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Tournament: 14th Lloyds Bank Masters • 255 games plus 1 game from the opening ceremony
Venue: London • Dates: 18-27 August 1990 • Download PGNlast edited Sunday, 28 May, 2023 6:39 PM

14th Lloyds Bank Masters, 18-27 August 1990, Cumberland Hotel, Marble Arch, London

• link to earlier/later Lloyds Bank Masters 1989 «» 1991

1990 Lloyds Bank Masters Nat'y Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  Total 
1 Stuart Conquest ENG 2460m ◊ 1/84 ♦ ½/99 ◊ 1/65 ♦ 1/43 ◊ 1/5 ◊ 1/19 ♦ 1/8 ◊ 1/15 ♦ 0/2 ◊ ½/3 8
2 Michael Adams ENG 2590g ♦ 1/14 ◊ 1/37 ♦ ½/4 ◊ 1/22 ♦ ½/3 ◊ 1/35 ♦ ½/6 ◊ 1/8 ◊ 1/1 ♦ ½/5 8
3 Zurab Sturua USSR 2470m ◊ ½/101 ♦ 1/110 ◊ 1/83 ♦ 1/52 ◊ ½/2 ♦ 1/30 ◊ ½/55 ♦ 1/53 ◊ 1/7 ♦ ½/1 8
4 Joseph G Gallagher ENG 2495m ♦ 1/135 ◊ 1/32 ◊ ½/2 ♦ 1/99 ◊ 0/7 ♦ 1/96 ◊ ½/17 ♦ 1/21 ◊ 1/10 ♦ ½/6
5 Gregory S Kaidanov USSR 2500g ♦ 1/70 ◊ ½/22 ♦ 1/80 ◊ 1/82 ♦ 0/1 ◊ 1/16 ♦ ½/23 ◊ 1/49 ♦ 1/56 ◊ ½/2
6 Jonathan P Levitt ENG 2455m ♦ ½/58 ♦ 1/107 ◊ 1/77 ♦ ½/46 ◊ 1/75 ♦ 1/10 ◊ ½/2 ♦ ½/20 ◊ 1/55 ◊ ½/4
7 John DM Nunn ENG 2610g ♦ 1/124 ◊ ½/23 ♦ 1/140 ◊ 1/27 ♦ 1/4 ◊ 0/8 ♦ 1/34 ◊ 1/9 ♦ 0/3 ◊ 1/28
8 Mihai Suba ENG 2520g ♦ 1/57 ◊ 1/49 ♦ 1/220 ◊ 1/25 ◊ 1/10 ♦ 1/7 ◊ 0/1 ♦ 0/2 ◊ 1/18 ♦ ½/20
9 Dibyendu Barua IND 2490m ½/bye ♦ 1/231 ◊ ½/74 ◊ 1/100 ♦ ½/32 ◊ 1/57 ♦ 1/28 ♦ 0/7 ◊ 1/41 ♦ ½/12 7
10 Murray G Chandler ENG 2560g ♦ 1/114 ◊ 1/102 ♦ 1/170 ◊ 1/35 ♦ 0/8 ◊ 0/6 ♦ 1/33 ◊ 1/51 ♦ 0/4 ◊ 1/49 7
11 John M Emms ENG 2430m ♦ ½/80 ◊ ½/41 ♦ ½/217 ◊ ½/76 ♦ 1/108 ◊ 1/112 ♦ 1/170 ◊ ½/19 ♦ 1/68 ◊ ½/15 7
12 Thomas Ernst SVE 2480m ◊ ½/60 ♦ ½/71 ♦ ½/72 ◊ 1/70 ♦ 1/109 ◊ 1/80 ♦ ½/32 ◊ 1/13 ♦ ½/15 ◊ ½/9 7
13 Tarek Fatin EGY 2375m ◊ 1/67 ♦ 0/25 ◊ 1/138 ♦ 0/20 ◊ 1/106 ♦ 1/77 ◊ 1/101 ♦ 0/12 ◊ 1/59 ◊ 1/54 7
14 Aljosa Grosar YUG 2330m ◊ 0/2 ♦ 1/137 ◊ 0/118 ♦ 1/219 ◊ 1/140 ♦ ½/116 ◊ 1/79 ♦ 1/39 ◊ 1/53 ½/bye 7
15 Julian M Hodgson ENG 2555g ◊ 1/157 ♦ ½/26 ◊ 1/183 ♦ ½/28 ◊ 1/116 ♦ 1/40 ◊ 1/18 ♦ 0/1 ◊ ½/12 ♦ ½/11 7
16 Andrew D Martin ENG 2415m ◊ 1/72 ♦ 0/30 ◊ 1/224 ♦ 1/74 ◊ ½/20 ♦ 0/5 ◊ 1/122 ♦ ½/29 ◊ 1/67 ♦ 1/55 7
17 Colin A McNab SCO 2385m ♦ ½/96 ◊ 0/46 ♦ 1/201 ◊ 1/140 ♦ 1/92 ◊ 1/27 ♦ ½/4 ◊ ½/35 ♦ ½/38 ◊ 1/51 7
18 Igor Naumkin USSR 2445m ♦ 1/112 ◊ ½/19 ♦ 1/79 ◊ ½/71 ♦ 1/54 ◊ 1/44 ♦ 0/15 ◊ 1/34 ♦ 0/8 ◊ 1/38 7
19 Jonathan S Speelman ENG 2605g ◊ 1/127 ♦ ½/18 ◊ 1/116 ♦ 1/26 ◊ 1/59 ♦ 0/1 ◊ ½/56 ♦ ½/11 ◊ 1/82 ◊ ½/22 7
20 Gennadi A Timoshchenko USSR 2495g ♦ 1/68 ◊ ½/40 ♦ ½/100 ◊ 1/13 ♦ ½/16 ◊ 1/29 ♦ 1/38 ◊ ½/6 ♦ ½/35 ◊ ½/8 7
21 Sasa Velickovic YUG 2415m ♦ 0/109 ◊ 1/73 ♦ 1/146 ◊ 1/24 ♦ 0/55 ◊ 1/93 ♦ 1/100 ◊ 0/4 ♦ 1/57 ◊ 1/56 7
22 Peter K Wells ENG 2415m ◊ 1/121 ♦ ½/5 ◊ 1/202 ♦ 0/2 ◊ ½/83 ♦ 1/75 ◊ ½/46 ♦ 1/40 ◊ 1/30 ♦ ½/19 7
23 Keith C Arkell ENG 2430m   ♦ ½/7   ♦ 0/25   ♦ 1/101 ◊ ½/5 ♦ 0/28    
24 Neil H Bradbury ENG 2370m       ♦ 0/21       ♦ 0/41    
25 Glenn C Flear ENG 2485g   ◊ 1/13 ◊ 1/30 ♦ 0/8 ◊ 0/28 ♦ 0/42   ◊ 1/112 ♦ ½/33 ◊ 1/68
26 Mark Ginsburg USA 2420m   ◊ ½/15   ◊ 0/19 ♦ 0/96     ◊ 0/28    
27 Mark Hebden ENG 2520m ◊ 1/85 ♦ 1/89 ◊ 1/47 ♦ 0/7 ◊ ½/46 ♦ 0/17   ♦ 0/82 ◊ 1/93 ♦ 1/80
28 James C Howell ENG 2415m     ♦ 1/132 ◊ ½/15 ♦ 1/25 ◊ ½/31 ◊ 0/9 ♦ 1/26 ◊ 1/60 ♦ 0/7
29 Alisa Maric YUG 2305wg ◊ 0/56         ♦ 0/20 ◊ 1/58 ◊ ½/16 ♦ 1/48  
30 Nukhim N Rashkovsky USSR 2530g ♦ 1/93 ◊ 1/16 ♦ 0/25 ◊ 1/23 ♦ 1/49 ◊ 0/3 ♦ ½/82 ◊ 1/50 ♦ 0/22 1
31 Sergey Smagin USSR 2550g ◊ 1/50 ♦ 0/116 ◊ 1/86 ♦ 1/84 ◊ 1/89 ♦ ½/28   ♦ ½/59 ◊ 1/52  
32 Andrew E Soltis USA 2400g   ♦ 0/4     ◊ ½/9 ♦ 1/47 ◊ ½/12 ♦ 0/56    
33 Alexey S Suetin USSR 2360g     ♦ ½/52   ◊ 0/38   ◊ 0/10   ◊ ½/25 ♦ 1/76
34 Christopher R Ward ENG 2460 ♦ 0/78           ◊ 0/7 ♦ 0/18 ◊ 1/96  
35 Aleksander Wojtkiewicz POL 2515m ◊ 1/45 ♦ 1/48 ◊ 1/53 ♦ 0/10 ◊ 1/61 ♦ 0/2 ◊ 1/107 ♦ ½/17 ◊ ½/20 ½
36 John C Yoos USA                      
37 Beat Zueger SWZ 2425m   ♦ 0/2         ◊ 1/96      
38 Dimitrios Anagnostopoulos ENG 2400f     ♦ ½/148   ♦ 1/33 ◊ ½/55 ◊ 0/20   ◊ ½/17 ♦ 0/18 6
39 Simon Ansell ENG 2230       ◊ 0/54       ◊ 0/14     6
40 Stellan Brynell SVE 2405m   ♦ ½/20   ◊ ½/55 ♦ 1/51 ◊ 0/15 ♦ ½/71 ◊ 0/22 ♦ 1/122   6
41 Frank Buchenau GER 2280                     6
42 James Cavendish ENG 2325f           ◊ 1/25 ♦ 0/51 ◊ 1/132 ♦ 0/49   6
43 Aleksander Czerwonski POL 2365       ◊ 0/1 ♦ 0/75           6
44 John P Fedorowicz USA 2565g ◊ ½/107 ♦ ½/83   ♦ ½/45 ◊ 1/121 ♦ 0/18 ◊ ½/63   ◊ 1/101   6
45 Andrew P Law ENG 2335f ♦ 0/35     ◊ ½/44             6
46 Alexandre Lesiege CAN 2355   ♦ 1/17   ◊ ½/6 ♦ ½/27 ◊ ½/170 ♦ ½/22 ◊ ½/57     6
47 Ronen Lev ISR 2480m     ♦ 0/27 ◊ ½/93   ◊ 0/32 ♦ ½/92       6
48 Mahmood Lodhi PAK 2405m ◊ 1/199 ◊ 0/35 ♦ ½/117     ♦ 0/101 ◊ 1/177   ◊ 0/29   6
49 Sebastien Luce FRA 2415m   ♦ 0/8     ◊ 0/30     ♦ 0/5 ◊ 1/42 ♦ 0/10 6
50 Neil R McDonald ENG 2350m ♦ 0/31         ◊ 1/143 ◊ ½/59 ♦ 0/30     6
51 Peter Meister GER 2420m         ◊ 0/40   ◊ 1/42 ♦ 0/10   ♦ 0/17 6
52 Philip Morris ENG 2380f       ◊ 0/3   ◊ 0/23     ♦ 0/31   6
53 Niaz Murshed BNG 2465g   ◊ 1/109 ♦ 0/35   ♦ 1/71     ◊ 0/3 ♦ 0/14   6
54 H James Plaskett ENG 2445g ◊ 0/200     ♦ 1/39 ◊ 0/18 ♦ 0/174 ◊ 1/153 ♦ 1/155   ♦ 0/13 6
55 Ian Rogers AUS 2535g ◊ ½/61   ◊ 1/155 ♦ ½/40 ◊ 1/21 ♦ ½/38 ♦ ½/3 ◊ 1/23 ♦ 0/6 ◊ 0/16 6
56 Matthew D Sadler ENG 2470m ♦ 1/29 ◊ 0/220   ◊ ½/57     ♦ ½/19 ◊ 1/32 ◊ 0/5 ♦ 0/21 6
57 Gulnar Sachs (Sakhatova) USSR 2315wm ◊ 0/8     ♦ ½/56   ♦ 0/9   ♦ ½/46 ◊ 0/21   6
58 Ran Shabtai ISR 2295f ◊ ½/6   ♦ 1/60 ◊ 0/59     ♦ 0/29       6
59 Miron N Sher USSR 2485m     ◊ 1/106 ♦ 1/58 ♦ 0/19 ◊ ½/82 ♦ ½/50 ◊ ½/31 ♦ 0/13   6
60 Aaron Summerscale ENG 2315 ♦ ½/12   ◊ 0/58   ◊ 1/168 ♦ 1/114   ◊ 1/71 ♦ 0/28   6
61 Andrew Webster ENG 2335 ♦ ½/55       ♦ 0/35           6
62 Susan Lalic (Arkell) ENG 2270wg         ♦ 0/170         ◊ 1/150
63 Ben Beake ENG 2275             ♦ ½/44      
64 Stephen Calderwood ENG                   ◊ 1/104  
65 David J Coleman ENG 2235   ♦ ½/11 ♦ 0/1       ♦ 1/178 ◊ 1/24 ♦ 0/9  
66 Sune Berg Hansen DEN 2280                    
67 Peter W Hempson ENG 2270 ♦ 0/13               ♦ 0/16  
68 Charles Kennaugh ENG 2330 ◊ 0/20               ◊ 0/11 ♦ 0/25
69 Andrew PH Kinsman ENG 2305f       ◊ ½/132            
70 Simon JB Knott ENG 2345 ◊ 0/5     ♦ 0/12            
71 Dharshan Kumaran ENG 2245 ◊ 1/178 ◊ ½/12   ♦ ½/18 ◊ 0/53   ◊ ½/40 ♦ 0/60    
72 Giulio Lagumina ITA 2280 ♦ 0/16   ◊ ½/12              
73 Yoav Lederer ISR 2380   ♦ 0/21                
74 Andrew Mack ENG 2270 ◊ ½/75   ♦ ½/9 ◊ 0/16            
75 Ildiko Madl HUN 2375wg ♦ ½/74 ◊ ½/105     ♦ 0/6 ◊ 0/22        
76 Leonard McLaren NZL 2205       ♦ ½/11           ◊ 0/33
77 Gur Mittelman ISR 2220     ♦ 0/6     ◊ 0/13        
78 Uffe V Nielsen DEN 2300 ◊ 1/34                  
79 Mark Frederick Noble NZL       ◊ 0/18       ♦ 0/14      
80 Ram Ofek ISR 2290 ◊ ½/11   ◊ 0/5     ♦ 0/12       ◊ 0/27
81 Tahmidur Rahman BNG 2310f                    
82 Vaidyanathan Ravikumar IND 2355m       ♦ 0/5   ♦ ½/59 ◊ ½/30 ◊ 1/27 ♦ 0/19  
83 Jonathan Rogers ENG 2240   ◊ ½/44 ♦ 0/3   ♦ ½/22          
84 Daniel Summermatter SWZ 2305f ♦ 0/1     ◊ 0/31            
85 Richard Tozer ENG 2285f ♦ 0/27                  
86 Oliver Worsfold ENG       ♦ 0/31              
87 Bjorn Ansner SVE   ♦ ½/132                   5
88 Itai Ater ISR                       5
89 N Sudhakar Babu IND 2415   ◊ 0/27     ♦ 0/31       ♦ ½/132   5
90 Markus Baldauf GER 2280f                     5
91 Bertrand Barlow ENG                       5
92 Richard Britton ENG 2265         ◊ 0/17   ◊ ½/47       5
93 Graham Burgess ENG 2335 ◊ 0/30     ♦ ½/47   ♦ 0/21   ♦ ½/104 ♦ 0/27   5
94 Tobias Christensen DEN 2280                     5
95 Thomas Clarke IRL 2215                     5
96 Stephen Cullip ENG 2270 ◊ ½/17     ♦ 1/104 ◊ 1/26 ◊ 0/4 ♦ 0/37   ♦ 0/34   5
97 Chris Duncan ENG                       5
98 Tryfon C Gavriel ENG                       5
99 Alan E Hanreck ENG 2270f   ◊ ½/1   ◊ 0/4             5
100 Zaki Harari USA 2270     ◊ ½/20 ♦ 0/9     ◊ 0/21       5
101 Demis Hassabis ENG 2285 ♦ ½/3     ◊ ½/170   ◊ 1/48 ♦ 0/13   ♦ 0/44   5
102 Jean Hebert CAN 2420m   ♦ 0/10                 5/9
103 Christopher Holland ENG 2285       ♦ 0/116             5
104 David Houston IRL 2225 ♦ 0/196 ♦ ½/167 ◊ 1/149 ◊ 0/96 ♦ 1 § ◊ ½/208 ♦ 1/204 ◊ ½/93 ♦ 0/64 ◊ ½/135 5
105 Sheila Jackson ENG 2205wm   ♦ ½/75                 5
106 Andrew Jones WLS 2245     ♦ 0/59   ♦ 0/13           5
107 Andrew Ledger ENG 2350f ♦ ½/44 ◊ 0/6     ♦ 1/132   ♦ 0/35       5
108 Arik Liss ISR 2230         ◊ 0/11           5
109 Eran Liss ISR 2280f ◊ 1/21 ♦ 0/53     ◊ 0/12           5
110 Mark Lyell ENG 2220   ◊ 0/3                 5
111 Mirjana Maric YUG 2245wm                     5
112 Ali Mortazavi ENG 2285f ◊ 0/18         ♦ 0/11   ♦ 0/25     5
113 Ivan J Myall ENG                       5
114 Peter Heine Nielsen DEN 2330 ◊ 0/10     ♦ 0/134   ◊ 0/60         5
115 Olufemi Oris-Sharaibi NGR                       5
116 Malcolm Pein ENG 2420m   ◊ 1/31 ♦ 0/19 ◊ 1/103 ♦ 0/15 ◊ ½/14   ◊ 0/127     5
117 James Poulton ENG       ◊ ½/48               5
118 V Puri CAN 2255f     ♦ 1/14             ◊ ½/132 5
119 Almasur Rahman BNG                       5
120 Francis Rayner WLS 2230                     5
121 Eloi Relange FRA 2280 ♦ 0/22       ♦ 0/44           5
122 Anda Safranska USSR 2245             ♦ 0/16   ◊ 0/40   5
123 Henrik Sorensen DEN 2265f                     5
124 Todd Southam CAN 2355 ◊ 0/7                   5
125 David Strauss USA 2400m                     5
126 David Tebb ENG                       5
127 Craig S M Thomson SCO 2335f ♦ 0/19             ♦ 1/116     5
128 Mark I Walker ENG 2205                     5
129 Laurence Webb ENG 2220                     5
130 Jonathan G Wilson ENG 2225                     5
131 David A Wood ENG 2250         ◊ 1/43           5
132 Michael J Yeo ENG 2230 ◊ ½/87 ♦ 1/184 ◊ 0/28 ♦ ½/69 ◊ 0/107 ♦ 1/164 ◊ 1/183 ♦ 0/42 ◊ ½/89 ♦ ½/118 5
133 Dan Barash ISR 2205                    
134 Simon Bibby ENG 2280       ◊ 1/114            
135 Francis Choy Wan Chin MAL 2310 ◊ 0/4                 ♦ ½/104
136 Peter C Doye ENG                      
137 David Drakeford IRL     ◊ 0/14                
138 Christine Flear ENG 2160wm     ♦ 0/13              
139 Alla Berkova Grinfeld USSR 2200wm                    
140 Y Hellwing ISR       ◊ 0/7 ♦ 0/17 ♦ 0/14          
141 Shahinoor Hossain BNG                      
142 Miroslav Houska ENG                      
143 Adrian Jackson ENG             ♦ 0/50        
144 Andrew C Keehner ENG                      
145 Calvin D Knowles ENG                      
146 Stephen G Lukey NZL       ◊ 0/21              
147 Brendan Lyons IRL                      
148 John Merriman ENG 2220     ◊ ½/38              
149 Giovanni Micalizzi ITA 2205     ♦ 0/104              
150 Christopher Njotea ENG                     ♦ 0/62
151 Kenneth I Norman ENG 2215                    
152 Arjun Panchapagesan ENG     ♦ ½/157 ◊ ½/33              
153 Christopher Ray ENG               ♦ 0/54      
154 Elvira Berend (Sakhatova) USSR 2190                    
155 Nina Sitnikova USSR 2280wm     ♦ 0/55         ◊ 0/54    
156 William Stanton ENG                      
157 Alessandro Stavru ITA 2290 ♦ 0/15 ◊ ½/52                
158 William Stirling ENG                      
159 Matthew Turner ENG                      
160 Peter A N Webster ENG                      
161 C A Wells ENG                      
162 Mike Zelkind USA 2220                    
163 Beata Zietek-Czerwonska POL 2110                    
164 Kiran Agrawal IND 2070wf           ◊ 0/132         4
165 M Ali ENG                       4/9
166 Baris Barutcu TRK                       4
167 Roger Beckett IRL     ◊ ½/104                 4
168 Paul G Brown ENG           ♦ 0/60           4
169 Jose-Claude De Sousa FRA                       4
170 Lasha Janjgava USSR 2470m     ◊ 0/10 ♦ ½/101 ◊ 1/62 ♦ ½/46 ◊ 0/11       4/7
171 Alimul Kazal Haque BNG                       4
172 John H Hodgson ENG                       4
173 Khalid Janahi BRN                       4
174 Vladimir Kalinin WLS 2270           ◊ 1/54         4/9
175 Ingrid Lauterbach GER 2130wm                     4
176 Maxim Magen ISR                       4
177 Joseph C Monk ENG               ♦ 0/48       4
178 Craig William Pritchett SCO 2355m ♦ 0/71           ◊ 0/41       4
179 C Rigby ENG                       4
180 Daniel B Rosenberg ENG                       4
181 Reefat Bin-Sattar BNG f                     4
182 Peter Scott ENG                       4
183 Julien M Shepley ENG       ♦ 0/15       ♦ 0/132       4
184 Leslie Smart ENG 2205   ◊ 0/132                 4
185 Claude Sollars MLT 2230                     4
186 Alex Tucker ENG 2235                     4
187 Aurelio Vila Dupla ESP                       4
188 Chris Briscoe ENG                      
189 Jane Eastwood ENG                      
190 A Freeman USA                      
191 Lionel Goldgewicht FRA                      
192 Paul V Griffiths ENG                      
193 Shahadat Hossain BNG                      
194 Alam Khorshed BNG                      
195 Andrew Kitchlew ENG                      
196 Simon Jakob SWZ   ◊ 1/104                  
197 Dan Mayers USA                      
198 Chris Rice ENG                      
199 Jonathan Sachs ENG 2275 ♦ 0/48                  
200 David Southam CAN   ♦ 1/54                  
201 John D Thornton WLS       ◊ 0/17              
202 Darryl Wolstencroft ENG       ♦ 0/22              
203 Ghislain Baury FRA                       3
204 Eoin Campbell SCO               ◊ 0/104       3
205 Blair Connell ENG                       3
206 Heidi Heron ENG                       3
207 Claude Kaber LUX                       3
208 Nicolas Noden SCO             ♦ ½/104         3
209 Brian MacReamoin IRL                       3
210 David Moskovic ENG                       3
211 Cathy Rogers AUS 2070wf                     3
212 P Verma IND                       3
213 R White ENG   ◊ 1/222                   3
214 Harry M Lamb ENG                      
215 J McDonald ENG                       2½/4
216 Martin J Neave ENG                      
217 Orest Popovych USA 2275f     ◊ ½/11               2½/6
218 Marcy Soltis USA                      
219 Emmanuel Tseleng BWA         ◊ 0/14            
220 Nino Gurieli USSR 2340wg   ♦ 1/56 ◊ 0/8               2/4
221 P Stuart Milner-Barry ENG                       2/7
222 S Al Marif BNG   ♦ 0/131                  
223 Nicholas R Moloney ENG                      
224 Joseph Ryan IRL       ♦ 0/16               1½/4
225 M/Y Yasin BNG                       1
226 A K M Azad BNG                       ½/4
227 Rani Hamid BNG 2190wm                     ½/3
228 M Khan ENG                       ½/3
229 Andrew J Whiteley ENG 2360m                     ½/1
230 Augustine A Aaron ENG                       0/1
231 John Anderson ENG 2205   ◊ 0/9                 0/1
232 C Nigel J Rose ENG                       0/0

§ in round 5 David Houston won with Black against one of the two Bangladeshi players surnamed Rahman but it is not known which one (either Tahmidur, no.81, or Almasur, no.119)

The Guardian, 25 August 1990 (Leonard Barden): "Game of the week has to be six-year-old George Hassapis’s victory over Fide master and US life master Orest Popovych in the launch game for the current Lloyds Bank international at Marble Arch, London.

"It happened, as world records sometimes do, rather accidentally. Hassapis was the substitute for another six-year-old who couldn’t make it that day, while Popovych stepped in at the last minute when a grandmaster failed to arrive for the open-air game with giant pieces. Hassapis chose the variant of the Sicilian Defence pioneered by the Soviet grandmaster Sveshnikov, and pounced on move 13 when Popovych allowed a tactic wrecking White’s central bind. White’s 18th lost a piece, but if instead 18 Qb7 Qb8! 19 Qxb8 (19 Qxe7 Qxb6+ and Ra7 traps the queen) Rfcb8 20 Be3 Rxb2 when Black has an extra pawn with good winning chances.

"When Popovych — who twice turned down a draw against Bobby Fischer during their game in the 1956 US Open — resigned, the result decisively broke one of the longest standing chess records, set 70 years ago. The previous youngest win against a recognised master in single combat was prodigy Samuel Reshevsky’s victory at age eight over Richard Griffith, former editor of the British Chess Magazine, British champion in 1912, and co-author of Modem Chess Openings. A remarkable feature of their historic encounter, which took place at the Gambit Chess Rooms off Cannon Street, London, in August 1920, was that both sides played without sight of the board. Reshevsky later named it as the first game of his long and still enduring career which really satisfied him."


Lloyds Bank Champion: Stuart Conquest (on tie-break)
Lloyds Bank Ladies: Alisa Maric
Lloyds Bank Juniors: Michael Adams
Lloyds Bank Veterans: Alexei Suetin

Commonwealth Champion: Stuart Conquest
Commonwealth Ladies: Susan Arkell [Lalic]

GM title: J Gallagher
GM norms: S Conquest, J Levitt, Z Sturua

IM title: A Lesiege
IM norms: A Maric, G Sakhatova [Sachs], A Webster

WGM norm: A Safranska

FIDE ratings achieved (estimated)
M Noble (2320), J Poulton (2315), D Tebb (2290), Y Hellwing (2255), D Rosenberg (2230), D Wolstencroft (2225), C Ray (2220), M Turner (2220), A Jackson (2215), D Southam (2215), C Knowles (2210), J Shepley (2205), H Heron (2160)

Partial FIDE ratings
J Yoos (7 x 2291), C Duncan (7 x 2282), T Gavriel (8 x 2248), S Calderwood (7 x 2246)


BCM, October 1990, p427-428: "The 14th Lloyds Bank Masters was probably the best of the series. It had no fewer than 220 entries, of whom 214 finished the course of ten rounds in the excellent playing conditions of the Cumberland Hotel, Marble Arch.
Just as last year, it was a battle royal between the home stars and the mainly Soviet contingent of strong visitors. Stuart Conquest finally finished first, Mihai Suba, starting with 6(6), made a bid for an Olympiad place, and Olympiad players Speelman, Nunn and Chandler were not seen at their best.

"A publicity boost for chess came when an outdoor exhibition game on large pieces resulted in a swift win for young
George Hassapis, only 6, against US master Orest Popovych, who extended Fischer in his best period, 25 years ago. A front-page photo and extensive story in The Guardian resulted.

"Just as last year, a Soviet representative from the Caucasus finally took the spotlight. Last year Azmaiparashvili won by half a point from Ian Rogers. This year Zurab Sturua, another Georgian, but one who does not even have the GM title, took home the big money after his tie for first place.

"Yet the main story has to be the performance of Stuart Conquest, who had a wonderful winning run, put an end to Suba’s fine sequence by a bold long-term knight sacrifice, and has probably clinched the GM title as a result. The former Hastings, now Bristol, player had 7½(8) before losing to Michael Adams, who seems to have the Indian sign on him.

"Your editor [Bernard Cafferty] noticed one touching scene, which may have escaped the attention of most. Amongst the crowd willing Conquest on was his former trainer, the veteran IM Cenek Kottnauer. After this latest success, the tall Czech-born Kottnauer made a slight gesture of approval to his ‘lad’. Conquest, from a distance, caught the sign and acknowledged it by a short bow of the head. You don’t need to punch the air or even to exchange words to show your delight in circumstances like this; a lesson indeed to some of the more demonstrative of our brethren.

"Another success was the GM norm for Joe Gallagher, his final one. Jon Levitt also made the norm, but still has more effort to come.

"An innovation was the Family Championship, open to relatives. Susan and Keith Arkell finally won; other couples were in contention such as the Maric sisters, Sher (USSR) and his wife Grinfeld, and Ian and Cathy Rogers (but the Australian was not in the same good form as last year).

"Leading scores: 1-3 Conquest, Adams, Sturua 8(10) £1,150 each; 4-8 Kaidanov (USSR), Suba, Nunn, Gallagher, Levitt 7½; 9-21 Chandler, Hodgson, Speelman, Timoschenko (USSR), Wells, Emms, Ernst (S), Barua (IND), Velickovic (Y), McNab (SCO), Naumkin (USSR), Fatin (EGY), Martin 7; ...

"Jim Plaskett could not maintain the form of Eastbourne; he began with a loss to Canadian D. Southam and finished with a zero against the steady Egyptian Fatin, who also extended Timoschenko.

"The strength in depth can be seen from the results of the last round. The only decisive result in the top eight pairings came on board 4: Nunn v Howell.. Conquest v Sturua on top board was a quick draw; Kaidanov v Adams on second board was a much longer tussle in which the Russian seemed to have the better of the opening.

"Amongst those finishing on 6½ were Alisa Maric, Keith Arkell, Mark Hebden, Glenn Flear, Ginsburg (USA), Chris Ward, A. Suetin and Andy Soltis.

"Soviet veteran Suetin at the good chess age of 64 took the prize for veterans. He pointed out that, unlike the hungry young Soviet players, he was only here to show his wife London. His trip was financed by an author’s fee for updating a Pergamon book on the openings. He found the student accommodation rather rudimentary, but that is the state that Soviet masters have been reduced to by recent developments."


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Date Notes
14 July 2021 241 games posted on BritBase for the first time, plus a game from the tournament launch. Games sourced from ChessBase but checked against the bulletin. As a result dates and round numbers have been added, and names corrected. For example, one of the games ChessBase have listed as being played in the tournament by Demis Hassabis was in fact played by his six-year-old brother George at the tournament launch. I've added as full a crosstable as appears to be available. The tournament bulletin had players and scores but not individual results, while the 1992 BCF Yearbook had a partial crosstable of the top 22 players. I have extended this to take account of results from the games database but it is not complete. Has anyone got a full crosstable?
22 July 2021 Ten more games, played by David Houston, submitted by David McAlister, for which many thanks. I've also added in some details of games that were lost on time as shown in the bulletin. Now 251 games, plus the tournament launch game.
28 May 2023 Four more games added, all played by Andrew Soltis: (1) Rd 1 win v Susan Arkell/Lalic; (2) Rd 4 win v D Coleman; (3) Rd 5 draw with D Barua; (4) Rd 9 draw with G Mittelman. My thanks to Andy Ansel for sending the games.