1972 British Chess Championship, Brighton, 14-25 August • 1971« »1973

1972 British Chess Championship		Fed	Elo	Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
1	Brian R Eley	ENG		Rotherham	w34+	b12+	w5=	b6=	w2=	b9+	b11=	w3=	b8+	w4=	w10+	8
2	Raymond D Keene	ENG	2435m	Cambridge	b14=	w26+	b15=	w16+	b1=	w10=	w5=	b6=	w7+	b3=	b11+	7½
3	Jonathan Penrose	ENG	2450m	London	b30=	w17=	w7+	b34=	w12+	b5+	w6+	b1=	b11=	w2=	b4=	7½
4	Michael F Stean	ENG	2275	Kew	w12-	b31+	w34=	b17=	w20=	b28+	w13=	b9+	w6+	b1=	w3=	7
5	A Jonathan Mestel	ENG		Manchester	w9+	b19+	b1=	w10+	b8=	w3-	b2=	w11-	w20+	b6=	w7=	6½
6	William R Hartston	ENG	2420	Cambridge	b18=	w14+	b11+	w1=	b26=	w8+	b3-	w2=	b4-	w5=	b16+	6½
7	Simon Webb	ENG		London	b26-	w28+	b3-	w14=	b21+	w23+	b16+	w8=	b2-	w12+	b5=	6½
8	Michael J Haygarth	ENG		Leeds	w23+	b22=	w27+	b20=	w5=	b6-	w12+	b7=	w1-	b25+	w13=	6½
9	Victor W Knox	ENG		Wallasey	b5-	w24+	b17=	w30+	b18+	w1-	b10=	w4-	w19+	b13=	w21+	6½
10	A Howard Williams	WLS	2390	Pontyclun	w21=	b33+	w22+	b5-	w13=	b2=	w9=	w26+	b17=	w11+	b1-	6½
11	John E Littlewood	ENG	2340	Skelmersdale	w32+	b13=	w6-	b22=	w27+	b20+	w1=	b5+	w3=	b10-	w2-	6
12	Alan G Trangmar	ENG		Cambridge	b4+	w1-	b23+	w26=	b3-	w18+	b8-	w15+	w13=	b7-	w27+	6
13	Peter H Clarke	ENG	2360	Holsworthy	b28+	w11=	b16=	w18=	b10=	w26=	b4=	w17=	b12=	w9=	b8=	6
14	Julian T Farrand	ENG		E Cheshire	w2=	b6-	w21=	b7=	w19=	b22+	w20=	b18=	w25-	b32+	w23+	6
15	Robert Bellin	ENG	2315	Gt Yarmouth	w20=	b32=	w2=	b27=	w17-	b31+	w19=	b12-	w22=	b30+	w25+	6
16	Craig W Pritchett	SCO	2340	Glasgow	w31+	b27=	w13=	b2-	w22+	b17=	w7-	b19=	w21=	b20+	w6-	5½
17	Alan H Perkins	ENG		Bingley	w33=	b3=	w9=	w4=	b15+	w16=	b26=	b13=	w10=	b23-	w19=	5½
18	Richard C Lemon	ENG		Surbiton	w6=	b21+	w20=	b13=	w9-	b12-	w27+	w14=	b26=	b19-	def+	5½
19	Anthony J Miles	ENG	2285	Birmingham	b24+	w5-	b26-	w29=	b14=	w25+	b15=	w16=	b9-	w18+	b17=	5½
20	Owen M Hindle	ENG		Norwich	b15=	w30+	b18=	w8=	b4=	w11-	b14=	w23+	b5-	w16-	b33+	5½
21	David Sherman	ENG		Waltham Forest	b10=	w18-	b14=	b31=	w7-	w29+	b30=	w24+	b16=	w26+	b9-	5½
22	Martyn J Corden	ENG	2275	Birmingham	b29+	w8=	b10-	w11=	b16-	w14-	b24-	w32+	b15=	b28+	w26+	5½
23	David Brine Pritchard	ENG		Hampstead	b8-	w25+	w12-	b28=	w34+	b7-	w32+	b20-	b29+	w17+	b14-	5½
24	Geoffrey H James	ENG		Brighton	w19-	b9-	w28-	b25-	w32+	b33+	w22+	b21-	w31+	b27=	w30+	5½
25	Michael John Basman	ENG	2385	Chertsey	w27-	b23-	w31-	w24+	b33+	b19-	w28+	w30+	b14+	w8-	b15-	5
26	Robert S McFarland	ENG		Coventry	w7+	b2-	w19+	b12=	w6=	b13=	w17=	b10-	w18=	b21-	b22-	4½
27	Jonathan S Speelman	ENG		Hampstead	b25+	w16=	b8-	w15=	b11-	w30=	b18-	w29=	b33+	w24=	b12-	4½
28	Andrew R B Thomas	ENG		Tiverton	w13-	b7-	b24+	w23=	b29=	w4-	b25-	w33+	b32=	w22-	bye+	4½
29	Raymond B Edwards	ENG		Harrogate	w22-	b34-	w32+	b19=	w28=	b21-	w31+	b27=	w23-	bye+	def-	4½
30	Stuart J Hutchings	WLS		Cardiff	w3=	b20-	w33+	b9-	w31=	b27=	w21=	b25-	bye+	w15-	b24-	4
31	John R Cooke	ENG		Ilford	b16-	w4-	b25+	w21=	b30=	w15-	b29-	bye+	b24-	w33+	w32-	4
32	Ronald F A Harman	ENG		Islington	b11-	w15=	b29-	w33=	b24-	bye+	b23-	b22-	w28=	w14-	b31+	3½
33	James Stuart Emsley	ENG		London	b17=	w10-	b30-	b32=	w25-	w24-	bye+	b28-	w27-	b31-	w20-	2
34	Peter N Lee	ENG	2390	Harrogate	b1-	w29+	b4=	w3=	b23-	withdrew ill						2 / 5

1972 British Ladies Chess Championship, Brighton • 1971« »1973

1972 British Ladies Championship		Fed	Elo	Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	Jana Hartston (» Bellin)	ENG	2210wm	Cambridge	&;	1	1	1	½	1	1	½	1	1	8
2	Rowena M Bruce (née Dew)	ENG	2020wm	Plymouth	0	&;	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	7½
3	(Patricia) Anne Sunnucks	ENG		Crowthorne	0	0	&;	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	6
4	Dinah M Wright (» Norman)	ENG	2065	Kenton	0	0	½	&;	1	1	1	1	½	1	6
5	Alison J Povall	ENG		Moreton	½	½	½	0	&;	0	1	1	½	½	4½
6	Christine Corden (née State)	ENG		Birmingham	0	0	0	0	1	&;	1	0	1	1	4
7	Nancy C Elder	SCO		Dundee	0	0	0	0	0	0	&;	1	1	1	3
8	Jean P M Rogers (née Craker)	ENG		London	½	0	0	0	0	1	0	&;	1	½	3
9	Olive Chataway (née Richards)	ENG		Harrow	0	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	&;	½	1½
10	Miss G Morgan	ENG		Stamford	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	&;	1½

1972 BCF Major Open

Rank	1972 BCF Major Open	Total
1	Nigel J Holloway (Cambridge)	9/11
2	David Parr (Newbury)	8½
3-4	Harry Lamb (Bolton), John N Sugden (Cambridge)	8
5-6	Gavin N Henderson (Manchester), Jeffrey R L Webb (Brighton)	7½
7-9	Otto H Hardy (Loughborough), Laurie W Prescott (London), Tom H Wise Middlesbrough)	7
10-20	Terry B Bennett (Watford), Peter M Collins (Southampton), George A Dickson (London), L Alan Edwards (Leicester), Raymond J Gamble (Derby), Tim D Harding (Weymouth), Vincent Homolka (London), Brian A Jones (Sheffield), Louis de Veauce (Manchester), James E Vickery (Sheffield), Roger Webb (Oxted)	6½
21-25	(Denis) Michael Denison (Wakefield), Keith L Escott (Hornchurch), David G MacDonald (Welwyn Garden City), Brian L McCague (Stevenage), Rory M R O'Kelly (Beckenham)	6
26-37	Percy B Cook (London), R E Evans (Chester), John Bertram Goodman (Plymouth), Peter A Harris (Maidenhead), D Lawrence (London; out of 9), J Lehmensick (West Germany), Alan N Morris (Leicester), Richard W O'Brien (London), Stephen Owen Reed (Lancing), John M Ripley (Liverpool), Douglas G A Shallcross (Brighton), David A Tidmarsh (Tonbridge)	5½
38-42	M Goll (Spilsby), Arthur Hall (Pinner), Alan E Hanreck (London), Roger Keely (Leeds), Graham Speed (London)	5
43-53	J R Crampton (Birmingham), Anthony R Cullinane (Portsmouth), Ian P Eustis (Swansea), P Grant (Lytham St Anne's), Roger Hardy (Street, Som., Dr. Gerald [Gerhard] Simon Katz (London), Barry J Marshall (Willenhall), Peter Morrey (Reading), James R Nicholson (Manchester), (Arthur) John Peters (Hayling Island), J Watson (Brighton)	4½
54	Paul F Habershon (Bedford)	4
55-56	Edwin George Lea (Peacehaven), Claud William Marshall (Gourock)	3½
57	M Katz (Worthing)	3
58-60	A Heath (London), M J Meakin (Northwich); B H Hughes (out of 6)	2½
61	M Ings (Waltham Cross; out of 10)	2

1972 British Under-21 Championship

1972 British Under-21 Chess Championship		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
1	John M Quinn	Stafford	33=	16+	2=	29+	7+	6+	14+	10+	4+	5+	11+	10
2	Nigel E Povah	London	39+	10=	1=	12=	34+	4=	9+	5=	14+	7+	19+	8½
3	David A LeMoir	London	w6=	b28+	w34=	b9=	w5=	b11=	w17=	b20+	w19=	b10=	w13+	7
4	John G Nicholson	London	40+	29+	32-	24=	16+	2=	12+	6=	1-	14+	5=	7
5	David Wise	Middlesbrough	10-	30=	40+	41+	b3=	21+	26+	2=	6+	1-	4=	7
6	Stephen Balmer	Edinburgh	b3=	21+	12+	14+	26+	1-	10=	4=	5-	19=	7=	6½
7	Tim G Congdon	Colchester	17+	18+	14=	10=	1-	9-	33+	34+	12+	2-	6=	6½
8	Clive D Gilliam	Croydon	32-	15-	39+	27+	31=	22+	19-	16=	36=	24+	26+	6½
9	Charles W Kennaugh	Greasby	23+	19+	26-	w3=	11=	7+	2-	12-	16=	21+	25+	6½
10	Gareth D Pearce	Abingdon	5+	2=	41+	7=	32=	24+	6=	1-	11=	w3=	12=	6½
11	Robin J Pearce	Redruth	12-	39+	22=	35+	9=	w3=	24=	30+	10=	26+	1-	6½
12	Kevin J Wicker	London	11+	27+	6-	2=	30=	32+	4-	9+	7-	15+	10=	6½
13	Gordon Campbell	London	31-	24-	23+	21-	36-	38+	41+	29+	30+	32+	b3-	6
14	Terry P D Chapman	London	38+	37+	7=	6-	19+	26+	1-	25+	2-	4-	18=	6
15	Jonathan Kinlay	Harlow	27-	8+	19-	20=	22-	41+	37+	24+	25=	12-	31+	6
16	Robin J G Kneebone	Truro	28=	1-	42+	b18+	4-	25-	22+	8=	9=	36+	17=	6
17	Chris C W Shephard	Birmingham	7-	40=	21=	37+	29+	30=	b3=	26=	24=	25=	16=	6
18	Geoffrey E Wolfarth	Gloucester	30+	7-	31=	w16-	20=	23+	21+	19=	26-	29+	14=	6
19	Michael J Yeo	Croydon	25+	9-	15+	34=	14-	35+	8+	18=	b3=	6=	2-	6
20	Andrew J D Baruch	Dundee	37-	42=	33=	15=	18=	28+	27+	w3-	21=	31=	30=	5½
21	James Burnett	Doncaster	35=	6-	17=	13+	33+	5-	18-	27+	20=	9-	36+	5½
22	Alan Keene	Carshalton	29-	38+	11=	30-	15+	8-	16-	31=	37+	39+	23=	5½
23	Stephen P Lafferty	(Kent?)	9-	36-	13-	42+	39=	18-	38+	28=	27+	34+	22=	5½
24	Malcolm J Lightfoot	Sunbury	34-	13+	36+	4=	25+	10-	11=	15-	17=	8-	33+	5½
25	Maurice J Staples	Bridgwater	19-	33+	37+	w31=	24-	16+	32+	14-	15=	17=	9-	5½
26	Hilary C Thomas	London	36+	35+	9+	32+	6-	14-	5-	17=	18+	11-	8-	5½
27	John E Dennis	London	15+	12-	29-	8-	40+	36+	20-	21-	23-	38+	42+	5
28	Peter R Kitson	Harlow	16=	w3-	30-	40=	37+	20-	36-	23=	38=	41+	39+	5
29	Andrew J Morley	Leicester	22+	4-	27+	1-	17-	33-	42+	13-	35+	18-	40+	5
30	David O Vaughan	Cwmbran	18-	5=	28+	22+	12=	17=	34=	11-	13-	33=	20=	5
31	Ian R Watson	Manchester	13+	32-	18=	b25=	8=	34-	35=	22=	33+	20=	15-	5
32	Chris J Wheatley	Crewe	8+	31+	4+	26-	10=	12-	25-	33-	34+	13-	35=	5
33	Tim Parkes	London	1=	25-	20=	36+	21-	29+	7-	32+	31-	30=	24-	4½
34	Roy H Ringham	London	24+	41=	b3=	19=	2-	31+	30=	7-	32-	23-	37=	4½
35	D Watson	Bournemouth	21=	26-	38+	11-	41+	19-	31=	36-	29-	42+	32=	4½
36	R Willey	Stockbridge	26-	23+	24-	33-	13+	27-	28+	35+	8=	16-	21-	4½
37	John N Harvey	Bournemouth	20+	14-	25-	17-	28-	39+	15-	42+	22-	40=	34=	4
38	Nicholas J Webber	Street, Som.	14-	22-	35-	39=	42+	13-	23-	40+	28=	27-	41=	3½
39	Anthony J Stenton	Maidenhead	2-	11-	8-	38=	23=	37-	40=	41+	42=	22-	28-	3
40	Gerald Battle-Welch	Rugby	4-	17=	5-	28=	27-	42-	39=	38-	41=	37=	29-	2½
41	Jan H Hasselt	Bracknell	42+	34=	10-	5-	35-	15-	13-	39-	40=	28-	38=	2½
42	Gary Wayne Trudeau	Polperro	41-	20=	16-	23-	38-	40+	29-	37-	39=	35-	27-	2

Above crosstable sourced from the BCF Yearbook 1972/73, ppn 62-63. It had some pairing number errors which I have endeavoured to eradicate.

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1972 British Boys Under-18 Championship: (1) Paul Littlewood (Skelmersdale) 9½/11; (2-3) David [Dafydd] R Johnston (North Ferriby), Paul Sheard (Manchester) 8; (4) Anthony C Dempsey (Widnes) 7½; (5-8) Chris M Cooley (Swindon), Lawrence J Glazier (Manchester), Alan W Potts (Cookham Dean), Alan A Smith (Manchester) 7; (9-11) John M Bennett (London), P A Connors (Harrogate), M C Kelly (Hartlepool) 6½; (12-19) Nicholas P Alexander (London), Peter M Broad (Carshalton), D Clark (Melton Mowbray), Thomas G Goldrick (Chadderton), Mark I Hassall (Leicester), R C Newman (Brighton), J Nicholson (Belfast), Peter J Sharp (Nottingham) 6; (20-29) Neill S Cooper (Maidenhead), Vaughan Wynne Griffiths (Northampton), Anthony L Hosking (Paignton), A D Lloyd (Birmingham), Malcolm R Major (Leicester), Chris J Marley (Abingdon), Antony Leo Natt (London), John K Orrell (Manchester), Allan Radlow (Glasgow), David R Sedgwick (Purley) 5½; (30-33) G Andrews (Doncaster), M K Jones (West Wickham), Amit Mozoomdar (London), Andrew J Stoker (Birmingham) 5; (34-36) C J Blundell (Folkestone), G M Brown (Folkestone), Martin R Duffy (Birmingham) 4½; (37-41) J Fletcher (Shaw, Lancs), Simon M Gottschalk (London), G M Jackson (Maidstone), Adrian E Millward (Leicester), Howard B G Staunton (London) 4; (42-45) S Graham (Leicester), Francis V Gregory (Middlesbrough), John T Munday (Brighton), S J Newman (Dagenham) 3½; (46) A Rice (Dorking) 2.

1972 British Boys Under-16 Championship: (1) Colin S Crouch (Harrow Weald) 10½/11; (2) David S C Goodman (Brighton) 9; (3) Glenn E J Lambert (Portsmouth) 8; (4-5) Peter G Large (Orpington), P Smyth (Wallasey) 7½; (6-7) P J Dolan (Manchester), A Shah (London) 7; (8-13) Martin Goldschmidt (Somerton), Andrew S Grant (Workington), David J Knight (Nuneaton), Stuart W Knox (Andover), Peter J Lee (Southsea), David G Reece (Twickenham) 6½; (14-17) Martin A Lee (Chester), Nigel Anthony Patrick McSheehy (Bromsgrove), Andrew P Matthews (Leicester), I Poste (Canada) 6; (18-25) Kevin S Ashman (Northwich), C Brown (Ilford), John S Bunter (Sherborne), Peter Cooley (Swindon), Martin J Dear (Oxford), Paul D Klemperer (Birmingham), D J Nicholls (Leicester), Simon N Sandberg (Leeds) 5½; (26-29) D Ainslie, Guy J Badham (Leicester), C C Longthorpe (Howden, Yorks), Keith A Povah (London) 5; (30-35) P Adams (Ilford), John E Dolamore (Ilford), Peter van Geene (Portslade), Michael J Kaltz (Hove), I A O'Hara (Leicester), N P Shields (Hampton) 4½; (36-37) K Jones (Ilford), K Yung (London) 4; (38-40) C Button (Dorking), C D Carpenter (Beaminster), I Lipscomb (London) 3½; (41) D Kendall (Scunthorpe) 3; (42) M Poznanski (London) 2 (played 6 rounds); (43) David P A Kessler (London) 0 (played 2 rounds).

1972 British Boys Under-14 Championship: (1) Christopher Gladwin (Thame) 8½/11; (2-3) Jonathan C Benjamin (Richmond), Shaun M Taulbut (Marlborough) 8; (4) M Cox (Crewe) 7½; (5-9) Chris W Baker (Coventry), Leigh T Canham (Folkestone), M J Coward (Birmingham), Stuart Fancy (London), D Kerr (Epsom) 7; (10-14) Gerald F D Abayasekera (Guildford), P Carter (Crowborough), J P Munday (Brighton), R L Povey (London), M Spindler (Swindon) 6½; (15-19) P McDonald (Liverpool), C D McGregor (Scarborough), Carl A Plasa (Surbiton), Emmanuel Rayner (Manchester), S J Threlfall (Purley) 6; (20-24) C Farrar (Swindon), Andrew P Furber (Bristol), Ian C Furber (Bristol), A McGregor (Scarborough), Simon Spivack (London) 5½; (25-33) L Carter (Crowborough), D Cooper (Northampton), Paul Hadden (Belfast), Mark D Kelman (Derby), Simon Macauley (Bognor Regis), Owen S Phillips (Mitcham), J Stokes (London), P C Thomas (Hoylake), A Winstanley (Tunbridge Wells) 5; (34-36) J J Kennedy (London), Paul G Smith (Redbridge), P N Wilson (Spilsby, Lincs) 4½; (37-40) F Eastlake (Portsmouth), J P Hannan (Belfast), Gavin C W Park (Crowborough), S Shields (Hampton) 4; (41) A C McGregor (Scarborough) 3½; (42-43) Richard E Goodman (Plymouth), James D Pratt (Sheppey) 3.

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1972 British Girls Under-18 Championship: (1) Susan L Caldwell (Faringdon) 6½/7; (2) Brenda Cole (Lindfield) 5½; (3) Sheila A Jackson (Liverpool) 5; (4) Lynne G P Houston (Dundee) 4; (5-6) Sarah Allcock (Bristol), Susan A Hutchinson (Brigg) 2; (7-8) Roxane Agnew (Belfast), Sally Butcher (Edinburgh) 1½.

1972 British Girls Under-14 Championship: (1) Sheila A Jordan (Wallasey) 6/6; (2) Wanda Pritchard (Godalming) 4; (3) Shirley J Wilson (Irby) 3; (4) Julia F W Park (Crowborough) 2½; (5-6) B Harris (Crowborough), A Secrett (Bristol) 2; (7) S Rich (Crowborough) 1½.

Ladies Open Tournament: (1) Miss Daphne Garland (Brighton) 7½/10; (2) Miss P Garland (Brighton) 7; (3) Margaret Rowley (Harrogate) 6; (4) Miss Miriam Little (Dundee) 4; (5) Christine Elder (Dundee) 3; (6) Jean Pickles 2½ (Miriam Little withdrew after 7 games)

Girls Additional Tournament: (1) Lynne G P Houston (Dundee) 3½/4; (2-4) Susan L Caldwell, Sheila Jackson, Sheila A Jordan 3; (5-7) Sarah Allcock, Brenda Cole (Lindfield), Wanda Pritchard (Godalming) 2; (8) Shirley J Wilson (Irby) 1½; (9-11) Roxane Agnew (Belfast), Sally Butcher (Edinburgh), Susan A Hutchinson (Brigg) 1; (12) A Secrett (Bristol) 0 (Secrett withdrew after 1 round and Butcher after 3).

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Over-50 Tournament: (1) Roy A Wagstaff (London) 9½/11; (2) Charles Ambrose Scott Damant (Ilfracombe) 9; (3) E Chambers (St Leonards-on-Sea) 8; (4) Ronald Hugh S Phillips (Mitcham) 7½; (5-6) Frank Richardson (St Annes-on-Sea), Leopold Winter (Brighton) 5½; (7) Peter Doig (Wormit, Fife) 5; (8-10) D Elder (Dundee), C Hanson (Burnley), Leslie Edward Vine (Eastleigh) 4; (11) Wilfred G Oliver (Cheltenham) 3; (12) A E Terrett (Aylesbury) 1.

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First Class Tournament: (1) D M Taylor (Birmingham) 9½/11; (2) Robert Baker (Coventry) 8; (3-4) David Gleave (Croydon), D McGregor (Scarborough) 7½; (5-6) W N Clayton (Nottingham), Arthur Pinkerton (Belfast) 7; (7-10) M Ash (Hyde), Peter Hannan (Sidcup), P Watson (Hove), Stephen Welbourne (Scarborough) 6½; (11-15) Nigel W Dennis (Henley), D George (Brighton), J Heath (Redditch), A Huxley (Stockport), Jack A Speigel (London) 6; (16-21) H James Draisey (Bristol), W D Johnson (Keswick), Geoffrey Kendall (Scunthorpe), Eric Key (Crawley), Dan Mayers (Ipswich), Roy Woodcock (Nuneaton) 5½; (22-29) D A Burrows (St Helens), A Mikelson (Newcastle-upon-Tyne), R W Pearce (Studley), George W Rutland (Upminster), Alexander Schofield (Pontefract), John Philip Scragg (Stockport), A A Wheeler (Hale Barns), (Claude) Ellery Williams (Purley) 5; (30-32) Francis Pakenham Goldney (Faroe Islands), James W Prosser (Newcastle-upon-Tyne), L Stephens (South Croydon) 4½; (33-35) Barrington S Ades (Coventry), Alfred Milner (Manchester), Ronald E Rushbrook (London) 4; (36) J G Wright ((Crayford; withdrew after 10 rds) 3½; (37) John C Calvert (Nottingham) 1½; (38) P W Mottram (Cheam) 1 (played 3 rounds).

Five Day 'A' First Week: (1) Paul R Kemp (Nottingham) 4/5; (2-5) J Dixon (Crewe), David J Faulkner (Wolverton), Steve J Mann (Sheffield), John N Walker (Oxford) 3; (6-7) Paul D Hare (Grantham), Lucien Mouillaux (France) 2½; (8) W J Vellekoop (Netherlands) 2; (9-10) Alan D Gravett (North Oxford), George Renison (Grimsby) 1.

Five Day 'B' First Week: (1) P J Clay (Solihull) 4/5; (2-4) J A Anstead (Cheltenham), John H Hodgson (Maidenhead), T W Wa(l)ker (Birmingham) 3½; (5) R S Walker (Manchester) 3; (6-7) James Rushton (Bramhall), Ronald H Saunders (Worthing) 2½; (8-9) R S Cooper (Birmingham), W J Greenfield (London) 2; (10) R John Wilcox (London) 1½; (11) D Irving (London) 1; (12) D L Jones (Sheerness; played two rounds) 1.

Five Day 'A' Second Week: (1) John N Walker (Oxford) 4/5; (2-3) J Dixon (Crewe), Anthony K Swift (London) 3½; (4-7) H Trevor Jones (Tunbridge Wells), Steve J Mann (Sheffield), Alan B Slomson (Leeds), Leigh A Trangmar (Beckenham) 3; (8-9) John A Gorman (Blacon), Edgar Knobloch (Twickenham) 2½; (10) Robin A E Shaw (Blandford) 2; (11-12) Derek W A Packham (Felixstowe), W H Taylor (Surbiton) 1½; (13-14) P Griffiths (Carlisle), B S White (London) 1.

Five Day 'B' Second Week: (1) R Glew (Hull) 4/5; (2-3) S Cox (Crewe), J P Raison (Tadworth) 3½; (4-6) C Damazer (Brighton), K R Holton (Crewe), Noel M Stewart (Abingdon) 3; (7) M L Patrick (London) 2½; (8-10) D G Ford (Brighton), H C Lewis (Brighton), J Arnold Lutton (Sheppey) 2; (11) Patrick Alexander (Worcester Park) 1½; (12) Mark Huba (Brighton) 0.

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File Updated

Date	Notes
16 September 2017	This file has been on here some years - added tables and results
12 October 2020	Some further cosmetic amendments, including the last missing forename from the Championship proper - that of James Stuart Emsley (1927-2005), a strong player who played for Cable & Wireless in London but otherwise kept a low profile.
23 December 2023	Added 7 games played by Tim Harding in the Major Open. Many thanks to Tim for sharing these games with me.
27 December 2023	Added a game, M.Staples ½-½ I.Watson (Under 21), contributed by Brian Denman, for which many thanks. Some cosmetic changes - removed stub games (byes and the last-round pairing R.Lemon 1-0 R.Edwards which was a default win for Lemon); added the Paul Littlewood Major Open games which were already in the file of games played by him.
27 December 2023	Added another game: Sheila Jordan 1-0 Julia Park, from the Girls' Under-14 Championship.
4 March 2024	Updated with data from the 1972/73 BCF Yearbook - full crosstable for the Under-21 Championship plus residential information for most participants.
8 February 2025	Added all 11 games played by David LeMoir in the U21 Championship. Many thanks to David for submitting the games.