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Tournament: 5th Lloyds Bank Masters • 128 games / circa 450 + 7 games from associated events
Venue: London • Dates: 25 August - 2 September 1981 • Download PGNuploaded Thursday, 28 December, 2023 11:16 AM

5th Lloyds Bank Masters, 25 August - 2 September 1981 (9-Round Swiss), Mount Royal Hotel, Bryanston St, W1

• link to earlier/later Lloyds Bank Masters 1980 «» 1982

(Table from 1981/82 BCF Yearbook, p69 – some typos identified – there may be other errors)

1981 Lloyds Bank Masters Nat'y Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9  Total 
1 Raymond D Keene ENG 2475g =21 +93 +59 +41 +10 =12 =4 +22 =3 7
2 Anthony J Miles ENG 2565g +39 =18 =22 +103 +85 +46 =12 +6 =7 7
3 Yasser Seirawan USA 2565g +58 +72 –10 +67 +31 +56 +22 =4 =1 7
4 Florin Gheorghiu ROM 2560g +81 +56 +25 =12 +18 =6 =1 =3 =5
5 Yair Kraidman ISR 2440g +95 –43 =57 +76 +81 +9 =7 +12 =4
6 Jacob Murey ISR 2450m +36 –15 +110 +34 +29 =4 +10 –2 +23
7 Mark L Hebden ENG 2315 +30 +31 +15 =10 –12 +79 =5 +19 =2
8 Vasily V Smyslov USSR 2580g =27 +71 =43 +90 =23 =33 +37 =20 =18 6
9 Murray G Chandler NZL 2530m =35 +53 =29 +36 =20 –5 =56 +72 +37 6
10 Jon L Arnason ISL 2440m +87 +34 +3 =7 –1 +57 –6 +52 =20 6
11 Anthony F Saidy USA 2430m +48 =69 =38 =25 =26 +49 +72 =17 =13 6
12 Paul Van der Sterren NLD 2420m +20 +17 +24 =4 +7 =1 –2 –5 +36 6
13 Glenn C Flear ENG 2385f =49 =23 +39 –33 +95 =26 +25 +32 =11 6
14 Ed W Formanek USA 2370m =41 +50 =49 –65 +63 +90 =18 =44 +43 6
15 Vincent McCambridge USA 2350 +88 +6 –7 +37 +65 –22 =20 +41 =17 6
16 Mark Ginsburg USA 2325f –56 –63 +99 =74 +108 +83 =43 +57 +38 6
17 Gerd Treppner FRG 2255 +63 –12 =95 =75 +24 +73 +33 =11 =15 6
18 Dibyendu Barua IND 2350 +42 =2 +62 +43 –4 =41 =14 +30 =8 6
19 Philipp Gerbert FRG (2445) –69 –44 +106 +45 +75 +40 +35 –7 +52 6
20 John J Cox ENG 2275 –12 +84 +45 +24 =9 +23 =15 =8 =10 6
21 Fernand Gobet SUI (2210) =1 –68 =40 =28 +70 +91 =39 +49 +44 6
22 Gert Ligterink NLD 2450m =73 +52 +2 =35 +38 +15 –3 –1 =26
23 José Luís Fernandez García ESP 2420m =65 =13 +105 +80 =8 –20 +69 +56 –6
24 David J Strauss USA 2410f +67 +33 –12 –20 –17 +85 =31 +75 +56
25 Fredrik Van der Vliet NLD 2380 +74 +60 –4 =11 =46 +47 –13 +48 +50
26 Roger I Nokes NZL 2310 +79 =29 =83 =60 =11 =13 +46 =38 =22
27 Andrew P Lewis ENG 2200 =8 =105 –53 =94 +87 =59 +47 =62 +55
28 Neil W Bradbury ENG (2175) +51 –49 –34 =21 +94 +93 –44 +67 +62
29 Leonid Shamkovich USA 2500g +108 =26 =9 +71 –6 –37 =57 =35 +73 5
30 Margeir Petursson ISD 2460m –7 =61 +42 –73 +68 =44 +65 –18 +54 5
31 Gert Iskov DEN 2420m +37 –7 +63 +66 –3 –35 =24 =39 +72 5
32 Jonathan Tisdall USA 2415m =54 =47 –79 +105 +53 +43 =41 –13 =39 5
33 Vaidyanathan Ravikumar IND 2325m +68 –24 +47 +13 =79 =8 –17 –36 +51 5
34 Orest Popovych USA 2325f +57 –10 +28 –6 –90 –61 +98 +74 +76 5
35 Antony C Kosten ENG 2315 =9 +99 +54 =22 –56 +31 –19 =29 =41 5
36 John J Carleton ENG 2305 –6 +70 +112 –9 –49 +63 +73 +33 –12 5
37 Michael A Pagden ENG 2290 –31 +94 +92 –15 +67 +29 –8 +64 –9 5
38 Ralf Marian [Ralf Runau] FRG 2250 =47 +85 =11 +83 –22 =54 +50 =26 –16 5
39 Guy West AUS (2265) –2 +106 –13 +86 =47 +76 =21 =31 =32 5
40 Andrew J Muir SCO (2135) –111 =91 =21 +58 +51 –19 +86 –43 +64 5
41 Helmut Cardon NLD 2265 =14 +96 +73 –1 +69 =18 =32 –15 =35 5
42 Peter K Wells ENG 2260 –18 =101 –30 =108 =105 +103 +63 =53 +75 5
43 Stuart Conquest ENG 2210f +64 +5 =8 –18 +59 –32 =16 +40 –14 5
44 James C Howell ENG (2150) –94 +19 +61 –79 +92 =30 +28 =14 –21 5
45 F(arukh?) Khan1 ENG (2030) +76 –48 –20 –19 =58 +94 =51 +97 +69 5
46 George S Botterill WLS 2415m =66 –80 +88 +52 +25 –2 –26 –50 +81
47 Nigel E Povah ENG 2375f =38 =32 –33 +64 =39 –25 –27 +90 +82
48 Klaus Berg DEN 2295 –11 +45 =101 =53 –54 =78 +80 –25 +84
49 Daniel Pergericht BEL 2260 =13 +28 =14 –56 +36 –11 +59 –21 =58
50 Leontxo García ESP 2230 =53 –14 –76 +98 +101 +80 –38 +46 –25
51 Colin A Harpur IRL   –28 +107 +87 –72 –40 +97 =45 +78 –33
52 Maxim Dlugy USA 2350 =55 –22 +108 –46 +103 +60 +54 –10 –19
53 Wiliiam N Watson ENG 2340 =50 –9 +27 =48 –32 =81 +61 =42 =57
54 Jonathan Levitt ENG 2270 =32 +111 –35 =95 +48 =38 –52 +60 –30
55 Byron A Jacobs ENG 2245 =52 –83 +70 –57 +88 –69 +85 +81 –27
56 Keith C Arkell ENG 2235 +16 –4 +75 +49 +35 –3 =9 –23 –24
57 John C Hawksworth ENG 2220 –34 +82 =5 +55 +60 –10 =29 –16 =53
58 John R Richardson ENG (2240) –3 –95 +102 –40 =45 +84 =66 +71 =49
59 Sheila Jackson ENG 2165wm +78 =66 –1 +62 –43 =27 –49 =76 +80
60 Gisela Fischdick FRG 2220wm +61 –25 +97 =26 –57 –52 +71 –54 +85
61 Jana Miles (later Bellin) ENG 2215wm –60 =30 –44 +97 =78 +24 –53 =69 +83
62 Elisabeta Polihroniade ROM 2200wm =75 +103 –18 –59 =74 +66 +90 =27 –28
63 David E Rumens ENG 2355f –17 +16 –31 +101 –14 –36 42 +103 +99 4
64 Peter Hertzog FRG 2325 –43 –79 +98 –47 +96 +67 +83 –37 –40 4
65 Richard L Britton ENG 2295f =23 =90 +94 +14 –15 –72 –30 –73 +98 4
66 Christian Schubert FRG 2270 =46 =59 +96 –31 –83 –62 =58 +81 =74 4
67 Jonathan Kinlay ENG 2265 –24 +89 +109 –3 –37 –64 +99 –28 +90 4
68 Simon J B Knott ENG 2265 –33 +21 –85 =78 –30 +105 –74 =98 +95 4
69 (Sinclair) Thomas Banks ENG 2210 +19 =11 =72 =85 –41 +55 –22 –61 =45 4
70 Stephen J Shutler ENG (2185) =77 –36 –55 +84 –21 –86 =105 +107 +93 4
71 Simon W Small ENG (2115) +107 –8 +86 –29 =80 =74 –60 –58 +91 4
72 Daniel J King ENG 2320 +110 –3 =69 +51 =73 +65 –11 –9 –31 4
73 David H Cummings ENG 2310 =22 +109 –41 +30 =72 –17 –36 +65 –29 4
74 Neil F Dickenson ENG 2260 –25 =78 =81 =16 =62 =71 +68 –34 =66 4
75 Andrew P H Kinsman ENG (2110) =62 +102 –56 =17 –19 +100 +95 –24 –42 4
76 Thomas L Milligan SCO (2120) –45 +100 +50 –5 =91 –39 +93 =59 –34 4
77 Asad Rizvi PAK (2000) =70 –110 +84 –81 –93 –89 +106 =88 +100 4
78 Alexandra Van der Mije NLD 2215wg –59 =74 =103 =68 =61 =48 =81 –51 +97 4
79 Gert Jan de Boer NLD 2265 –26 +64 +25 +44 =33 –7 Withdrew
80 Andrew D Martin ENG 2345 =105 +46 =90 –23 =71 –50 –48 +95 –59
81 Rainer Schlenker FRG (2225) –4 +86 =74 +77 –5 =53 =78 –55 –46
82 William J Jordan AUS (2205) –90 –57 –100 +89 –97 +96 =92 +86 –47
83 Yves Duhayon BEL (2000) =101 +55 =26 –38 +66 –16 –64 =93 –61
84 Daniel Mayers USA (2165) =92 –20 –77 –70 +106 –58 +94 +89 –48
85 Philip Walden ENG (2080) +89 –38 +68 =69 –2 –24 –55 +92 –60
86 (Patricia) Anne Sunnucks ENG 2025wm +100 –81 –71 –39 =99 +70 –40 –82 +101
87 Michael W Marlow ENG 2300 –10 =97 –51 =99 –27 =101 =103 =96 =92 3
88 Anthony J Stebbings ENG 2245 –15 =92 –46 +96 –55 –98 =101 =77 =103 3
89 Leszek Filipowicz POL (2200) –85 –67 –107 –82 +104 +77 =100 –84 =96 3
90 Michael J Freeman SCO (2090) +82 =65 =80 –8 +34 –14 –62 –47 –67 3
91 Victor Berger2 ENG (2080) –109 =40 =93 +107 =76 –21 –97 =100 –71 3
92 Anthony C P Milnes ENG (2080) =84 =88 –37 +100 –44 –95 =82 –85 =87 3
93 Richard W O'Brien ENG (2070) =97 –1 =91 =109 +77 –28 –76 =83 –70 3
94 Willy Iclicki BEL (2025) +44 –37 –65 =27 –28 –45 –84 =102 +106 3
95 Obafunmilayo Agusto NGR (2195) –5 +58 =17 =54 –13 +92 –75 –80 –68 3
96 Andrew C L Dyson ENG (2160) +102 –41 –66 –88 –64 –82 +104 =87 =89 3
97 Simon Triggs ENG (2120) =93 =87 –60 –61 +82 –51 +91 –45 –78 3
98 Nicole Tagnon FRA 2040 =99 –108 –64 –50 +102 +88 –34 =68 –65 3
99 Hanneke Van Parreren NLD 2040 =98 –35 –16 =87 =86 =112 –67 +105 –63 3
100 Karen Cartmel ENG (1840) –86 –76 +82 –92 +107 –75 =89 =91 –77 3
101 Ronald F A Harman ENG (2095) =83 =42 =48 –63 –50 =87 =88 –66 –86
102 M R Segal AUS (2030) –96 –75 –58 =106 –98 –104 =107 =94 +105
103 Jane Garwell (later Richmond) WLS 2065 +106 –62 =78 –2 –52 –42 =87 –63 =88
104 Neil I Fox ENG (2065) stand-in –89 +102 –96 =106 +107 2½ / 5
105 Christopher J Morrison SCO 2240 =80 =27 –23 –32 =42 –68 =70 –99 –102 2
106 Clive D Gilliam ENG (2080) –103 –39 –19 =102 –84 +107 –77 =104 –94 2
107 Laszlo Ficsor SWE (2000) –71 –51 +89 –91 –100 –106 =102 –70 –104
108 Werner Schluter FRG (2215) –29 +98 –52 =42 –16 withdrew 1½ / 5
109 Sidney Norman Bernstein USA (2220) +91 –73 –67 =93 withdrew 1½ / 4
110 David R Lewis ENG 2235 –72 +77 –6 withdrew 1 / 3
111 Michel Aristegui FRA (2020) +40 -54 withdrew 1 / 2
112 Guy A Novik ENG (2000)   -36   =99   ½ / 2

1 given as F Khan in results lists: Leonard Barden thinks his full name may be Farukh Khan.
2 published results give the name as V Berger but Leonard Barden is of the opinion that this is indeed Victor Berger (sometimes given as Victor Buerger - 1904-1996) who had not otherwise been an active player for many years. Leonard believes Berger lived near the tournament venue and has a vague memory of greeting him during the event. Berger's name does not appear in records of competition chess that I can find after 1952, nor is he in any grading list that I have looked at, so it is a surprise to find him competing as late as 1981. Here is Berger's 1996 BCM obituary, penned by Bernard Cafferty: "Victor Berger, who for a long time wrote his name as Buerger, died in early March after a distinguished chess career between the wars. Born in Russia in 1904, he came to England as a child and was educated here. In 1922 he won the junior section of the City of London club and by the mid-20s was a leading Middlesex player who took part in cable matches with the USA and played in international tournaments such as London 1927 (see the BCM book of this event) and Margate 1937, where he finished next to last but took the scalp of Alekhine in a wild game marred by time trouble. Note that this was in early April, when Alekhine had not yet recovered his world title from Euwe, so Victor could not aspire to the honour of being a Briton who had beaten the current world title holder. Only Penrose could claim this till the days of Miles and Short. In recent years Victor was a member of the Roehampton club, and was kind enough to make available to BCM mementoes from his collection such as the score sheets of the London 1927 event."

Norms
IM: D Barua (IND), J Cox, G Flear, M Hebden (ENG), G Treppner (FRG)
FM: K Arkell, M Pagden, J Carleton, A Kosten, A Lewis (ENG), R Nokes (NZL), H Cardon, F van der Vliet (NLD).
WFM: Jane Garwell (WLS), Nicole Tagnon (FRA), Hanneke van Parreren (NLD).

Lady Masters: S Jackson (1st on tie-break, ENG), J Miles (ENG), G Fischdick (FRG), E Polihroniade (ROM).


LLOYD'S BANK, LONDON [from 1981/82 BCF Yearbook, p68 - notes by Stewart Reuben]

25 August - 2 September, 1981 Masters Tournament

The fifth event attracted 7 Grandmasters, 13 International Masters, 10 FIDE Masters, one Woman Grandmaster, 4 Women Masters, one former World Champion and the current World Cadet Champion. Total entry to this, the strongest so far, was 110 of whom 47 were English.

English GM R. Keene played his first major tournament at 'home' since 1975 and enhanced his reputation with a change of style including some extremely dynamic play. First place had to be decided on total of opponent's scores because Tony Miles and Yasser Seirawan (USA) both recovered from early losses to score 7 points. Eight English players did well in their quest for IM and FM norms.

There was also a tie in the Lady Masters. Sheila Jackson, Gisela Fischdick (W. Germany), Jana Miles and Elisabeta Polihroniade (Rumania) all having 4½ points. Sheila Jackson was placed first on total of opponents' scores.

Junior Invitation, 25-28 August 1981 - 97 played.

Rank 1981 Lloyds Bank Junior Invitation  Total 
(1-2) Neil CARR (Central YMCA), Kenneth SHOVEL (St. Paul's School) 6½/8
(3-6) John Emms (Norwich), Paul E Johnstone (Richmond, Surrey), Nicolas Maarten van Noorden (Farnham), D Holmes (Scotland) 6
(7-18) G Brown (Muswell Hill), Stuart C Brown (Hull), Angus J Dunnington (Leeds), Neil Fox (Borehamwood), William T Giblin (Redditch), Simon Lazarus (Finchley), Darren L Lee (Finchley), Neil McDonald (Gravesend), A Mitchell-Baker (Ashtead), P Stevenson (Southampton), David J Watts (Harrow), Ian Welch (Portsmouth)
(19-29) Thomas Borland (Chester), Michael Twyble (Southend), Karl Bowden (Brentwood), R Brown (Woking), Neil Crickmore (Plymouth), David J Edmonds (Hayes), Daniel Feinstein (Streatham), Donald Mason (Birmingham), Nick Pelling (Romford), Nicholas Thomas (Rugby), Graham Waddingham (Nottingham) 5
(30-40) Bruce L Baer (Muswell Hill), Jagir Bagri (Hounslow), Richard T Blackwell (Richmond), Andrew R Exton (Somerset), R Morrison (Lewisham), Echewodo Nwawudu (Lewisham), Daniel B Rosen (Ashtead), Matthew J Rosseinsky (Exeter), Ian L Thomas (Watford), R Walker (Orpington)
(41-54) Nigel Birtwistle (Lincs), P Brown (Harrow), Andrew Daley (Portsmouth), Andrew David Deighton (Stoke), Chris Dunworth (Nottingham), J Eastwood (Nottingham), Andrew George H Kluth (Southampton), D Levin (Wembley), Saul Richman (Manchester), A Rose (CentYMCA), Philip Rossiter (Portsmouth), N Stone (Hayes), Tim P Wall (Cleveland) 4
(55-66) Michael Arundale (Richmond), Jeffrey P Baillie (Portsmouth), Alan Peter Dowton (Orpington), Andrew Dunn (Tyne & Wear), Jonathan P Nelson (Coventry), Iain A Galloway (Hayes), Paul Georghiou (Highgate), Neil R Hackers (Wimbledon), R Ingram (Wolverhampton), R Selway (Harlow), Ian Sim (Sutton), M Smith (CentYMCA), C. Young (Tunbridge Wells)
(67-79) Andrew Boyne (Exeter), J Brooks (Thornton Heath), J Davy (Surbiton), John E Duggan (Wanstead), Michael T Hennigan (Muswell Hill), S Low (Richmond), N Peters (Harrow), Matthew P Sames (Ilford), Aaron Summerscale (Fulham), A Thomas (Wales), K Walker (Portsmouth), D Wood (Chatham), A Right (Richmond) 3; 3
(80-92) Mandi S Abraham (Keighley), John D Carlin (Harrow), Gavin Wall (Richmond)
(93-96) A Wong (Westbridge), R Hayley (Cumbria), Philip Hughes (Harrow), A Mortoravi [Mortazavi?] (Richmond) 2 2
(97) Parnell (Sutton)

SIMULTANEOUS DISPLAYS - Monday 24 August 1981

Winners against Smyslov: Peter K Wells, Neil L Carr, Paul E Johnstone, David J Edmonds, Neil I Fox, Darren L Lee, Daniel B Rosen.

Winners against Kraidman: Kenneth L Shovel, Nicolas Maarten van Noorden, Alan Peter Dowton, N H Stone, Tim P Wall, A K Boyne, Andrew Dunn.


Mount Royal Amateur Championship, Wednesday 26 August to Tuesday 1 September 1981
restricted to players graded under 175 - 16 played.

(1) Guy Novik 5½/7; (2) Manley 5; (3-5) De La Mothe, Moyse, Soesan 4½


Summary (from the bulletin - presumably by Stewart Reuben)

This Lloyds Bank Masters, the fifth of the series, was unquestionably the strongest. This is reflected in the quality of the games, several of which will appear all over the world. Once again, no player could raise his play sufficiently to win the tournament outright. Quinteros, the Argentinian grandmaster is the only player to have been a lone winner when he scored 8/10 in 1977. This in no way reflects on the whole event, surely it is at its most satisfactory when most competitive. On the other hand it does help columnists if they can announce a winner and thus some sort of tie-break is desirable.

Ray Keene was playing in his first serious tournament in England since 1975. There is no doubt that this event enhanced his reputation. As he said to me, he has changed his style radically recently but I had had no opportunity to see this close up. His play was extremely dynamic and some of the games were very fine indeed. It is true that he ran a number close to the edge and might well have lost but there is no doubt the spectators prefer to see this rather than the solid, positional play of yester-year. His rating performance was 2580.

There was nothing unexpected about the results of Tony Miles and Yasser Seirawan.

We are used to their making big scores in all manner of tournaments. However it must be admitted that Tony’s play was unconvincing in several games and, of course, they both lost in early rounds whereas Ray went through undefeated. Yasser also had a rating performance of 2580 but Tony's was only 2530. These figures are extremely random as some of their opponents were unrated and the English players had to meet lowly ranked women players.

Florin Gheorghiu was extremely disappointed not to win in the last round when he had it virtually within his grasp. Had he won, he would have been adjudged first on the tie-break system which rewards early leaders. The strength of his opposition can be judged by the fact that he had a rating performance of 2560 despite scoring 1 point less. Yair Kraidman added signally to his status. It is heart-warming that somewhat older players can do so well. He has, of course, performed well in England before, including winning the £1200 prize at the National Bank of Dubai Open in the late, lamented Evening Standard Congress.Yet he performed at only 2475, one of the vagaries of the Swiss System.

Yacob Murey was extremely disappointed to lose to Tony Miles in the penultimate round thus putting paid to any hope of a gm norm. He did well to recover his spirits to win in the last round. His 2570 performance has nothing to do with the Swiss System but more to do with the fact that, as we were pairing him to offer the opportunity for a gm norm, he met no unrated opponents. This was Mark Hebden’s first international master result. He actually performed at a rather breath-taking 2550 level, gaining no less than 45 rating points! This makes up for a most disappointing result in the Grieveson, Grant British Championship where he seemed to lose interest at a very early stage - an extremely foolish attitude.

It came as no surprise that Smyslov found this tournament to be not at all his cup of tea. The hurly-burly of a Swiss with a slightly faster time limit is hard to take. He met a very young, nominally weak field that had no respect for past glory. It was extremely noticeable that few of his opponents curled up and died because of his reputation. This is something that is hard to learn and can only be achieved through experience. Another benefit of the Lloyds Bank sponsorship. One wonders why they have not been recipients of The Daily Telegraph awards for sponsorship by companies.

A whole crowd of international masters must have been disappointed not to receive a prize with 6/9. On the other hand, the organisers were pleased that the prizes worked out so systematically so that no silly little sums had to be distributed. Thus in some ways there was little in the whole event for Arnason, Chandler, Formanek, McCambridge, van der Sterren and Saidy. And yet... they enjoyed themselves, played competitive chess and had a shot at the gm norm. It brought Tony Saidy out of retirement and we are besieged each year by ims who wish to play. Without these tournaments what is going to happen to the host of young British players when they mature? What other type of event can possibly offer them the sorely-needed opportunities for master-play? No, Lloyds Bank are to be congratulated on their far-sighted policy in encouraging the participation of masters from all over the world.

Barua and Cox achieved excellent im norms and the young Indian particularly will be a force to be reckoned with in the future, some would say why not now? The norms achieved by Flear and Treppner are less certain and will require ratification by FIDE when they come to apply for their titles if, and when, they achieve 2 more norms. Both Gerubet and Gobet started off too badly to play a sufficient number of rated opponents to achieve a title norm,

World Under 16 Champion Stuart Conquest started off well but faded a little towards the end. Other juniors had mixed results, but the beauty of this event, and others similar such as the Benedictine International in Manchester, is that they are offered opportunities. This also applies to more mature players as well.

Disappointingly none of the women players succeeded in making a plus score. FIDE's much-mocked decision to introduce the Woman FIDE master title did provide a spur at the lower end and two players achieved this result. There is no tournament in the world with a remotely comparable number of women competitors in a mixed event. Personally I have absolutely no doubt that the future of women's chess lies in integration. I also have no doubt that it is highly desirable to treat this area as a disadvantaged section of the community requiring resources to be directed in that direction.

All-in-all I would like to think that this is a highly successful event and, after all, it has been widely imitated. An event which attracts more entries at a time of recession cannot be all bad.


File Updated

Date Notes
(previously) Originally 119 games, uploaded as a zip file
6 September 2020 Posted here with additional games from subsidiary events and a complete crosstable. 122 games from the Masters tournament, plus four from simuls given by Smyslov and Kraidman on the day preceding the tournament and a game from the Under-16 competition. A note on the extra three Masters games compared with the earlier upload –Popovych-Dickenson (rd 8), Povah-Freeman (rd 8) and Botterill-Schlenker (rd 9): these were all taken from Big Database 2020. Another two games which Big Database 2020 attributes to this tournament (Basman-Barton and Law-Nunn) must have come from a different event as none of these four players took part in it.
7 September 2020 Big Database 2020 and BritBase had this game down as Kraidman (white) vs Gheorghiu, but Andy Ansel says his record of it shows the colours as Gheorghiu with White. This is much more likely as otherwise Kraidman would have had three whites in the last three rounds. Many thanks to Andy.
11 September 2020 A few textual amendments made following some proof-reading by Paul Georghiou, for which many thanks.
14 September 2020 Added two games played by Paul Georghiou in the Lloyds Bank Junior Invitation event added to the download. Thanks, Paul. I've also taken the opportunity to tidy up the crosstable.
17 May 2021 I have added some more results and text material, having rediscovered a copy of the bulletin.
30 December 2022 Four game scores added, all involving the Australian player William J (Bill) Jordan: (1) W.Jordan 0-1 M.Freeman (rd 1); (2) J.Hawksworth 1-0 W.Jordan (rd 2); (3) L.Filipowicz 0-1 W.Jordan (rd 4); (4) N.Povah 1-0 W.Jordan (rd 9). My thanks to Paul Summers for submitting the games. Check out Paul's excellent Australian Chess Games website.
28 December 2023 Amendment applied to M.Freeman 0-1 V.Smyslov (rd 4): four further half-moves given in the bulletin.
28 December 2023 Further amendments applied following comparison checks with Mega Database 2022 and chessgames.com. Stub games removed: the running total is now 128 games plus 7 from related events. N.B. Mega Database 2022 also includes the games Basman 1-0 Barton and Law ½-½ Nunn but these were not played at the 1981 Lloyds Bank tournament. I've not been able to establish the events in which they were played.