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Tournament: 61st British Championship (won by Botterill) (all 176 games + 21-game play-off + 5 other games)
Venue: Clacton • Dates: 5-16 August 1974 • Download PGN Updated 8 April, 2023 0:52 AM

1974 British Chess Championship, Clacton, 5-16 August • 1973« »1975

1974 British Chess Championship Nat'y Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  Total 
1 George Steven Botterill ENG 2410 ♦ 1/31 ◊ ½/8 ◊ ½/13 ♦ 1/3 ♦ 0/6 ◊ ½/4 ♦ ½/9 ◊ 0/5 ◊ 1/28 ♦ 1/21 ◊ 1/16 7
2 William Roland Hartston ENG 2480m ♦ ½/16 ◊ ½/20 ♦ ½/14 ◊ ½/25 ♦ 1/22 ◊ ½/27 ♦ 1/24 ◊ ½/6 ♦ 1/8 ◊ ½/3 ♦ ½/5 7
3 (Arthur) Howard Williams WLS 2405 ♦ ½/27 ◊ 1/9 ♦ ½/24 ◊ 0/1 ♦ ½/14 ◊ 1/21 ♦ 0/16 ◊ 1/19 ◊ 1/11 ♦ ½/2 ♦ 1/8 7
4 Robert Bellin ENG 2355 ◊ 1/11 ♦ ½/10 ◊ 1/23 ♦ ½/13 ◊ ½/7 ♦ ½/1 ◊ ½/8 ♦ ½/16 ♦ 0/5 ◊ 1/14 ◊ 1/12 7
5 Michael F Stean ENG 2345 ◊ ½/18 ♦ ½/15 ◊ 1/21 ♦ ½/10 ◊ ½/16 ♦ ½/7 ◊ ½/13 ♦ 1/1 ◊ 1/4 ♦ ½/6 ◊ ½/2 7
6 A Jonathan Mestel ENG 2270 ◊ 1/29 ♦ ½/13 ◊ ½/10 ♦ 1/15 ◊ 1/1 ◊ ½/8 ♦ 1/14 ♦ ½/2 ◊ ½/16 ◊ ½/5 ♦ 0/7 7
7 Michael J Haygarth ENG   ◊ 1/26 ◊ 1/14 ♦ 0/16 ◊ ½/24 ♦ ½/4 ◊ ½/5 ♦ ½/27 ♦ ½/13 ◊ 1/21 ♦ ½/10 ◊ 1/6 7
8 Simon Webb ENG 2380 ◊ 1/32 ♦ ½/1 ◊ 1/17 ♦ 1/16 ◊ 1/27 ♦ ½/6 ♦ ½/4 ◊ ½/10 ◊ 0/2 ♦ ½/12 ◊ 0/3 6½
9 Nigel J Holloway ENG   ◊ ½/15 ♦ 0/3 ◊ 1/30 ♦ ½/23 ◊ ½/13 ♦ ½/12 ◊ ½/1 ◊ 1/22 ♦ 1/27 ♦ ½/16 ◊ ½/10 6½
10 Andrew P Law ENG   ♦ 1/19 ◊ ½/4 ♦ ½/6 ◊ ½/5 ♦ ½/24 ◊ ½/16 ♦ 1/25 ♦ ½/8 ◊ ½/12 ◊ ½/7 ♦ ½/9 6½
11 Jonathan Penrose ENG 2450m ♦ 0/4 ♦ ½/26 ◊ ½/18 ♦ ½/12 ◊ ½/15 ◊ ½/22 ♦ 1/31 ◊ 1/27 ♦ 0/3 ◊ 1/25 ♦ ½/13 6
12 John D M Nunn ENG 2395 ♦ 0/14 ◊ 0/19 ♦ 1/32 ◊ ½/11 ♦ 1/26 ◊ ½/9 ◊ 1/23 ♦ 1/15 ♦ ½/10 ◊ ½/8 ♦ 0/4 6
13 Alan H Perkins ENG 2360 ♦ 1/25 ◊ ½/6 ♦ ½/1 ◊ ½/4 ♦ ½/9 ◊ ½/24 ♦ ½/5 ◊ ½/7 ◊ ½/14 ♦ ½/15 ◊ ½/11 6
14 Victor W Knox ENG 2310 ◊ 1/12 ♦ 0/7 ◊ ½/2 ♦ ½/17 ◊ ½/3 ♦ 1/30 ◊ 0/6 ◊ 1/25 ♦ ½/13 ♦ 0/4 ◊ 1/22 6
15 Ian J Sinclair SCO   ♦ ½/9 ◊ ½/5 ♦ ½/28 ◊ 0/6 ♦ ½/11 ◊ 1/20 ♦ 1/17 ◊ 0/12 ♦ 1/23 ◊ ½/13 ♦ ½/18 6
16 Jonathan S Speelman ENG   ◊ ½/2 ♦ 1/18 ◊ 1/7 ◊ 0/8 ♦ ½/5 ♦ ½/10 ◊ 1/3 ◊ ½/4 ♦ ½/6 ◊ ½/9 ♦ 0/1 6
17 Brian R Eley ENG 2350 ♦ 1/22 ◊ ½/24 ♦ 0/8 ◊ ½/14 ◊ ½/18 ♦ ½/23 ◊ 0/15 ♦ 0/28 ♦ 1/31 ◊ 1/27 ◊ ½/19 5½
18 David J Mabbs ENG   ♦ ½/5 ◊ 0/16 ♦ ½/11 ◊ 1/31 ♦ ½/17 ◊ 0/25 ♦ 0/19 ◊ ½/23 1/bye ♦ 1/28 ◊ ½/15 5½
19 C Jonathan Lennox SCO   ◊ 0/10 ♦ 1/12 ♦ 0/27 ◊ ½/21 ♦ ½/20 ◊ ½/31 ◊ 1/18 ♦ 0/3 ♦ 1/24 ◊ ½/22 ♦ ½/17 5½
20 Peter H Clarke ENG 2355 ◊ ½/23 ♦ ½/2 ♦ 0/22 ◊ ½/26 ◊ ½/19 ♦ 0/15 ◊ ½/30 ♦ 1/29 ♦ 0/25 1/bye ◊ ½/21 5
21 Gerald H Bennett ENG   ♦ ½/28 ◊ ½/27 ♦ 0/5 ♦ ½/19 ◊ 1/29 ♦ 0/3 ◊ 1/26 ◊ 1/24 ♦ 0/7 ◊ 0/1 ♦ ½/20 5
22 Roger Webb ENG   ◊ 0/17 ♦ 1/32 ◊ 1/20 ♦ 0/27 ◊ 0/2 ♦ ½/11 ◊ 1/29 ♦ 0/9 ◊ 1/30 ♦ ½/19 ♦ 0/14 5
23 Alan Templeton Ludgate ENG   ♦ ½/20 ◊ 1/28 ♦ 0/4 ◊ ½/9 ♦ ½/25 ◊ ½/17 ♦ 0/12 ♦ ½/18 ◊ 0/15 ◊ ½/31 ♦ 1/29 5
24 Owen M Hindle ENG   ◊ 1/30 ♦ ½/17 ◊ ½/3 ♦ ½/7 ◊ ½/10 ♦ ½/13 ◊ 0/2 ♦ 0/21 ◊ 0/19 ♦ ½/26 1/bye 5
25 Jeff Horner ENG   ◊ 0/13 ♦ ½/30 ◊ 1/29 ♦ ½/2 ◊ ½/23 ♦ 1/18 ◊ 0/10 ♦ 0/14 ◊ 1/20 ♦ 0/11 ◊ ½/26 5
26 Stephen Swanson SCO   ♦ 0/7 ◊ ½/11 ♦ ½/31 ♦ ½/20 ◊ 0/12 ◊ ½/28 ♦ 0/21 1/bye ♦ ½/29 ◊ ½/24 ♦ ½/25 4½
27 Peter W Hempson ENG   ◊ ½/3 ♦ ½/21 ◊ 1/19 ◊ 1/22 ♦ 0/8 ♦ ½/2 ◊ ½/7 ♦ 0/11 ◊ 0/9 ♦ 0/17 ◊ ½/30 4½
28 Ronald Thomas ENG   ◊ ½/21 ♦ 0/23 ◊ ½/15 ♦ 0/29 ◊ ½/30 ♦ ½/26 1/bye ◊ 1/17 ♦ 0/1 ◊ 0/18 ♦ ½/31 4½
29 Malcolm J Lightfoot ENG   ♦ 0/6 ◊ ½/31 ♦ 0/25 ◊ 1/28 ♦ 0/21 1/bye ♦ 0/22 ◊ 0/20 ◊ ½/26 ♦ 1/30 ◊ 0/23 4
30 Derek Maurice Wise ENG   ♦ 0/24 ◊ ½/25 ♦ 0/9 ◊ 1/33 1/bye ◊ 0/14 ♦ ½/20 ◊ 1/31 ♦ 0/22 ◊ 0/29 ♦ ½/27 4
31 Otto H Hardy ENG   ◊ 0/1 ♦ ½/29 ◊ ½/26 ♦ 0/18 ◊ 1/33 ♦ ½/19 ◊ 0/11 ♦ 0/30 ◊ 0/17 ♦ ½/23 ◊ ½/28 3½
32 Paul Yerbury ENG   ♦ 0/8 ◊ 0/22 ◊ 0/12 withdrew 0 / 3

Play-off for the 1974 British Championship title, Llanelli, 14-21 December 1974 • 1973« »1975

1974 Championship Play-Off Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7  Total 
1 George Steven Botterill 2410
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1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 4½
2 William Roland Hartston 2480m 0
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1 ½ ½ 1 1 4
3 A Jonathan Mestel 2270 0 0
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1 ½ 1 1 3½
4 Michael J Haygarth   ½ ½ 0
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½ ½ 1 3
5 Michael F Stean 2345 ½ ½ ½ ½
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½ 0 2½
6 Robert Bellin 2355 ½ 0 0 ½ ½
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½ 2
7 (Arthur) Howard Williams 2405 0 0 0 0 1 ½
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1½

1974 British Ladies Chess Championship, Clacton • 1973« »1975

1974 British Ladies Championship Residence Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12  Total 
1 Jana Hartston (née Malypetrova) Cambridge 2210wm
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½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10
2 Susan L Caldwell     ½
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½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8½
3 Sheila Jackson     ½ ½
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½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 8½
4 Margaret Eileen Elizabeth (Peggy) Clarke     0 ½ ½
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½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 8
5 (Patricia) Anne Sunnucks Crowthorne   0 1 0 ½
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0 1 1 1 1 0 1 6½
6 Alison J Povall Moreton   0 0 ½ 0 1
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½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 6
7 Miss Mary A Hutchinson     0 0 ½ 0 0 ½
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0 1 1 1 1 5
8 Kathleen Josephine Hindle (née Patterson)     0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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0 1 1 ½ 3½
9 Olive Chataway (née Richards) Harrow   0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1
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0 ½ 1 3
10 Miss Bernadette Higgins     0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1
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0 1 3
11 Miss Susan A Hutchinson     0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 ½ 1
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0 2½
12 Miss C J Habershon     0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1
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1½

1974 British U-21 Championship

1st John G Nicholson 9/11; 2 David/Dafydd R Johnston 8½; 3 Jonathan Kinlay 7½; 4 L. J. Glazier 7; 5-7 Andrew J Morley, David I Patrick, David Wise 6½; 8-15 Neill S Cooper, Anthony L Hosking, Glenn E J Lambert, A. P. LeFevre, Peter J Lee, M. R. Major, R. J. F. Sams, R. L. Smith 6; I. P. Legg 5½; M. Goldschmidt, M. K. Jones, A. J. Lane, R. A. Rigby, P. D. Rooney 5; A. Reid, D. Tarbuck 4½; P. Hanks, I. Nelson 4; P. R. Bullen, A. Coe 2. C. R. Brown defaulted after 7 rounds having a score of 3.

1974 British U-18 Championship

1st Colin S Crouch 8½/11; 2-3 D. A. Curnow, R. Holt 8; 4 Graham D Hillyard 7½; T. Howdle, John C. Pigott 7; N. P. Alexander, K. S. Ashman, P. T. Gasper, G. D. Keane, D. Kerr, David P. Mooney, G. Palmer, Emmanuel Rayner, Peter A Richmond 6½; P. A. Aston, P. R. Davies, A. M. McCaig, S. Threlfall, I. Wallis 6; J. Anderson, C. Button, S. Fancy, M. A. Lee, A. Mozoomdar, A. J. F. Riley, K. P. Warren 5½; S. Bradford, David J Coleman, R. H. Lingham, G. S. McCormick, S. J. Pimentil, J. R. Tombs, L. J. Dregent, Stephen B Death, Julian Paul Fetterlein, K. S. Jones 4½; J. E. Dolamore, K. F. Shaw, S. Williams 4; P. G. Adams, C. J. Atkin, C. J. Brown, A. Lacy 3½; P. Szalapaj, I. Bourne 3.

1974 British U-16 Championship

1-4th Chris W Baker, Paul Hadden, H Dugald MacPherson, Shaun M Taulbut 8/11; 5 John A Bower 7½; T. Fernley, J. N. White 7; P. A. Bancroft, Jonathan C Benjamin, Chris K Holland, S. P. Jackson 6½; M. J. Coogan, M. Cox, D. A. Phillips, S. J. Popham, D. Shuttleworth 6; G. Blackbourn, J. E. Hudson, A. Johnston, Norman A Lazonby, K. Ponting, S. J. Shutler, M. Spencer 5½; K. A. Bocker, G. Hardy, T. P. Love, C. H. Parkes, Simon Spivack, R. Withnall 5; P. Hackman, R. van E. Kummer, Owen Phillips 4½; D. G. Hackett, S. J. Hooker, R. Palmer 4; E. I. J. P. Fletcher, S. J. Foale, D. Patel 3½; T. Clarke, A. H. Thomas 3.

1974 British U-14 Championship

1st Paul G Smith 9/11; 2-3 Nicholas R Benjamin, Julian M Hodgson 8; N. M. Andrews, M. R. Charter, Nicholas W. Ivell, H James Plaskett 7½; M. J. Dubey, Daniel J King 7; M. A. Carnochan, D. Elkin, M. J. Farrington, Russell Granat, C. D. McGregor, M Paul Townsend 6½; Robert D M Alster, G. Boot, A. J. Griffiths, C. E. Hill, S. Johnson, A. C. McGregor, P. Wilson 6; M. J. Benjamin, B. P. Q. Collinson, Andrew J King, D. J. Marshall, C. A. Plasa 5½; N. W. Cannon, G. N. Crockart, Tom Farrand, A. D. Gregory, T. H. Jones, T. McGregor, G. C. Park, R. Williams 5; A. Barron, J. C. Barron, C. Garwood, W. Hall, M. Hare, N. Lyne, C. Tuthill, R. M. Webb 4½; C. C. Man, M. P. Sames 4; R. J. Lee 3½; P. J. Coxon, W. Man 3; A. J. Jordan 2½; M. Man 1½.

1974 British Girls U-18 Championship

1974 British Girls Under 18 Championship 1 2 3 4 5 6  Total 
1 Jane Anson
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1 ½ ½ 1 1 4
2 Wanda Pritchard 0
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1 ½ 1 1 3½
3 Stephanie Jordan ½ 0
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1 1 1 3½
4 Sandra J Wood ½ ½ 0
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1 ½ 2½
5 Lynn M Povall (later Ashton) 0 0 0 0
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1 1
6 Francesca Quinn 0 0 0 ½ 0
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½

I'm grateful to Jane Eichmann (née Anson) for providing results and full names of the players in this section. She points out that it was definitely Sandra J Wood (from Boston, Lincolnshire) and not Suzanne/Suzzane J Wood (Middlesex), who took part in this tournament. Also, it is Stephanie (and not Sheila) Jordan - JS

1974 British Girls U-14 Championship

1st Helen Granat 4½/5; 2-3 Jane F Seymour, Shirley J Wilson 3½; 4-5 Julia F W Park, Sharon M Prince 3; 6 Angela Eagle 2½; 7-8 Penelope Anne Coxon, Maria Eagle 2; 9 Sally Atkin 1; 10 Carena Nicholas 0.

1974 BCF Major Open Tournament

1st Louis de Veauce 10/11; 2-3 John J Carleton, Ronald F A Harman 8; 4-7 Richard A Beach, Michael P Cook, Robert S MacFarland, John N Sugden 7; 8-14 C. Th. Kiers, Ian McAllan, Nigel E Povah, John M Ripley, P. J. Romilly, Alan G Trangmar, J. van Weperen 6½; 15-21 Leon P Burnett, Dr. Graham P Burton, Keith L Escott, Paul S N Kendall, D. G. MacDonald, Kenneth P Neat, Frank Parr 6; 22-28 D Michael Denison, Julian T Farrand, Robin F Kneebone, R. H. Mann, L. W. Prescott, A Philip Primett, John F Turnock 5½; 29-36 Leslie S Blackstock, Paul F Habershon, Alan E Hanreck, P. Morrey, John W Naylor, James R Nicolson, Peter W Stuart (NZL), J. Westerhof 5; 37-42 Percy B Cook, D. Blake, Martin H Hawley, M. D. Smith, J. E. Vickery, T. H. Wise 4½; 43-46 Terry B Bennett, J. A. Gorman, Roger Hardy, C. J. Jones 4; 47-48 John A Feavyour, George Szaszvari 3½; 49 S. W. Gordon 3; 50 Roger D de Coverly 2.

BCF Over 60s Tournament

1-3rd Charles Ambrose Scott Damant, G. B. Smith, Harry I Woolverton 9/11; Wilfred Evans, W. R. Withers 6½; Alfred Milner 5½; W. A. Dixon, M. McCaig, J. W. Prosser 4; D. W. Cay 3½; Frank Richardson 3; Peter Doig 2.

BCF First Class

1st J. J. Galloway 9/11; D. Meyers, J. H. Schofield 8; D. Blair, H. J. Draisey 7½; R. Alan Barton, Lucien Mouillaux 7; Dr. R. Cherubim, R. Franklin, R. A. E. Shaw, W. J. Vellekoop, S. L. Whitehead 6½; G Alec Boswell, Simon Macaulay, A. Mack, D. McGregor, M. H. Micklethwaite, D. L. Read, Jack A Speigel, David J Turner, S. Welbourne 6; Michael L Baumber, L. Fainlight, G. V. Glover, J. H. Hasselt 5½; P. Griffiths, A. D. Meakes, A. Pinkerton, Barry H Thompson, E. J. West 5; P. Montgomery, Truman V Parrott, J. P. Scragg, W. A. Shutler, Miss L. Toth, F. A. Winter 4½; V. Ramjit, C. E. Williams, P. J. Yorke 4; G. A. Bowles, G. Brayley, C. Cheetham 3½; John C Calvert, G. H. Phillips 2½.

Five-day First Week (Mornings)

1st Paul R Bielby 4/5; Dr. Eric N Bramley, Mike J Conroy, H. Happel 3½; Raymond J Starkie 3; N. Happel, R. J. Nash, Dr. R. H. Phillips 2½; Jacob (Jack) Alster, Brian J Benjamin, A. J. Doherty 2; S. Carpenter, Mrs F. Enns 1½; A. Danic 1.

Five-day Second Week (Mornings)

1st Mike J Conroy 4½, Paul R Bielby 4; A. Anstey, Brian J Benjamin, Alan D Gravett, Richard J Haddrell, Leigh A Trangmar 3; Helen Granat, Raymond J Starkie 2½, S. Carpenter, R. G. Jones, A. Willis 2; Penelope Anne Coxon, Maria Eagle, Dr. R. H. Phillips 1½; Angela Eagle 1.

Five-day First Week (Afternoon)

1st Roger Baker 4½/5; J. S. Steedman 4; J. D. Nicholas 3½; J. L. Barks, D. Greensmith, J. A. Hutchinson, E Barry Sandercock 3; J. P. Knee, R. A. Wagstaff 2½; D. J. F. Bull, M. J. Doran, R. S. Thornton 2; S. Bradford, K. Jones, P. Kenning 1½; Mrs. J. Withers ½.

Five-day Second Week (Afternoon)

1-3 J. Lehmenzick, J. Steedman, A. K. Swift 4/5; 4-6 R. Baker, E Barry Sandercock, R. A. Wagstaff 3½; 7-9 J. P. Knee, A. S. Kochen, J. D. Nicholas 3; 10-15 D. Greensmith, J. J. Lauder, I. C. R. MacGillivray, D. W. A. Packham, C. L. Ridley, Ronald Herbert Saunders 2½; 16-19 K. Jones, Miss Jeanie Paterson ("Pat") Renwick, Miss J. C. Moore, R. G. Threlfall 2; 20-22 Nigel W Dennis, Miss Annie Hilda Gammans, Miss Sharon M Prince 1½; 23 Mrs J. Withers 1; 24 Miss Carena Nicholas 0.

File Updated

Date Notes
17 September 2017 Updated to include crosstables and results.
28 September 2020 Minor update to record the fact that Bellin-Nunn (Rd 11) ended with a loss on time rather than a resignation, as detailed in a letter from John Nunn published in CHESS, December 1974, p87.
16 March 2021 Added the game Trangmar-Cook, Major Open, sourced from the Cambridge University CC bulletin Dragon.
08 February 2022 Thanks to Jane Eichmann (née Anson) we now have the full, corrected results of the 1974 British Girls' Under-18 Championship.