3rd Lewisham 'Accountancy Age Masters' International, 24 November - 2 December 1983 (9-round swiss)

Venue: Grosvenor Hotel, Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1

1983 Lewisham International		Fed	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total
1	H James Plaskett	ENG	2425m	♦ 1/19	◊ 1/34	♦ ½/31	◊ 1/15	♦ ½/6	◊ 1/9	◊ 1/3	♦ 1/4	◊ ½/2	7½
2	Heikki MJ Westerinen	FIN	2385g	♦ 1/42	◊ 1/9	♦ ½/12	◊ ½/31	♦ ½/14	◊ ½/10	♦ 1/21	◊ 1/16	♦ ½/1	6½
3	Janos Rigo	HUN	2340f	♦ 1/50	◊ 0/6	♦ 1/37	◊ 1/21	♦ 1/17	◊ 1/14	♦ 0/1	◊ ½/11	♦ 1/9	6½
4	Colin S Crouch	ENG	2300	♦ 1/43	◊ 1/18	♦ ½/15	◊ ½/17	♦ ½/10	◊ 1/24	◊ 1/31	◊ 0/1	♦ 1/11	6½
5	Mark L Hebden	ENG	2495m	♦ 1/35	◊ 0/10	♦ ½/23	◊ 1/19	◊ ½/12	♦ 1/32	◊ ½/14	♦ 1/22	◊ 1/6	6½
6	Michael F Stean	ENG	2500g	◊ 1/32	♦ 1/3	◊ ½/14	♦ 1/12	◊ ½/1	♦ ½/16	♦ ½/10	◊ 1/8	♦ 0/5	6
7	Uri Slutzkin	ISR	(2220)	♦ 0/9	◊ 1/47	♦ 1/13	◊ ½/10	♦ ½/24	♦ ½/15	◊ ½/27	◊ 1/18	♦ 1/16	6
8	John G Nicholson	ENG	2260	♦ ½/11	◊ ½/40	♦ ½/34	◊ ½/23	♦ 1/28	◊ 1/31	♦ 1/15	♦ 0/6	◊ 1/14	6
9	Stuart Conquest	ENG	2255f	◊ 1/7	♦ 0/2	◊ 1/39	♦ 1/26	◊ ½/15	♦ 0/1	◊ 1/13	♦ 1/27	◊ 0/3	5½
10	Mark L Condie	SCO	2340f	◊ 1/39	♦ 1/5	◊ ½/48	♦ ½/7	◊ ½/4	♦ ½/2	◊ ½/6	♦ ½/14	◊ ½/17	5½
11	Krzysztof Pytel	POL	2435m	◊ ½/8	♦ 1/28	◊ ½/16	♦ ½/48	◊ ½/25	♦ 1/22	◊ 1/17	♦ ½/3	◊ 0/4	5½
12	Zoran S Ilic	YUG	2430m	◊ 1/41	♦ 1/22	◊ ½/2	◊ 0/6	♦ ½/5	◊ 0/18	♦ ½/26	◊ 1/37	♦ 1/21	5½
13	Heribert Franke	FRG	2300f	◊ 1/49	♦ 0/14	◊ 0/7	♦ ½/39	♦ 1/40	◊ 1/34	♦ 0/9	◊ 1/29	◊ 1/22	5½
14	Ian Rogers	AUS	2450m	♦ 1/20	◊ 1/13	♦ ½/6	◊ 1/24	◊ ½/2	♦ 0/3	♦ ½/5	◊ ½/10	♦ 0/8	5
15	Robert G Hartoch	NLD	2355m	◊ 1/38	♦ 1/29	◊ ½/4	♦ 0/1	♦ ½/9	◊ ½/7	◊ 0/8	♦ ½/33	◊ 1/36	5
16	Goran Dizdar	YUG	2450m	♦ 1/21	◊ ½/17	♦ ½/11	♦ ½/25	◊ 1/48	◊ ½/6	♦ 1/18	♦ 0/2	◊ 0/7	5
17	Richard Britton	ENG	2325f	◊ 1/46	♦ ½/16	◊ 1/36	♦ ½/4	◊ 0/3	♦ 1/26	♦ 0/11	◊ ½/21	♦ ½/10	5
18	Gyozo Victor Forintos	HUN	2450g	◊ 1/26	♦ 0/4	◊ 0/25	♦ 1/36	◊ 1/30	♦ 1/12	◊ 0/16	♦ 0/7	◊ 1/33	5
19	Immo Rupf	FRG	(2215)	◊ 0/1	♦ 1/49	◊ ½/22	♦ 0/5	◊ ½/41	♦ 1/39	◊ ½/23	♦ ½/36	◊ 1/31	5
20	PK Singh	IND	(2200)	◊ 0/14	♦ 0/45	◊ 0/29	♦ 1/49	◊ 1/38	♦ 1/41	◊ ½/30	♦ ½/23	◊ 1/32	5
21	Gary W Lane	ENG	2270	◊ 0/16	♦ 1/38	◊ 1/45	♦ 0/3	◊ 1/23	♦ 1/25	◊ 0/2	♦ ½/17	◊ 0/12	4½
22	Keith C Arkell	ENG	2310	♦ 1/47	◊ 0/12	♦ ½/19	◊ 1/34	♦ 1/29	◊ 0/11	♦ 1/25	◊ 0/5	♦ 0/13	4½
23	Janos Flesch	HUN	2400g	◊ ½/28	♦ ½/30	◊ ½/5	♦ ½/8	♦ 0/21	◊ 1/42	♦ ½/19	◊ ½/20	♦ ½/35	4½
24	Gert Iskov	DEN	2365m	◊ 1/45	♦ ½/36	◊ 1/27	♦ 0/14	◊ ½/7	♦ 0/4	◊ ½/33	♦ ½/31	◊ ½/26	4½
25	Gerd Treppner	FRG	2345f	♦ 1/33	◊ 0/31	♦ 1/18	◊ ½/16	♦ ½/11	◊ 0/21	◊ 0/22	♦ 1/46	◊ ½/27	4½
26	Michael Ashley Pagden	ENG	2270	♦ 0/18	◊ 1/50	♦ 1/33	◊ 0/9	♦ 1/34	◊ 0/17	◊ ½/12	♦ ½/32	♦ ½/24	4½
27	R Marian	FRG	2360f	♦ ½/40	◊ ½/32	♦ 0/24	◊ 1/33	♦ 1/35	◊ ½/37	♦ ½/7	◊ 0/9	♦ ½/25	4½
28	Leslie J Smart	ENG	2220	♦ ½/23	◊ 0/11	♦ 1/43	◊ 1/35	◊ 0/8	♦ 0/33	◊ 1/44	♦ 0/38	◊ 1/39	4½
29	Sheila Jackson	ENG	2205wm	◊ ½/48	◊ 0/15	♦ 1/20	♦ ½/30	◊ 0/22	♦ 1/45	◊ ½/32	♦ 0/13	◊ 1/41	4½
30	Alan E Hanreck	ENG	2280	♦ ½/37	◊ ½/23	♦ ½/40	◊ ½/29	♦ 0/18	◊ ½/35	♦ ½/20	◊ ½/43	♦ 1/42	4½
31	John W Branford	ENG	2205	◊ 1/52	♦ 1/25	◊ ½/1	♦ ½/2	◊ ½/32	♦ 0/8	♦ 0/4	◊ ½/24	♦ 0/19	4
32	Leontxo Garcia	ESP	2300	♦ 0/6	♦ ½/27	◊ 1/44	◊ 1/40	♦ ½/31	◊ 0/5	♦ ½/29	◊ ½/26	♦ 0/20	4
33	Gavin Crawley	ENG	(2070)	◊ 0/25	♦ 1/41	◊ 0/26	♦ 0/27	◊ 1/36	◊ 1/28	♦ ½/24	◊ ½/15	♦ 0/18	4
34	Uri Zak	ISR	2310	◊ 1/44	♦ 0/1	◊ ½/8	♦ 0/22	◊ 0/26	♦ 0/13	♦ ½/43	◊ 1/47	◊ 1/46	4
35	Amikam Lavie	ISR	(2275)	◊ 0/5	♦ ½/44	◊ 1/46	♦ 0/28	◊ 0/27	♦ ½/30	◊ ½/39	♦ 1/45	◊ ½/23	4
36	Joseph G Gallagher	ENG	2250	♦ 1/53	◊ ½/24	♦ 0/17	◊ 0/18	♦ 0/33	◊ 1/43	♦ 1/40	◊ ½/19	♦ 0/15	4
37	M Paul Townsend	ENG	2235	◊ ½/30	♦ 0/52	◊ 0/3	♦ 1/45	◊ ½/39	♦ ½/27	◊ 1/42	♦ 0/12	◊ ½/38	4
38	Andrew Philip Smith	ENG	(2190)	♦ 0/15	◊ 0/21	♦ ½/47	◊ 0/42	♦ 0/20	◊ 1/50	♦ 1/49 §	◊ 1/28	♦ ½/37	4
39	Dan E Mayers	USA	(2025)	♦ 0/10	◊ 1/42	♦ 0/9	◊ ½/13	♦ ½/37	◊ 0/19	♦ ½/35	◊ ½/41	♦ 0/28	3
40	Alex Casa	FRA	2200	◊ ½/27	♦ ½/8	◊ ½/30	♦ 0/32	◊ 0/13	♦ 1/46	◊ 0/36	♦ ½/42	◊ 0/51	3
41	Kevin J Wicker	ENG	2280f	♦ 0/12	◊ 0/33	♦ ½/42	◊ 1/43	♦ ½/19	◊ 0/20	◊ ½/46	♦ ½/39	♦ 0/29	3
42	Christian Flueckiger	SWZ	(2210)	◊ 0/2	♦ 0/39	◊ ½/41	♦ 1/38	◊ 1/44	♦ 0/23	♦ 0/37	◊ ½/40	◊ 0/30	3
43	Regina Berglitz	FRG	(1855)	◊ 0/4	♦ ½/46	◊ 0/28	♦ 0/41	◊ 1/49	♦ 0/36	◊ ½/34	♦ ½/30	◊ ½/44	3
44	Kent Jagerflod	SWE	(1910)	♦ 0/34	◊ ½/35	♦ 0/32	◊ ½/50	♦ 0/42	◊ 1/47	♦ 0/28	◊ ½/49	♦ ½/43	3
45	Philippe Berset	SWZ	(2050)	♦ 0/24	◊ 1/20	♦ 0/21	◊ 0/37	♦ 1/47	◊ 0/29	♦ ½/50	◊ 0/35	♦ 0/49	2½
46	Augustine A Aaron	ENG	(1985)	♦ 0/17	◊ ½/43	♦ 0/35	◊ ½/47	♦ 1/50	◊ 0/40	♦ ½/41	◊ 0/25	♦ 0/34	2½
47	John Rety	ENG	(1930)	◊ 0/22	♦ 0/7	◊ ½/38	♦ ½/46	◊ 0/45	♦ 0/44	◊ 1/49 §	♦ 0/34	◊ ½/50	2½
48	Anthony John Miles	ENG	2585g	♦ ½/29	◊ 1/53	♦ ½/10	◊ ½/11	♦ 0/16					2½ / 5
49	Guido Reuther	FRA	(1800)	♦ 0/13	◊ 0/19	♦ ½/50	◊ 0/20	♦ 0/43	§	♦ 0/47 §	♦ ½/44	◊ 1/45	2
50	George J Coutts	SCO	(2050)	◊ 0/3	♦ 0/26	◊ ½/49	♦ ½/44	◊ 0/46	♦ 0/38	◊ ½/45	♦ 0/51	♦ ½/47	2
51	C Nigel J Rose	ENG	(2050)								◊ 1/50	♦ 1/40	2 / 2
52	Tom Farrand	ENG	2205	♦ 0/31	◊ 1/37								1 / 2
53	Stuart Fancy	PNG	2205	◊ 0/36	♦ 0/48								0 / 2

A peculiarity of this tournament was that the time limit for the first session of play varied from round to round. Some games were played at 40 moves in 2 hours 30 mins, others (evening games?) at 36 moves in 2 hrs 15 mins (including rounds 1 and 5 - possibly others). - JS

§ A second peculiarity: eagle-eyed readers of the above crosstable may notice that both A.P. Smith (no.38) and J.Rety (no.47) are recorded as beating G.Reuther (no.49) in round 7. This is not an error. The game Reuther 0-1 Smith was the scheduled round 7 game, while Rety 1-0 Reuther was played as a sort of round 6½(!), to make up for the game which Reuther was deprived of playing in round 6 as a result of Miles's untimely withdrawal and thus to ensure that he was able to play nine games. The bulletin does not record when the extra game was played off.

Prizes - 1st J Plaskett (Sheffield) £400 + trophy); 2-4th M Hebden (Leicester), C Crouch (London), J Rigo (Hungary), H Westerinen (Finland) £87 each.

IM norms: Colin Crouch (2nd norm); Mark Condie (2nd norm); J Rigo (final norm); U Slutzkin (1st norm); John G Nicholson (2nd norm)
WGM norm: Sheila Jackson (1st norm)

Organised by Suzzane Wood (Accountancy Age), Richard O'Brien (Lewisham CC)
Arbiters: Bob Wade, Richard O'Brien, Simon Gillam

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The following text appeared in the bulletin following the score of Dizdar-Miles in round 5 and was presumably written by organiser/bulletin editor Richard O'Brien...

"Black now sealed (this round was 36 in 2½ hours) with virtually no compensation for two minor pieces & then withdrew claiming exhaustion so 1-0. Exhaustion may certainly have been true BUT within six hours he had completed & telephoned his fortnightly column to Chess Express. Less than 48 hours later he was lecturing at the Candidates matches §, four days later was playing in the German League & two days further on was playing an exhibition match against Hort. All this time he was writing 750 words a day on the Kasparov-Korchnoi match for Chess Express. ALL these commitments had been finalised BEFORE he agreed to play in this event. Two other grandmasters were available but were passed over in favour of the England number one. More than one International Master were competing to have a chance of gaining a GM norm. In the case of Ian Rogers (who had also lectured at the Candidates) his chances of a GM norm now became zero although he was now sharing the lead. Miles knew this at the time of his withdrawal." § The Candidates Semi-Finals, Korchnoi v Kasparov and Smyslov v Ribli, were held at the Great Eastern Hotel, London, from 21 November to 16 December 1983.

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1983 Accountancy Age Closed, 2-4 December, Grosvenor Hotel, Buckingham Palace Road

This weekender was for invited employees of accountancy companies.

1983 Accountancy Age Closed		BCF Grade	1	2	3	4	5	Total
1	Chris M Cooley	210	♦ 1/5	◊ 1/40	♦ 1/7	♦ 1/4	◊ ½/2	4½
2	Daniel Wright (1st on t/b)	195	◊ 1/36	♦ 1/26	♦ 1/11	◊ 1/3	♦ ½/1	4½
3	Clifford R Chandler	206	◊ 1/6	♦ 1/12	◊ 1/13	♦ 0/2	◊ 1/11	4
4	Russell Granat	191	◊ 1/14	♦ 1/22	♦ 1/21	◊ 0/1	◊ 1/13	4
5	Paul Carey	183	◊ 0/1	♦ 1/50	◊ 1/15	♦ 1/12	◊ 1/16	4
6	Roland Gronau	182	♦ 0/3	◊ 1/38	♦ 1/40	◊ 1/19	◊ 1/23	4
7	Norman A Lazonby	189	♦ 1/29	♦ 1/42	◊ 0/1	◊ 1/27	♦ 1/17	4
8	Michael J O'Hara	202	♦ 1/17	◊ ½/19	♦ 1/18	◊ ½/20	♦ ½/9	3½
9	I Barclay	187	◊ 0/12	♦ 1/35	◊ 1/22	♦ 1/28	◊ ½/8	3½
10	David A Hick		◊ 1/50	♦ 0/13	◊ ½/14	♦ 1/47	◊ 1/28	3½
11	JA Hunt	179	♦ 1/20	♦ 1/41	◊ 0/2	◊ 1/18	♦ 0/3	3
12	Chris Hann	140	♦ 1/9	◊ 0/3	♦ 1/37	◊ 0/5	♦ 1/29	3
13	Richard C P Freeman	187	♦ 1/38	◊ 1/10	♦ 0/3	◊ 1/29	♦ 0/4	3
14	Suzzane J Wood	163	♦ 0/4	◊ 1/30	♦ ½/10	◊ 1/33	♦ ½/20	3
15	Richard Bryant		♦ 1/24	◊ 0/21	♦ 0/5	◊ 1/30	♦ 1/32	3
16	Michael E Binks	193	♦ ½/27	◊ 1/37	♦ ½/32	◊ 1/21	♦ 0/5	3
17	Graham E Borrowdale	181	◊ 0/8	♦ 1/39	◊ 1/41	♦ 1/34	◊ 0/7	3
18	Daryl C Taylor	190	◊ 1/28	♦ 1/31	◊ 0/8	♦ 0/11	◊ 1/34	3
19	SR Pierce		◊ 1/46	♦ ½/8	◊ ½/23	♦ 0/6	◊ 1/41	3
20	Anthony J Stebbings	202	◊ 0/11	♦ 1/46	◊ 1/26	♦ ½/8	◊ ½/14	3
21	Stephen J Pimentil	171	◊ 1/51	♦ 1/15	◊ 0/4	♦ 0/16	◊ 1/26	3
22	KJ Fillmore	103	♦ 1/43	◊ 0/4	♦ 0/9	◊ 1/44	♦ 1/27	3
23	PW Board	190	♦ ½/33	◊ 1/48	♦ ½/19	◊ 1/32	♦ 0/6	3
24	MSR Turner		◊ 0/15	♦ 0/28	◊ 1/46	♦ 1/35	◊ 1/31	3
25	Eric Weimann	135	♦ ½/48	◊ 0/27	◊ 1/47	♦ 0/26	♦ 1/40	2½
26	RC Evans	135	♦ 1/39	◊ 0/2	♦ 0/20	◊ 1/25	♦ 0/21	2
27	Ian C Clark	165	◊ ½/16	♦ 1/25	◊ ½/34	♦ 0/7	◊ 0/22	2
28	J Nigel Staddon	145	♦ 0/18	◊ 1/24	♦ 1/43	◊ 0/9	♦ 0/10	2
29	Kenneth H Kinsman	141	◊ 0/7	♦ 1/45	◊ 1/31	♦ 0/13	◊ 0/12	2
30	Margaret Goodwin	115	◊ 0/42	♦ 0/14	◊ 1/39	♦ 0/15	◊ 1/45	2
31	RM Walters		♦ 1/45	◊ 0/18	♦ 0/29	◊ 1/43	♦ 0/24	2
32	C Fred H Dorn	165	½/bye	♦ 1/47	◊ ½/16	♦ 0/23	◊ 0/15	2
33	Robert M Eames	152	◊ ½/23	♦ ½/49	◊ ½/42	♦ 0/14	♦ ½/37	2
34	John A Philpott	138	½/bye	◊ 1/44	♦ ½/27	◊ 0/17	♦ 0/18	2
35	KR Norrish		♦ 0/40	◊ 0/9	1/bye	◊ 0/24	♦ 1/43	2
36	T Tomkins	137	♦ 0/2	◊ 0/43	♦ 1/48	◊ 0/38	♦ 1/44	2
37	Susan Scott	128	½/bye	♦ 0/16	◊ 0/12	♦ 1/46	◊ ½/33	2
38	T Greenwood	135	◊ 0/13	♦ 0/6	◊ 1/50	♦ 1/36		2 / 4
39	AK Jackson		◊ 0/26	◊ 0/17	♦ 0/30	1/bye	◊ 1/47	2
40	V Ray Harper	123	◊ 1/35	♦ 0/1	◊ 0/6	♦ ½/41	◊ 0/25	1½
41	Nigel P Kerby		♦ 1/44	◊ 0/11	♦ 0/17	◊ ½/40	♦ 0/19	1½
42	MA Potter		♦ 1/30	◊ 0/7	♦ ½/33			1½ / 3
43	A Rangarajan		◊ 0/22	♦ 1/36	◊ 0/28	♦ 0/31	◊ 0/35	1
44	JR Bevan		◊ 0/41	♦ 0/34	◊ 1/45	♦ 0/22	◊ 0/36	1
45	GD Maxwell		◊ 0/31	◊ 0/29	♦ 0/44	1/bye	♦ 0/30	1
46	Q Latif	119	♦ 0/19	◊ 0/20	♦ 0/24	◊ 0/37	½/bye	½
47	MJ Burnett		½/bye	◊ 0/32	♦ 0/25	◊ 0/10	♦ 0/39	½
48	NJ Leather		◊ ½/25	♦ 0/23	◊ 0/36			½ / 3
49	S Wood (reserve)			◊ ½/33				½ / 1
50	Eric P M Grist		♦ 0/10	◊ 0/5	♦ 0/38			0 / 3
51	Terry PD Chapman	197	♦ 0/21					0 / 1

Play-off to decide trophy (5-minute game): Cooley 0-1 Wright

Prizes: D Wright £250 + trophy; C Cooley £250; P Carey, C Chandler, R Granat, N Lazonby, R Gronau £30 each

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London Simul by GM Janos Flesch, 30(?)§ November 1983

12 boards - Flesch scored +9, =1, -2

Wins: A Rangarajan, PN Sharma, JT Ryan, JA Philpott, Miss L Wilkinson, T Greenwood, L Walton, Susan K Walker (now Lalic), G Knepler
Draw: C Nigel J Rose
Losses: Andrew P Smith, R Abadi

Only ten days after this simul, Janos Flesch and his wife died in a car crash near Whitstable, Kent, on his way to another tournament at Ramsgate.

§ Date not certain but we know it was played after a long game played by Flesch in the tournament, which I think might have been the seventh round.

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File Updated

Date	Notes
9 August 2021	First upload of this tournament here, or anywhere else, as far as I can tell. The bulletin has 98 (out of a possible) 226 games from the 1983 Lewisham International, plus four games from a weekender which followed it and three games from a simul given by GM Janos Flesch during the tournament.
14 October 2021	Ian Rogers kindly sent me the score of his game vs PK Singh (rd 1). Thanks, Ian. Running total of games now 99.
19 April 2022	John Nicholson kindly shared his scores from this tournament with me. We already had seven of them: the two additional ones to complete the set are his round 2 game vs Casa and round 3 game vs Zak (both draws). Many thanks to John.