCF MAJOR OPEN, 2-13 August

1993 BCF Major Open Fed Grade Residence 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  Total 
1 Matthew S Piper ENG 203 Penzance b31+ w57+ b4= w21+ b2+ w8+ b30+ b9= w3= w13+ b5-
2 Raghunandan V Gokhale IND 200 India b76+ w15= b13+ w4+ w1- b16+ b6- w21= b29+ w30+ w3+ 8
3 Petr Marusenko USSR 211 Ukraine b56+ w7+ b9- w15+ b41+ w24+ b8= w6+ b1= w4+ b2- 8
4 Donald Mason ENG 195 Solihull w52+ b69+ w1= b2- w5= b48+ w25+ w28+ b8+ b3- w9+ 8
5 Nicholas Thomas ENG 197 London b62+ w14- b26= w31+ b4= w15= b32+ w12+ b6= w19+ w1+ 8
6 John N T Abd-Mariam ENG 170/u21 Hull w67+ b19= w22+ b24= w42= b11+ w2+ b3- w5= b23= w21+
7 D Michael Denison ENG 185 Wakefield b54+ b3- w37+ w58+ b28- w39= b36+ b23= w16+ w10= b13+
8 Hubert Petermann GER 204/2230 Berlin w48+ b16+ w18+ b42+ w9+ b1- w3= b24= w4- b21= w14+
9 George D Pyrich SCO 180/2005 Kirkcaldy w71+ b37+ w3+ b25+ b8- w28+ b19= w1= b10= w17+ b4-
10 Jim E Vickery ENG 190/2260 Leeds w38= b43+ w55= b16= w50+ b42= w40+ b17= w9= b7= w24+
11 Dale R James ENG 194/2260 Oldham b36= w59+ b12= w32+ b19= w6- b24- w45+ b35+ w20= b30+ 7
12 Karl Swainston ENG 185 Leeds w55= b53+ w11= b64+ w24- b51= w52+ b5- w34+ b42+ w23= 7
13 John Boyd ENG 172 Sunderland b72+ b23= w2- b50- w76+ w60+ b41+ b34+ w24+ b1- w7-
14 Benjamin S Clissold ENG 160j Bolton w41+ b5+ w25- b23= w34= b22- b57+ w42= b32+ w28+ b8-
15 John A Dodgson ENG 174 Rye w73+ b2= w23= b3- w37+ b5= w34- b52= w39= b43+ w42+
16 Iain A J Galloway ENG 178 London NW7 b20+ w8- b45+ w10= b49+ w2- b39+ w35= b7- w29+ b19=
17 Michael J Gough ENG 189 Walsall w46+ b51- w48+ b55+ w25- b45+ w42+ w10= b19= b9- w18=
18 Lee A Grinsell ENG 173 Wolverhampton b66+ w49+ b8- w27- b39- w26= b68+ w51+ b41= w40+ b17=
19 Milton loannides ENG 175j Milton Keynes b58+ w6= b39+ w28= w11= b38+ w9= b30= w17= b5- w16=
20 Ian G Kelly ENG 169 Hove w16- b46+ w74+ b41- w52= b50= w69+ b25+ w23= b11= w22=
21 Jonathan King SCO 168 Dundee b59= w77+ b75+ b1- w23= w41= b51+ b2= w22+ w8= b6-
22 Stephen C Ledger ENG 186 Bedford b68+ w39= b6- w36= b29+ w14+ b28- w48+ b21- w26+ b20=
23 Alfred Liesecke GER 184/2070 Berlin b29+ w13= b15= w14= b21= w36= b38+ w7= b20= w6= b12=
24 Karl C C Mah ENG 176j/2115 London E11 b45+ w32+ b28= w6= b12+ b3- w11+ w8= b13- w49+ b10-
25 Rita Zimmersman HUN 203/2230 Hungary b60+ w35+ b14+ w9- b17+ w30- b4- w20- b56= w39+ b41+
26 Timothy R Dickinson ENG 168 Accrington w69- b76+ w5= b34- w47+ b18= w29- w54+ b48+ b22- w52+ 6
27 Chris l Howell ENG 192/2130 Maidstone w37- b71+ w44+ b18+ w30- b40- w48- b50= w36+ b31= w56+ 6
28 Mark Levitt RSA 218 South Africa w44+ b40+ w24= b19= w7+ b9- w22+ b4- w30= b14- w34= 6
29 James C Mansson ENG 156 Horsham w23- b67+ w64- b44+ w22- b74+ b26+ w40+ w2- b16- w46+ 6
30 William Purkiss ENG 178 Eastleigh b63+ b42- w69+ w51+ b27+ b25+ w1- w19= b28= b2- w11- 6
31 Mark W Rogerson ENG 167 Wembley w1- b47+ w40= b5- w46= b54= w64= b58= w62+ w27= b49+ 6
32 Nicholas J Thomas SCO 173 Scotland w70+ b24= w52- b11- w64+ b34= w5- b62+ w14- b46= w50+ 6
33 Hans-Joachim Wiese GER 186 Berlin w51- b52- w47- b71- w72+ b70+ w55+ b69= w53= b64+ w43+ 6
34 David A Wise ENG 195 Middlesbrough b39- w68+ b36= w26+ b14= w32= b15+ w13- b12- w38+ b28= 6
35 Leon M Wooldridge ENG 178 Hythe w74+ b25- w58- b70+ w38- b46+ w50+ b16= w11- b37= w53+ 6
36 Costas Karayiannis ENG 167 London E17 w11= b64= w34= b22= w55+ b23= w7- w49= b27- b54= w58+
37 Luke J McShane ENG 165j London W9 b27+ w9- b7- w54+ b15- w68= b59+ w61+ b42- w35= b40=
38 Magnus Nilsson SWE 167j Sweden b10= w75= b49= w57+ b35+ w19- w23- b44- w69+ b34- w62+
39 Steven J L Rix ENG 171 Edinburgh w34+ b22= w19- b40= w18+ b7= w16- w56= b15= b25- w64+
40 Edwin A Spencer SCO 185 Dundee b47+ w28- b31= w39= b58+ w27+ b10- b29- w52+ b18- w37=
41 James E Vigus ENG 182j London SE6 b14- w62+ b56+ w20+ w3- b21= w13- b43= w18= b58+ w25-
42 Robert F Willmoth ENG 205/2225 London NW7 b65+ w30+ b51+ w8- b6= w10= b17- b14= w37+ w12- b15-
43 Jonas Andersson SWE 165 Sweden b75= w10- b77+ w49- b45- w47+ b63+ w41= b57+ w15- b33- 5
44 Chris A Baker ENG 167j Hanworth b28- w63+ b27- w29- b60- w66+ b74+ w38+ b49- w55= b51= 5
45 Robert E Clapham SCO 166 Arbroath w24- b73+ w16- b67+ w43+ w17- b61= b11- w46- b65+ w54= 5
46 Simon R Edwards ENG 149j Stoke-on-Trent b17- w20- b66+ w75= b31= w35- b67+ w60= b45+ w32= b29- 5
47 John Gillibrand ENG 138 Liverpool w40- w31- b33+ w60= b26- b43- w71+ w59= b67+ b50- w66+ 5
48 Ben Hague ENG 166 Rochdale b8- w66+ b17- w62+ b61+ w4- b27+ b22- w26- w56= b55= 5
49 Roger Hardy ENG 160/2100 Bristol w50+ b18- w38= b43+ w16- b52- w53+ b36= w44+ b24- w31- 5
50 Roger D W Marsh ENG 161 Gosport b49- w72+ b57= w13+ b10- w20= b35- w27= b61= w47+ b32- 5
51 James McDonald ENG 145 Liverpool b33+ w17+ w42- b30- b56+ w12= w21- b18- w64- b69+ w44= 5
52 Bruce McNally SCO 151 Edinburgh b4- w33+ b32- w77+ b20= w49+ b12- w15= b40- w61+ b26- 5
53 Julian J Pikulski ENG 157 London N19 b61= w12- b60= w76= b59= w63= b49- w68+ b33= w57+ b35- 5
54 Andrew N Salmon ENG 145 Clacton w7- w56- b72+ b37- w70+ w31= b60= b26- bye+ w36= b45= 5
55 Alan J Walton ENG 142 Oldham b12= w61+ b10= w17- b36- w56- b33- w63+ b59+ b44= w48= 5
56 Peter A N Webster ENG 168 Stratford-upon-Avon w3- b54+ w41- b74+ w51- b55+ w62= b39= w25= b48= b27- 5
57 Mark Victor Wozniak RSA 181 South Africa w78+ b1- w50= b38- w71+ b69= w14- b64+ w43- b53- w67+ 5
58 Francis J Bowers ENG 155 Spalding w19- bye+ b35+ b7- w40- w61- b73+ w31= b60+ w41- b36-
59 Neil Clarke ENG 131j Walsall w21= b11- w71= b69= w53= b64= w37- b47= w55- b63+ b61=
60 Mark B Jackson ENG 165j Oxshott w25- b70= w53= b47= w44+ b13- w54= b46= w58- b62- w71+
61 Johan Jersblad SWE 186/2090 Sweden w53= b55- w70= b63+ w48- b58+ w45= b37- w50= b52- w59=
62 Paul J Kelly ENG 151 Liverpool w5- b41- w73+ b48- w66+ b76+ b56= w32- b31- w60+ b38-
63 John W Dale ENG 137 Leeds w30- b44+ b65+ w61- w67+ b53= w43- b55- b68= w59- b73+ 4
64 Peter A Harris ENG 143e Swindon b77= w36= b29+ w12- b32- w59= b31= w57- b51+ w33- b39- 4
65 Daniel Lee ENG 140e London E4 w42- b74- w63- b73- bye+ b67- w76= b70+ w71+ w45- b69= 4
66 Siegrun MacGilchrist SCO 140 Maybole w18- b48- w46- bye+ b62- b44- w72+ w74- b77+ w68+ b47- 4
67 James S Macrae SCO 105 Glasgow b6- w29- b68+ w45- b63- w65+ w46- b76+ w47- b74+ b57- 4
68 Nicholas D Mitchem ENG 146 Richmond w22- b34- w67- b72+ w73+ b37= w18- b53- w63= b66- w74+ 4
69 Richard J Savory ENG 156j Dereham b26+ w4- b30- w59= b75+ w57= b20- w33= b38- w51- w65= 4
70 Paul A Allison ENG 128 Leeds b32- w60= b61= w35- b54- w33- b77= w65- w72- b76+ bye+
71 Neville H Twitchell ENG 154 Harlow b9- w27- b59= w33+ b57- w75- b47- w73+ b65- w77+ b60-
72 John Warren SCO 122 Perth w13- b50- w54- w68- b33- bye+ b66- w77- b70+ w73= w76+
73 Alasdair McIntosh SCO 134 West Lothian b15- w45- b62- w65+ b68- w77+ w58- b71- w76= b72= w63- 3
74 John Wilman SCO 136 Perthshire b35- w65+ b20- w56- b77+ w29- w44- b66+ def- w67- b68- 3
75 Paul T Georghiou ENG 197 Barnet w43= b38= w21- b46= w69- b71+          
76 Adrian C Laurence ENG 142 Slough w2- w26- bye+ b53= b13- w62- b65= w67- b73= w70- b72-
77 Matthew L Reilly ENG 58 Lichfield w64= b21- w43- b52- w74- b73- w70= b72+ w66- b71-   2
78 Paul D Chapman ENG 100e   b57-                     0

1993 BRITISH VETERANS' CHAMPIONSHIP, 7-13 August

(1-2) Roelof D WESTRA (Hull), LIM Kok-Ann (Singapore) 5½/7; (3) Malcolm Peart (Scarborough) 5; (4-5) Donald Baldwin (Whitby), Manfred Reuser (Kingsbarns) 4; (6) Joseph Soesan (Coventry) 3½; (7) James R Nicolson (Manchester) 3; (8) Anthony Summers (Southampton) 2/2; (9) H James Draisey (Bristol) 1½; (10) David Buckland (Oxford) ½.


1993 BRITISH UNDER-18 CHAMPIONSHIP, 2-13 August

(1) Stephen GILLEN (Derry) 9/10; (2-3) Gary R ANDRIESSEN (Gloucester), David S GIBEON (London) 7; (4) Marcus E Osborne (Wallington) 6½; (5) Paul McSweeney (Cork) 6; (6) Stephen J Willetts (West Kilbride) 5½; (7-8) Richard Carpenter (Torquay), Lee Jacobs (Stanmore) 4; (9) Kieran Coughlan (Dundalk) 3; (10) Neal Page (Brigg) 2; (11) Fiona Webster (Sutton) 1.

1993 British Girls' Champion Fiona WEBSTER (Sutton) (see also results of 1993 BWCA Girls Championship)

1993 BRITISH UNDER-16 CHAMPIONSHIP, 8-13 August (two rounds on 9 August)

(1-2) Thomas R J HINKS-EDWARDS (London), Ruth SHELDON (Manchester) 5½/7; (3-4) Rowan M BROWN (Peterborough), Irfan NATHOO (Twickenham) 5; (5-6) David J Garner (Hinckley), Andrew P George 4½; (7-11) Ali Emre Karadeniz, Aniek Paul (Calcutta), John Potter (Folkestone), Richard Weston (Dundee), Michael Blakemore 4; (12-16) S Chakraborty, James Foster (Little Chalfont), Andrew N Greet (St Austell), Ian R Henderson (Reading), William G Whittow 3½; (17-21) Darren Boone (Clacton), Philip Morgan (Newton Abbot), Andrew Slough (Luton), Nicholas D Tarlton (Stanmore), David J Whitehead (Sudbury) 3; (22-24) Michael Denny (Willenhall), Ayesha Nathoo (Twickenham), Charmaine Webster (Webster) 2½; (25-26) S Smith, Glyn Wintle (Monmouth) 1½.

1993 British Girls' Under-16 Champion Ruth SHELDON (Manchester) (see also results of 1993 BWCA Girls Championship)

1993 BRITISH UNDER-15 CHAMPIONSHIP, 2-7 August (two rounds on 3 August)

(1-2) Joel K M NEWMAN (Bromley), Thomas WALTON (Beckenham) 6/7; (3-4) Brian KELLY (Belfast), Nicholas D TARLTON (Stanmore) 4½; (5-10) Heather Lang (Stirling), Richard Weston (Dundee), Philip Morgan (Newton Abbot), James Clifford, Philip A Hobbs (High Wycombe), Alan Cundill (St Andrews) 4; (11-12) Peter Chaplin (Weston-super-Mare), Emily Howard (Birkenhead) 3½; (13-17) Philip E Goldstein (London N2), Ian R Henderson (Reading), Philip Brown (Croydon), David Ohlssen (Wirral), Ian Petrie (Perth) 3; (18-19) Timothy Douglas (Bangor), Neil Brown (Perth) 2½; (20) James McMunn (Chepstow) 2; (21) Andrew Dunnett (Edinburgh) 1.

1993 British Girls' Under-15 Champion Heather LANG (Stirling) (see also results of 1993 BWCA Girls Championship)

1993 BRITISH UNDER-14 CHAMPIONSHIP, 8-13 August (two rounds on 11 August)

(1) Brian KELLY(Belfast) 6½/7; (2) J SAHA (India) 6; (3) Andrew GIBB (Dundee) 5; (4-9) Christopher J Beckett (Macclesfield), Rohan Churm (Swindon), Ian A Debbage (Swindon), Matthew Inglis (Grayshott), Nicholas S Lee (Potters Bar), Aiden M Leech (Maidenhead) 4½; (10-15) Nathan Alfred (Beckenham), Paul Carpenter (Torquay), Paul Hopper (Aberdeen), Jonathan Lewis (Stamford), James McMunn (Chepstow), Alastair Mills (Leatherhead) 4; (16-20) Philip E Goldstein (London N2), Emily Howard (Birkenhead), James Mills (Leatherhead), Richard Morgan (Bedford), John Weatherlake (Whitchurch) 3½; (21-25) Simon Armour, Ruth Bates (Richmond), Neil Foster (Little Chalfont), Matthew P George, John Roe (Ross-on-Wye) 3; (26-27) Henry A Orna (London N5), Rachel J Reeves (Bromley) 2½; (28-33) Peter Burke (Cwmparc), Lorna Burrows (St Helens), Lee Collins (Oxford), Kenneth Ewen (Dundee), Ross Lockhart (Dundee), Ian Petrie (Perth) 2; (34) Lucy J Broomfield (London SE25) 1.

1993 British Girls' Under 14 Champion Emily HOWARD (Birkenhead) (see also results of 1993 BWCA Girls Championship)

1993 BRITISH UNDER-13 CHAMPIONSHIP, 2-7 August (two rounds on 5 August)

(1) Duncan J HARWOOD (Salisbury) 6/7; (2-3) Paul CARPENTER (Torquay), Peter HINTON (Edinburgh) 5½; (4-5) Aiden M Leech (Maidenhead), J Saha (India) 5; (6-9) Rohan Churm (Swindon), Andrew N Greet (St Austell), Philip R Pugh (Preston), B Roychowdhuri (India) 4½; (10-14) Matthew D F Cave (London N2), Mandy Haslinger (Southport), Benjamin R Rich (London SW14), Max H Rich (London SW14), Chiin-Tze Tan (London SW14) 4; (15-20) Mark Ackroyd (Chepstow), Alex J Edmans (Reading), Catherine Holmes (Bromley), Peter A Levermore (Scunthorpe), Brendan C Newell (Sale), John Weatherlake (Whitchurch) 3½; (21-25) Nathan Alfred (Beckenham), Colin Hobbs (High Wycombe), Richard Jones (Solihull), Luke Smith (Kings Lynn), Ellen Walker (Southend) 3; (26-29) Lee Bailey (Bolton), Ruth Bates (Richmond), Ian A Debbage (Swindon), Alice T Howard 2½; (30-32) Peter Burke (Cwmparc), John Edwards (Bolton), Nick Watson (Cwmparc) 2; (33-34) Christie Dolan (Perth), Catriona Stevenson (Perth) 1.

1993 British Girls' Under 13 Champion Mandy (Amanda Suzanne) HASLINGER (Southport) (see also results of 1993 BWCA Girls Championship)

1993 BRITISH UNDER-12 CHAMPIONSHIP, 8-13 August (two rounds on 8 August)

(1) Stewart G HASLINGER (Southport) 6/7; (2-5) Peter LEVERMORE (Scunthorpe), Mark ROBERTS (Sevenoaks), B ROYCHOWDHURY, S ROYCHOWDHURY (both India) 5; (6-7) Stephen A Deall (Southampton), Mandy Haslinger (Southport) 4½; (8-15) Abdel R Azzam (Southampton), Andrew Bamford (Twickenham), Jessica Ho (Maidstone), Sanjay Joshi (Stanmore), Philip Kerry (Solihull), Jay Stockham (Middlesbrough), Ellen Walker (Southend), Thomas Webster (Bourne) 4; (16) David Kraushaar (Woodbridge) 3½; (17-25) Alan J R Allkins (Gerrards Cross), Stephen Grant (Swindon), Melanie Hall (Crieff), Alice T Howard, Eleanor C Reeves (Bromley), Christopher Sowerbutts, Daniel Storey (London E17), Nick Watson (Cwmparc), Andrew Willetts (West Kilbride) 3; (26-27) Robert George, Graeme Kafka (West Kilbride) 2½; (28) A Douglas 1½; (29) J Morgan 1.

1993 British Girls' Under 12 Champion Mandy (Amanda Suzanne) HASLINGER (Southport) (see also results of 1993 BWCA Girls Championship)

1993 BRITISH UNDER-11 CHAMPIONSHIP, 2-6 August (two rounds on 2 and 4 August)

(1) Simon ARMOUR (Southend-on-Sea) 7/7; (2) Stewart G HASLINGER (Southport), S ROYCHOWDHURI (India) 5½; (4-6) Timothy Manuel (London SE23), Shanker Menon, Mark Roberts (Sevenoaks) 5; (7-12) Leigh J Debbage (Swindon), David K Eynon (Edinburgh), David J Hodge (Dawlish Warren), Stephen M Jones (Solihull), Jay Stockham (Middlesbrough), Richard J Watts (Stowmarket) 4½; (13-24) Adway Chowdhuri (Howrah, India), Danny Gallagher (Bolton), Benjamin Grainger (Torquay), Stuart Hayes (Dundee), Timothy Holmes (Bromley), Jonathan B Mutton (Deeping St James), Matthew D Noakes (Maidstone), Richard J D Palliser (Hull), James M Parkin (Pewsey), Jonathan E Swindells (Tyne & Wear), Claire L Thrower (Warlingham), Tomas M Thrower 4 (Warlingham); (25-34) Stephen J E Casement (Canterbury), Richard Glover (Chester), David Greet (St Austell), Alvin N Kissoon (Maidstone), Richard S P Mott (London N2), Reese L J Newell (Sale), Phil O Richardson (Croydon), David A Smalley (High Wycombe), David J Wiltshire (Tonbridge), Robert Wylie (Ashtead) 3½; (35-39) David W Bates (Richmond), Mark D Birch (Sale), Anthony Davis (Birmingham), Joanna S Hart (Caterham), Tania Sachdev (New Delhi, India) 3; (40-47) Jonathan Chase (Ely), Tomer Eden (Kenton), Oliver Gill (Hull), Anna F Hardy (Torquay), Paul McArthur (Dundee), Daniel Spurling (Kingsbridge), Thomas Stott (Aberdeen), Andrew Willetts (West Kilbride) 2½; (48-52) Josephine H Badger (Tunstead), Callum C Harwood (Salisbury), Christian McCaul (London W1P), Fiona Stevenson (Perth), Ben Wade 2 (Teignmouth); (53) Charles Howard (Birkenhead) 1; (54) Francesca J A Mott (London N2) ½.

1993 British Girls' Under 11 Champion Claire L THROWER (Warlingham) (see also results of 1993 BWCA Girls Championship)

1993 BRITISH UNDER-10 CHAMPIONSHIP, 9-13 August (two rounds on 10 & 12 August)

(1) Leigh J DEBBAGE (Swindon) 6/7; (2-3) Adway CHOWDHURI (India), Ross RATTRAY (Sutton) 5½; (4-6) Oliver N Bright (Bristol), Stephen P Clark (Gerrards Cross), Michael White (Cheltenham) 5; (7-13) Edward Armstrong (Reading), Matthew Broomfield (London SE25), Thomas J S Dougherty (London W8), Costas Harris (London N3), Bernhard Klein (Liverpool), Edmund C Player (Stowmarket), Elaine Rutherford (Perth) 4½; (14-17) Matthew Brierley (Highbridge), Tobias Stock (Folkestone), Desmond Tan (Mitcham), Louisa Stobbs (Consett) 4; (18-25) David W Bates (Richmond), Stephen C Bough (Oxford), Stephen J E Casement (Canterbury), Toby Haslinger (Southport), Jonathan B Mutton (Deeping St James), Tania Sachdev (New Delhi, India), Matthew Tillett (London SW11), Graham Walker (Southend) 3½; (26-32) Anthony M Eskinazi (London NW11), Matthew D Feld (Esher), David Greet (St Aystell), Laurence Hunt (Oxford), Rakatahr Pikulski (London N19), David C Shipley, Matthew Sommer (Camberley) 3; (33-34) Edward Bell (Godalming), David Ho (Maidstone) 2½; (35-39) Anthony Davis (Birmingham), Andrew Davis (Birmingham), Adam Hall (Crieff), Sarah Miley (Bury St Edmunds), Leila Nathoo (Twickenham) 2; (40-41) Katherine L Feld (Esher), Heather Walker (Southend) 1½; (42) Charles Howard (Birkenhead) ½.

1993 British Girls' Under 10 Champion Elaine RUTHERFORD (Perth) (see also results of 1993 BWCA Girls Championship)

1993 BRITISH UNDER-9 CHAMPIONSHIP, 7-8 August (3 rounds on 7 August, 4 on 8 August)

(1-2) Stephen J E CASEMENT (Canterbury), Stephen P CLARK (Gerrards Cross) 6/7; (3-4) Adway CHOWDHURI (India), Nicholas A FROST (Tiverton) 5½; (5-7) Toby Haslinger (Southport), John Tompson (Oldham), Ravi Wariyara (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) 5; (8-12) Graham P Bates (Solihull), David Kay, Alvin N Kissoon (Maidstone), Matthew J Lewsey (Kelvedon), Claire Louise Thrower (Warlingham) 4½; (13-20) Matthew R Avery (Tenterden), Stephen C Bough, Matthew P Broomfield (London SE25), David Ho (Maidstone), Andrew J Hughes (Aylesbury), Emily Manuel (London SE23), Kieran J Newell (Sale), Tania Sachdev (New Delhi, India) 4; (21-26) Costas Harris (London N3), Laurence Hunt (Oxford), Simon Jeffares (Blackrock), Matthew King (Cobham), Leila Nathoo (Twickenham), Philip Peck (Humberside) 3½; (27-35) Harriet Bates (Richmond), Philip Cowley (Preston), M Graham, Isabelle Jeffares (Blackrock), Matthew Sommer (Camberley), Rakatahr Pikulski (London N19), Christopher Sutherland (Currie), Aaron Taylor (Walton-on-Thames), Graham Walker (Southend) 3; (36-38) Adam Hall (Crieff), Andrew Lessels (Aberdeen), Craig Morrison (Harpenden) 2½; (39-43) Andrew Davis (Birmingham), Katherine L Feld (Esher), Charles W D Marsh (Harrogate), Duncan Morrison (Harpenden), Robert White (Cheltenham) 2; (44) Daniel McGowan (Isle of Tiree), Heather Walker (Southend) 1½; (46) K Stockham 0.

1993 British Girls' Under 9 Champion Claire Louise THROWER (Warlingham) (see also results of 1993 BWCA Girls Championship)

1993 BRITISH UNDER-8 CHAMPIONSHIP, 6 August (one day only)

(1-2) Alvin N KISSOON (Maidstone), Graham WALKER (Southend-on-Sea) 5/6; (3-4) Toby HASLINGER (Southport), Tania SACHDEV (New Delhi, India) 4½; (5-10) Richard I Crampton (Torquay), Philip Hamilton (Swindon), Laurence Hunt (Oxford), Matthew King (Cobham), Emily Manuel (London SE23), Aaron Taylor (Walton-on-Thames) 4; (11-12) Jonathan M Fish, David Ho (Maidstone) 3½; (13-17) Harriet Bates (Richmond), M Graham, Simon Jeffares (Blackrock), Charles W D Marsh (Harrogate), Leila Nathoo (Twickenham) 3; (18-22) Julia Badger (Tunstead), Craig Morrison (Harpenden), Duncan Morrison (Harpenden), Matthew Smith (Aberdeen), Robert White (Cheltenham) 2½; (23-28) N Ferrar, Daniel McGowan (Isle of Tiree), Rakatahr Pikulski (London N19), Edward Stott (Aberdeen) 2; (27-29) Kirsty Stevenson (Perth), Heather Walker (Walker) 1½; (29) Francesca J A Mott (London N2) 1; (30-31) Clara Howard (Birkenhead), Daniel Scislowski (Dundee) ½.

1993 British Girls' Under 8 Champion Tania SACHDEV (India) (see also results of 1993 BWCA Girls Championship)


ALL-PLAY-ALL TOURNAMENTS

Blackburne Section:

(1) Stephen J CONNOR (Wirral) 9½/11; (2) Jeremy FRASER-MITCHELL (St Albans) 8½; (3) Alec J Toll (Witney) 7; (4) Donald M Andrew (Doncaster) 5½; (5-7) John S Garnett (Yarm), H Alec Samuels (Southampton), Roy Woodcock (Nuneaton) 5; (8-11) Gordon V Cadden (London NW3), Graeme S McCormick (Belfast), Fraser McLeod (St Albans), Paul C Stokes (London SW15) 4½; (12) Oliver J May (Bedford) 2½ .

Atkins Section:

(1) Ian JEWSBURY (Bradford) 8/11; (2) Douglas FORBES (Wooburn Green) 7½; (3) Andrew Foulds (Leicester) 7; (4-5) G Alec M Boswell (Liverpool), William G V McLaughlin (London SE23) 6½; (6) Peter D Lally (Newport) 6; (7-8) David Everitt (Haywards Heath), M J Kelly 5½; (9) Stephen C Mills (Gillingham) 5; (10-11) Robert A Spencer (London W4), Ronald J Vallance (Braintree) 3½; (12) John C Calvert (Nottingham) 1½.

Staunton Section:

(1) Matthew PEAT (Wheathampstead) 8/11; (2) Marc SHAW (Harrow) 7½; (3) Antony J Sage (Bath) 7; (4-5) Roger Amram (Paris), Kevin C Staveley (Rhondda) 6½; (6) Philip Barber (Southampton) 5½; (7-8) Nigel Dicker (Southampton), Robert P Ross (Hull) 5; (9) Martyn J Harris (Newcastle-under-Lyme) 4½; (10-11) Colin Black (Motherwell), Neil A Howe (Hull) 4; (12) Munroe L Morrison (Berwick-upon-Tweed) 2½.

HARRY BAINES MEMORIAL - WEEK ONE

(1) Arthur PINKERTON (Belfast) 8/9; (2) Michael S KOBYLKA (London EC2) 7½; (3) David J Faulkner 6½; (4) David F Newell (Sale) 6; (5-6) Jonathan T Melsom (High Wycombe), K Shaw 5; (7) S Pollyn 3; (8) Paul S Silverwood (Brighton) 2; (9) Edward A Church (Truro) 1½; (10) John C Wood (Wellingborough) ½.

WEEK 1 FIVE DAY A.M.

(1) MONDIAL MEPHISTO COMPUTER 5/5; (2) Roelof WESTRA (Hull) 4½; (3) Steven J BURKE (South Normanton) 4; (4-9) John HOLLAND (Dereham), Iain A STENHOUSE (Southampton), Michael J HARDMAN (Liverpool), P GILLEN (Derry), David G WOODRUFF (Bristol), Nicolas JONES (Carterton) 3½; (10-16) Modena Mephisto Computer, D D'Cruz, Michael Denny (Willenhall), Robert Kane, James R Nicolson (Manchester), D L O'Byrne, Anton W Stalmans (Hull) 3; (17-24) J Brown, Kenneth Brown (Inverness), Jon Burgess (Timperley), Maxwell Davis (Birmingham), James/Jeremy Douglas (Bangor), Susan Fraser (Darlington), Frank Hatto (Llanelli), Roy Ramsay (Dalkeith) 2½; (25-32) Ronald Andriessen (Gloucester), H James Draisey (Bristol), Hugh Flockhart (Edinburgh), Martin Keen (St Albans), John McGrath (Bracknell), C Payne, Frank Stevenson (Dundee), Hugh Wylie (Ashtead) 2; (33-34) Peter W Brown (Croydon), S Chakraborty 1½; (35-40) Michael T Bolan (Ashtead), James/Jeremy Douglas (Bangor), David Husband (Dundee), W McAvoy, Paul McGrath (Bracknell), M Payne 1; (41) L Meach 0.

WEEK 1 FIVE DAY P.M.

(1-2) MONDIAL MEPHISTO COMPUTER, Ian CAMPBELL (Liverpool) 4/5; (3) Susan SCOTT (Tonbridge) 3½; (4-6) Eoin S Campbell (Edinburgh), Zafer M Djabri (Horsham), G Mooney 3; (7-11) S C S Abraham, R Flood, J Nicholas Hawkins (Liverpool), Caro Hunt (Oxford), Brydon G McLafferty (Dundee) 2½; (12-13) Modena Mephisto Computer, Nicholas J Savory (Dereham) 2; (14) K Ewan 1 ½; (15) Judy A Porter (Spalding) 1; 16 John T Hennigan 0.

HARRY BAINES MEMORIAL - WEEK TWO

(1) Geoffrey W LAWTON (Birmingham) 7½/9; (2) MONDIAL MEPHISTO COMPUTER 7; (3) M MITCHELL (Berwick-upon-Tweed) 6½; (4) David FINDLAY (Dundee) 6; (5= Paul T Georghiou (Barnet), Philip M Giulian (Glasgow) 5½; (7) Frederic Note (Paris) 5; (8-9) Michael S Kobylka (London EC2), John F Turnock (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) 4½; (10-13) T E L Douglas, Carl P Hibbard, David F Thompson (Andover), Peter W Walsh (Dundee) 4; (14-15) Maxwell E Davis (Birmingham), Jonathan T Melsom (High Wycombe) 3½; (16) Klem Majewski (Maidstone) 3; (17) Patrick M McGovern (Irvine) 2; (18) Paul S Silverwood (Brighton) 1.

WEEK 2 FIVE DAY A M.

(1-3) A Tyson MORDUE (Bristol), Nicolas JONES (Carterton), Martin C SOMMER (Camberley) 4½; (4-11) Christopher E W Barber (Alton), Mark C Bowhay (Basingstoke), Milano Mephisto Computer, David G Hall (Crieff), John R Holland (Holt), Arthur Pinkerton (Belfast), Mark Sanderson (Sale), Anton W Stalmans (Hull) 3½; (12-20) Alan C Bamford (Twickenham), John R Brennan (Aberdeenshire), Christopher S Cantrill (Mansfield), Frank G Hatto (Llanelli), Leslie J Miller (Loughton), A David Pruden (Carlisle), B D Shipley, Scott Taylor (Bury St Edmunds), Ernest M White (Cheltenham) 3; (21-31) R J Brammer, Kenneth A Brown (Inverness), J Dawson, J G Duffus, A Kerry, R Koli, I H Marshall, D L O'Byrne, Kevin Simpson (Mansfield), James Whyte (Dumbarton), David G Woodruff (Bristol) 2½; (32-40) Roger L Baker (Bakewell), David A Burrows (St Helens), Andrew J Dicker (Southampton), Jozef Eskinazi (London NW11), Richard M George (Ludlow), Stephen A Horrell (Coventry), James D Pratt (Basingstoke), Stephen P Ronksley (London W11), Colin A Strong (Dundee) 2; (41-44) Neville Belinfante (Yeovil), Michael T Bolan (Ashtead), J F Douglas, M H Fell 1½; (45-48) Edward A Church (Truro), Walter Fitzgibbon (Cork), Brian J Gregory (Monmouth), C R Payne 1; (49) W J McAvoy ½; (50) Ronald C Andriessen (Gloucester) 0.

WEEK 2 FIVE DAY P.M.

(1) Simon KELLETT (Edinburgh) 4½/5; (2-3) Eoin CAMPBELL (Edinburgh), J BROWN (Belfast) 3½; (4-6) Zafer M Djabri (Horsham), Caro Hunt (Oxford), Daniel Triggs (London N7) 3; (7-9) R Flood, G Mooney, Nicholas J Savory (Dereham) 2½; (10-11) D M Darwen, Susan C Scott (Tonbridge) 2; (12-13) Brydon G McLafferty (Dundee), Judy A Porter 1½; (14) L Meach 0

WEEKEND INTERMEDIATE, 6-8 August

(1-3) Eoin CAMPBELL (Edinburgh), Alasdair MACCLEOD (Stornoway), Robert KANE (London) 4½; (4-5) J Nicholas Hawkins (Liverpool), John R Holland (Holt) 4; (6-7) D L Gillespie, Michael S Kobylka (London EC2) 3½; (8-13) Christopher S Cantrill (Mansfield), P Coleman, D D'Cruz, Bruce T Harrold (Oban), A David Pruden (Carlisle), Iain A Stenhouse (Southampton) 3; (14-18) N Dicker, (Edmund) Justin Horton (Oxford), Simon Kellett (Edinburgh), H Alec Samuels (Southampton), Scott Taylor (Bury St Edmunds) 2½; (19-20) Klem Majewski (Maidstone), Peter W Walsh (Dundee) 2; (21) Jim Anderson (Dundee) 1.

WEEKEND MINOR, 6-8 August

(1) Jon BURGESS (Timperley) 5/5; (2-4) Peter D LALLY (Essex), Roy RAMSAY (Dalkeith), Tomas M THROWER (Warlingham) 4½; (5-8) Hugh S Flockhart (Edinburgh), Paul S Silverwood (Brighton), Alex J Stewart (Aberdeen), Ian Stewart (Glasgow) 4; (9-14) Colin Black (Motherwell), J Brown, Caro Hunt (Oxford), C R Payne, Michael J R White (Cheltenham), John C Wood (Wellingborough) 3½; (15-19) Andrew J Dicker (Southampton), J Gaetan, Andrew Rennie (East Kilbride), J Robertson, Nicholas J Savory (Dereham) 3; (20-25) Edward A Church (Truro), Douglas M Forbes (Wooburn Green), M Gaetan, M J Kelly, William Leggate (Kirkcaldy), Richard J Vallance 2½; (26-30) David Husband (Dundee), G Lea, William J McAvoy, M W Payne, Trevor R Walkinshaw (Dundee) 2; (31) Armour Hamilton (Falkirk) 1; (32) Tom Brown (Perth) ½.

RAPIDPLAY, 8 August

(1) Krishnamurthy MURUGAN (India) 5½/6; (2) David J FINDLAY (Dundee) 5; (3) Mark Ferguson (Haslemere), William T P Giblin (Manchester), Adam C Hunt (Oxford), Varugeese Koshy (India), Geoffrey W Lawton (Birmingham), Petr Marusenko (Ukraine), W Nigel R Saunders (Gwent), Kevin Simpson (Mansfield) 4½; (11-15) J Dawson, Stephen J Pimentil, Stewart Reuben (London), B D Shipley, Martin C Sommer (Camberley) 4; (16-23) John Boyd (Sunderland), Terry P D Chapman, Timothy R Dickinson (Accrington), Carl P Hibbard, G S Jacobs, Nicolas C Jones (Carterton), Luke J McShane (London W9), C J G Wright 3½; (24-30) M J Clancy, Timothy E L Douglas (Bangor), John S Garnett (Yarm), D Greensmith, Paul J Kelly (Liverpool), G Mehta, John Molyneux (Breaston) 3; (31-38) John R Brennan (Aberdeenshire), Ian Campbell (Liverpool), D R Cowley, Jozef Eskinazi (London NW11), Michael Fallone (Dundee), R Flood, Paul T Georghiou (Barnet), Brydon G McLafferty (Dundee) 2½; (39-47) Neville Belinfante (Yeovil), David Everitt (Haywards Heath), James S Macrae (Glasgow), Alasdair McIntosh (West Lothian), Rodney R McShane (London W9), G Mooney, Stephen P Ronksley (London W11), Neville H Twitchell (Harlow), Ernest M White (Cheltenham) 2; (48) James/Jeremy J L Douglas (Bangor) 1½; (49-54) I Cheung, James/Jeremy F Douglas (Bangor), Antony J Sage (Bath), D C Shipley, Michael B Spurr (Fife), Yushi Zhang (Dundee) 1.


THE 80TH BRITISH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS & CONGRESS - DUNDEE 1993

This is the furthest north we have ever taken the congress. Hitherto, the event has been in Edinburgh (thrice), Glasgow (once) and Ayr (once). We expected fewer entries and in the end were only 775 players against a predicted 825. This shortfall was primarily due to the reluctance of the Scots to support the event. At one time, it seemed all the entry would be from England. Their absence may have been caused by the Scottish Centenary Congress being just down the road in St. Andrews only two weeks before our event. The SCA had not decided on this at the time Dundee was chosen. That was partly to celebrate the achievements of locals Colin McNab and Paul Motwani in becoming Scotland's first ever GMs. It was thought this might help obtain local sponsorship but this was not to be. We did receive support from the local Watson & Phillip Charities Trust which was used to reduce the entry fees of Dundee juniors. At the last moment Raymond Mays Cars sponsored best game prizes in the Championship of £150 for each of the 11 rounds. However, they are located in Lincolnshire.

Michael Hennigan took the lead in the British Championship with 5/5 and it seemed he was all set to lead from start to finish. Andrew Martin put paid to this in the penultimate round by beating him. Thus any of 7 players could have won the title going into the last round and there remained a danger of a 5-way tie. Dharshan Kumaran and Michael took no prisoners and won comfortably to tie for first place with 8½/11, no wimpish draws for them. This was a wholly unexpected result.

Julian Hodgson started out as a huge favourite to retain the British title. There were many more experienced players in the field than these two young Londoners. It bodes well for the future of the game that fresh talent is already on the heels of our leading players.

At the time of writing, the play-off has yet to take place as Dharshan fell ill. This will be sponsored by Raymond Mays Cars and the winner will receive an invitation to the Hastings Premier.

John Emms secured a 9-round grandmaster performance norm in the tournament but fell away at the end. Mark Ferguson surprised everybody, including himself, by storming through to an IM norm, gaining 60 rating points in the process. Afterwards he expressed the fear that it was a one-off, but I have little doubt this 16-year-old will secure similar results in the future.

The sports hall was plenty large enough at 10,000 sq.ft. This wouldn't have been true if the entry had been as large as in Plymouth 1992. Next year we will be in Norwich, which is twice the size. The only complaint was the lighting which some of the older players (e.g. Hebden, Hodgson) found a strain. An analysis room was created by erecting a marquee.

As one would expect, the local people were most co-operative and hospitable. The self-catering houses were especially favoured and many liked being on campus, yet also virtually immediately in town. However some people couldn't see the point in coming to a town so far north which wasn't a resort and which wasn't supported by the Scottish players. While there, I went to see Aberdeen, the venue for which is probably even better than Plymouth. It is hard to believe we should go even further afield and we can only consider that as a possibility if they raise sponsorship. Glasgow is also being considered and the Borders for our last visit to Scotland this century.

It now seems traditional for several Indian children to visit the event. The only one to win a title this time was 6-year-old Tania Sachdev, netting the Under-8 Girls'. The Haslingers continue to make their mark on the trophies, this time it was the turn yet again of Mandy and finally Stewart after trying since 1987. Several juniors and families annex one title after another each year.

The Under-18 Championship, like the Under-21 before it, has become completely unrepresentative. This is partly because, now FIDE have lowered the rating entry point to 2005, the Major Open is an even greater attraction.

The players gave me no mandate for change this year.

Several meetings were held at the event as usual. That with star players was bedeviled by people wanting to turn their attention to administrative matters, especially about the bitterness surrounding the World Championship. That properly belonged at the meeting with organisers, rather than with the BCF Management Board when the event is in England. It was refreshing to hear the viewpoint of administrators not personally caught up in the arguments.

You won't be surprised to learn there was a play, acted rather dauntingly in a proper theatre. I played the part of Campomanes (type-cast some say), growing from an egg to a monster in a few seconds. It was called 'Judittic Spark' and was written, produced and directed by Bruce Birchall. The youngsters seemed to enjoy themselves, but I fear we will be expected to put on 'Chess' soon. Bruce also provided coaching in the mornings, aimed primarily at parent beginners.

The Richard Boxall Plate for Service to the Congress was awarded to Eric Croker who has been attending the congress since 1984, mainly working on the Major Open with David Wallace. The other members of the control team were George Smith, Mike O'Hara, Rod McShane, Richard Furness, David Welch, Roy Brown, David, Paul and Richard Carpenter, Victor Cross, Roger Edwards, Neil Graham, Alex McFarlane, Peter Purland, David Reid, John Robinson, Daphne Russell, Phil Short, Denis Walker, Gerry Walsh, Alec Webster and David Woodruff. Malcolm Pein was in charge of the commentary with occasional help from Mark Condie and Graham Lee. The Mrs Edwards and Hatto manned the BCF stand. This long list fails to include the demo board operators, move runners and people who helped set upon Saturday. Truly, our events have a reputation of employing far more controllers than their counter-parts elsewhere in the world.

Stewart Reuben
Congress Director


1994 British Chess Federation Yearbook, page 73

BRITISH WOMEN'S CHESS ASSOCIATION GIRLS' CHAMPIONSHIPS

Ipswich, 20-21 February 1993

U21: (1) Louisa M Orton (Ipswich) 4½/5; (2-3) Ruth Sheldon (Manchester), Charmaine Webster (Sutton) 4; (4-8) Ayesha Nathoo, Ruth Bates (both Richmond), Joanne Alston (Lancaster), Rachel J Reeves, Catherine Holmes (both Farnboro', Kent) 3½... 28 players

- U18 title to Ruth Sheldon
- U16 title to Charmaine Webster
- U14 title shared by Ruth Bates, Joanne Alston, Rachel J Reeves, Catherine Holmes

U12: (1) Jessica Ho (Maidstone) 6½/7; (2) Emily Porter (Ipswich) 5½; (3-5) Iva Anguelov (London), Elise Ford (Manchester), Ellen Walker (Southend) 4½... 16 players

U11: (1-2) Josephine H Badger (Norwich), Joanna S Hart (Sutton) 5½/7; (3-4) Anna Hardy (Torquay), Joanne K Persson (Lancaster) 5... 16 players

U10: (1) Rosalind Kieran (Farnboro', Kent) 7/7; (2) Lucy Larter (Norwich) 5½; (3-5) Henrietta Cobb, C Marriott (both Swindon), L Stubbs (Newcastle) 5... 28 players

U9: (1-3) Sarah J Miley, J Rees (both Bury St Edmunds), Sophie I Tidman (Birmingham) 7/9; (4) L McCartney (Lancaster) 6... 24 players - U8 title to E Player


File updated

Date Notes
30 July 2021 First upload to BritBase though most of the games have been available elsewhere for some time. Games given round numbers and dates.
17 July 2022 Ken Norman has sent me a corrected version of his round 8 game vs Graham Lilley. Many thanks, Ken.
25 August 2026 Added the Major Open crosstable.
25 August 2026 Added 107 stubs to the British Championship file and applied a correction to the result of Harley 0-1 Hodgson (rd 2).