1970 Northern Open, Whitby, 27 July - 7 August

1970 Northern Open Whitby		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total	S.O.S.
1	Max L Fuller	Australia	b71+	w39+	b16+	w3=	b9=	w6+	b2=	w8=	b33+	w11+	b5+	9	72
2	Gerald H Bennett	Bournemouth	w17+	b5-	w25+	b37+	w19=	b28+	w1=	b4+	w8=	w9+	b3+	8½	77
3	Leslie S Tate	Morpeth	w58+	b4+	w10+	b1=	w33-	b5=	w16+	b32+	w6+	b8+	w2-	8	77½
4	Brian R Eley	Rotherham	b27+	w3-	b62+	w15+	b20+	b33-	w10+	w2-	b28+	w21+	b8+	8	71½
5	Jeff Horner	Bolton	b50+	w2+	b9-	w54+	b34=	w3=	b20+	b33=	w27+	b7+	w1-	7½	73½
6	Ludwig Rellstab	West Germany	b45+	w41+	b15+	b44+	w8=	b1-	w27+	w9=	b3-	w34+	b11=	7½	71½
7	Ronald Thomas	Middlesbrough	w37=	b23=	w11=	b56+	w48=	b25+	b34=	w15+	b9+	w5-	b18+	7½	67½
8	Baruch H Wood	Sutton Coldfield	w12+	b26+	b30+	w20+	b6=	w9=	w33+	b1=	b2=	w3-	w4-	7	79
9	Louis de Veauce	Pirbright	w42+	b22=	w5+	b28+	w1=	b8=	w24+	b6=	w7-	b2-	w33+	7	76
10	(Derek) George Ellison	Poulton le Fylde	b54+	w62+	b3-	w39+	b27=	w34=	b4-	w20=	b24+	w33=	b32+	7	66
11	Ross Stoutenborough	USA	b41-	w60+	b7=	w57+	b24-	w65+	w40+	b31+	w17+	b1-	w6=	7	65½
12	Harry Lamb	Bolton	b8-	w18=	b50=	w46+	b39+	w15-	w23+	b22=	w16=	b40+	b34+	7	65½
13	Guy Rouverol	France	w36+	w20-	b31+	b33-	w43+	b37=	w19-	b61=	w23+	b48+	b27+	7	61½
14	Adrian Picton R Lewis	Brighton	bye+	w29+	b20-	w34-	b15-	w39+	b54+	b37=	w48=	w28+	b30+	7	57
15	Brian A Jones	Sheffield	w52+	b49+	w6-	b4-	w14+	b12+	w17=	b7-	w31+	b27-	w35+	6½	71
16	David Lees	Sale	w51+	b35+	w1-	b23=	w44+	w22=	b3-	w21=	b12=	b37+	w17=	6½	69½
17	John F Turnock	Newcastle-upon-Tyne	b2-	w50=	b18=	w45+	w36+	b35+	b15=	w55+	b11-	w32=	b16=	6½	66½
18	Wolfgang Riedel	West Germany	w40-	b12=	w17=	b31=	w63=	b53+	w36+	b48=	w42+	b29+	w7-	6½	63
19	Kevin J Wicker	London	b47=	w66+	b21=	w65+	b2=	w27-	b13+	w28=	b34-	w20=	b38+	6½	63
20	Dr. Reinhard Cherubim	West Germany	w61+	b13+	w14+	b8-	w4-	b23+	w5-	b10=	w40=	b19=	w37=	6
21	Mike J Conroy	Burnley	w63+	b44=	w19=	b48=	w35-	b45+	w37=	b16=	w22+	b4-	w31=	6
22	Terence D Crawford	Cardiff	b34+	w9=	w44-	b66+	w42+	b16=	b32-	w12=	b21-	w55+	w29=	6
23	Brian H Hare	Brighton	b57=	w7=	b41+	w16=	b32=	w20-	b12-	w68+	b13-	w61+	b46+	6
24	Heinrich Jühe	West Germany	w33=	b67+	w28-	b50+	w11+	b55+	b9-	w29-	w10-	b42=	w44+	6
25	J Kindler	West Germany	b55=	w38=	b2-	w62+	b54+	w7-	b29-	w39=	b46=	w49+	b41+	6
26	Johannes Cornelius Kuiken	Chipstead	b60+	w8-	b54-	w59+	b49=	w38+	w31-	b42-	w44=	b51+	w48+	6
27	M T O'Connell	Maylandsea	w4-	b52+	b47+	w29+	w10=	b19+	b6-	w34=	b5-	w15+	w13-	6
28	John M Ripley	Liverpool	b59+	w32=	b24+	w9-	b30+	w2-	w35+	b19=	w4-	b14-	w42+	6
29	Svend Ove van Seelen	Denmark	w70+	b14-	w58+	b27-	w37-	b50+	w25+	b24+	w32=	w18-	b22=	6
30	Raymond J Starkie	Burnley	w48+	b40+	w8-	b35=	w28-	b44+	w55-	b65+	w37=	b36+	w14-	6
31	W J A Vellekoop	Netherlands	b32-	b51+	w13-	w18=	b57+	w42+	b26+	w11-	b15-	w39+	b21=	6
32	John N Walker	Oxford	w31+	b28=	w33=	b40=	w23=	b48+	w22+	w3-	b29=	b17=	w10-	6
33	Timothy S Wickens	Guildford	b24=	w47+	b32=	w13+	b3+	w4+	b8-	w5=	w1-	b10=	b9-	6
34	Thomas H Wise	Middlesbrough	w22-	b61+	w63+	b14+	w5=	b10=	w7=	b27=	w19+	b6-	w12-	6
35	F Bleker	Netherlands	b69+	w16-	b38+	w30=	b21+	w17-	b28-	b40-	w61+	w47+	b15-	5½
36	John G Cockcroft	Leeds	b13-	w42-	b69+	w68+	b17-	w60+	b18-	w57+	b55+	w30-	b40=	5½
37	S N Jones	Prestwick	b7=	w65+	b55=	w2-	b29+	w13=	b21=	w14=	b30=	w16-	b20=	5½
38	Krautschneider	West Germany	w64=	b25=	w35-	b63=	w61+	b26-	w44=	b54=	b60+	w50+	w19-	5½
39	Wolfgang Schellhorn	West Germany	w68+	b1-	w43+	b10-	w12-	b14-	w63+	b25=	w58+	b31-	b55+	5½
40	Eileen Betsy Tranmer	London	b18+	w30-	b59+	w32=	b55-	w49+	b11-	w35+	b20=	w12-	w36=	5½
41	Derek J Banks	Bury	w11+	b6-	w23-	b43-	w46=	b61-	w67+	b63+	w45=	b52+	w25-	5
42	Roger D de Coverly	Bourne End	b9-	b36+	45+d	w55=	b22-	b31-	w64+	w26+	b18-	w24=	b28-	5
43	Rogier van Egmond	Netherlands	b66=	w57=	b39-	w41+	b13-	w54-	b47=	w46-	b71+	w60+	b53=	5
44	Michel Faber	France	b46+	w21=	b27+	w6-	b16-	w30-	b38=	w60=	b26=	w45+	b24-	5
45	Ed H Goodwin	Hull	w6-	bye+	42-d	b17-	w56+	w21-	b52+	w58=	b41=	b44-	w64+	5
46	Gerald P Hildred	Hessle	w44-	b56-	w51+	b12-	b41=	w47=	w53=	b43+	w25=	b64+	w23-	5
47	Eirikur Karlsson	Iceland	w19=	b33-	w27-	b67=	w64=	b46=	w43=	b53+	w65+	b35-	b50=	5
48	Philip J Meade	Cheltenham	b30-	b68+	w49+	w21=	b7=	w32-	b58+	w18=	b14=	w13-	b26-	5
49	R de Milliano	Netherlands	w56+	w15-	b48-	b58+	w26=	b40-	w65-	b64=	w66+	b25-	w63+	5
50	Mitko E Mitev	Sidcup	w5-	b17=	w12=	w24-	b71+	w29-	b57=	b56+	w54+	b38-	w47=	5
51	Philip D Porter	Marlow	b16-	w31-	b46-	bye+	b52=	w57=	b60-	w71+	b62+	w26-	b54+	5
52	E Schoone	Netherlands	b15-	w27-	w53=	b64=	w51=	b56=	w45-	b70+	b68+	w41-	b61+	5
53	Dirk Sikkel	Netherlands	b62-	w54-	b52=	w71+	b60=	w18-	b46=	w47-	b67+	b58+	w43=	5
54	Alan P Ashby	Manchester	w10-	b53+	w26+	b5-	w25-	b43+	w14-	w38=	b50-	b65+	w51-	4½
55	Robert G W Elwell	London	w25=	b64+	w37=	b42=	w40+	w24-	b30+	b17-	w36-	b22-	w39-	4½
56	Conrad J Jowett	Bolton	b49-	w46+	b57=	w7-	b45-	w52=	b68-	w50-	bye+	b66=	w69+	4½
57	Colin F Moore	Palmers Green	w23=	b43=	w56=	b11-	w31-	b51=	w50=	b36-	w63=	b62=	w66+	4½
58	G Tetteroo	Netherlands	b3-	w71+	b29-	w49-	b62+	w68+	w48-	b45=	b39-	w53-	b70+	4½
59	David Wise	Middlesbrough	w28-	b70+	w40-	b26-	w67+	b63=	w61-	b66=	w64-	b69+	w62=	4½
60	B van Dyken	Netherlands	w26-	b11-	w61=	b70+	w53=	b36-	w51+	b44=	w38-	b43-	w65=	4
61	J McCarthy	Oxford	b20-	w34-	b60=	w69+	b38-	w41+	b59+	w13=	b35-	b23-	w52-	4
62	Roger D W Marsh	Marlow	w53+	b10-	w4-	b25-	w58-	b67=	w70=	b69+	w51-	w57=	b59=	4
63	K Morrison	Huthwaite	b21-	w69+	b63-	w38=	b18=	w59=	b39-	w41-	b57=	w68+	b49-	4
64	Melvin N Sutton	Potters Bar	b38=	w55-	b65-	w52=	b47=	w66+	b42-	w49=	b59+	w46-	b45-	4
65	F Turner	Morecambe	w67=	b37-	w64+	b19-	w66+	b11-	b49+	w30-	b47-	w54-	b60=	4
66	Charles Hatch	Southport	w43=	b19-	w67+	w22-	b65-	b64-	w69+	w59=	b49-	w56=	b57-	3½
67	David Charles Randall	Kirby-in-Ashfield	b65=	w24-	b66-	w47=	b59-	w62=	b41-	bye+	w53-	w70=	b68=	3½
68	Peter Roger Vivian	Norwich	b39-	w48-	bye+	b36-	w70+	b58-	w56+	b23-	w52-	b63-	w67=	3½
69	G Jackson	Whitby	w35-	b63-	w36-	b61-	bye+	w71+	b66-	w62-	b70+	w59-	b56-	3
70	A Hathway	York	b29-	w59-	b71=	w60-	b68-	bye+	b62=	w52-	w69-	b67=	w58-	2½
71	J D Hair	Whitley Bay	w1-	b58-	w70=	b53-	w50-	b69-	bye+	b51-	w43-	withdrew		1½/9

Scores in Other Tournaments

Premier Fortnight: B. Marshall 9 (out of 12); J. Ferrar 8; G. Wolf 7; Alfred Milner 6; P. B. Scott 5½; G. Harrison 3½; Alex Schofield 3; G. Cummingham (US) retired ill after three rounds and his score was cancelled.

Premier (First Week): P. R. Kemp, Th. Skulason (I) 4; G. Homer 3½; A. K. Swift, L. J. Wheatley 3; T. Fawell, G. I. Ladds, P. Rawcliffe, F. Trethewey 2½; B. H. Coop, Rev. Harcus, R. A. E. Shaw 2; P. D. Hare 1½; W. M. Dixon 0.

Premier (Second Week): O. Hardy 4½; A. K. Swift 4; B. Turner, N. Wilson 3½; Mrs. Rowena Bruce, Peter Cloudsdale, John A Dodgson, D. I. Faulkner, A. Frank, John Nicholas Sheldrick 3; P. L. Condie, G. Courouble, A. R. Holdsworth 2½; G. Glover, S. R. Gough, C. E. Jones, P. Lyons, R. J. Nash, L. J. Wheatley 2; C. Cheetham, G. H. Phillips ½.

First Class (First Week): Stephen R Boniface, E. Chambers 4½; N. Jacobs, B. R. Myers, C. M. Oliver, A. C. Pearson 3½; A. Mercer, W. G. Oliver, J. N. Spencer 3; T. E. Smith, A. W. B. Taylor, G. Wood 2½; Mrs. E. Cunningham (US), S. P. Lucas, R. J. McDonald, H. J. Panman (H); Miss E. Whyte 2; Mrs. P. Jackson, A. Metcalfe 1½; P. R. Hughes, Miss A. Livesey 1; J. G. Wright ½.

First Class (Second Week)
Sect. A: S. J. Everson, N. Jacobs 4½; K. H. Appleby 4; A. Barton 3; A. Metcalfe, A. J. Spencer 2½; C. Hanson, Mrs. P. Jackson 2; Mrs. E. Cunningham, S. P. Lucas 1.
Sect. B: S. Boniface, G. Riding 4; C. M. Oliver 3½; W. G. Oliver, D. A. Smith 3; D. H. Spencer, J. N. Spencer, A. W. Taylor 2½; H. J. Panman, T. F. Sayer 2; Miss A. Livesey, R. J. McDonald 1½; Miss E. Whyte 1; J. G. Wright 0.

Junior (First Week): M. Dear 4½; C. Barry, P. F. Rivett 3½; C. L. Proctor 3; M. G. Tordoff 2½; G. Cooper (US), G. N. Galloway 2.

Junior (Second Week): C. Barry 4; J. Hart, I. W. Osborn 3½; I. W. Smith, M. Spratt, L. A. Tatar 3; M. Dear, I. Jackson, S. Whitehead 2½; M. Berrisford 1½; M. G. Tordoff 1.

Whitby Speciality (First Week): D. Sikkel, R. Stoutenborough 4½; R. de Coverly, A. K. Swift, F. Trethewey 4; A. Hathway 3½; J. Kindler, C. F. Moore, W. Schellhorn, M. N. Sutton, K. Wicker 3; T. Crawford, M. Faber, C. P. Hildred, K. Morrison, D. C. Randall, W. Villekoop 2½; S. Boniface, R. G. Elwell, S. P. Lucas, A. W. Taylor, G. Wood 2; P. R. Rawcliffe 1½; G. N. Galloway, J. D. Hair, P. R. Hughes, Miss E. Whyte 1; G. Cooper 0.

Whitby Speciality (Second Week): F. M. Akeroyd 4½; W. Riedel, G. Rouverol, W. Schellhorn 4; D. Faulkner 3½; Derek J Banks, Roger D de Coverly, M. Faber, N. Jacobs, C. F. Moore 3; J. Hart, J. N. Sheldrick, A. W. Raylor 2½; C. Cheetham, T. Crawford, A. Frank, S. P. Lucas, K. Martin 2: G. Courouble 1½; K. Appleby, J. D. Hair, N. Jacobs, Miss E. Whyte, G. Wood 1.

(Letters after names indicate: A— Australia; D—Denmark; F—France; G—West Germany; H—Holland; I—Iceland; US—United States.)

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BCM, September 1970, ppn 258-259

The Whitby Congress by W. Ritson Morry

The Whitby Congress, so ably organized by that universally popular local figure Dr. F. B. Akeroyd, broke new records this year. Entries for all sections totalled 230 and no less than 71 of these were for the Northern Open and Junior Championships. Both figures were unprecedented and, considering that they are for an event sandwiched between Southport and the British Championships, they eloquently speak for themselves.

The sun shone on a happy gathering from start to finish in a manner reminiscent of my first congress at nearby Scarborough 40 years ago, and the competitors responded so well to the discipline, which a controller must enforce to ensure smooth working, that one competitor made a donation to the congress funds specifically because the young players had behaved so well. I take this chance to add my own thanks to all of them for making the task of running this event so much easier than it might have been, and to young Michael Barraclough who, despite being a non-chessplayer, learned the work of recording results so speedily that we were able to give a score-board service unrivalled at most events and of exceptional accuracy. It was a striking illustration of the fact that it is not the number of helpers which matters, but their quality and ability to work in complete harmony. Throughout the fortnight there was never a harsh word spoken between the officials. Dr. Akeroyd soothed the contestants and helped in so many other ways, during his periods of "rest" from healing the sick, that one marvelled at his diligence and tact.

The Northern Open Championship included, among its 71 contenders, 21 overseas players from Holland (8), West Germany (7), France (2), Australia, U.S.A., Denmark and Iceland and 16 contenders for the Junior title, the eventual winner of which, R. Stoutenborough, is a U.S. National Master.

The early stages of the sorting process of the Swiss System were helped by the fairly low number of draws, and when Round 4 started only 5 players had clean scores, namely, Dr. Cherubim, Fuller, Rellstab, Tate and Wood. Wins for Wood against Cherubim and for Rellstab against Faber, whilst Fuller and Tate were drawing, reduced the number to two, but there was no change in Round 5, for Rellstab and Wood drew in 16 moves, whilst de Veauce and Fuller did likewise in 31. Only Tate slipped back following his loss to Wickens.

Round 6 saw the end of the first week and the lead still in dispute, for Wood was held to a draw by de Veauce whereas Fuller beat Rellstab and Wickens beat Eley. This left Fuller, Wickens and Wood with 5(6), followed by Bennett, Juhe, O’Connell, Rellstab and de Veauce with 4½. It seemed likely that the experience of Fuller and Wood might be the deciding factor in the contest.

Nevertheless, the second week opened excitingly as Wood ran very close to defeat at the hands of Wickens, who threw away his golden chance in acute time trouble. The strong young Bournemouth player G. H. Bennett held Fuller to a draw. Although Wood now had the sole lead, those who were after his blood must have taken heart from this sign that the last few exacting rounds might find him vulnerable.

In Round 8 the games Fuller (5½) v. Wood (6); and Rellstab (5½) v. de Veauce (5½) were both drawn, but Bennett and Rate won, joining Fuller, Rellstab and de Veauce in second place with 6.

Tate and Fuller overhauled Wood in Round 9 for Bennett held him to a draw whilst they beat Rellstab and de Veauce respectively. There were again three leaders with four ambitious rivals, Bennett, Horner, Thomas and Tate breathing down their necks. At this stage Wood’s luck completely deserted him and Round 10 brought his first defeat at the hands of Tate, who exploited inaccurate play in a difficult opening variation to effect one of the drastic combinative finishes in which he revels. It is hard luck to find that one defeat in 10 games has taken away all hope of first prize, but the last round pairings Tate (8) v. Bennett (7½) and Horner (7½) v. Fuller (8) showed that this must be so since two players must have higher scores than 8, which was now Wood’s ceiling.

Last round nerves inevitably played a vital role and whilst Fuller coolly punished his opponent’s errors, Tate faltered in a good position and allowed Bennett a counter chance which was promptly and gratefully accepted. In a desperate effort to win a high prize Wood again ran into trouble against Eley and thus only finished in a 7-player tie for eighth prize.

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