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Tournament: 36th West of England Championship • 34 games, plus 6 from other sections
Venue: Winchester, Hampshire • Dates: 16-19 April 1981 • Download PGN • uploaded
Friday, 19 July, 2024 5:14 PM
1981 (36th) West of England Championship, Winchester, 16-19 April
| 1981 West of England Championship, Winchester |
Grade | Affiliation | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter H Clarke | 205 | Holsworthy | b25+ | w3= | b12= | w21+ | b15+ | b6+ | w5= | 5½ |
| 2 | Stephen J Shutler | 198 | Parkstone | w19= | b5- | w17= | b11+ | w18+ | b14+ | w9+ | 5 |
| 3 | Peter K Wells | 201 | Portsmouth | w26+ | b1= | w5+ | b15= | w6+ | b9= | w7= | 5 |
| 4 | Alan P Ashby | 206 | Bristol & Clifton | b6- | w24+ | b18+ | w9= | w14= | b12+ | b8= | 4½ |
| 5 | Gary W Lane | 187 | Paignton | b16= | w2+ | b3- | w22= | b23+ | w10+ | b1= | 4½ |
| 6 | A Tyson Mordue | 184 | Downend | w4+ | b7+ | w15= | b8+ | b3- | w1- | b20+ | 4½ |
| 7 | Ian D Thompson | 183 | Exeter University | b22+ | w6- | b21= | w20= | b13+ | w15+ | b3= | 4½ |
| 8 | James M Aitken | 189 | Cheltenham | b24+ | w12= | b20+ | w6- | b9- | b22+ | w4= | 4 |
| 9 | Philip J Meade | 182 | Cheltenham | w18- | b26+ | w19+ | b4= | w8+ | w3= | b2- | 4 |
| 10 | Jeremy F S Menadue | 163 | Truro | w23= | b11= | w14= | w16+ | b12= | b5- | w21+ | 4 |
| 11 | Julian Corfield | 175 | Southampton | b21= | w10= | b16- | w2- | b19= | w24+ | b22+ | 3½ |
| 12 | Kenneth W Derrick | 184 | Sea Mills | b17+ | b8= | w1= | b14= | w10= | w4- | b16= | 3½ |
| 13 | Richard Heasman | (174) | Exeter | w15- | b17= | w25= | b19+ | w7- | b18= | w23+ | 3½ |
| 14 | David A LeMoir | 189 | Patchway | b20= | w16+ | b10= | w12= | b4= | w2- | b15= | 3½ |
| 15 | Gerald Moore | 192 | Bath | b13+ | w18+ | b6= | w3= | w1- | b7- | w14= | 3½ |
| 16 | David J Shire | 190 | w5= | b14- | w11+ | b10- | b24= | w17+ | w12= | 3½ | |
| 17 | Anthony P Cullinane | 175 | Portsmouth | w12- | w13= | b2= | b18- | w26+ | b16- | w24+ | 3 |
| 18 | David Alexander Farndon | 182 | Yeovil / Oxford U | b9+ | b14- | w4- | w17+ | b2- | w13= | b19= | 3 |
| 19 | Stephen P Goodman | 193 | Southampton | b2= | w21= | b9- | w13- | w11= | b26+ | w18= | 3 |
| 20 | Maurice J Staples | 207 | Bridgwater | w14= | b23+ | w8- | b7= | w22= | b21= | w6- | 3 |
| 21 | George W Wheeler | 187 | Plymouth | w11= | b19= | w7= | b1- | w25+ | w20= | b10- | 3 |
| 22 | Martin J Buckmaster | 172 | Southampton | w7- | b25= | w23+ | b5= | b20= | w8- | w11- | 2½ |
| 23 | (Brian) Peter A Andrews | 194 | Southampton | b10= | w20- | b22- | b26+ | w5- | w25+ | b13- | 2½ |
| 24 | James R Boyce | 186 | Bristol & Clifton | w8- | b4- | w26+ | b25= | w16= | b11- | b17- | 2 |
| 25 | Ivan P Legg | w1- | w22= | b13= | w24= | b21- | b23- | w26- | 1½ | ||
| 26 | John Crowle Cock | 182 | Cheltenham | b3- | w9- | b24- | w23- | b17- | w19- | b25+ | 1 |
n.b. convert old BCF (British Chess Federation) grades to approximate Elo equivalents, thus: (BCF x 8) + 600 = Elo
Other subsidiary sections were played at the same congress. Full tables may be found at the Hampshire Chess History website:
1981 WECU Challengers • 1981 WECU Reserves • 1981 All-Play-All Sections
File Updated
| Date | Notes |
| 19 July 2024 | First upload. 34 games from the Championship, plus six from other sections. I am grateful to David LeMoir and Ian Thompson for supplying game scores and to Graham Stuart for posting the handwritten crosstable results on his Hampshire Chess History website. Thanks to both Ian and Graham for making the relevant issue of Westward Ho (WECU bulletin) available. Also, many thanks to Geoff Chandler for his Dr Aitken project (some of the Scottish players' games appear here). |