1963 Northern Open, Whitby, 29 July - 9 August (Whitby Grammar School)

1963 Northern Open Whitby		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total	S.O.S.
1	Baruch H Wood	Sutton Coldfield	w28+	b23+	w4=	b20+	w5+	b12+	b11=	w7=	b3+	w2=	b8=	8½	71.50
2	Harry Golombek	Chalfont St Giles	b44+	w6-	b9=	w39+	b16=	w30+	w12=	b5+	w13+	b1=	w4+	8	66.00
3	James E Scholes	Sheffield	w30=	b8+	w20-	b21+	w31+	b6+	w5=	b4+	w1-	b11+	b9=	7½	70.50
4	Kees Nederkoorn	Netherlands	b40+	w12+	b1=	w26=	b11-	w20+	b6+	w3-	b5+	w8+	b2-	7	71.50
5	William Ritson Morry	Moseley	b37+	w39+	b7+	w6+	b1-	w11=	b3=	w2-	w4-	b22+	w13+	7	71.00
6	Peter W Hempson	Spennymoor	w34+	b2+	w35+	b5-	b25+	w3-	w4-	b21=	w16+	b13=	w15+	7	67.50
7	Christopher B Wood	Sutton Coldfield	w31+	b22=	w5-	b34+	w13=	b15+	w25+	b1=	w8-	b14=	w20+	7	66.50
8	Dick van Enk	Netherlands	b11=	w3-	b44=	w42+	b24+	w10=	b22+	w12+	b7+	b4-	w1=	7	66.00
9	Ronald Thomas	York	w21=	b42=	w2=	b28=	w32=	b31+	w14=	b23=	w17+	b20+	w3=	7	62.00
10	Philip J Meade	Cheltenham	w14=	b24-	w29=	b43+	w28+	b8=	w13-	b26+	w21+	b15=	w11+	7	60.50
11	Michael J Basman	Esher	w8=	b26=	w23+	b14+	w4+	b5=	w1=	b13=	w15=	w3-	b10-	6	73.00
12	David E Lloyd	London	w29+	b4-	w15+	b24+	w17+	w1-	b2=	b8-	w14=	b25=	w16=	6	70.50
13	Gerard Cornelis van Perlo	Netherlands	b36-	w19+	b42+	w22=	b7=	w16+	b10+	w11=	b2-	w6=	b5-	6	67.50
14	James R Nicolson	Manchester	b10=	w18+	b25=	w11-	b29+	w21=	b9=	w20=	b12=	w7=	b17=	6	66.50
15	Keith M Oliff	Basildon	b39-	w27+	b12-	w19+	b35+	w7-	b32+	w25+	b11=	w10=	b6-	6	63.00
16	Dr. Reinhard Cherubim	West Germany	w20=	b30=	w31=	b44+	w2=	b13-	w17=	b36+	b6-	w29+	b12=	6	60.50
17	David Lees	York	b25=	w41+	b26=	w30=	b12-	w32=	b16=	w29+	b9-	b35+	w14=	6	58.50
18	John M Ripley	Liverpool	w24=	b14-	w21-	w27+	b23=	w35+	b20-	b33+	w22-	w34+	b30+	6	57.50
19	James P Simpson	Seaham	w35-	b13-	w40+	b15-	w43+	w24-	b38+	b31+	w30=	b21=	w25+	6	53.50
20	D Michael Denison	Wakefield	b16=	w32+	b3+	w1-	b30=	b4-	w18+	b14=	w23+	w9-	b7-	5½	70.00
21	Dr. Werner Alles	West Germany	b9=	w37-	b18+	w3-	b39+	b14=	w28+	w6=	b10-	w19=	b23=	5½	65.50
22	George W Wheeler	Plymouth	b27+	w7=	w24=	b13=	w26+	b25-	w8-	b30=	b18+	w5-	b31=	5½	65.00
23	F Norman Stephenson	Middlesbrough	b33+	w1-	b11-	w36+	w18=	b26=	b24+	w9=	b20-	b30=	w21=	5½	63.50
24	Victor John A Russ	Harrogate	b18=	w10+	b22=	w12-	w8-	b19+	w23-	b34+	b25-	w37+	b26=	5½	63.00
25	Charles Ambrose Scott Damant	Hastings	w17=	b43+	w14=	b35+	w6-	w22+	b7-	b15-	w24+	w12=	b19-	5½	62.50
26	W Arthur Winser	Hastings	b38+	w11=	w17=	b4=	b22-	w23=	b30=	w10-	b37=	w33+	w24=	5½	60.50
27	M Jackson	Bentley	w22-	b15-	w32=	b18-	b40-	w44=	b41=	w39+	w42+	b43+	w35+	5½	46.50
28	Michael Leslie Baumber	Didsbury	b1-	w40+	b37=	w9=	b10-	w38+	b21-	b32+	w35-	w31=	b29=	5
29	Peter R Hindley	Esher	b12-	w44=	b10=	w38+	w14-	b34+	w31=	b17-	w36+	b16-	w28=	5
30	Hugh Douglas Holmes	Glasgow	b3=	w16=	b36+	b17=	w20=	b2-	w26=	w22=	b19=	w23=	w18-	5
31	Robert P Ross	Hull	b7-	w38+	b16=	w37+	b3-	w9-	b29=	w19-	w32+	b28=	w22=	5
32	George S Botterill	Shipley	w43=	b20-	b27=	w41+	b9=	b17=	w15-	w28-	b31-	w36+	b34=	4½
33	Michael E Davis	Solihull	w23-	b34-	b38-	w40+	b41=	w39+	b35=	w18-	w43+	b26-	w37=	4½
34	P Guillaume	France	b6-	w33+	b39=	w7-	b37=	w29-	b43+	w24-	w40+	b18-	w32=	4½
35	Sijbolt Jan Noorda	Netherlands	b19+	w36+	b6-	w25-	w15-	b18-	w33=	b42+	b28+	w17-	b27-	4½
36	(Patricia) Anne Sunnucks	London	w13+	b35-	w30-	b23-	b42=	w41+	b37+	w16-	b29-	b32-	w40+	4½
37	A Cockcroft	Lincoln	w5-	b21+	w28=	b31-	w34=	b42=	w36-	b41+	w26=	b24-	b33=	4½
38	Michael P Littlewood	Sheffield	w26-	b31-	w33+	b29-	w44+	b28-	w19-	b40-	w41=	b39=	w43+	4
39	B E Thomas	London	w15+	b5-	w34=	b2-	w21-	b33-	w42=	b27-	b44=	w38=	b41+	4
40	John G Collins	Harrow Weald	w4-	b28-	b19-	b33-	w27+	w43-	b44=	w38+	b34-	w42+	b36-	3½
41	L R Fraser	King's Heath	w42=	b17-	w43=	b32-	w33=	b36-	w27=	w37-	b38=	b44+	w39-	3½
42	B Whitehouse	Oldbury	b41=	w9=	w13-	b8-	w36=	w37=	b39=	w35-	b27-	b40-	w44+	3½
43	R Horner	Stockton	b32=	w25-	b41=	w10-	b19-	b40+	w34-	w44+	b33-	w27-	b38-	3
44	Paul Eric Olaf Durrant	New Malden	w2-	b29=	w8=	w16-	b38-	b27=	w40=	b43-	w39=	w41-	b42-	2½

Results gleaned from daily reports in the Times and rankings table from CHESS, September 1963, Vol.28/441-2, p383. The CHESS and Times results differ in one respect: the Times has the result of the final round game Guillaume-Botterill as 1-0 and their points tally as 5 and 4 respectively whereas CHESS has their points tallies as shown above, both 4½, suggesting that the game ended in a draw. BCM, November 1963, p328, published a correction to the list of results given in the September issue (p271), confirming that Botterill did score 4½.

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CHESS, September 1963, Vol.28/441-2, p382 (report by B H Wood)

Whitby’s congress has been built up since the departure of our Chess Festival to Eastbourne, by Dr. Akeroyd (not to mention his son Michael) to bigger heights than ever. The 140 or so entries, including Bank Holiday week-end events, compared well with the biggest Festival there. Moreover, the British Chess Federation, tired of seeking a new venue every year and suffering late delays and cancellations, may settle in Whitby for two or three years; next year’s B.C.F. congress will be at Whitby, not in any of the actual premises used hitherto but in a newly built school about five minutes’ walk from the Grammar School.

Everything went very smoothly this year, on a pattern curiously reminiscent of our Festivals, to which Dr. Akeroyd is generous in acknowledging his debt. Your editor [BH Wood] piled up such a lead in the first week, with a score of 5½ out of 6, that he was able to coast languidly into first place with one win and four draws the second. Not so very languidly against Basman who caught him in the opening and won a rook. [See Mike Basman's confession to cheating during this game at the Kingpin website] Harry Golombek started poorly, no doubt worried about his mother’s illness: as her health improved, so did his play. The full table of the Northern Open appears opposite: our sincere apologies go to P. J. Meade for omitting him from the list of prizewinners which we rushed, at the last minute into our last issue. F. N. Stephenson kindly draws our attention to the feat of Ronald Thomas who, in the first chess he has played for three years, went through undefeated and proceeded to take first place in the Major Open at Bath.

J L Seppings did well to tie with M J Haygarth in the top Bank Holiday tournament. Lady Normanby presented the prizes.

Premier and Major First Week: (1) Otto H Hardy (Loughborough) 4½; (2-4) Kenneth P Neat (Sunderland), Douglas Eric Arnold Riley (Luton), Roy Alan Wagstaff (London) 3½; (5-7) Charles P Fisher (Rugby), Brian A Heath (Newport), Nico F Vromans (Holland) 3; (8-11) (Thomas) Alec Blacker (York), Robert Love Lamming (Isle of Man), David A Smith (Leeds), G Wood (Coventry) 2½; (12) F Cole (Manchester) 2; (13) J M Ellis (Pickering) 1½; (14-15) Rev. Henry Middleton Blackett (Nottingham), R Suthers 1; (16) J M Corton (St. Leonards) - Roy Alan Wagstaff won the first prize for a Major entrant.

Major Fortnight: (1) S Crookes (Sheffield); (2-3) A van Maanen (Holland), Alan Edgar Nield (St. Leonards)

Major Second Week: (1-3) Jovan M Djukanovich (Leeds), Petras Monciunskas (Bradford)

First Class Fortnight: (1) Dr. E A Dyksman (Holland); (2) D Hartshorne (Scarborough)

First Class First Week: (1) E Hamilton (Middlesbrough)

First Class Second Week: (1) K Dunmore (South Shields); (2) Kenneth Henry Appleby (Leeds); (3-4) R N Harrison (Leyburn), W A Mason (Stockton)

Northern Junior Open Tournament: (1) Dick van Enk (Holland); (2-3) Michael J Basman (Esher), James P Simpson (Seaham).

Junior Fortnight: (1-2) S Scott (Bradford), John Tolan (Bradford)

Junior Second Week: (1) R Laing (Wakefield); (2) G Moffoot (Stockton)

Whitby Speciality First Week: (1-2) Michael J Basman (Esher), (William) Arthur Winser (Hastings) 4; (3) P Guillaume (France) 3½, etc.

Bank Holiday Tournament: (1-2) John L Seppings (York), Michael J Haygarth (Leeds) 4½; (3-5) R J Nash (Bath), Dr. Hans Peter Rickman (Whitby), S(tanley?) Crookes (Sheffield) 3, etc.

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File Updated

Date	Notes
24 August 2024	Original upload with 18 games from the Open, plus two from other events.
31 August 2024	Added the game R.Cherubim ½-½ H.Golombek (rd 5). Many thanks to Ulrich Tamm.