1960 British Chess Championship, Leicester, 15-26 August • 1959« »1961

1960 British Chess Championship		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
1	Jonathan Penrose	London	w13+	b18+	w2=	b7=	w24+	w6+	b4+	b5=	w3=	b16+	w8=	8½
2	(Conel) Hugh O'D Alexander	Cheltenham	b23+	w14+	b1=	w5=	b4=	b11+	w6-	w3=	b9+	w7+	b12=	7½
3	Michael J Haygarth	Leeds	b4=	w15=	w35+	b30=	w11-	b8+	w13+	b2=	b1=	w6+	w5+	7½
4	Harry Golombek	Chalfont St Giles	w3=	b24+	w7=	b16+	w2=	b13+	w1-	w15+	b6=	b5=	w11=	7
5	Leonard W Barden	London	w29+	b22+	w11+	b2=	b6-	w9+	b25+	w1=	b7=	w4=	b3-	7
6	Kenneth William Lloyd	Birmingham	w33+	b12=	w8=	b18+	w5+	b1-	b2+	w7=	w4=	b3-	b14+	7
7	Peter H Clarke	Ilford	b15=	w31+	b4=	w1=	b14+	b30=	w11+	b6=	w5=	b2-	w17+	7
8	Gerald Abrahams	Liverpool	b10=	w21+	b6=	w25=	b26=	w3-	b31+	w9-	b15+	w12+	b1=	6½
9	Adrian S Hollis	London	b12-	w33+	b22=	w17+	w21+	b5-	w14=	b8+	w2-	b10=	w16+	6½
10	(Thomas) John Beach	Liverpool	w8=	b17=	b21-	w32+	b34+	w25-	b26+	w18=	b14=	w9=	w19+	6½
11	Dr. James M Aitken	Cheltenham	w19+	b26+	b5-	w12=	b3+	w2-	b7-	b24=	w13=	w25+	b4=	6
12	Bernard Cafferty	Birmingham	w9+	w6=	b25=	b11=	w13-	b24=	w16=	b30+	w17+	b8-	w2=	6
13	Dr. Stefan Fazekas	Buckhurst Hill	b1-	w27+	b15+	w14=	b12+	w4-	b3-	w19=	b11=	w23=	w20=	5½
14	Roland Payne	Southend-on-Sea	w32+	b2-	w26+	b13=	w7-	w20+	b9=	b16=	w10=	b19=	w6-	5½
15	Frank Parr	Sutton	w7=	b3=	w13-	b19+	w16=	b17+	w30+	b4-	w8-	b20=	w23=	5½
16	Andrew Rowland B Thomas	Tiverton	b25=	w34+	b17=	w4-	b15=	w21+	b12=	w14=	b18+	w1-	b9-	5½
17	Raymond Brunton Edwards	Harrogate	b20=	w10=	w16=	b9-	b22+	w15-	b28+	w25+	b12-	w18+	b7-	5½
18	John William Naylor	Liverpool	w28+	w1-	b34+	w6-	b20=	w26=	b29+	b10=	w16-	b17-	w33+	5½
19	Baruch Harold Wood	Sutton Coldfield	b11-	w36+	b20-	w15-	b28=	w22+	b21+	b13=	w24+	w14=	b10-	5½
20	Richard Hilary Newman	London	w17=	b30=	w19+	b21-	w18=	b14-	w24=	w29+	b25=	w15=	b13=	5½
21	David Brine Pritchard	Louth	w24=	b8-	w10+	w20+	b9-	b16-	w19-	b27-	w35+	w36+	b34+	5½
22	John H Beaty	Doncaster	b27+	w5-	w9=	b24-	w17-	b19-	w36+	b28=	w31+	b26=	w35+	5½
23	Michael Fallone	Hamilton	w2-	b32-	b29=	w31-	b33=	w35+	w27=	b34+	w30+	b13=	b15=	5½
24	Ronald A Fuller	Ilford	b21=	w4-	b31+	w22+	b1-	w12=	b20=	w11=	b19-	b27=	w29=	5
25	Owen Mark Hindle	Sutton Coldfield	w16=	b28+	w12=	b8=	w30=	b10+	w5-	b17-	w20=	b11-	w26=	5
26	David Edward Lloyd	London	w35+	w11-	b14-	b36+	w8=	b18=	w10-	b31=	w27=	w22=	b25=	5
27	George W Wheeler	Plymouth	w22-	b13-	b36-	w33+	b32+	w31-	b23=	w21+	b26=	w24=	w28=	5
28	Ronald Mackay Bruce	Plymouth	b18-	w25-	b33+	b29-	w19=	b36+	w17-	w22=	b34=	w30+	b27=	5
29	Patrick Bennett	Newport, Mon	b5-	b35-	w23=	w28+	b31=	w34+	w18-	b20-	b33-	w32+	b24=	4½
30	Edward Guthlac Sergeant	Kingston Hill	b31=	w20=	b32+	w3=	b25=	w7=	b15-	w12-	b23-	b28-	w36=	4
31	Arthur Hall	Kenton	w30=	b7-	w24-	b23+	w29=	b27+	w8-	w26=	b22-	b35=	w32-	4
32	David G Levens	Harrow	b14-	w23+	w30-	b10-	w27-	b33+	w34-	b35-	w36+	b29-	b31+	4
33	John Hubert Watts	Coventry	b6-	b9-	w28-	b27-	w23=	w32-	b35+	b36-	w29+	w34+	b18-	3½
34	John B Hawson	London	w36+	b16-	w18-	b35+	w10-	b29-	b32+	w23-	w28=	b33-	w21-	3½
35	Colin M Malcolm	Glasgow	b26-	w29+	b3-	w34-	w36=	b23-	w33-	w32+	b21-	w31=	b22-	3
36	Marshall William J Thompson	Southampton	b34-	b19-	w27+	w26-	b35=	w28-	b22-	w33+	b32-	b21-	b30=	3

1960 British Ladies' Chess Championship, Leicester • 1959« »1961

1960 British Ladies Championship		Draw Order	Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	Rowena Mary Bruce (née Dew)	2	Plymouth	&;	1	1	1	1	1	1	½	1	1	8½
2	(Patricia) Anne Sunnucks (later Mothersill)	7	London	0	&;	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	7½
3	Leah Margaret Hogarth	9	Glasgow	0	0	&;	½	1	1	½	1	1	0	5
4	Margaret Eileen Elizabeth Wood (later Clarke)	1	Newbury	0	0	½	&;	½	0	1	1	1	1	5
5	Mary A E A Henniker-Heaton	4	London	0	½	0	½	&;	½	½	½	1	1	4½
6	Sheila A Corbyn (later Robinson)	8	Birmingham	0	0	0	1	½	&;	0	1	1	1	4½
7	Sarah Margaret Steedman (née Wilson)	6	Bothwell	0	0	½	0	½	1	&;	0	1	1	4
8	Jane Sadler Rees (née Davidson)	5	Derby	½	0	0	0	½	0	1	&;	0	1	3
9	Dr Maria Maclean	10	Abertillery	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	&;	1	2
10	Evaline Emily Feavyour (née Cleveland)	3	Saxmundham	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	&;	1

Women's championship: the draw order was 1 Wood, 2 Bruce, 3 Feavyour, 4 Henniker-Heaton, 5 Rees, 6 Steedman, 7 Sunnucks, 8 Corbyn, 9 Hogarth, 10 Maclean. Rounds 1-5 were played Monday 15 - Friday 19 August, then rounds 6-9 were played Monday 22 - Thursday 25 August.

Biographical note: Jane Sadler Rees (née Davidson, b 25 May 1884, d 1974)

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1960 BCF Major Open

1960 BCF Major Open		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
1	John A Lawrence	Birmingham	26+	17=	20+	11=	2=	8+	4+	6+	9+	13=	5=	8½
2	Percy B Cook	London	23+	4=	21+	19+	1=	6=	17+	9=	8+	5-	w13+	8
3	Robert H Northage	Leicester	24=	13-	29+	14=	25-	21+	15-	18+	16+	17+	10+	7
4	John Edwin Povey	Horsforth	11+	2=	25=	13=	14+	22+	1-	15=	12+	9=	6=	7
5	David Graham Wells	Bristol	12=	25-	7+	10-	16-	28+	20+	22+	17+	2+	1=	7
6	Paul R Bielby	Huddersfield	19=	27+	14+	9=	12+	2=	10=	1-	13=	8=	4=	6½
7	D Gould	Leicester	17-	29=	5-	27+	21=	13-	23+	30+	20+	11=	25+	6½
8	Peter G Moore	Cheadle	15-	28+	12=	20+	13+	1-	14+	b10+	2-	6=	9=	6½
9	Ivor B N Smith	Leicester	28+	10=	22+	6=	17-	30+	25+	2=	1-	4=	8=	6½
10	Philip Edward Collier	Leicester	29+	9=	19-	5+	11+	17=	6=	w8-	15=	14+	3-	6
11	Roy D Hollands	Normanton	4-	26+	15+	1=	10-	19+	12-	14=	25+	7=	17=	6
12	James R Nicolson	Manchester	5=	20=	8=	30+	6-	18+	11+	17=	4-	25=	15=	6
13	Roger S Scowen	Leicester	18=	3+	17=	4=	8-	7+	22=	25+	6=	1=	b2-	6
14	Roger J Stockwell	Croydon	30+	15+	6-	3=	4-	16+	8-	11=	22+	10-	19+	6
15	John Anthony Sutton	Stafford	8+	14-	11-	24+	19+	25-	3+	4=	10=	18=	12=	6
16	B Howard	Blackpool	27=	21-	30-	28+	5+	14-	19+	24=	3-	26+	20=	5½
17	John Denley Mills	Pontypridd	7+	1=	13=	25+	9+	10=	2-	12=	5-	3-	11=	5½
18	F Norman Stephenson	Middlesbrough	13=	19-	27+	21+	22-	12-	24=	3-	28+	15=	26+	5½
19	David Lees	Oldham	6=	18+	10+	2-	15-	11-	16-	29+	21=	22+	14-	5
20	Philip Lawrence Roe	Cambridge	21=	12=	1-	8-	23+	24=	5-	27+	7-	28+	16=	5
21	Philip E Walker	Weston-super-Mare	20=	16+	2-	18-	7=	3-	30+	26=	19=	24=	23=	5
22	E Young	New Zealand	25=	24+	9-	23+	18+	4-	13=	5-	14-	19-	29+	5
23	Colin M Bloodworth	Pontypridd	2-	30=	24=	22-	20-	26+	7-	28=	27=	29+	21=	4½
24	D H Long	Gloucester	3=	22-	23=	15-	29+	20=	18=	16=	26-	21=	27=	4½
25	Philip B Sarson	Harrow	22=	5+	4=	17-	3+	15+	9-	13-	11-	12=	7-	4½
26	Charles Reuben Gurnhill	Sheffield	1-	11-	28=	29+	30-	23-	27+	21=	24+	16-	18-	4
27	Norman Toon	Leicester	16=	6-	18-	7-	28-	29+	26-	20-	23=	bye+	24=	3½
28	Herbert Francis Gook	Croydon	9-	8-	26=	16-	27+	8-	29-	23=	18-	20-	bye+	3
29	Charles Hatch	Southport	10-	7=	3-	26-	24-	29-	28+	19-	bye+	23-	22-	2½
30	B T H Smith	Leicester	14-	23=	16+	12-	26+	9-	21-	7-	withdrew			28=

From the table in the 1960/61 BCF Yearbook, p91, which contained a number of errors. I have attempted to correct them. JS

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1960 British Boys' (Under 18) Championship

1960 British Under-18 Championship		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	Derek Ross Thomson	Glasgow	15+	31+	28+	7+	10=	w19+	b4+	5=	13+	9=	2=	3-	9
2	Nicholas J Argyris	London	19-	39+	56+	27+	7=	29+	10=	25+	51-	11+	1=	9+	8½
3	David A Smith	Stockton-on-Tees	48+	40+	7-	46+	17+	4-	5-	30+	25=	27+	13+	1+	8½
4	Graham Coleridge Taylor	Birmingham	w35+	50=	13=	30=	28+	3+	w1-	22-	46+	32+	17+	10+	8½
5	Keith Bevan Richardson	Nottingham	9+	11+	17-	36=	8=	26+	3+	1=	21+	10-	19+	7=	8
6	(Rex) Frank T Wood	Sutton Coldfield	41=	52=	11-	62+	15=	55-	48+	38=	28+	23+	22+	18+	8
7	George Michael Sheldrick	Huddersfield	63+	53+	3+	1-	2=	20+	23=	13-	22+	12+	9=	5=	8
8	(Frederick) Michael Akeroyd	Whitby	44+	25=	46=	12=	5=	11+	22=	29+	17=	19=	10=	14=	7½
9	Richard A Beach	Liverpool	5-	32=	40+	29-	56+	37+	54+	15+	10+	1=	7=	2-	7½
10	Alan Roy Fersht	London	61+	56+	12=	17+	1=	13=	2=	23+	9-	5+	8=	4-	7½
11	D S James	Whitley Bay	49+	5-	6+	42+	19-	8-	59+	32+	23+	2-	21+	12=	7½
12	James E Scholes	Sheffield	26=	38+	18=	8=	45+	23-	47+	19=	16+	7-	33+	11=	7½
13	Michael W Alcock	Stoke-on-Trent	14=	27+	4=	49+	36+	10=	25=	7+	1-	17=	3-	16=	7
14	John D T Boyers	Middlesbrough	13=	23-	33=	60+	50=	44=	32-	45=	52+	31+	26+	8=	7
15	Philip Christopher Chatwin	Preston	1-	42-	51+	58+	6=	54+	38+	9-	w35=	16=	70+	19=	7
16	Tudor Rickards	Pontypridd	18+	19=	36-	22=	32+	17-	31+	46+	12-	15=	29+	13=	7
17	S Rowe	Stoke-on-Trent	22+	57+	5+	10-	3-	16+	19=	20+	8=	13=	4-	27=	7
18	Peter George Wann	Coulsdon	16-	61+	44+	23=	34-	50=	26+	42+	19-	b35+	25+	6-	7
19	Robert H Wildig	Bristol	2+	16=	20=	50+	11+	b1-	17=	12=	18+	8=	5-	15=	7
20	G H Davies	Bristol	36=	41+	47=	31+	29=	7-	30=	17-	27=	34+	24=	25=	6½
21	Keith R Emerton	Leicester	40=	26=	30-	58=	44-	41+	57+	47=	38+	33+	11-	22=	6½
22	Steven John Groak	London	17-	51+	34=	16=	53+	42+	8=	4+	7-	25=	6-	21=	6½
23	David R Hopkin	Gloucester	27=	14+	25=	18=	55+	12+	7=	10-	11-	6-	b35+	24=	6½
24	David Cyril Jarrett	Bristol	47=	30=	42-	53-	59=	33=	52+	26=	45+	50+	20=	23=	6½
25	Ralph H Mellor	Stockport	42+	8=	23=	45=	30+	34+	13=	2-	3=	22=	18-	20=	6½
26	Christopher C Parsons	Yatton	12=	21=	52=	39=	31+	5-	18-	24=	48+	55+	14-	41+	6½
27	Julian Ivan Peter Simpole	Brighton	23=	13-	47=	2-	60+	51+	50=	34=	20=	36=	42+	17=	6½
28	M J [M S?] Taylor	Banston	51+	60+	1-	55=	4-	b35=	42-	59+	6-	49+	54+	29=	6½
29	Roger A M Allison	Prescot	54+	45=	50=	9+	20=	2-	34+	8-	36+	3-	16-	28=	6
30	J G Cooper	Nottingham	46=	24=	21+	4=	25-	45+	20=	3-	50=	41=	32=	31=	6
31	Andrew F Footner	Oxford	43+	1-	57+	20-	26-	39+	16-	51+	34=	14-	50+	30=	6
32	Anthony J Gillam	Derby	45-	9=	43+	38=	16-	49+	14+	11-	42+	4-	30=	36=	6
33	R Hazlewood	Coventry	61=	36-	14=	59=	37-	24=	49+	40+	47+	21-	12-	48+	6
34	Richard G Jones	Aberdare	50-	bye+	22=	52+	18+	25-	29-	27=	31=	20-	44=	55+	6
35	(David) Ian Wishart Reynolds	Wallasey	b4-	w37+	b53+	w56=	b46-	w28=	w44+	b36=	b15=	w18-	w23-	b54+	6
36	Norman B Stockman	Hove	20=	33+	16+	5=	13-	47=	46=	w35=	29-	27=	41=	32=	6
37	P Bracey	Liverpool	57-	b35-	bye+	44=	33+	9-	45=	41-	40-	51+	58+	52=	5½
38	P Dawson	Norwich	55=	12-	59+	32=	49+	46=	15-	6=	21-	54=	48=	44=	5½
39	Robert A Faint	Bristol	58=	2-	60+	26=	47-	31-	57-	62+	44=	52=	59+	43=	5½
40	R A Fenn	Bristol	21=	3-	9-	43+	57=	53=	54=	33-	37+	47+	15-	42=	5½
41	Alexander Gobran/Cobran	Pinner	6=	20-	58=	54=	42-	21-	63+	37+	61+	30=	36=	26-	5½
42	Baruch (Barry) Noel Green	Altrincham	25-	15+	24+	11-	41+	22-	28+	18-	32-	46+	27-	40=	5½
43	Ian Roebuck	Sheffield	31-	59=	32-	40-	48=	60-	bye+	63+	51+	44=	55=	39=	5½
44	Anthony Sadler	Wolverhampton	8-	48+	18-	37=	21+	14=	b35-	61=	39=	43=	34=	38=	5½
45	Graham Kenneth Sandiford	Altrincham	32+	29=	55=	25=	12-	30-	37=	14=	24-	59=	52=	60+	5½
46	Andrew N Walker	Nottingham	30=	58+	8=	3-	w35+	38=	36=	16-	4-	22-	53+	27=	5½
47	Andrew J Whiteley	Oxford	24=	55-	27=	48+	39+	36=	12-	21=	33-	40-	49+	46=	5½
48	Colin J Byrne	Liverpool	3-	44-	63+	47-	43=	58+	6-	53+	26-	61+	38=	33-	5
49	John G Calvert	Durham	11-	63+	54+	13-	38-	32-	37-	60+	57+	28-	47-	bye+	5
50	C J Coombes	Malvern	34+	4=	29=	19-	14=	18=	27=	55=	30=	24-	31-	56=	5
51	Peter David Goodstein	Leicester	28-	22-	13-	bye+	62+	27-	56+	31-	49-	37-	61+	57+	5
52	P Jeal	Stockport	33=	6=	26=	34-	54-	56+	24-	58+	14-	29=	45=	37=	5
53	B McDonagh	Cheadle	bye+	7-	w35-	24+	22-	40=	39-	21-	48=	59+	62-	46+	5
54	Robin A E Shaw	Grays	29-	62+	49-	41=	52+	15-	40=	57+	55=	38=	28-	w35-	5
55	Alastair G Summers	York	38=	47+	45=	28=	23-	6+	9-	50=	54=	26-	45=	34-	5
56	G B Taylor	Manchester	59+	10-	2-	b35=	9-	52-	51-	bye+	60-	63+	62+	50=	5
57	Roland E Graf	Leicester	37+	17-	31-	21=	40=	59-	39+	45-	39-	60=	63+	51-	4½
58	Kenneth McNeill Grigor	Glasgow	39=	46-	41=	15-	24=	48-	62=	52-	63+	bye+	37-	61=	4½
59	James V Hodgson	Castleton IOM	56-	43=	38-	33=	61+	57+	11-	28-	53=	45=	39-	62=	4½
60	Michael March	Portsmouth	62+	28-	39-	14-	27-	43+	61-	49-	56+	57=	bye+	45-	4½
61	J/S G Jones	Sheffield	10-	18-	62-	63+	59-	bye+	60+	44=	41-	48-	51-	58=	4
62	B L Burton	Ulverston	60-	54-	61+	6-	51-	63=	58=	39-	bye+	53-	56-	59=	3½
63	K T Attenborough	Kirkby	7-	49-	48-	61-	bye+	62=	41-	43-	58-	56-	57-	53-	1½

n.b. in order to accommodate 12 rounds, two games were played on the first Wednesday (17 August)

1960 British Boys' Under-15 Championship

1960 British Under-15 Championship		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	Victor W Knox	Wallasey	34+	27+	2+	21+	3=	6=	8=	13+	10+	9=	15+	4=	9½
2	Kenneth B McAlpine	Glasgow	25+	37+	1-	4+	18+	8-	6+	5+	3+	12=	9+	7=	9
3	David Parr	Sutton	17+	15=	22+	19+	1=	14+	5+	8+	2-	6-	11+	16+	9
4	Philip Almond	Blackburn	7=	9=	38+	2-	16=	25+	14=	21+	8=	23+	6+	1=	8
5	R G Lee	Nottingham	42+	16+	19-	11+	15=	23+	3-	2-	33+	7=	12+	18+	8
6	Graham Chesters, jnr	Crewe	11-	29+	32+	10+	19+	1=	2-	15+	9=	3+	4-	8=	7½
7	C North	Northwood	4=	28+	18-	40+	26=	20+	15=	9-	17+	5=	21+	2=	7½
8	W A/N Gregory	Leicester	39+	10=	11=	17+	21+	2+	1=	3-	4=	15-	23=	6=	7
9	Thomas D Hughes	Liverpool	18=	4=	37+	23-	32+	13=	26+	7+	6=	1=	2-	10=	7
10	Roger Lancaster	London	14+	8=	13+	6-	33+	15=	12=	23+	1-	11-	19+	9=	7
11	Michael H Miller	Leicester	6+	35=	8=	5-	17+	26=	18=	14+	12=	10+	3-	15=	7
12	Peter W Murphy	Blackburn	26=	13=	14=	35+	23=	21+	10=	18=	11=	2=	5-	27+	7
13	Ivan J Myall	Bath	16=	12=	10-	31+	36+	9=	19+	1-	32-	33=	25+	21+	7
14	Alan R Prince	Liverpool	10-	42+	12=	27+	40+	3-	4=	11-	21-	20+	32+	23+	7
15	Christopher Francis Woodcock	Liverpool	36+	3=	35+	18=	5=	10=	7=	6-	26+	8+	1-	11=	7
16	Paul Blackman	Rotherham	13=	5-	25=	30+	4=	33=	21-	20=	36+	29+	27+	3-	6½
17	Robert J Butcher	Liverpool	3-	25+	31+	8-	11-	24+	32+	33=	7-	19-	26+	28+	6½
18	Roger Keely	Wolverhampton	9=	24+	7+	15=	2-	19=	11=	12=	23-	26+	33+	5-	6½
19	Ian W Sharpe	Nottingham	41+	31+	5+	3-	6-	18=	13-	28=	27=	17+	10-	32+	6½
20	John Thomas Hearson	Nottingham	35-	36+	28-	34+	38+	7-	23-	16=	29=	14-	41+	30+	6
21	David Neil Laurence Levy	Barnet	34+	23+	26+	1-	8-	12-	16+	4-	14+	32+	7-	13-	6
22	C Needham	Leicester	28=	40+	3-	26-	35=	36-	30=	29-	34=	41+	33+	31+	6
23	Geoffrey Alan E Wright	Wirral	38+	21-	27+	9+	12=	5-	26+	10-	18+	4-	3=	14-	6
24	Louis de Veauce	Eaglesfield Green	1-	18-	34-	41+	31+	17-	27-	42+	38=	37=	29+	36+	6
25	M Wagstaff(e)	Scunthorpe	2-	17-	16=	39+	28+	4-	36=	26-	35+	30+	13-	33+	6
26	Gordon Stuart Challand	Nottingham	12=	33+	21-	22+	7=	11=	9-	25+	15-	18-	17-	22+	5½
27	P S Gregory	Stockton-on-Tees	30+	1-	23-	14-	37+	32-	24+	35+	19=	28+	16-	12-	5½
28	Christopher T Kent	Nottingham	22=	7-	20+	33-	25-	42+	29+	19=	30=	27-	34+	17-	5½
29	M J Busby	Leicester	37-	6-	30-	42=	39+	34+	28-	22+	21=	16-	24-	40+	5
30	R J Neat	Leicester	27-	32-	29+	16-	34-	41+	22=	37+	28=	25-	bye+	20-	5
31	Peter Parr	Sutton	32+	19-	17-	13-	24-	39+	34=	36-	41+	38=	37+	22-	5
32	Marcus Walsh	Leeds	31-	30+	6-	37+	9-	27+	17-	38+	13+	21-	14-	19-	5
33	B Whitehouse	Oldbury	40=	26-	41+	28+	10-	16=	35+	17=	5-	13=	8-	25-	5
34	Melvyn Jack Young	Nottingham	21-	38-	24+	20-	30+	29-	31=	39-	22=	bye+	28-	37+	5
35	G H Morley	Leicester	20+	11=	15-	12-	22=	38+	33-	27-	25-	39+	40=	26-	4½
36	Charles N Prince	Liverpool	15-	20-	42+	38-	13-	22+	25=	31+	16-	40=	39=	24-	4½
37	R Fenn	Leicester	29+	2-	29-	32-	27-	40=	41+	30-	39+	24=	31-	34-	4
38	A Huxley	Stockport	23-	34+	4-	36+	20-	35-	40+	32-	24=	31=	22-	39-	4
39	Dennis W McNamara	Leicester	8-	41=	46-	25-	29-	31-	42+	34+	37-	35-	36=	38+	4
40	D Pratt	Leicester	33=	22-	39+	7-	14-	37=	38-	41-	bye+	36=	35=	29-	4
41	P Lefley	Leicester	19-	39=	33-	24-	42-	30-	37-	40+	31-	22-	20-	bye+	2½
42	Brian Henshaw	Leicester	5-	14-	36-	29=	41+	28-	39-	24-	withdrew				18=

1960 British Girls’ [Under 18] Championship

1960 British Girls Under 18 Championship		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total
1	Verina Horsnell (m. Powers)	London	&;	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	6½
2	Brita Junker (later m. Ivor Smith)	Wellington	½	&;	½	1	½	½	1	1	5
3	Marie Rita Tozer1	Taunton	0	½	&;	½	1	1	1	1	5
4	Jean Pickles	Preston	0	0	½	&;	1	1	1	1	4½
5	Gillian A Moore	Southampton	0	½	0	0	&;	1	1	1	3½
6	Marcia Syme (later Morgan)	Wallasey	0	½	0	0	0	&;	0	1	1½
7	Josephine Bradbury	Leicester	0	0	0	0	0	1	&;	0	1
8	Breeda Heron	Leicester	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	&;	1

¹ Marie Rita Tozer (1943-1996)

BCF First Class

1960 BCF First Class		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
1	Alan Edgar Nield	New Zealand	14+	16+	9+	20-	2-	6+	3+	5+	4=	12+	7=	8
2	Richard A A Brockington	Knutsford	5=	12+	3=	6+	1+	4+	10+	15+	13=	7-	11=	8
3	Terence Owen Marsden	Greenfield	17+	7=	2=	11+	20+	5=	1-	13+	8+	4=	6+	8
4	Rodney C Lovett	Leicester	18+	20-	14+	9=	8+	2-	6+	10+	1=	3=	5-	6½
5	Alfred Milner	Manchester	2=	8=	19+	7+	10=	3=	13=	1-	15+	6-	4+	6½
6	Robin Humphries Rushton	Luton	22+	13+	20=	2-	9+	1-	4-	14+	10+	5+	3-	6½
7	Arthur T Watson	Worthing	21+	3=	11=	5-	15=	12=	8-	19+	16+	2+	1=	6½
8	Rev. Henry Middleton Blackett	Hastings	11=	5=	15=	12+	16-	17=	7+	16=	3-	14+	10=	6
9	John A Feavyour	Saxmundham	10+	23+	1-	4=	6-	15-	16-	21+	17+	13+	12=	6
10	S Roberts	Southport	9-	17+	16+	13+	5=	20+	2-	4-	6-	22+	8=	6
11	J P Whitehouse	Leicester	8=	18+	7=	3-	19-	14-	21+	12=	22+	15+	2=	6
12	M Amey	Isleworth	16=	2-	22+	8-	18+	7=	19=	11=	21+	1-	9=	5½
13	Geoffrey Chesters	Crewe	15+	6-	17+	10-	14+	w19+	5=	3-	2=	9-	16=	5½
14	Truman Victor Parrott	Barnstaple	1-	21+	4-	15=	13-	11+	17+	6-	17+	8-	22+	5½
15	Ernest George Exell	Hemel Hempstead	13-	22+	8=	14=	7=	9+	20+	2-	5-	11-	15=	5
16	P/F Griffith(s)	Warrington	12=	1-	10-	21-	22+	18+	9+	8=	7-	17=	13=	5
17	Gregory Owen John Melitus	London	3-	13-	13-	22+	21+	8=	14-	18+	9-	16=	bye+	5
18	A Archer	Stoke-on-Trent	4-	11-	21+	19-	12-	16-	22+	17-	14-	bye+	15=	3½
19	C J Arthur	Stafford	20-	bye+	5-	18+	11+	b13-	12=	7-	withdrew			38=
20	B J Ellis	Boston	19+	4+	6=	1+	3-	10-	15-	withdrew				37=
21	R Owen	Dorchester	7-	14-	18-	16+	17-	22+	11-	9-	12-	withdrew		2/9
22	W H Thomas	Newport	6-	15-	12-	17-	16-	21-	18-	bye+	11-	10-	14-	1
23	D Wilkie	Cambridge	bye+	9-	disqualified / expunged									-

BCF Second Class

1960 BCF Second Class		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
1	(George) Alexander Mills (Alec) Boswell	Liverpool	&;	0	1	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	7½
2	Frederick Charles Shorter	London	1	&;	½	½	½	0	1	½	1	1	1	7
3	A T Watts	Leicester	0	½	&;	1	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	7
4	Miss N F Harris	Surbiton	1	½	0	&;	0	1	1	0	½	1	1	6
5	J T Ralph	Leicester	½	½	½	1	&;	0	0	1	1	1	½	6
6	Harold Mervyn Ilsley	Leicester	0	1	½	0	1	&;	0	1	0	0	1	4½
7	Denis J A Strange	Leicester	0	0	½	0	1	1	&;	0	0	1	1	4½
8	A Terrett	Norwich	0	½	0	1	0	0	1	&;	1	0	1	4½
9	Lionel Benton	Leicester	0	0	0	½	0	1	1	0	&;	0	1	3½
10	Rev. Eric Gilbert-Wood	Rye	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	&;	0	3
11	F H Bath	Leicester	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	0	1	&;	1½

 

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[Sunday Times, 14 August 1960] "Chess Test for Boys - By BRUCE HAYDEN - A new record for schoolboy chess is set up in this year’s British Chess Federation’s 13-day Congress which opens tomorrow at Leicester University with 103 competing in the championships for boys under 18 and under 15. A Federation official said: "The Sunday Times national schools championship has undoubtedly encouraged keenness and fostered new interest. It has become one of the Federation’s mainstays in junior chess." In the ten tournaments there are more than 240 players, also a record. The British championship of 11 rounds on the Swiss pairing system has attracted the maximum of 36 competitors. The prize money for the winner is now swollen to £200 by the William Sims bequest. Jonathan Penrose will defend his title against a strong entry oi seasoned experts and ambitious young players. The two former champions, H. Golombek and C. H. O'D. Alexander, are again competing."

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[The Times, 15 August 1960] "225 ENTER FOR CHESS CONGRESS - PENROSE THE FAVOURITE - FROM OUR CHESS CORRESPONDENT LEICESTER, Aug. 14 - There is an entry of 225 competitors in the various sections of the annual British Chess Federation Congress which opens tomorrow at Leicester University. The following 34 players are competing in the British championship:—G. Abrahams (Liverpool), Dr. J. M. Aitken (Cheltenham), C. H. O’D. Alexander (Cheltenham), L. W. Barden (London), T. J. Beach (Liverpool), J. H. Beaty (Doncaster), P. Bennett (Newport), R. M. Bruce (Plymouth), B. Cafferty (Birmingham), P, H. Clarke (Ilford), R. B. Edwards (Harrogate), M. Fallone (Hamilton), Dr. S. Fazekas (Buckhurst Hill), R. A. Fuller (Ilford), H. Golombek (Chalfont St Giles), A. Hall (Kenton), J. B. Hawson (London), M. J. Haygarth (Leeds), A. S. Hollis (London), D. G. Levens (Harrow), D. E. Lloyd (London), K. W. Lloyd (Birmingham), C. M. Malcolm (Glasgow), J. W. Naylor (Liverpool), R. H. Newman (London), F. Parr (Sutton), R. Payne (Southend), J. Penrose (London), D. B. Pritchard (Lough), E. G. Sergeant (Kingston Hill), A. R. B. Thomas (Tiverton), M. Thompson (Southampton), G. W. Wheeler (Plymouth), and B. H. Wood (Sutton Coldfield).

"This is a representative entry of almost the full strength of Britain's best players and it should be noted that the three players who tied for first place last year, Golombek, Haygarth, and Penrose, are again competing this time. As well as the defending champion, no fewer than four former champions are playing—Alexander, Barden, Dr. Fazekas and Golombek. Whether the chief opposition to Penrose will come from this group or from such younger players as Clarke, Haygarth or Cafferty only the next two weeks can show. Eleven rounds are to be played on the Swiss system by which players of equal scores are paired against each other.

"The entry for the British ladies’ championship is: Miss M. E. E. Wood (Newbury), Mrs. R. M. Bruce (Plymouth), Mrs. E. Feavyour (Saxmundham), Miss M. Henniker-Heaton (London), Mrs. J. S. Rees (Derby), Miss D. Colmer (London), Mrs. S. M. Steedman (Bothwell), Miss P. A. Sunnucks (London), Miss S. A. Corbyn (Birmingham), Miss L. M. Hogarth (Glasgow), Mrs. D. Bourdillon (London), and Dr. Maria Maclean (Abertillery)."

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[Manchester Guardian, 15 August 1960 - Leonard Barden] "Alexander at his best could oust Penrose - From our Chess Correspondent - Leicester, Sunday [14 August] - There is a record entry of 230 for the British Chess Federation’s annual congress which begins here tomorrow. The main event, the British championship, is again being run as a tournament on the Swiss system, with 34 players and 11 rounds. Pairings for the first round are made by lot, and thereafter players with equal or similar scores are drawn together. The effect is that the leaders have to meet all their strongest rivals, although cunning competitors have been known to skulk in the rear for several rounds and come up with a rush at the end with wins against weak opponents. The man to beat will be Jonathan Penrose, aged 26, a psychology research student at London University who has held the title for the last two years and is recognised—after his performances in the world team championships and in the recent Madrid zonal contest—as one of the strongest masters in Europe. The world champion Botvinnik advocated several days rest from chess as essential preparation for a tournament, and for the last ten days Penrose has been holidaying in Scotland far from any chess board. - Some outside chances - His most dangerous rivals will probably be Hugh Alexander, of the Foreign Office, Harry Golombek, the referee of the recent world championship match, and Peter Clarke, a London University student. Golombek has the valuable habit of defeating weaker players rapidly and consistently, and last year he almost ran away with the championship until Penrose caught him in the last two rounds. Alexander has recently been prone to rest on his international laurels, but a good result in Switzerland at Easter has revived his enthusiasm. At his best, he is the one player with the talent to outshine Penrose. Clarke could well finish unbeaten, but on previous form he will draw too many games to do better than a place among the four prize winners. Haygarth will be the main Northern hope, while Cafferty is improving year by year and could well reach the prize list. Dr Aitken, Barden, and Parr have an outside chance, but if any of the other players win it will be a dramatic surprise and an uncomfortable moment for the selectors, who have already chosen the team for the next world championships."

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[Sunday Times, 21 August 1960 - by C. H. O'D. Alexander] "CHAMPIONSHIP CHANCES - By the time readers see this year’s forecast, the British championship will be halfway through so they can check its accuracy to date. Jonathan Penrose, the twenty-seven-year-old holder, is unquestionably the strongest player, and if he plays in his best form, or near it, should win: I think he will but his slightly uncertain temperament may let him down and—fortunately for the rest of us—there is always luck. Golombek and Clarke have the next best chance. Golombek usually plays well in the championship—he has won three times since the war and is deadly against the weaker players—and Clarke is perhaps the hardest man to beat in the tournament. Golombek has, however, a very bad recent record in individual games with Penrose (four losses in succession) and Clarke draws too many games for a tournament winner. Next I would rate Barden, Haygarth and myself. Barden, like Golombek, usually does well in the championship but I feel some doubts as to his ability to retain the lead if he gets it: he is apt to be unduly nervous in such situations. Haygarth is a vigorous, aggressive player with an excellent temperament and might win: my doubts are whether the quality of his play is quite good enough to score sufficiently heavily against the other strong players. My own play is perhaps a little better than in the last year or two but I do not usually do well in the championship and may be overrating my chances in putting them equal to Barden’s and Haygarth’s. In a strong entry, I do not think anyone else quite good enough to have much chance of winning—but, as I have found in the past, it is very easy to be wrong. Final forecast: 1, Penrose; 2, Golombek and Clarke; 4, Haygarth and Barden."

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[Sunday Times, 4 September 1960 - by C. H. O'D. Alexander] "From the point of view of the prospects of British chess there were several good features in this year’s championship. First, there was the victory of Penrose for the third year running, a more decisive win than either of his others, firmly establishing him as the best player in the country. Not since the days of Atkins fifty years ago has anyone won three times in succession and Penrose, still only twenty-six, has clearly not yet reached his full strength. It is an excellent thing for chess in England to have an unquestioned champion for the rest of us to try to unseat: it will be better still if, as is quite possible, Penrose can make a further improvement to reach grandmaster strength. Secondly, there was the general success of the recognised leading players. Haygarth shared second-place with me, and Barden, Clarke and Golombek were fourth equal, with K. W. Lloyd the only "outsider” to get into the prize list. We now have four players in the age range 25 to 31: Haygarth (25), Clarke (26), Penrose (26) and Barden (31) to form a nucleus of our team for many years to come. Finally there were signs of further good young players coming along. K. W. Lloyd (24) did very well indeed: he played all six of the other leaders, winning two, losing two and drawing two, and showed imagination and determination in his play. Payne (23) also played well: he must however show more courage in his play if he is to develop his potential ability fully. Hollis (20) may be potentially the best of the three: he is an imaginative player with a good temperament, but needs more practice against players stronger than himself. These were the good features of the 1960 championship—I will deal with the bad one next Sunday."

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[Sunday Times, 11 September 1960 - by C. H. O'D. Alexander] "Last Sunday I discussed the encouraging aspects of this year’s championships and left till this Sunday the one really bad feature—the continued tendency to quick draws, often without any real struggle, between the leading players. Penrose, Haygarth, Clarke, Barden, Golombek and myself in our fourteen games had no fewer than eleven draws: some were hard-fought, but in a number of cases there was a great deal more play left when a draw was agreed. Further there were signs of this disease spreading and, among the younger players, of some draws being agreed without a fight. One reason is that the leading players are all on friendly terms; playing to win against strong players is very hard work, and absence of strong feelings of personal rivalry removes one of the incentives to undertaking it. A second reason is that none of the leading players, among the middle and younger generation, has a highly developed killer-instinct. But to my mind the most important reason is the Swiss system, under which, with thirty to thirty-six players competing in the championship, the leading players can always hope for a number of easier games; this greatly increases the temptation to be quite satisfied to draw with one’s leading rivals and reserve one's real efforts for others. I mentioned above that the six leading competitors scored eleven draws in their fourteen games among themselves; against K. W. Lloyd, who shared fourth place, they scored 2 wins, 2 losses and 2 draws (a fine performance by Lloyd) and against the rest 24 wins, 1 loss and 7 draws—figures that speak for themselves."

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Date	Notes
29 April 2018	Uploaded for the first time.
04 March 2020	Updated to give full name of Marshall William J Thompson, who finished in last place in the British Championship. Biographical note - born 1935, died 1989, both in Southampton, he was nine times Hampshire champion.
12 May 2020	Added a game from the First-Class, Geoffrey Chesters vs CJ Arthur. Thanks to Brian Denman.
9 June 2021	Added full name of John Hubert Watts (6 June 1934 - 25 March 2018). Obit at English Chess Forum.
9 June 2021	Seven more complete Championship games (replacing one part-game) with the addition of all the games played by Dr JM Aitken in this event. Thanks to Geoff Chandler for all his assiduous input work.
23 November 2022	Added one game from the Major Open: P.Collier 0-1 P.Moore (rd 8). My thanks to Gerard Killoran for supplying the score. I've also added a crosstable for the Major Open.
25 April 2023	Added one game from the Championship: G.Abrahams 0-1 M.Haygarth, rd 6. Source for the game was a press cutting posted on the English Chess Forum by Ingrid Ives for which many thanks.
8 May 2023	Added the game L.Barden 1-0 P.Bennett, found on the StarBase 4.56 database.
16 December 2023	Added the game O.Hindle ½-½ A.Thomas (Championship, rd 1).
4 February 2024	A major update: after previously having just 45 games plus 8 part-games from the Championship, we now have the scores of all 198 Championship games, thanks to Eric Fisher's booklet and Andy Ansel kindly entering the scores. There are now 17 games and 2 part-games from other sections with the addition of Ian Reynolds's 12 games from Under 18 Championship and some other scores.
12 December 2024	Added the game V Knox 1-0 K McAlpine, British U15, rd 3.