1994 'Batsford' Welsh Chess Championship, Caerphilly, 1-4 April

BCM, May 1994, p265

"Wales - The Welsh Championship at Caerphilly, 1-4 April, saw no change at the top. Defending champions IM John Cooper and Howard Williams shared the title again, after drawing with each other in round 4. The latter has won the title outright ten times and shared it seven times since 1968.

(1-2) John G Cooper (Kenilworth), A Howard Williams (Woking) 5/6; (3-7) Andrew Dyce, David K Evans, Andrew R Jones, Jeff R Smith, Anthony Sheehan 4; while Peter A Richmond, who lost key games to both Cooper and Wiliams, was left out of it."

Women's Championship: (1) Jane Richmond (Bristol) 4/4
Major: (1) John Rice (Bishop Vaughan Club, Swansea) 5/6
Minor: (1-2) D Cross (Cardiff), J Scholey (Monmouth) 4½/6

The following is far from being a complete crosstable but gives some idea of who scored what...

1994 Welsh Chess Championship Caerphilly		Fed	Elo	Score
1	John Grantley Cooper	WLS	2380m	5
2	(Arthur) Howard Williams	WLS	2370f	5
3	Andrew N Dyce	WLS	1960	4
4	David K Evans	WLS	2035	4
5	Andrew R Jones	ENG	2295	4
6	Jeff R Smith	WLS	2175	4
7	Anthony Sheehan	WLS	2010	4
8	Charles B Summers	WLS	1930	3½
9	Peter Allan Richmond	WLS	2225	3½
10	Clive Trevelyan	WLS	2045	3½
11	Keith AB Downey	WLS	1980	3
12	Jonathan A Gilbert	WLS	2070	3 / 5
13	Andrew Fish	WLS	2070	2½
14	(Walter) Nigel R Saunders	WLS	2075	2½ / 5
15	Michael Blakemore	WLS	1800	2½ / 4
16	Mark A Adams	WLS	2070	2½ / 4
17	Huw C Morcom	WLS	1995	2 / 5
18	Charles F Morris	WLS	2235	2 / 4
19	Nasir Rizvi	WLS	1985	2 / 5
20	Leighton Williams	WLS	1915	1 / 4
21	Paul J Kelly	WLS	1950	1 / 3
22	B Griffiths	WLS	1700	1 / 4
23	N Owen	WLS	1900	1 / 3
24	David T Guy	WLS	1845	½ / 5
25	Gareth Morris	WLS	2020	½ / 3
26	David L Roberts	ENG	1900	0 / 5
27	NJ Smith	WLS	1905	0 / 1

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File Updated

Date	Notes
19 September 1998	First uploaded as a zipped PGN file of 62 games.
17 May 2024	Uploaded as a PGN file (still with 62 games) plus viewer and some tournament details. Note that the tournament was held in Caerphilly, not Cardiff as listed in all sources until now. Only the sketchiest information about this tournament appeared in the 1994/95 Welsh Chess Yearbook; slightly more appeared in BCM, May 1994, p265, and CHESS, May 1994, p40. No round numbers (other than the meeting of the joint winners) are available and no dates for individual games.