14th Lloyds Bank Masters, 18-27 August 1990, Cumberland Hotel, Marble Arch, London

• link to earlier/later Lloyds Bank Masters 1989 «» 1991

1990 Lloyds Bank Masters		Fed	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	Stuart C Conquest	ENG	2460m	w84+	b99=	w65+	b43+	w5+	w19+	b8+	w15+	b2-	w3=	8
2	Michael Adams	ENG	2590g	b14+	w37+	b4=	w22+	b3=	w35+	b6=	w8+	w1+	b5=	8
3	Zurab Sturua	URS	2470m	w101=	b110+	w83+	b52+	w2=	b30+	w55=	b53+	w7+	b1=	8
4	Joseph G Gallagher	ENG	2495m	b135+	w32+	w2=	b99+	w7-	b96+	w17=	b21+	w10+	b6=	7½
5	Gregory S Kaidanov	URS	2500g	b70+	w22=	b80+	w82+	b1-	w16+	b23=	w49+	b56+	w2=	7½
6	Jonathan P Levitt	ENG	2455m	b58=	b107+	w77+	b46=	w75+	b10+	w2=	b20=	w55+	w4=	7½
7	John D M Nunn	ENG	2610g	b124+	w23=	b140+	w27+	b4+	w8-	b34+	w9+	b3-	w28+	7½
8	Mihai Suba	ENG	2520g	b57+	w49+	b220+	w25+	w10+	b7+	w1-	b2-	w18+	b20=	7½
9	Dibyendu Barua	IND	2490m	bye=	b231+	w74=	w100+	b32=	w57+	b28+	b7-	w41+	b12=	7
10	Murray G Chandler	ENG	2560g	b114+	w102+	b170+	w35+	b8-	w6-	b33+	w51+	b4-	w49+	7
11	John M Emms	ENG	2430m	b80=	w41=	b217=	w76=	b108+	w112+	b170+	w19=	b68+	w15=	7
12	Thomas Ernst	SVE	2480m	w60=	b71=	b72=	w70+	b109+	w80+	b32=	w13+	b15=	w9=	7
13	Tarek Fatin	EGY	2375m	w67+	b25-	w138+	b20-	w106+	b77+	w101+	b12-	w59+	w54+	7
14	Aljosa Grosar	YUG	2330m	w2-	b137+	w118-	b219+	w140+	b116=	w79+	b39+	w53+	bye=	7
15	Julian M Hodgson	ENG	2555g	w157+	b26=	w183+	b28=	w116+	b40+	w18+	b1-	w12=	b11=	7
16	Andrew D Martin	ENG	2415m	w72+	b30-	w224+	b74+	w20=	b5-	w122+	b29=	w67+	b55+	7
17	Colin A McNab	SCO	2385m	b96=	w46-	b201+	w140+	b92+	w27+	b4=	w35=	b38=	w51+	7
18	Igor Naumkin	URS	2445m	b112+	w19=	b79+	w71=	b54+	w44+	b15-	w34+	b8-	w38+	7
19	Jonathan S Speelman	ENG	2605g	w127+	b18=	w116+	b26+	w59+	b1-	w56=	b11=	w82+	w22=	7
20	Gennadi A Timoshchenko	URS	2495g	b68+	w40=	b100=	w13+	b16=	w29+	b38+	w6=	b35=	w8=	7
21	Sasa Velickovic	YUG	2415m	b109-	w73+	b146+	w24+	b55-	w93+	b100+	w4-	b57+	w56+	7
22	Peter K Wells	ENG	2415m	w121+	b5=	w202+	b2-	w83=	b75+	w46=	b40+	w30+	b19=	7
23	Keith C Arkell	ENG	2430m		b7=		b25-		b101+	w5=	b28-			6½
24	Neil H Bradbury	ENG	2370m				b21-				b41-			6½
25	Glenn C Flear	ENG	2485g		w13+	w30+	b8-	w28-	b42-		w112+	b33=	w68+	6½
26	Mark Ginsburg	USA	2420m		w15=		w19-	b96-			w28-			6½
27	Mark Hebden	ENG	2520m	w85+	b89+	w47+	b7-	w46=	b17-		b82-	w93+	b80+	6½
28	James C Howell	ENG	2415m			b132+	w15=	b25+	w31=	w9-	b26+	w60+	b7-	6½
29	Alisa Maric	YUG	2305wg	w56-					b20-	w58+	w16=	b48+		6½
30	Nukhim N Rashkovsky	URS	2530g	b93+	w16+	b25-	w23+	b49+	w3-	b82=	w50+	b22-	+	6½
31	Sergey Smagin	URS	2550g	w50+	b116-	w86+	b84+	w89+	b28=		b59=	w52+		6½
32	Andrew E Soltis	USA	2400g		b4-			w9=	b47+	w12=	b56-			6½
33	Alexey S Suetin	URS	2360g			b52=		w38-		w10-		w25=	b76+	6½
34	Christopher R Ward	ENG	2460	b78-						w7-	b18-	w96+		6½
35	Aleksander Wojtkiewicz	POL	2515m	w45+	b48+	w53+	b10-	w61+	b2-	w107+	b17=	w20=	=	6½
36	John C Yoos	USA												6½
37	Beat Zueger	SWZ	2425m		b2-					w96+				6½
38	Dimitrios Anagnostopoulos	ENG	2400f			b148=		b33+	w55=	w20-		w17=	b18-	6
39	Simon Ansell	ENG	2230				w54-				w14-			6
40	Stellan Brynell	SVE	2405m		b20=		w55=	b51+	w15-	b71=	w22-	b122+		6
41	Frank Buchenau	GER	2280											6
42	James Cavendish	ENG	2325f						w25+	b51-	w132+	b49-		6
43	Aleksander Czerwonski	POL	2365				w1-	b75-						6
44	John P Fedorowicz	USA	2565g	w107=	b83=		b45=	w121+	b18-	w63=		w101+		6
45	Andrew P Law	ENG	2335f	b35-			w44=							6
46	Alexandre Lesiege	CAN	2355		b17+		w6=	b27=	w170=	b22=	w57=			6
47	Ronen Lev	ISR	2480m			b27-	w93=		w32-	b92=				6
48	Mahmood Lodhi	PAK	2405m	w199+	w35-	b117=			b101-	w177+		w29-		6
49	Sebastien Luce	FRA	2415m		b8-			w30-			b5-	w42+	b10-	6
50	Neil R McDonald	ENG	2350m	b31-					w143+	w59=	b30-			6
51	Peter Meister	GER	2420m					w40-		w42+	b10-		b17-	6
52	Philip Morris	ENG	2380f				w3-		w23-			b31-		6
53	Niaz Murshed	BNG	2465g		w109+	b35-		b71+			w3-	b14-		6
54	H James Plaskett	ENG	2445g	w200-			b39+	w18-	b174-	w153+	b155+		b13-	6
55	Ian Rogers	AUS	2535g	w61=		w155+	b40=	w21+	b38=	b3=	w23+	b6-	w16-	6
56	Matthew D Sadler	ENG	2470m	b29+	w220-		w57=			b19=	w32+	w5-	b21-	6
57	Gulnar Sachs (Sakhatova)	URS	2315wm	w8-			b56=		b9-		b46=	w21-		6
58	Ran Shabtai	ISR	2295f	w6=		b60+	w59-			b29-				6
59	Miron N Sher	URS	2485m			w106+	b58+	b19-	w82=	b50=	w31=	b13-		6
60	Aaron Summerscale	ENG	2315	b12=		w58-		w168+	b114+		w71+	b28-		6
61	Andrew Webster	ENG	2335	b55=				b35-						6
62	Susan Lalic (Arkell)	ENG	2270wg					b170-					w150+	5½
63	Ben Beake	ENG	2275							b44=				5½
64	Stephen Calderwood	ENG										w104+		5½
65	David J Coleman	ENG	2235		b11=	b1-				b178+	w24+	b9-		5½
66	Sune Berg Hansen	DEN	2280											5½
67	Peter W Hempson	ENG	2270	b13-								b16-		5½
68	Charles Kennaugh	ENG	2330	w20-								w11-	b25-	5½
69	Andrew PH Kinsman	ENG	2305f				w132=							5½
70	Simon JB Knott	ENG	2345	w5-			b12-							5½
71	Dharshan Kumaran	ENG	2245	w178+	w12=		b18=	w53-		w40=	b60-			5½
72	Giulio Lagumina	ITA	2280	b16-		w12=								5½
73	Yoav Lederer	ISR	2380		b21-									5½
74	Andrew Mack	ENG	2270	w75=		b9=	w16-							5½
75	Ildiko Madl	HUN	2375wg	b74=	w105=			b6-	w22-					5½
76	Leonard McLaren	NZL	2205				b11=						w33-	5½
77	Gur Mittelman	ISR	2220			b6-			w13-					5½
78	Uffe V Nielsen	DEN	2300	w34+										5½
79	Mark Frederick Noble	NZL				w18-				b14-				5½
80	Ram Ofek	ISR	2290	w11=		w5-			b12-				w27-	5½
81	Tahmidur Rahman	BNG	2310f											5½
82	Vaidyanathan Ravikumar	IND	2355m				b5-		b59=	w30=	w27+	b19-		5½
83	Jonathan Rogers	ENG	2240		w44=	b3-		b22=						5½
84	Daniel Summermatter	SWZ	2305f	b1-			w31-							5½
85	Richard Tozer	ENG	2285f	b27-										5½
86	Oliver Worsfold	ENG				b31-								5½
87	Bjorn Ansner	SVE		b132=										5
88	Itai Ater	ISR												5
89	N Sudhakar Babu	IND	2415		w27-			b31-				b132=		5
90	Markus Baldauf	GER	2280f											5
91	Bertrand Barlow	ENG												5
92	Richard Britton	ENG	2265					w17-		w47=				5
93	Graham Burgess	ENG	2335	w30-			b47=		b21-		b104=	b27-		5
94	Tobias Christensen	DEN	2280											5
95	Thomas Clarke	IRL	2215											5
96	Stephen Cullip	ENG	2270	w17=			b104+	w26+	w4-	b37-		b34-		5
97	Chris Duncan	ENG												5
98	Tryfon C Gavriel	ENG												5
99	Alan E Hanreck	ENG	2270f		w1=		w4-							5
100	Zaki Harari	USA	2270			w20=	b9-			w21-				5
101	Demis Hassabis	ENG	2285	b3=			w170=		w48+	b13-		b44-		5
102	Jean Hebert	CAN	2420m		b10-									5/9
103	Christopher Holland	ENG	2285				b116-							5
104	David Houston	IRL	2225	b196-	b167=	w149+	w96-	b?+ §	w208=	b204+	w93=	b64-	w135=	5
105	Sheila Jackson	ENG	2205wm		b75=									5
106	Andrew Jones	WLS	2245			b59-		b13-						5
107	Andrew Ledger	ENG	2350f	b44=	w6-			b132+		b35-				5
108	Arik Liss	ISR	2230					w11-						5
109	Eran Liss	ISR	2280f	w21+	b53-			w12-						5
110	Mark Lyell	ENG	2220		w3-									5
111	Mirjana Maric	YUG	2245wm											5
112	Ali Mortazavi	ENG	2285f	w18-					b11-		b25-			5
113	Ivan J Myall	ENG												5
114	Peter Heine Nielsen	DEN	2330	w10-			b134-		w60-					5
115	Olufemi Oris-Sharaibi	NGR												5
116	Malcolm Pein	ENG	2420m		w31+	b19-	w103+	b15-	w14=		w127-			5
117	James Poulton	ENG				w48=								5
118	V Puri	CAN	2255f			b14+							w132=	5
119	Almasur Rahman	BNG												5
120	Francis Rayner	WLS	2230											5
121	Eloi Relange	FRA	2280	b22-				b44-						5
122	Anda Safranska	URS	2245							b16-		w40-		5
123	Henrik Sorensen	DEN	2265f											5
124	Todd Southam	CAN	2355	w7-										5
125	David Strauss	USA	2400m											5
126	David Tebb	ENG												5
127	Craig S M Thomson	SCO	2335f	b19-							b116+			5
128	Mark I Walker	ENG	2205											5
129	Laurence Webb	ENG	2220											5
130	Jonathan G Wilson	ENG	2225											5
131	David A Wood	ENG	2250					w43+						5
132	Michael J Yeo	ENG	2230	w87=	b184+	w28-	b69=	w107-	b164+	w183+	b42-	w89=	b118=	5
133	Dan Barash	ISR	2205											4½
134	Simon Bibby	ENG	2280				w114+							4½
135	Francis Choy Wan Chin	MAL	2310	w4-									b104=	4½
136	Peter C Doye	ENG												4½
137	David Drakeford	IRL			w14-									4½
138	Christine Flear	ENG	2160wm			b13-								4½
139	Alla Berkova Grinfeld	URS	2200wm											4½
140	Y Hellwing	ISR				w7-	b17-	b14-						4½
141	Shahinoor Hossain	BNG												4½
142	Miroslav Houska	ENG												4½
143	Adrian Jackson	ENG							b50-					4½
144	Andrew C Keehner	ENG												4½
145	Calvin D Knowles	ENG												4½
146	Stephen G Lukey	NZL				w21-								4½
147	Brendan Lyons	IRL												4½
148	John Merriman	ENG	2220			w38=								4½
149	Giovanni Micalizzi	ITA	2205			b104-								4½
150	Christopher Njotea	ENG											b62-	4½
151	Kenneth I Norman	ENG	2215											4½
152	Arjun Panchapagesan	ENG			b157=	w33=								4½
153	Christopher Ray	ENG								b54-				4½
154	Elvira Berend (Sakhatova)	URS	2190											4½
155	Nina Sitnikova	URS	2280wm			b55-					w54-			4½
156	William Stanton	ENG												4½
157	Alessandro Stavru	ITA	2290	b15-	w52=									4½
158	William Stirling	ENG												4½
159	Matthew Turner	ENG												4½
160	Peter A N Webster	ENG												4½
161	C A Wells	ENG												4½
162	Mike Zelkind	USA	2220											4½
163	Beata Zietek-Czerwonska	POL	2110											4½
164	Kiran Agrawal	IND	2070wf						w132-					4
165	M Ali	ENG												4/9
166	Baris Barutcu	TRK												4
167	Roger Beckett	IRL			w104=									4
168	Paul G Brown	ENG						b60-						4
169	Jose-Claude De Sousa	FRA												4
170	Lasha Janjgava	URS	2470m			w10-	b101=	w62+	b46=	w11-				4/7
171	Alimul Kazal Haque	BNG												4
172	John H Hodgson	ENG												4
173	Khalid Janahi	BRN												4
174	Vladimir Kalinin	WLS	2270						w54+					4/9
175	Ingrid Lauterbach	GER	2130wm											4
176	Maxim Magen	ISR												4
177	Joseph C Monk	ENG								b48-				4
178	Craig William Pritchett	SCO	2355m	b71-						w41-				4
179	C Rigby	ENG												4
180	Daniel B Rosenberg	ENG												4
181	Reefat Bin-Sattar	BNG	f											4
182	Peter Scott	ENG												4
183	Julien M Shepley	ENG				b15-				b132-				4
184	Leslie Smart	ENG	2205		w132-									4
185	Claude Sollars	MLT	2230											4
186	Alex Tucker	ENG	2235											4
187	Aurelio Vila Dupla	ESP												4
188	Chris Briscoe	ENG												3½
189	Jane Eastwood	ENG												3½
190	A Freeman	USA												3½
191	Lionel Goldgewicht	FRA												3½
192	Paul V Griffiths	ENG												3½
193	Shahadat Hossain	BNG												3½
194	Alam Khorshed	BNG												3½
195	Andrew Kitchlew	ENG												3½
196	Simon Jakob	SWZ		w104+										3½
197	Dan Mayers	USA												3½
198	Chris Rice	ENG												3½
199	Jonathan Sachs	ENG	2275	b48-										3½
200	David Southam	CAN		b54+										3½
201	John D Thornton	WLS				w17-								3½
202	Darryl Wolstencroft	ENG				b22-								3½
203	Ghislain Baury	FRA												3
204	Eoin Campbell	SCO								w104-				3
205	Blair Connell	ENG												3
206	Heidi Heron	ENG												3
207	Claude Kaber	LUX												3
208	Nicolas Noden	SCO							b104=					3
209	Brian MacReamoin	IRL												3
210	David Moskovic	ENG												3
211	Cathy Rogers	AUS	2070wf											3
212	P Verma	IND												3
213	R White	ENG		w222+										3
214	Harry M Lamb	ENG												2½
215	J McDonald	ENG												24=
216	Martin J Neave	ENG												2½
217	Orest Popovych	USA	2275f			w11=								26=
218	Marcy Soltis	USA												2½
219	Emmanuel Tseleng	BWA					w14-							2½
220	Nino Gurieli	URS	2340wg		b56+	w8-								2/4
221	P Stuart Milner-Barry	ENG												2/7
222	S Al Marif	BNG		b131-										1½
223	Nicholas R Moloney	ENG												1½
224	Joseph Ryan	IRL				b16-								14=
225	M/Y Yasin	BNG												1
226	A K M Azad	BNG												4=
227	Rani Hamid	BNG	2190wm											3=
228	M Khan	ENG												3=
229	Andrew J Whiteley	ENG	2360m											1=
230	Augustine A Aaron	ENG												1-
231	John Anderson	ENG	2205		w9-									1-
232	C Nigel J Rose	ENG												0-

§ in round 5 David Houston won with Black against one of the two Bangladeshi players surnamed Rahman but it is not known which one (either Tahmidur, no.81, or Almasur, no.119)

The Guardian, 25 August 1990 (Leonard Barden): "Game of the week has to be six-year-old George Hassapis’s victory over Fide master and US life master Orest Popovych in the launch game for the current Lloyds Bank international at Marble Arch, London.

"It happened, as world records sometimes do, rather accidentally. Hassapis was the substitute for another six-year-old who couldn’t make it that day, while Popovych stepped in at the last minute when a grandmaster failed to arrive for the open-air game with giant pieces. Hassapis chose the variant of the Sicilian Defence pioneered by the Soviet grandmaster Sveshnikov, and pounced on move 13 when Popovych allowed a tactic wrecking White’s central bind. White’s 18th lost a piece, but if instead 18 Qb7 Qb8! 19 Qxb8 (19 Qxe7 Qxb6+ and Ra7 traps the queen) Rfcb8 20 Be3 Rxb2 when Black has an extra pawn with good winning chances.

"When Popovych — who twice turned down a draw against Bobby Fischer during their game in the 1956 US Open — resigned, the result decisively broke one of the longest standing chess records, set 70 years ago. The previous youngest win against a recognised master in single combat was prodigy Samuel Reshevsky’s victory at age eight over Richard Griffith, former editor of the British Chess Magazine, British champion in 1912, and co-author of Modem Chess Openings. A remarkable feature of their historic encounter, which took place at the Gambit Chess Rooms off Cannon Street, London, in August 1920, was that both sides played without sight of the board. Reshevsky later named it as the first game of his long and still enduring career which really satisfied him."

---

Lloyds Bank Champion: Stuart Conquest (on tie-break)
Lloyds Bank Ladies: Alisa Maric
Lloyds Bank Juniors: Michael Adams
Lloyds Bank Veterans: Alexei Suetin

Commonwealth Champion: Stuart Conquest
Commonwealth Ladies: Susan Arkell [Lalic]

GM title: J Gallagher
GM norms: S Conquest, J Levitt, Z Sturua

IM title: A Lesiege
IM norms: A Maric, G Sakhatova [Sachs], A Webster

WGM norm: A Safranska

FIDE ratings achieved (estimated)
M Noble (2320), J Poulton (2315), D Tebb (2290), Y Hellwing (2255), D Rosenberg (2230), D Wolstencroft (2225), C Ray (2220), M Turner (2220), A Jackson (2215), D Southam (2215), C Knowles (2210), J Shepley (2205), H Heron (2160)

Partial FIDE ratings
J Yoos (7 x 2291), C Duncan (7 x 2282), T Gavriel (8 x 2248), S Calderwood (7 x 2246)

---

BCM, October 1990, p427-428: "The 14th Lloyds Bank Masters was probably the best of the series. It had no fewer than 220 entries, of whom 214 finished the course of ten rounds in the excellent playing conditions of the Cumberland Hotel, Marble Arch.
Just as last year, it was a battle royal between the home stars and the mainly Soviet contingent of strong visitors. Stuart Conquest finally finished first, Mihai Suba, starting with 6(6), made a bid for an Olympiad place, and Olympiad players Speelman, Nunn and Chandler were not seen at their best.

"A publicity boost for chess came when an outdoor exhibition game on large pieces resulted in a swift win for young
George Hassapis, only 6, against US master Orest Popovych, who extended Fischer in his best period, 25 years ago. A front-page photo and extensive story in The Guardian resulted.

"Just as last year, a Soviet representative from the Caucasus finally took the spotlight. Last year Azmaiparashvili won by half a point from Ian Rogers. This year Zurab Sturua, another Georgian, but one who does not even have the GM title, took home the big money after his tie for first place.

"Yet the main story has to be the performance of Stuart Conquest, who had a wonderful winning run, put an end to Suba’s fine sequence by a bold long-term knight sacrifice, and has probably clinched the GM title as a result. The former Hastings, now Bristol, player had 7½(8) before losing to Michael Adams, who seems to have the Indian sign on him.

"Your editor [Bernard Cafferty] noticed one touching scene, which may have escaped the attention of most. Amongst the crowd willing Conquest on was his former trainer, the veteran IM Cenek Kottnauer. After this latest success, the tall Czech-born Kottnauer made a slight gesture of approval to his ‘lad’. Conquest, from a distance, caught the sign and acknowledged it by a short bow of the head. You don’t need to punch the air or even to exchange words to show your delight in circumstances like this; a lesson indeed to some of the more demonstrative of our brethren.

"Another success was the GM norm for Joe Gallagher, his final one. Jon Levitt also made the norm, but still has more effort to come.

"An innovation was the Family Championship, open to relatives. Susan and Keith Arkell finally won; other couples were in contention such as the Maric sisters, Sher (URS) and his wife Grinfeld, and Ian and Cathy Rogers (but the Australian was not in the same good form as last year).

"Leading scores: 1-3 Conquest, Adams, Sturua 8(10) £1,150 each; 4-8 Kaidanov (URS), Suba, Nunn, Gallagher, Levitt 7½; 9-21 Chandler, Hodgson, Speelman, Timoschenko (URS), Wells, Emms, Ernst (S), Barua (IND), Velickovic (Y), McNab (SCO), Naumkin (URS), Fatin (EGY), Martin 7; ...

"Jim Plaskett could not maintain the form of Eastbourne; he began with a loss to Canadian D. Southam and finished with a zero against the steady Egyptian Fatin, who also extended Timoschenko.

"The strength in depth can be seen from the results of the last round. The only decisive result in the top eight pairings came on board 4: Nunn v Howell.. Conquest v Sturua on top board was a quick draw; Kaidanov v Adams on second board was a much longer tussle in which the Russian seemed to have the better of the opening.

"Amongst those finishing on 6½ were Alisa Maric, Keith Arkell, Mark Hebden, Glenn Flear, Ginsburg (USA), Chris Ward, A. Suetin and Andy Soltis.

"Soviet veteran Suetin at the good chess age of 64 took the prize for veterans. He pointed out that, unlike the hungry young Soviet players, he was only here to show his wife London. His trip was financed by an author’s fee for updating a Pergamon book on the openings. He found the student accommodation rather rudimentary, but that is the state that Soviet masters have been reduced to by recent developments."

---

File Updated

Date	Notes
14 July 2021	241 games posted on BritBase for the first time, plus a game from the tournament launch. Games sourced from ChessBase but checked against the bulletin. As a result dates and round numbers have been added, and names corrected. For example, one of the games ChessBase have listed as being played in the tournament by Demis Hassabis was in fact played by his six-year-old brother George at the tournament launch. I've added as full a crosstable as appears to be available. The tournament bulletin had players and scores but not individual results, while the 1992 BCF Yearbook had a partial crosstable of the top 22 players. I have extended this to take account of results from the games database but it is not complete. Has anyone got a full crosstable?
22 July 2021	Ten more games, played by David Houston, submitted by David McAlister, for which many thanks. I've also added in some details of games that were lost on time as shown in the bulletin. Now 251 games, plus the tournament launch game.
28 May 2023	Four more games added, all played by Andrew Soltis: (1) Rd 1 win v Susan Arkell/Lalic; (2) Rd 4 win v D Coleman; (3) Rd 5 draw with D Barua; (4) Rd 9 draw with G Mittelman. My thanks to Andy Ansel for sending the games.