1972 British Chess Championship, Brighton, 14-25 August • 1971« »1973

1972 British Chess Championship		Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
1	Brian R Eley		◊ 1/34	♦ 1/12	◊ ½/5	♦ ½/6	◊ ½/2	♦ 1/9	♦ ½/11	◊ ½/3	♦ 1/8	◊ ½/4	◊ 1/10	8
2	Raymond D Keene	2435	♦ ½/14	◊ 1/26	♦ ½/15	◊ 1/16	♦ ½/1	◊ ½/10	◊ ½/5	♦ ½/6	◊ 1/7	♦ ½/3	♦ 1/11	7½
3	Jonathan Penrose	2450	♦ ½/30	◊ ½/17	◊ 1/7	♦ ½/34	◊ 1/12	♦ 1/5	◊ 1/6	♦ ½/1	♦ ½/11	◊ ½/2	♦ ½/4	7½
4	Michael F Stean	2275	◊ 0/12	♦ 1/31	◊ ½/34	♦ ½/17	◊ ½/20	♦ 1/28	◊ ½/13	♦ 1/9	◊ 1/6	♦ ½/1	◊ ½/3	7
5	(Andrew) Jonathan Mestel		◊ 1/9	♦ 1/19	♦ ½/1	◊ 1/10	♦ ½/8	◊ 0/3	♦ ½/2	◊ 0/11	◊ 1/20	♦ ½/6	◊ ½/7	6½
6	William R Hartston	2420	♦ ½/18	◊ 1/14	♦ 1/11	◊ ½/1	♦ ½/26	◊ 1/8	♦ 0/3	◊ ½/2	♦ 0/4	◊ ½/5	♦ 1/16	6½
7	Simon Webb		♦ 0/26	◊ 1/28	♦ 0/3	◊ ½/14	♦ 1/21	◊ 1/23	♦ 1/16	◊ ½/8	♦ 0/2	◊ 1/12	♦ ½/5	6½
8	Michael J Haygarth		◊ 1/23	♦ ½/22	◊ 1/27	♦ ½/20	◊ ½/5	♦ 0/6	◊ 1/12	♦ ½/7	◊ 0/1	♦ 1/25	◊ ½/13	6½
9	Victor W Knox		♦ 0/5	◊ 1/24	♦ ½/17	◊ 1/30	♦ 1/18	◊ 0/1	♦ ½/10	◊ 0/4	◊ 1/19	♦ ½/13	◊ 1/21	6½
10	(Arthur) Howard Williams	2390	◊ ½/21	♦ 1/33	◊ 1/22	♦ 0/5	◊ ½/13	♦ ½/2	◊ ½/9	◊ 1/26	♦ ½/17	◊ 1/11	♦ 0/1	6½
11	John E Littlewood	2340	◊ 1/32	♦ ½/13	◊ 0/6	♦ ½/22	◊ 1/27	♦ 1/20	◊ ½/1	♦ 1/5	◊ ½/3	♦ 0/10	◊ 0/2	6
12	Alan G Trangmar		♦ 1/4	◊ 0/1	♦ 1/23	◊ ½/26	♦ 0/3	◊ 1/18	♦ 0/8	◊ 1/15	◊ ½/13	♦ 0/7	◊ 1/27	6
13	Peter H Clarke	2360	♦ 1/28	◊ ½/11	♦ ½/16	◊ ½/18	♦ ½/10	◊ ½/26	♦ ½/4	◊ ½/17	♦ ½/12	◊ ½/9	♦ ½/8	6
14	Julian T Farrand		◊ ½/2	♦ 0/6	◊ ½/21	♦ ½/7	◊ ½/19	♦ 1/22	◊ ½/20	♦ ½/18	◊ 0/25	♦ 1/32	◊ 1/23	6
15	Robert Bellin	2315	◊ ½/20	♦ ½/32	◊ ½/2	♦ ½/27	◊ 0/17	♦ 1/31	◊ ½/19	♦ 0/12	◊ ½/22	♦ 1/30	◊ 1/25	6
16	Craig W Pritchett	2340	◊ 1/31	♦ ½/27	◊ ½/13	♦ 0/2	◊ 1/22	♦ ½/17	◊ 0/7	♦ ½/19	◊ ½/21	♦ 1/20	◊ 0/6	5½
17	Alan H Perkins		◊ ½/33	♦ ½/3	◊ ½/9	◊ ½/4	♦ 1/15	◊ ½/16	♦ ½/26	♦ ½/13	◊ ½/10	♦ 0/23	◊ ½/19	5½
18	Richard C Lemon		◊ ½/6	♦ 1/21	◊ ½/20	♦ ½/13	◊ 0/9	♦ 0/12	◊ 1/27	◊ ½/14	♦ ½/26	♦ 0/19	◊ 1/29	5½
19	Anthony J Miles	2285	♦ 1/24	◊ 0/5	♦ 0/26	◊ ½/29	♦ ½/14	◊ 1/25	♦ ½/15	◊ ½/16	♦ 0/9	◊ 1/18	♦ ½/17	5½
20	Owen M Hindle		♦ ½/15	◊ 1/30	♦ ½/18	◊ ½/8	♦ ½/4	◊ 0/11	♦ ½/14	◊ 1/23	♦ 0/5	◊ 0/16	♦ 1/33	5½
21	David Sherman		♦ ½/10	◊ 0/18	♦ ½/14	♦ ½/31	◊ 0/7	◊ 1/29	♦ ½/30	◊ 1/24	♦ ½/16	◊ 1/26	♦ 0/9	5½
22	Martyn J Corden	2275	♦ 1/29	◊ ½/8	♦ 0/10	◊ ½/11	♦ 0/16	◊ 0/14	♦ 0/24	◊ 1/32	♦ ½/15	♦ 1/28	◊ 1/26	5½
23	David Brine Pritchard		♦ 0/8	◊ 1/25	◊ 0/12	♦ ½/28	◊ 1/34	♦ 0/7	◊ 1/32	♦ 0/20	♦ 1/29	◊ 1/17	♦ 0/14	5½
24	Geoffrey H James		◊ 0/19	♦ 0/9	◊ 0/28	♦ 0/25	◊ 1/32	♦ 1/33	◊ 1/22	♦ 0/21	◊ 1/31	♦ ½/27	◊ 1/30	5½
25	Michael John Basman	2385	◊ 0/27	♦ 0/23	◊ 0/31	◊ 1/24	♦ 1/33	♦ 0/19	◊ 1/28	◊ 1/30	♦ 1/14	◊ 0/8	♦ 0/15	5
26	Robert S McFarland		◊ 1/7	♦ 0/2	◊ 1/19	♦ ½/12	◊ ½/6	♦ ½/13	◊ ½/17	♦ 0/10	◊ ½/18	♦ 0/21	♦ 0/22	4½
27	Jonathan S Speelman		♦ 1/25	◊ ½/16	♦ 0/8	◊ ½/15	♦ 0/11	◊ ½/30	♦ 0/18	◊ ½/29	♦ 1/33	◊ ½/24	♦ 0/12	4½
28	Andrew Rowland B Thomas		◊ 0/13	♦ 0/7	♦ 1/24	◊ ½/23	♦ ½/29	◊ 0/4	♦ 0/25	◊ 1/33	♦ ½/32	◊ 0/22	1/bye	4½
29	Raymond B Edwards		◊ 0/22	♦ 0/34	◊ 1/32	♦ ½/19	◊ ½/28	♦ 0/21	◊ 1/31	♦ ½/27	◊ 0/23	1/bye	♦ 0/18	4½
30	Stuart J Hutchings		◊ ½/3	♦ 0/20	◊ 1/33	♦ 0/9	◊ ½/31	♦ ½/27	◊ ½/21	♦ 0/25	1/bye	◊ 0/15	♦ 0/24	4
31	John R Cooke		♦ 0/16	◊ 0/4	♦ 1/25	◊ ½/21	♦ ½/30	◊ 0/15	♦ 0/29	1/bye	♦ 0/24	◊ 1/33	◊ 0/32	4
32	Ronald FA Harman		♦ 0/11	◊ ½/15	♦ 0/29	◊ ½/33	♦ 0/24	1/bye	♦ 0/23	♦ 0/22	◊ ½/28	◊ 0/14	♦ 1/31	3½
33	James Stuart Emsley		♦ ½/17	◊ 0/10	♦ 0/30	♦ ½/32	◊ 0/25	◊ 0/24	1/bye	♦ 0/28	◊ 0/27	♦ 0/31	◊ 0/20	2
34	Peter N Lee	2390	♦ 0/1	◊ 1/29	♦ ½/4	◊ ½/3	♦ 0/23	withdrew						2 / 5

1972 British Ladies Chess Championship, Brighton • 1971« »1973

1972 British Ladies Championship		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	Jana Hartston (née Malypetrova)	Cambridge	&;	1	1	1	½	1	1	½	1	1	8
2	Rowena M Bruce (née Dew)	Plymouth	0	&;	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	7½
3	(Patricia) Anne Sunnucks	Crowthorne	0	0	&;	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	6
4	Dinah M Wright (née Dobson)	London	0	0	½	&;	1	1	1	1	½	1	6
5	Alison J Povall	Moreton	½	½	½	0	&;	0	1	1	½	½	4½
6	Christine Corden (née State)		0	0	0	0	1	&;	1	0	1	1	4
7	Nancy C Elder	Dundee	0	0	0	0	0	0	&;	1	1	1	3
8	Jean P M Rogers (née Craker)		½	0	0	0	0	1	0	&;	1	½	3
9	Olive Chataway (née Richards)	Harrow	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	&;	½	1½
10	Miss G Morgan		0	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	&;	1½

1972 BCF Major Open — 1 Nigel J Holloway 9/11; 2 David Parr 8½; 3 Harry Lamb, John N Sugden 8; 5 Gavin N Henderson, Jeffrey R L Webb 7½; 7 Otto H Hardy, Laurie W Prescott, Tom H Wise 7; 10 Terry B Bennett, Peter M Collins, George A Dickson, L Alan Edwards, Raymond J Gamble, Tim D Harding, Vincent Homolka, Brian A Jones, Louis de Veauce, James E Vickery, Roger Webb 6½; 21 D Michael Denison, Keith L Escott, David G MacDonald, Brian L McCague, Rory M R O’Kelly 6; 26 Percy B Cook, R. E. Evans, J. R. Goodman, Peter A Harris, D. Lawrence (played 9 rounds), J. Lehmensick, Alan N Morris, Richard W O’Brien, S. O. Reed, John M Ripley, Douglas G A Shallcross, David A Tidmarsh 5½; 38 M. Goll, Arthur Hall, Alan Hanreck, Roger Keely, Graham Speed 5; 43 J. R. Crampton, Anthony R Cullinane, Ian Eustis, P. Grant, Roger Hardy, G. Katz, B. Marshall, Peter Morrey, James R Nicholson, A John Peters, J. Watson 4½; 54 Paul F Habershon 4; 55 Edwin George Lea, C. W. Marshall 3½; 57 M. Katz 3; 58 A. Heath, B. H. Hughes (played 6 rounds), M. J. Meakin 2½; 61 M. Ings 2 (out of 10).

1972 British Under-21 Championship — 1 John M Quinn 10/11; 2 Nigel E Povah 8½; 3 David LeMoir, John G Nicholson, David Wise 7; 6 Stephen Balmer, Tim G Congdon, Clive D Gilliam, Charles W Kennaugh, Gareth D Pearce, Robin J Pearce, Kevin J Wicker 6½; 13 Gordon Campbell, Terry P D Chapman, Jonathan Kinlay, Robin J G Kneebone, Chris C W Shephard, Geoffrey Wolfarth, Michael J Yeo 6; 20 Andrew Baruch, James Burnett, A. Keene, S. Lafferty, Malcolm J Lightfoot, Maurice J Staples, Hilary C Thomas 5½; 27 J. E. Dennis, Peter R Kitson, Andrew J Morley, David O Vaughan, Ian R Watson, Chris J Wheatley 5; 33 Tim Parkes, Roy Ringham, D. Watson, R. Willey 4½; 37 J. N. Harvey 4; 38 N. J. Webber 3½; 39 Anthony J Stenton 3; 40 Gerald Battle-Welch, Jan H Hasselt 2½; 42 G. Trudeau 2.

1972 British Boys Under-18 Championship — 1 Paul Littlewood 9½/11; 2 David [Dafydd] R Johnston, Paul Sheard 8; 4 Anthony C Dempsey 7½; 5 Chris M Cooley, Lawrence J Glazier, Alan W Potts, Alan A Smith 7; 9 John M Bennett, P. A. Connors, M. C. Kelly 6½; 12 Nicholas P. Alexander, Peter M Broad, D. Clark, Thomas G Goldrick, Mark I Hassall, R. C. Newman, J. Nicholson, Peter J Sharp 6; 20 Neill S Cooper, Vaughan Wynne Griffiths, Anthony L Hosking, A. D. Lloyd, Malcolm R Major, Chris J Marley, Antony Leo Natt, John K Orrell, Allan Radlow, David R Sedgwick 5½; 30 G. Andrews, M. K. Jones, Amit Mozoomdar, Andrew J Stoker 5; 34 C. J. Blundell, G. M. Brown, Martin R Duffy 4½; 37 J. Fletcher, Simon M Gottschalk, G. M. Jackson, Adrian E Millward, Howard B G Staunton 4; 42 S. Graham, Francis V Gregory, John T Munday, S. J. Newman 3½; 46 A. Rice 2. (11 Rds).

1972 British Boys Under-16 Championship — 1 Colin S Crouch 10½/11; 2 David S C Goodman 9; 3 Glenn E J Lambert 8; 4 Peter G Large, P. Smyth 7½; 6 P. J. Dolan, A. Shah 7; 8 Martin Goldschmidt, A. S. Grant, D. J. Knight, S. W. Knox, Peter J Lee, D. G. Reece 6½; 14 Martin A Lee, M. McSheehy, A. P. Matthews, I. Poste 6; 18 K. S. Ashman, C. Brown, John S Bunter, Peter Cooley, M. J. Dear, Paul D Klemperer, D. J. Nicholls, Simon N Sandberg 5½; 26 D. Ainslie, G. J. Badham, C. C. Longthorpe, Keith A Povah 5; 30 P. Adams, John E Dolamore, Peter van Geene, Michael J Kaltz, I. A. O’Hara, N. P. Shields 4½; 36 K. Jones, K. Yung 4; 38 C. Button, C. D. Carpenter, I. Lipscomb 3½; 41 D. Kendall 3; 42 M. Poznanski 2 (played 6 rounds); 43 David P A Kessler 0 (played 2 rounds) (11 rounds).

1972 British Boys Under-14 Championship — 1 Christopher Gladwin 8½/11; 2 Jonathan C Benjamin, Shaun M Taulbut 8; 4 M. Cox 7½; 5 Chris W Baker, Leigh T Canham, M. J. Coward, Stuart Fancy, D. Kerr 7; 10 Gerald F D Abayasekera, P. Carter, J. P. Munday, R. L. Povey, M. Spindler 6½; 15 P. McDonald, C. D. McGregor, Carl A Plasa, Emmanuel Rayner, S. J. Threlfall 6; 20 C. Farrar, Andrew P Furber, Ian C Furber, A. McGregor, Simon Spivack 5½; 25 L. Carter, D. Cooper, Paul Hadden, Mark D Kelman, Simon Macauley, Owen S Phillips, J. Stokes, P. C. Thomas, A. Winstanley 5; 34 J. J. Kennedy, Paul G Smith, P. N. Wilson 4½; 37 F. Eastlake, J. P. Hannan, Gavin C W Park, S. Shields 4; 41 A. C. McGregor 3½; 42 R. Goodman, James D Pratt 3. (11 rounds).

Over-50 Tournament — 1 Roy A Wagstaff 9½; 2 Charles Ambrose S Damant 9; 3 E. Chambers 8; 4 Dr. H. S. Phillips 7½; 5 F. Richardson, L. Winter 5½; 7 Peter Doig 5; 8 D. Elder, C. Hanson, Leslie Edward Vine 4; 11 W. G. Oliver 3; 12 A. Terrett 1 (11 rounds).

British Girls Under-18 Championship — 1 Susan L Caldwell 6½; 2 B. Cole 5½; 3 Sheila A Jackson 5; 4 Lynne G P Houston 4; 5 S. Allcock, Susan A Hutchinson 2; R. Agnew, S. Butcher 1½ (7 rounds)

British Girls Under-14 Championship — 1 Sheila A Jordan 6/6; 2 Wanda Pritchard 4; 3 Shirley J Wilson 3; 4 Julia F W Park 2½; 5 B. Harris, A. Secrett 2; 7 S. Rich 1½ (6 games)

Ladies Open Tournament — 1 Miss Daphne Garland 7½/10; 2 Miss P. Garland 7; 3 Margaret Rowley 6; 4 Miss M. Little 4; 5 Christine Elder 3; 6 Jean Pickles 2½ (10 games; Miss Little withdrew after 7 games)

Girls Additional Tournament — 1 Lynne G P Houston 3½/4; 2 Susan L Caldwell, Sheila Jackson, Sheila A Jordan 3; 5 S. Allcock, B. Cole, Wanda Pritchard 2; 8 Shirley J Wilson 1½; 9 R. Agnew, S. Butcher, Susan A Hutchinson 1; 12 A. Secrett 0. (4 rounds; Secrett withdrew after 1 round and Butcher after 3).

First Class Tournament — 1 D. M. Taylor 9½/11; 2 R. Baker 8; 3 David Gleave, D. McGregor 7½; 5 W. N. Clayton, Arthur Pinkerton 7; 7 M. Ash, Peter Hannan, P. Watson, Stephen Welbourne 6½; 11 Nigel W Dennis, D. George, J. Heath, A. Huxley, Jack A Speigel 6; 16 H James Draisey, W. D. Johnson, Geoffrey Kendall, Eric Key, Dan Mayers, Roy Woodcock 5½; 22 D. A. Burrows, A. Mikelson, R. W. Pearce, George W Rutland, Alexander Schofield, John P Scragg, A. A. Wheeler, (Claude) Ellery Williams 5; 30 F. Goldney, James W Prosser, L. Stephens 4½; 33 Barrington S Ades, Alfred Milner, Ronald E Rushbrook 4; 36 J. G. Wright (withdrew after 10 Rds. ) 3½; 37 John C Calvert 1½; 38 P. W. Mottram 1 (played 3 rounds) (11 rounds).

Five Day 'A' First Week — 1 Paul R Kemp 4/5; 2 J. Dixon, David J Faulkner, Steve J Mann, John N Walker 3; 6th Paul D Hare, Lucien Mouillaux 2½; 8 W. J. Vellekoop 2; 9 Alan D Gravett, George Renison 1 (5 rounds)

Five Day 'B' First Week — 1 P. J. Clay 4/5; 2 J. A. Anstead, John H Hodgson, T. W. Walker 3½; 5 R. S. Walker 3; 6 James Rushton, Ronald H Saunders 2½; 8 R. S. Cooper, W. J. Greenfield 2; 10 R John Wilcox 1½; 11 D. Irving 1; 12 D. L. Jones (played two rounds) 1. (5 rounds).

Five Day 'A' Second Week — 1 John N Walker 4/5; 2 J. Dixon, Anthony K Swift 3½; 4 H Trevor Jones, Steve J Mann, Alan B Slomson, Leigh A Trangmar 3; 8 John A Gorman, Edgar Knobloch 2½; 10 Robin A E Shaw 2; 11 Derek W A Packham, W. H. Taylor 1½; 13 P. Griffiths, B. S. White 1. (5 rounds).

Five Day 'B' Second Week — 1 R. Glew 4/5; 2 S. Cox, J. P. Raison 3½; 4 C. Damazer, K. R. Holton, Noel M Stewart 3; 7 M. L. Patrick 2½; 8 D. G. Ford, H. C. Lewis, J. Arnold Lutton 2; 11 Patrick Alexander 1½; 12 Mark Huba 0. (5 rounds).

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File Updated

Date	Notes
16 September 2017	This file has been on here some years - added tables and results
12 October 2020	Some further cosmetic amendments, including the last missing forename from the Championship proper - that of James Stuart Emsley (1927-2005), a strong player who played for Cable & Wireless in London but otherwise kept a low profile.