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Tournament: 59th British Championship (won by Eley) (all 187 games, plus 10 games from other sections)
Venue: Brighton • Dates: 14-25 August 1972 • Download PGN Updated
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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 | |
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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 | ||
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1 | Jana Hartston (née Malypetrova) | Cambridge |
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1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
2 | Rowena M Bruce (née Dew) | Plymouth | 0 |
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1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7½ | |
3 | (Patricia) Anne Sunnucks | Crowthorne | 0 | 0 |
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½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
4 | Dinah M Wright (née Dobson) | London | 0 | 0 | ½ |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 6 | |
5 | Alison J Povall | Moreton | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 |
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0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 4½ | |
6 | Christine Corden (née State) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
7 | Nancy C Elder | Dundee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
8 | Jean P M Rogers (née Craker) | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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1 | ½ | 3 | ||
9 | Olive Chataway (née Richards) | Harrow | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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½ | 1½ | |
10 | Miss G Morgan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ |
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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).
File Updated
Date | Notes |
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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. |