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Tournament: 58th British Championship (all 198 games, plus 44+2 games from other sections)
Venue: Palatine School, Blackpool • Dates: 9-20 August 1971 • Download PGN Updated 4 March, 2024 5:55 PM

1971 British Chess Championship, Palatine School, Blackpool, 9-20 August 1970« »1972

1971 British Championship Residence Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  Total 
1 Raymond D Keene London 2465 ◊ ½/14 ♦ 1/35 ◊ 1/10 ♦ ½/7 ♦ 1/12 ◊ 1/2 ♦ 1/15 ◊ ½/11 ◊ ½/3 ♦ ½/6 ◊ ½/4 8
2 Andrew Whiteley London 2310 ◊ 1/22 ♦ 1/32 ◊ ½/7 ♦ 1/11 ◊ ½/3 ♦ 0/1 ◊ 1/4 ♦ ½/9 ◊ ½/8 ♦ 1/14 ◊ ½/6
3 William R Hartston Cambridge 2390 ♦ ½/23 ◊ 1/29 ♦ 1/17 ◊ ½/12 ♦ ½/2 ◊ ½/15 ♦ ½/13 ◊ 1/7 ♦ ½/1 ◊ ½/11 ♦ ½/9 7
4 A Howard Williams Pontyclun   ♦ 1/31 ◊ 0/12 ♦ ½/9 ◊ 1/23 ◊ 1/16 ♦ ½/11 ♦ 0/2 ◊ ½/15 ♦ 1/13 ◊ 1/8 ♦ ½/1 7
5 Craig W Pritchett Scotland 2360 ◊ ½/25 ♦ ½/33 ◊ 1/19 ♦ 0/10 ♦ ½/9 ◊ ½/18 ◊ 0/14 ♦ 1/28 ♦ 1/15 ◊ 1/17 ♦ 1/11 7
6 Robert G Wade London 2365m ♦ 0/12 ◊ ½/31 ♦ 1/36 ◊ 1/33 ◊ 0/11 ♦ ½/14 ◊ 1/22 ♦ 1/27 ◊ 1/21 ◊ ½/1 ♦ ½/2 7
7 Victor W Knox Cheadle   ♦ 1/28 ◊ ½/17 ♦ ½/2 ◊ ½/1 ◊ 1/18 ♦ ½/8 ◊ ½/11 ♦ 0/3 ◊ ½/14 ♦ ½/16 ◊ 1/19
8 Bernard Cafferty Birmingham 2440 ◊ ½/20 ♦ ½/14 ◊ 1/22 ◊ ½/15 ♦ ½/13 ◊ ½/7 ♦ ½/27 ◊ 1/10 ♦ ½/2 ♦ 0/4 ◊ 1/16
9 Alan H Perkins Bingley   ◊ ½/35 ♦ ½/24 ◊ ½/4 ♦ ½/25 ◊ ½/5 ♦ 1/16 ◊ 1/12 ◊ ½/2 ♦ ½/11 ♦ ½/20 ◊ ½/3
10 Eric J Holt Edinburgh   ◊ 1/19 ◊ ½/13 ♦ 0/1 ◊ 1/5 ♦ 0/15 ♦ ½/25 ◊ 1/32 ♦ 0/8 ◊ ½/24 ♦ 1/22 ◊ 1/20
11 John E Littlewood Skelmersdale 2310 ◊ 1/34 ◊ 1/26 ♦ ½/12 ◊ 0/2 ♦ 1/6 ◊ ½/4 ♦ ½/7 ♦ ½/1 ◊ ½/9 ♦ ½/3 ◊ 0/5 6
12 Alan T Ludgate Manchester   ◊ 1/6 ♦ 1/4 ◊ ½/11 ♦ ½/3 ◊ 0/1 ◊ ½/13 ♦ 0/9 ♦ 0/21 ◊ 1/32 ♦ ½/30 ◊ 1/27 6
13 Daniel Wright London 2340 ◊ 1/21 ♦ ½/10 ◊ ½/16 ♦ ½/18 ◊ ½/8 ♦ ½/12 ◊ ½/3 ♦ ½/14 ◊ 0/4 ♦ ½/27 ◊ 1/24 6
14 Gerald Bonner Glasgow   ♦ ½/1 ◊ ½/8 ♦ ½/23 ◊ ½/17 ♦ ½/27 ◊ ½/6 ♦ 1/5 ◊ ½/13 ♦ ½/7 ◊ 0/2 ♦ ½/18
15 Jonathan Penrose London 2450m ◊ ½/16 ♦ ½/25 ◊ 1/20 ♦ ½/8 ◊ 1/10 ♦ ½/3 ◊ 0/1 ♦ ½/4 ◊ 0/5 ◊ ½/24 ♦ ½/23
16 Michael Macdonald-Ross Harrow   ♦ ½/15 ◊ ½/18 ♦ ½/13 ◊ 1/28 ♦ 0/4 ◊ 0/9 ♦ 1/31 ◊ ½/26 ♦ 1/25 ◊ ½/7 ♦ 0/8
17 Frank Parr Ewell   ◊ 1/30 ♦ ½/7 ◊ 0/3 ♦ ½/14 ◊ ½/24 ♦ ½/22 ◊ ½/25 ♦ ½/19 ◊ 1/33 ♦ 0/5 ◊ ½/21
18 Michael J Haygarth Leeds   ◊ ½/33 ♦ ½/16 ◊ 1/32 ◊ ½/13 ♦ 0/7 ♦ ½/5 ◊ ½/24 ♦ ½/20 ◊ ½/19 ♦ ½/21 ◊ ½/14
19 Peter R Markland Bolton 2510 ♦ 0/10 ◊ 1/30 ♦ 0/5 ◊ ½/32 ♦ ½/31 ◊ 1/29 ♦ ½/26 ◊ ½/17 ♦ ½/18 ◊ 1/23 ♦ 0/7
20 David B Pritchard Godalming   ♦ ½/8 ◊ ½/23 ♦ 0/15 ♦ 0/22 ◊ 1/28 ◊ ½/31 ♦ 1/34 ◊ ½/18 ♦ 1/26 ◊ ½/9 ♦ 0/10
21 Johann P Sommerville Thornton Heath   ♦ 0/13 ◊ ½/28 ♦ ½/29 ◊ ½/31 ♦ 1/36 ◊ ½/26 ♦ ½/23 ◊ 1/12 ♦ 0/6 ◊ ½/18 ♦ ½/17
22 Peter W Hempson London   ♦ 0/2 ◊ 1/27 ♦ 0/8 ◊ 1/20 ♦ ½/26 ◊ ½/17 ♦ 0/6 ◊ ½/23 ♦ 1/31 ◊ 0/10 ♦ ½/34 5
23 Peter N Lee Harrogate 2390 ◊ ½/3 ♦ ½/20 ◊ ½/14 ♦ 0/4 ◊ 1/33 ♦ ½/24 ◊ ½/21 ♦ ½/22 ◊ ½/27 ♦ 0/19 ◊ ½/15 5
24 Peter H Clarke Holsworthy 2380 ♦ ½/29 ◊ ½/9 ♦ ½/33 ◊ ½/26 ♦ ½/17 ◊ ½/23 ♦ ½/18 ◊ ½/25 ♦ ½/10 ♦ ½/15 ♦ 0/13 5
25 Julian T Farrand Stockport   ♦ ½/5 ◊ ½/15 ♦ ½/26 ◊ ½/9 ♦ ½/29 ◊ ½/10 ♦ ½/17 ♦ ½/24 ◊ 0/16 ◊ 0/28 ◊ 1/36 5
26 Leslie S Blackstock Kidderminster   ◊ 1/27 ♦ 0/11 ◊ ½/25 ♦ ½/24 ◊ ½/22 ♦ ½/21 ◊ ½/19 ♦ ½/16 ◊ 0/20 ♦ ½/29 ◊ ½/30 5
27 Michael J Franklin London   ♦ 0/26 ♦ 0/22 ◊ 1/30 ♦ 1/35 ◊ ½/14 ♦ 1/32 ◊ ½/8 ◊ 0/6 ♦ ½/23 ◊ ½/13 ♦ 0/12 5
28 Derek Maurice Wise Bristol   ◊ 0/7 ♦ ½/21 ◊ ½/34 ♦ 0/16 ♦ 0/20 ◊ 1/36 ♦ ½/30 ◊ 0/5 ◊ 1/35 ♦ 1/25 ◊ ½/29 5
29 Nigel John Kalton Warwick   ◊ ½/24 ♦ 0/3 ◊ ½/21 ♦ ½/34 ◊ ½/25 ♦ 0/19 ◊ ½/33 ♦ ½/35 ♦ 1/36 ◊ ½/26 ♦ ½/28 5
30 Louis De Veauce Manchester   ♦ 0/17 ♦ 0/19 ♦ 0/27 ◊ ½/36 ◊ 1/35 ♦ ½/33 ◊ ½/28 ♦ 1/32 ◊ ½/34 ◊ ½/12 ♦ ½/26 5
31 Leon P Burnett Weston-s-Mare   ◊ 0/4 ♦ ½/6 ◊ ½/35 ♦ ½/21 ◊ ½/19 ♦ ½/20 ◊ 0/16 ♦ 1/34 ◊ 0/22 ♦ ½/36 ♦ ½/32
32 Brian R Eley Rotherham   ♦ 1/36 ◊ 0/2 ♦ 0/18 ♦ ½/19 ◊ 1/34 ◊ 0/27 ♦ 0/10 ◊ 0/30 ♦ 0/12 ♦ 1/35 ◊ ½/31 4
33 Stuart J Hutchings Cardiff   ♦ ½/18 ◊ ½/5 ◊ ½/24 ♦ 0/6 ♦ 0/23 ◊ ½/30 ♦ ½/29 ◊ 1/36 ♦ 0/17 ◊ 0/34 ◊ ½/35 4
34 Alan G Trangmar Beckenham   ♦ 0/11 ◊ ½/36 ♦ ½/28 ◊ ½/29 ♦ 0/32 ♦ ½/35 ◊ 0/20 ◊ 0/31 ♦ ½/30 ♦ 1/33 ◊ ½/22 4
35 John N Sugden Beckenham   ♦ ½/9 ◊ 0/1 ♦ ½/31 ◊ 0/27 ♦ 0/30 ◊ ½/34 ♦ 0/36 ◊ ½/29 ♦ 0/28 ◊ 0/32 ♦ ½/33
36 William A Linton London   ◊ 0/32 ♦ ½/34 ◊ 0/6 ♦ ½/30 ◊ 0/21 ♦ 0/28 ◊ 1/35 ♦ 0/33 ◊ 0/29 ◊ ½/31 ♦ 0/25

1971 British Ladies' Chess Championship, Blackpool 1970« »1972

1971 British Ladies Championship Resid. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12  Total 
1 Jana Hartston Cambridge
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½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10
2 Elaine Pritchard Godalming ½
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½ ½ 1d 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
3 Rowena M Bruce Plymouth ½ ½
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½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1
4 Dinah M Wright London 0 ½ ½
&;
0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1
5 Nancy C Elder Dundee 0 0d 0 1
&;
1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 7
6 (Patricia) Anne Sunnucks Crowthorne 0 0 ½ 0 0
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1 1 1 ½ 1 1d 6
7 Mary McGinn Glasgow 0 0 0 0 0 0
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1 1 1 ½ 1
8 Olive Chataway (formerly Richards) Harrow 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0
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0 1 1 1 4
9 Jean Pickles Preston 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1
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1 1 0
10 Sandra Osmond Twickenham 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0
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1 1
11 Joan M Pawlus Wigan 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0
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1 2
12 Christine Elder Dundee 0 0 0 0 0 0d 0 0 1 0 0
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1

 

1971 British Women's Championship, Palatine School, Blackpool
Photo of round 2 of the British Women's Chess Championship, 10 August 1971. Players left to right: Olive Chataway (only just visible) vs Jana Hartston (now Jana Bellin), Anne Sunnucks, in the foreground Sandra Osmond has white vs Joan Pawlus, beyond them is Dinah Wright (now Dinah Norman). Photo: Lancashire Post.

1971 BCF MAJOR OPEN

Rank 1971 BCF Major Open Total
1 Raymond B Edwards (Harrogate) 8½/11
2-3 Gerald H Bennett (Bournemouth), James Steedman (North Shields) 8
4-6 Graham P Burton (Oxford), Brian J Denman (Wimborne), Neville B K Gill (Isle of Man)
7-9 George A Dickson (London), Ronald F A Harman (London), Robert S McFarland (Coventry) 7
10-14 Zahiruddin Farooqui (Karachi), H Johansson (Stockholm), Richard C Lemon (Kingston-on-Thames), Richard W O'Brien (Ilford), Terrance J Stuttard (Manchester)
15-20 Donald M Andrew (Wallington), Raymond J Gamble (Derby), Paul F Habershon (Bedford), Otto H Hardy (Loughborough), Bryan H Hughes (Wallasey), James R Nicolson (Manchester) 6
21-27 George Cabaj (Chalfont St. Giles), Percy B Cook (London), Keith L Escott (Hornchurch), John M Ripley (Liverpool), Robin A E Shaw (Grays, Essex), Graham Speed (London), Stuart A Townsend (Reading)
28-34 Tom Bimpson (Northwich), (Derek) George Ellison (Poulton-le Fylde), Gerald P Hildred (Lancaster), David G MacDonald (Welwyn Garden City), Alan N Morris (Leicester), B Turner (Reading), W J Vellakoop (The Hague) 5
35-40 D Michael Denison (Wakefield), R E Evans (Chester), John B Goodman (Plymouth), Michael R Price (Liverpool), Robert P Ross (Hull), Walter J E Yeeles (Gosport)
41 Godfrey V Brangham (Cwmbran) 4
42-44 Terence D Crawford (Cardiff), H Trevor Jones (Beckenham), David Welch (Liverpool)
45 M D Osmond (Twickenham) 3
46 Roger V H Butters (Stafford) 2
47 Allen Chalfen (London)

1971 British Under-21 Chess Championship

1971 British U21 Championship Residence 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  Total 
1 Anthony J Miles Birmingham ◊ 1/12 ◊ 1/9 ♦ ½/15 ◊ ½/5 ♦ 1/11 ♦ 1/13 ◊ 1/7 ◊ ½/2 ♦ 1/6 ◊ 1/4 ◊ ½/3 9
2 John D M Nunn London ◊ 1/31 ♦ ½/6 ◊ 1/25 ♦ 0/13 ◊ 1/4 ♦ 1/16 ◊ 1/5 ♦ ½/1 ♦ 0/3 ◊ 1/12 ♦ 1/11 8
3 Jonathan S Speelman London ◊ 0/10 ♦ 1/31 ◊ ½/12 ♦ 1/24 ◊ 1/25 ♦ 0/6 ◊ 1/16 ♦ 1/15 ◊ 1/2 ◊ 1/7 ♦ ½/1 8
4 Rory M R O'Kelly Beckenham ♦ 1/8 ◊ ½/18 ♦ ½/14 ◊½/16 ♦ 0/2 ◊ 1/26 ◊ 1/13 ♦ 1/12 ◊ 1/5 ♦ 0/1 ◊ 1/10
5 Ian J Sinclair Kilmacolm ◊ 1/34 ♦ 1/7 ◊ ½/11 ♦ ½/1 ◊ 1/13 ♦ 1/10 ♦ 0/2 ◊ ½/6 ♦ 0/4 ◊ 1/15 ♦ 1/18
6 Mike J O'Hara Bolton ♦ ½/30 ◊ ½/2 ◊ 1/22 ♦ 0/25 ♦ 1/28 ◊ 1/3 ♦ 1/14 ♦ ½/5 ◊ 0/1 ◊ ½/9 ◊ ½/7
7 Roger Webb Oxted ◊ 1/29 ◊ 0/5 ♦ ½/9 ♦ 1/20 ◊ 1/22 ◊ ½/15 ♦ 0/1 ◊ 1/14 ◊ 1/18 ♦ 0/3 ♦ ½/6
8 Jim Burnett Doncaster ◊ 0/4 ♦ ½/17 ◊ ½/27 ♦ 0/31 ♦ 1/23 ◊ 0/21 ♦ 0/9 ◊ 1/34 ♦ 1/26 ◊ 1/29 ♦ 1/24 6
9 Michael J Donnelly Billingham ◊ 1/20 ♦ 0/1 ◊ ½/7 ♦ 0/12 ◊ 1/29 ♦ 0/25 ◊ 1/8 ♦ 1/27 ◊ ½/17 ♦ ½/6 ◊ ½/13 6
10 (Louis) Alan Edwards Leicester ♦ 1/3 ◊ ½/14 ♦ ½/18 ◊ 1/26 ♦ ½/15 ◊ 0/5 ♦ 0/21 ◊ 1/16 ♦ ½/11 ◊ 1/24 ♦ 0/4 6
11 Paul Hershman London ♦ 1/23 ◊ 1/26 ♦ ½/5 ◊ ½/15 ◊ 0/1 ♦ 0/12 ◊ 1/31 ♦ ½/17 ◊ ½/10 ♦ 1/21 ♦ 0/2 6
12 John Hutcheson London ♦ 0/1 ◊ 1/34 ♦ ½/3 ◊ 1/9 ♦ ½/14 ◊ 1/11 ♦ ½/15 ◊ 0/4 ◊ 1/13 ♦ 0/2 ♦ ½/16 6
13 Paul A Hutchinson Brigg ♦ ½/16 ◊ 1/19 ♦ 1/30 ◊ 1/2 ♦ 0/5 ◊ 0/1 ♦ 0/4 ◊ 1/21 ♦ 0/12 ◊ 1/20 ♦ ½/9 6
14 Peter A Linnell Manchester ◊ 1/22 ♦ ½/10 ◊ ½/4 ♦ ½/18 ◊ ½/12 ♦ 1/31 ◊ 0/6 ♦ 0/7 ♦ 0/24 ◊ 1/30 ♦ 1/23 6
15 Nigel E Povah London ◊ 1/33 ♦ 1/28 ◊ ½/1 ♦ ½/11 ◊ ½/10 ♦ ½/7 ◊ ½/12 ◊ 0/3 ♦ 1/20 ♦ 0/5 ◊ ½/18 6
16 Maurice J Staples Bridgwater ♦ ½/13 ♦ ½/20 ◊ 1/29 ♦ ½/4 ◊ 1/18 ◊ 0/2 ♦ 0/3 ♦ 0/10 ◊ 1/25 ♦ 1/27 ◊ ½/12 6
17 David O Vaughan Cwmbran ♦ 0/28 ◊ ½/8 ♦ ½/21 ◊ 1/23 ♦ ½/26 ◊ 1/24 ♦ ½/25 ◊ ½/11 ♦ ½/9 ◊ ½/18 ♦ ½/15 6
18 Stephen H Berry Dewsbury ◊ 1/32 ♦ ½/4 ◊ ½/10 ◊ ½/14 ♦ 0/16 ♦ ½/29 ◊ 1/27 ◊ 1/25 ♦ 0/7 ♦ ½/17 ◊ 0/5
19 Colin F Moore Cambridge ◊ ½/25 ♦ 0/13 ◊ 0/20 ♦ 0/29 ♦ ½/33 ◊ 1/34 ♦ 0/23 ◊ 1/32 ♦ 1/28 ◊ 1/22 ♦ ½/21
20 Stephen J Taylor Bedford ♦ 0/9 ◊ ½/16 ♦ 1/19 ◊ 0/7 ◊ 0/24 ♦ 1/32 ♦ 1/26 ◊ 1/28 ◊ 0/15 ♦ 0/13 ♦ 1/30
21 Kevin J Wicker London ◊ ½/24 ♦ 0/25 ◊ ½/17 ♦ 1/27 ◊ 0/31 ♦ 1/8 ◊ 1/10 ♦ 0/13 ♦ 1/23 ◊ 0/11 ◊ ½/19
22 Roger F T Abayasekera Guildford ♦ 0/14 ◊ 1/32 ♦ 0/6 ◊ 1/30 ♦ 0/7 ◊ ½/28 ♦ ½/24 ◊ 0/23 ♦ 1/34 ♦ 0/19 ◊ 1/33 5
23 Terry B Bennett Gorleston ◊ 0/11 ♦ ½/27 ◊ ½/24 ♦ 0/17 ◊ 0/8 ♦ 1/33 ◊ 1/19 ♦ 1/22 ◊ 0/21 ♦ 1/25 ◊ 0/14 5
24 Alan Keene Leeds ♦ ½/21 ◊ ½/30 ♦ ½/23 ◊ 0/3 ♦ 1/20 ♦ 0/17 ◊ ½/22 ♦ 1/31 ◊ 1/14 ♦ 0/10 ◊ 0/8 5
25 John G Nicholson London ♦ ½/19 ◊ 1/21 ♦ 0/2 ◊ 1/6 ♦ 0/3 ◊ 1/9 ◊ ½/17 ♦ 0/18 ♦ 0/16 ◊ 0/23 ♦ 1/34 5
26 Alan P Ashby Manchester ◊ 1/27 ♦ 0/11 ◊ 1/28 ♦ 0/10 ◊ ½/17 ♦ 0/4 ◊ 0/20 ♦ ½/33 ◊ 0/8 ◊ 1/32 ♦ ½/29
27 Richard G Beville London ♦ 0/26 ◊ ½/23 ♦ ½/8 ◊ 0/21 ♦ 1/34 ◊ 1/30 ♦ 0/18 ◊ 0/9 ♦ 1/32 ◊ 0/16 ♦ ½/28
28 John A Gorman Chester ◊ 1/17 ◊ 0/15 ♦ 0/26 ♦ 1/32 ◊ 0/6 ♦ ½/22 ◊ 1/29 ♦ 0/20 ◊ 0/19 ♦ ½/33 ◊ ½/27
29 Brian A Shaft Salford ♦ 0/7 ◊ 1/33 ♦ 0/16 ◊ 1/19 ♦ 0/23 ◊ ½/18 ♦ 0/28 ♦ ½/30 ◊ 1/31 ♦ 0/8 ◊ ½/26
30 P R Taylor Reading ◊ ½/6 ♦ ½/24 ◊ 0/13 ♦ 0/22 ◊ ½/32 ♦ 0/27 ♦ 1/34 ◊ ½/29 ◊ 1/33 ♦ 0/14 ◊ 0/20 4
31 A Forster London ♦ 0/2 ◊ 0/3 ♦ 1/33 ◊ 1/8 ♦ 1/21 ◊ 0/14 ♦ 0/11 ◊ 0/24 ♦ 0/29     3/9
32 L A Treloar Bracknell ♦ 0/18 ♦ 0/22 ◊ 1/34 ◊ 0/28 ♦ ½/30 ◊ 0/20 ◊ 0/33 ♦ 0/19 ◊ 0/27 ♦ 0/26 1/bye
33 R Willey Stockbridge ♦ 0/15 ♦ 0/29 ◊ 0/31 ♦ 0/34 ◊ ½/19 ◊ 0/23 ♦ 1/32 ◊ ½/26 ♦ 0/30 ◊ ½/28 ♦ 0/22
34 Barry D A Fraser Greenford ♦ 0/5 ♦ 0/12 ♦ 0/32 ◊ 1/33 ◊ 0/27 ♦ 0/19 ◊ 0/30 ♦ 0/8 ◊ 0/22 1/bye ◊ 0/25 2

1971 British Boys' Under 18 Championship

JS note: the following crosstable was created from my own notes in the souvenir programme. I only know the colours for my own games.
1971 British U18 Championship Residence 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  Total 
1 A Jonathan Mestel Manchester 1/30 1/15 1/10 ½/4 1/2 1/17 1/3 1/13 1/16 1/19 1/5 10½
2 Terry P D Chapman London 1/17 1/5 ½/13 1/19 0/1 1/29 ♦ 1/21 0/4 1/27 1/16 1/12
3 Andrew J Morley Leicester 1/45 ½/9 1/20 ½/13 1/7 1/11 0/1 0/16 ♦ ½/21 1/27 1/4
4 Douglas Tudhope Dundee 1/31 1/44 ½/11 ½/1 1/13 1/27 1/10 1/2 ½/19 0/5 0/3
5 John M Bennett London 1/36 0/2 1/34 0/7 1/14 1/31 0/16 1/17 1/23 1/4 0/1 7
6 Gordon Botley Bromley 0/9 1/33 1/38 ◊ ½/21 0/29 ½/18 1/14 ½/11 1/30 1/13 ½/15 7
7 Andrew Millington Willenhall 1/48 ½/29 ½/14 1/5 0/3 1/38 ½/27 ◊ ½/21 0/13 1/23 1/19 7
8 Andrew Baruch Dundee ½/18 ½/41 ½/43 ½/23 1/12 0/13 ½/11 1/22 ½/29 ½/14 1/31
9 Eric J S Boyd Liverpool 1/6 ½/3 1/18 0/11 ½/31 0/16 0/23 ½/41 1/28 1/26 1/22
10 Frederick J Ferrar Ramsgate 1/49 1/34 0/1 ½/27 1/15 1/22 0/4 0/19 ½/18 1/29 ½/13
11 Anthony L Hosking Paignton 1/42 1/38 ½/4 1/9 0/27 0/3 ½/8 ½/6 ½/15 1/17 ½/16
12 Peter Kelen London 0/26 0/30 1/45 ½/42 0/8 1/40 1/36 1/39 1/38 ◊ 1/21 0/2
13 David I Patrick Leicester 1/32 1/26 ½/2 ½/3 0/4 1/8 1/17 0/1 1/7 0/6 ½/10
14 Andrew J Stoker Birmingham ½/25 1/37 ½/7 0/17 0/5 1/35 0/6 1/32 1/42 ½/8 ♦ 1/27
15 S J Thomson Orpington 1/46 0/1 1/16 ½/29 0/10 1/43 0/19 1/26 ½/11 1/18 ½/6
16 Mark A Vellacott London 1/39 0/27 0/15 1d/49 1/25 1/9 1/5 1/3 0/1 0/2 ½/11
17 R A Duffner Edinburgh 0/2 1/49 1/28 1/14 1/20 0/1 0/13 0/5 1/24 0/11 1/37 6
18 C Jones London ½/8 1/25 0/9 0/30 1/40 ½/6 1/32 ½/38 ½/10 0/15 1/36 6
19 Jonathan Kinlay Orpington 1/47 1/35 ½/27 0/2 1/30 ◊ 0/21 1/15 1/10 ½/4 0/1 0/7 6
20 Malcolm R Major Leicester 1/22 ◊ ½/21 0/3 1/26 0/17 ½/32 0/24 1/37 ½/34 ½/25 1/35 6
21 John C Saunders High Wycombe ◊ 1/50 ♦ ½/20 ◊ ½/29 ♦ ½/6 ◊ 1/41 ♦ 1/19 ◊ 0/2 ♦ ½/7 ◊ ½/3 ♦ 0/12 ◊ ½/23 6
22 Robert Baker Coventry 0/20 ½/24 1/33 ½/39 1/35 0/10 ½/30 0/8 1/40 1/38 0/9
23 Hew R Dundas Argyll 0/35 1/42 ½/32 ½/8 ½/39 ½/30 1/9 1/25 0/5 0/7 ♦ ½/21
24 M R Forrest Esher 0/27 ½/22 0/40 1/47 0/26 1d/49 1/20 ½/34 0/17 ½/41 1/43
25 Mark I Hassall Leicester ½/14 0/18 1/44 ½/36 0/16 1/42 1/41 0/23 ½/31 ½/20 ½/29
26 Alan D Lloyd Birmingham 1/12 0/13 ½/41 0/20 1/24 1/36 0/29 0/15 1/39 0/9 1/38
27 Stephen J Lorber Sheffield 1/24 1/16 ½/19 ½/10 1/11 0/4 ½/7 1/29 0/2 0/3 ◊ 0/14
28 Adrian E Millward Leicester 0/38 1/47 0/17 0/35 1/46 1/37 ½/39 0/30 0/9 1/40 1/42
29 Allan Radlow Glasgow 1/33 ½/7 ♦ ½/21 ½/15 1/6 0/2 1/26 0/27 ½/8 0/10 ½/25
30 Paul Sheard Stockport 0/1 1/12 ½/31 1/18 0/19 ½/23 ½/22 1/28 0/6 0/37 1/41
31 D J Stone Bridgwater 0/4 1/45 ½/30 1/37 ½/9 0/5 0/38 1/33 ½/25 1/34 0/8
32 G M Brown Folkestone 0/13 1/50 ½/23 ½/43 ½/36 ½/20 0/18 0/14 1/44 ½/42 ½/34 5
33 T Cambray Feltham 0/29 0/6 0/22 1/50 1/44 0/34 1/47 0/31 0/35 1/48 1/45 5
34 J A Ferguson Dundee 1/40 0/10 0/5 0/38 ½/48 1/33 1/35 ½/24 ½/20 0/31 ½/32 5
35 R A Humphreys Burnham 1/23 0/19 0/36 1/28 0/22 0/14 0/34 1/49 1/33 1/39 0/20 5
36 Laurence J (Max) Moullin Altrincham 0/5 ½/39 1/35 ½/25 ½/32 0/26 0/12 1/47 ½/41 1/43 0/18 5
37 J Warner Weston-super-Mare ½/41 0/14 1/48 0/31 ½/42 0/28 1/43 0/20 1/46 1/30 0/17 5
38 David (Paul) L Barasi London 1/28 0/11 0/6 1/34 1/43 0/7 1/31 ½/18 0/12 0/22 0/26
39 D Clark Melton Mowbray 0/16 ½/36 1/46 ½/22 ½/23 ½/41 ½/28 0/12 0/26 0/35 1/48
40 S V Graham Leicester 0/34 ½/48 1/24 0/41 0/18 0/12 1/50 1/44 0/22 0/28 1/46
41 Stephen C Haley Wakefield ½/37 ½/8 ½/26 1/40 ♦ 0/21 ½/39 0/25 ½/9 ½/36 ½/24 0/30
42 Anthony J Stenton Maidenhead 0/11 0/23 1/50 ½/12 ½/37 0/25 1/48 1/45 0/14 ½/32 0/28
43 Geoffrey Kendall jnr Scunthorpe ½/44 ½/46 ½/8 ½/32 0/38 0/15 0/37 1/48 1/45 0/36 0/24 4
44 B M Smith Preston ½/43 0/4 0/25 ½/45 0/33 ½/46 1/49 0/41 0/32 1/50 ½/47 4
45 G R Marshall Doncaster 0/3 0/31 0/12 ½/44 0/47 1/50 1/46 0/42 0/43 1/49 0/33
46 D Riley Blackpool 0/15 ½/43 0/39 ½/48 0/28 ½/44 0/45 1/50 0/37 1/47 0/40
47 Alan Shanks Ballyclare 0/19 0/28 ½/49 0/24 1/45 ½/48 0/33 0/36 1/50 0/46 ½/44
48 A Marshall Boston 0/7 ½/40 0/37 ½/46 ½/34 ½/47 0/42 0/43 1/49 0/33 0/39 3
49 J Alexander Ballyclare 0/10 0/17 ½/47 0d/16 1/50 0d/24 0/44 0/35 0/48 0/45 0d
50 Michael Broers Newtownabbey ♦ 0/21 0/32 0/42 0/33 0/49 0/45 0/40 0/46 0/47 0/44 0d 0
The round 9 pairing between Hosking and Thomson shows a 'D' against it in both players' record. Both took a half-point bye?

1971 BRITISH BOYS’ UNDER-16 CHAMPIONSHIP

Rank 1971 British Boys' Under 16 Championship  Total 
1 Chris M Cooley (Swindon) 8½/11
2 Vaughan Wynne Griffiths (Northampton) 8
3-5 Stephen Balmer (Edinburgh), Dafydd [David] R Johnston (North Ferriby), Paul E Littlewood (Skelmersdale)
6-8 Graham Andrews (Doncaster), Michael A Cook (Stevenage), Michael Hubbard (London) 7
9-10 Lawrence J Glazier (Manchester), Robin W Haldane (London)
11-18 David S C Goodman (London), M K Jones (West Wickham), Ivan P Legg (Gloucester), David L Massie (London), A P Rice (Gloucester), Andrew J Rolfe (Nottingham), Peter J Sharp (Nottingham), A M Weekes (Huddersfield) 6
19-24 Anthony C Dempsey (Widnes), J Drinkwater (Bolton), Nigel P Hacking (Bolton), M C Kelly (Hartlepool), D J Nicholls (Leicester), Alan Weston (Doncaster)
25-27 John Steven R Barker (Macclesfield), Alan A Smith (Manchester), A G Ward (Bolton) 5
28-32 C J Blundell (Folkestone), Andrew F J Glaze (Shrewsbury), David J Knight (Nuneaton), Keith A Povah (London), M B Wood (Bradford)
33-36 R Bennett (Nuneaton), M Dear (Oxford), A S Grant (Workington), C Machin (Scunthorpe) 4
37-38 R Day (Nottingham), Eric W Gehlhaar (Lincoln)
39 R Walsh (Lytham St Annes) 3
40 P W Mottram (Cheam)

1971 BRITISH BOYS’ UNDER-14 CHAMPIONSHIP

Rank 1971 British Boys' Under 14 Championship  Total 
1 Peter Cooley (Swindon) 8/11
2-4 Nicholas P Alexander (London), Alan W Potts (Cookham), David G Reece (Twickenham)
5-7 Jonathan C Benjamin (Richmond), Simon J Hibble (Bradford), William James Torrens (Belfast) 7
8-9 Chris J Burrows (Maidenhead), John A Hutchinson (Brigg)
10 Michael K Stone (West Kirby) 6
11-12 C Longthorpe (Howden, E. Yorks), Robert L Povey (London)
13-17 C Barry (Oxford), Julian Boswell (Liverpool), P McDonald (Liverpool), Richard Pytel (Shipley), Simon Spivack (London) 5
18-22 Adrian S Argile (Preston), S Carter (Oxford), M Cooke (Weston-super-Mare), P J Dolan (Manchester), Martin Goldschmidt (London)
23 Richard E Goodman1 (Plymouth) 1 son of John Bertram Goodman, who took part in pre-war and post-war chess tournaments 2

1971 BRITISH GIRLS’ UNDER-18 CHAMPIONSHIP

Rank 1971 British Girls' Under 18 Championship  Total 
1 Sheila Jackson (Liverpool) 8/9
2 Morag Harrigan (Glasgow) 7
3 A L Kendall (Blackpool)
4 Genine Fielding (Huddersfield)
5 Mary A Hutchinson (Brigg) 5
6 M Winsom (Totnes)
7-8 Brenda Cole (Lindfield), Roxane Agnew (Belfast) 3
9 E Friel (Glasgow) 2
10 Mary Harrigan (Glasgow) ½

1971 BRITISH GIRLS’ UNDER-14 CHAMPIONSHIP

Rank 1971 British Girls' Under 14 Championship  Total 
1 Susan L Caldwell (London) 7½/9
2 Judith Hanslip (Dundee)
3-4 Sally Butcher (Edinburgh), Sheila A Jordan (Wallasey) 6
5 Lynne Houston (Dundee)
6-7 Wanda Pritchard (Godalming), Jeanette E Unger (London)
8 Susan A Porter (Bracknell) 3
9 Susan A Hutchinson (Brigg)
10 Karen P S Unger (London) 1

1971 BCF OVER-50 TOURNAMENT: (1) James W Prosser (Newcastle) 9½; (2) Wilfred Evans (Chorleywood) 9; (3-4) Thomas Eagle Lovell Chataway (Harrow), Peter Doig (Wormit, Fife) 8; (5-8) Sydney Gothard (Burton-on-Trent), B C Gould (London), Truman Victor Parrott (Nth Harrow), F Richardson (St. Annes) 5½; (9) D Elder (Dundee) 5; (10) A Terrett (Norwich) 2; (11) C L Gibson (Blackpool) 1½; (12) H Graham (Manchester) 1.

1971 BRITISH BLIND PLAYERS’ CHAMPIONSHIP: (1) Reginald Walter Bonham (Worcester) 5½; (2) Geoffrey Douglas Carlin (Leicester) 5; (3-4 Colin R Chambers (Bristol), Jack Horrocks (Welling) 4½; (5) Derek Heyes (Bolton) 4; (6-7) Hans H Cohn (London), E Mitchell (Hastings) 3½; (8-9) K Harrold (Worcester), Miss Margaret Eleanor Lander (Gillingham, Dorset) 3; (10) J E Williams (Sheffield) 2½; (11) S Burnell (Worcester) 2; (12) D G Milson (Bristol) 1.

BCF FIRST CLASS TOURNAMENT: (1-2) P Grant (St. Annes), R Hardy (Street, Som.) 8; (3) Roy Woodcock (Nuneaton) 7½; (4-6) W D Johnson (Leeds), A Pinkerton (Belfast), S Welbourne (Scarborough) 7; (7-9) Arthur Cootes (Belfast), T Evans (Antrim), F J Turner (Blackpool) 6½; (10-11) D A Burrows (St Helens), J W Dick (Glasgow) 6; (12-16) (George) Alec M Boswell (Liverpool), Anthony J Doherty (York), H James Draisey (Bristol), Fred C Manning (New Malden), Alexander Schofield (Pontefract) 5½; (17-19) Michael L Baumber (Keighley), Frederick W Bradbury (Southport), A Mikelson (Newcastle) 5; (20-23) P Griffiths (Holmbrook, Cumbs.), D C Hartley, Geoffrey Kendall snr (Scunthorpe), Alfred Milner (Manchester) 4½; (24-26) E Chambers (St Leonards), F V Chorley (Liverpool), M L Patrick (Nottingham) 4½; (27) S Taylor (Blackpool) 3½; (28) John C Calvert (Nottingham) 2.

FIVE DAY - 1st WEEK TOURNAMENT: (1) Michael J Conroy (Burnley) 4½/5; (2-3) John N Walker (Oxford), David Wise (Middlesbrough) 4; (4) Thomas Wise (Middlesbrough) 3½; (5-7) Robert H Mellor (Prescot), N M Stewart (Abingdon), Anthony K Swift (London) 3; (8-14) M R Ashmore (Lymm), Peter Cloudsdale (Ambleside), J Dixon (Crewe), G V Glover (Carlisle), C Hanson (Burnley), H Hubbard (London), R Quaye (London) 2; (15) J Wilson 1; (16) E W Carr (Torquay) 0

FIVE DAY - 2nd WEEK A TOURNAMENT: (1) Trefor F Thynne (Teignmouth) 4/5; (2-4) Steve J Mann (Sheffield), F Norman Stephenson (Middlesbrough), John N Walker (Oxford) 3½; (5) Anthony K Swift (London) 3; (6) Leigh A Trangmar (Beckenham) 2½; (7-9) Nigel W Dennis (Henley), S C Hamilton (Ayr), P W Walsh (Dundee) 2; (10-11) Allen Chalfen (London), H Hubbard (London) 1½; (12) R Julian (Basildon) 1.

FIVE DAY - 2nd WEEK B TOURNAMENT: (1-2) J Dixon (Crewe), R Quaye (London) 3½; (3-5) T K Allsop (Southport), C Hanson (Burnley), D K Winter (London) 3; (6-7) M W Alcock (Birmingham), Miss M Little (Dundee) 2½; (8) Miss G Morgan (Stamford) 2; (9-10) D Bell (Blackpool), A A Wilson (Preston) 1


There was a lightning tournament on the middle Sunday (15 August 1971) of which results are not available from any official source. According to my own notes, the leading results were (1) E J Holt 8½/9; (2-3) J G Nicholson, S J Lorber 7½; (4-7) A J Mestel, J P Sommerville, K J Wicker, M J Haygarth 7. However, this was only a sketchy scribble in a scorebook made sometime later and should not be treated as definitive - JS. I took part myself, scoring 6/9 (1 v R A Humphreys, 1 v A A Smith, 0 v A J Mestel, 0 v J P Sommerville, 1 v N E Povah, 1 v A J Stenton, 0 v S Balmer, 1 v R M R O'Kelly, 1 v A Chalfen)


File Updated

Date Notes
September 2017 First uploaded
15 April 2018 Added the game J.Speelman - J.Nunn (Rd 9, U21), from Jon Speelman's 1997 Batsford book 'Jon Speelman's Best Games'.
15 April 2018 Added the game Hershman-Nunn (Rd 11), kindly sent in by Andy Ansel.
30 September 2020 Revamped to show neater and more informative crosstables. Also added five games from the Under-21 played by Mike Donnelly.
1 October 2020 Brian Denman has kindly shared his 11 games from the 1971 Major Open which I have added to the file. Thanks, Brian.
19 September 2023 Added the part-game J.Speelman 1-0 M.O'Hara (U21, rd 6) in two parts.
27 December 2023 Added the game S.Lorber 0-1 A.Stoker (U16, rd 11), plus five games played by Paul Littlewood which already appear in his player file. Also, some minor cosmetic changes applied.