1985 Midland Counties Chess Union Forrest Cup Congress, Derby, 15-17 February • 1984« »1986

1985 MCCU Forrest Cup		Club	Grade	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	Chris W Baker	C E T	219	w26+	b7=	w30+	b25+	w4+	b2=	5
2	Simon W Small	Droitwich	194	b27+	w10+	b8+	b4=	w7+	w1=	5
3	Kenneth B Hills	Mercia	183	w39+	b15=	w12=	b20+	w17+	b7=	4½
4	Peter D Kemp (U21 ch)	Warwick University	189	w24+	b19+	b5+	w2=	b1-	w16+	4½
5	Norman A Lazonby	Nottingham Gambit	188	w34+	b20+	b4-	b9=	w15+	b13+	4½
6	Keith C Arkell	Rednal	216	b18+	w8-	b23+	w14=	b11=	w22+	4
7	R Alan Barton	Loughborough	188	b32+	w1=	b27+	w11+	b2-	w3=	4
8	Darren P Wheeler (U16 ch)	Walsall Kipping	177J	w33+	b6+	w2-	b12=	w9=	b28+	4
9	Michael W Alcock	Sutton-in-Ashfield	181	b36+	w14=	b17=	w5=	b8=	w11=	3½
10	Stephen J Burke	Sutton-in-Ashfield	171	w16+	b2-	w20=	b30=	w25+	b12=	3½
11	Anthony C Dempsey	West Bridgford	198	w21+	b30=	w13+	b7-	w6=	b9=	3½
12	Chris N Dunworth (U18 ch)	West Bridgford	184J	b22=	w35+	b3=	w8=	b14=	w10=	3½
13	Robert S Eames	Stapleford	165J	b17=	w22+	b11-	b33+	w30+	w5-	3½
14	Raymond G Evans	Tamworth	191	w23+	b9=	w15=	b6=	w12=	b17=	3½
15	Alan A Smith	Cheddleton	205	b37+	w3=	b14=	w18=	b5-	w27+	3½
16	Andrew Toothill	Breadsall	199	b10-	w29=	b35+	w38+	b18+	b4-	3½
17	Graham A Waddingham	Bulwell	206	w13=	b25+	w9=	b19+	b3-	w14=	3½
18	John D Blore	Bushbury	178	w6-	b34+	w26+	b15=	w16-	b20=	3
19	Philip J Briggs	Tamworth	185	w38+	w4-	b31+	w17-	w22-	b34+	3
20	Isaac Garcia Iglesias	Belper	170	b31+	w5-	b10=	w3-	b38+	w18=	3
21	David W Gostelow	Olton	171	b11-	w38=	b22=	w23=	b24=	w32+	3
22	Glenn Halfpenny	Sutton-in-Ashfield	170	w12=	b13-	w21=	w32+	b19+	b6-	3
23	Duncan Dicks	Warwick University	165	b14-	w36+	w6-	b21=	w26=	b25=	2½
24	Russell Dicks	Sutton-in-Ashfield	151	b4-	w31-	b37-	b39+	w21=	w38+	2½
25	Keith L Escott	Sutton Coldfield	189	b29+	w17-	b32+	w1-	b10-	w23=	2½
26	Raymond J Gamble	Courtaulds	181	b1-	w28+	b18-	w37=	b23=	w31=	2½
27	A J Gilbert	Madeley	168	w2-	b39+	w7-	b35=	w33+	b15-	2½
28	Simon N Gilmore	Belper	148	w30-	b26-	bye+	w31=	b37+d	w8-	2½
29	Otto Henry Hardy	Loughborough	161	w25-	b16=	w33=	w36=	b31=	b30=	2½
30	Robert E Maullin	Birmingham	177J	b28+	w11=	b1-	w10=	b13-	w29=	2½
31	John E Shannon	Derby	194	w20-	b24+	w19-	b28=	w29=	b26=	2½
32	P L Edwards	Derby	150e	w7-	bye+	w25-	b22-	w39+	b21-	2
33	David W Heelan	Derby	146	b8-	w37+	b29=	w13-	b27-	w35=	2
34	Janos J Wagenbach	Sutton-in-Ashfield	149	b5-	w18-	b38-	bye+	w35+	w19-	2
35	Lawrence Cooper	Stafford	150J	bye=	b12-	w16-	w27=	b34-	b33=	1½
36	Oliver A Jackson	Sale	199	w9-	b23-	w39+	b29=	withdrew		1½ / 4
37	David J Nicholls	West Bridgford	173	w15-	b33-	w24+	b26=	w28-d	w/d	1½ / 4
38	C L Rhodes	Droitwich	112	b19-	b21=	w34+	b16-	w20-	b24-	1½
39	William Preston	Rotherham	83	b3-	w27-	b36-	w24-	b32-	bye+	1

Under-21 Champion: Peter D Kemp; Under-18 Champion: Chris N Dunworth; Under 16 Champion: Darren P Wheeler
Best Game Prize: Alan A Smith (rd 1 v David J Nicholls)

Major (55 competitors): 1 Francis C W Chin (London Univ) 5½/6; 2-3 Geoff T Gibson (PN Wallis Rose Bowl as best Midland competitor), Glenn L House (Morecambe) 5; Grading Prizes - U155 - Alastair G Dawson (Coventry), Tim A Lane ( South Birmingham), R Mark Hann (Rushden), David E Shiers (Cheddleton), Rupert J Bowley (Sutton Coldfield) all 4/6; U140 - Nigel P Holroyd (Hull) 4½/6; Age prize - U14 - J P Beighton (Cheddleton) 3/6.

Minor (84 competitors): 1 (and Britannia Building Society Trophy) M W Thomas (Corby) 6/6; 2-4 A Dilley (Thurmaston), Dragoljub Sudar (Leicester Univ), Paul Williams (Clay Cross) 5; Grading Prizes - U110 - R Bonneau (Salford) 4½/6; U95 - Mick J Orridge (Tramways, Derby) 4/6; Ungraded - George K Heath (Chesterfield) 4½/6; Age Prize - U12 - Jason Crockett (Selston) 3/6.

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Date	Notes
21 August 2022	First uploaded here. I recently rediscovered an envelope containing four bulletins sent to me by Neil Graham with a covering letter dated 27 December 1998. Thanks to Neil for sending them and apologies for sitting on them for almost a quarter of a century!