1967 Paignton Women's International, Paignton, 3-9 September

1967 Paignton Women's International		Fed	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total
1	Nona Gaprindashvili	USSR	&;	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	6
2	Katarina Jovanovic	YUG	½	&;	0	½	1	½	1	1	4½
3	Elisabeta Polihroniade	ROU	0	1	&;	0	1	1	0	1	4
4	Elaine Pritchard	ENG	0	½	1	&;	½	½	½	1	4
5	Eva Karakas	HUN	½	0	0	½	&;	½	½	1	3
6	Elfriede Rinder	FRG	0	½	0	½	½	&;	1	½	3
7	Corry Vreeken	NED	0	0	1	½	½	0	&;	0	2
8	Rowena M Bruce	ENG	0	0	0	0	0	½	1	&;	1½

1967 (17th) Paignton Premier, Oldway Mansion, 3-9 September

1967 Paignton Premier		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
1	Robert G Wade	Ilford NZL	b15=	+	b7=	w8+	2=	b3+	w4=	5
2	Nicholas J Patterson	Belfast	b23=	+	w6+	b3+	1=	4=	w5=	5
3	Michael J Basman	Addlestone	b16+	w13+	b8+	w2-	b4=	w1-	b14+	4½
4	Peter C Gibbs	Sutton Coldfield	w20+	=	14+	b15=	w3=	2=	b1=	4½
5	William R Hartston	Enfield	w12=	b9=	b23=	w7=	+	w19+	b2=	4½
6	John A Lawrence	Birmingham	w11+		b2-	b9=	w15+		w12=	4
7	Keith B Richardson	Camberley	w17+	b14=	w1=	b5=			w9=	4
8	Louis de Veauce	Pirbright	b18+		w3-	b1-			w10=	4
9	Andrew P Sombor	Croydon	b19=	w5=	b16=	w6=	b11+	=	b7=	4
10	John N Walker	Cowley	b14	b11+	w22=	w23+			b8=	4
11	Peter C Griffiths	Solihull	b6-	w10-	b18+	w13+	w9-	b21+	w16+	4
12	Peter H Clarke	Peterborough	b5=	=	b17=	w19			b6=	4
13	Peter W Hempson	Hornsey	w24+	b3-	w15-	b11-			b19+	3½
14	(Philip) Stuart Milner-Barry	London	w10	w7=	4-	b17+			w3-	3½
15	John N Sugden	Beckenham	w1=		b13+	w4=	b6-		b17+	3½
16	John C Cock	Cheltenham	w3-		w9=	b22=		w23+	b11-	3
17	Thomas Bimpson	Northwich	b7-		w12=	w14-			w15-	2½
18	Joseph A Flood	Exeter	w8-		w11-	b24-			b23+	2½
19	Brian A Foreman	Leicester	w9=		w21+	b12		b5-	w13-	2½
20	John B Goodman	Plymouth	b4-		w24=	b21			bye+	2½
21	Geoffrey I Rhodes	Newcastle-upon-Tyne	w22=		b19-	w20		w11-	b24=	2½
22	Keith M Oliff	Ilford	b21=		b10=	w16=		withdrew		2½
23	Alfred W Bowen	Orpington	w2=		w5=	b10-		b16-	w18-	2
24	James R Boyce	Bristol	b13-		b20=	w18+			w21=	2

Results from reports in The Times. Unfortunately not every round was reported there.

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BCM, October 1967, ppn 296-297

Paignton Chess Congress. September 3rd to 9th, 1967

Bv W. R. HARTSTON

The seventeenth annual congress of the Devon C.C.A. was this year enlarged to include an international ladies’ event. The competitors were the same eight who had played at Havering the previous week, and indeed the results of the tournaments were remarkably similar. The main feature of interest was the play of the Women’s World Champion, Miss Gaprindashvili, who showed herself to be far superior to her rivals, and, as will be seen from the cross-table below, won in most convincing fashion.

Although the standard of play was somewhat disappointing the four leaders all played some good chess. The following game is typical of the devastating style of the World Champion. [Gaprindashvili - Vreeken]

In the Premier tournament the favourites were the four internationals competing: Clarke, Wade, Basman, and myself. Clarke and I both seemed in a peaceful mood, however, and by drawing all our games in the first three rounds put ourselves almost out of the hunt. Basman, meanwhile, had had three straight wins and looked very well placed. The following round, however, he blundered away the exchange when in a winning position to lose to Patterson and the struggle for first prize was again wide open. The machinations of the Swiss System then continued by providing a short all-play-all tournament between the leaders: Patterson, Wade, Basman, and Gibbs. All the games between these players were drawn except, in the penultimate round, when Basman left a Rook en prise to lose to Wade. This enabled me to recover some ground and, after drawing in the last round against Patterson, to take a somehat undeserved share of the prize money.

The fine result of the Cambridge University player Patterson was the highlight of the tournament. By remaining undefeated and sharing first prize with Wade he confirmed the promise shown by his good results earlier this year at Southend and Bognor.

K. M. Oliff was forced to withdraw owing to ill-health when his score was 2½ out of 5. The following game was the most interesting in the Premier— [Lawrence - Sugden]

The prizewinners in the other sections were as follows—

Swiss Challengers A: (1-2) Michael E Brigden (Bristol), (Paul) John Patience (Southampton) 5½/7; (3) James T Pascoe 4½; (4-6) John R Crampton, Robert G W Elwell, Anthony Sadler 4.

Swiss Challengers B: (1) Henry Vickers W Trevenen (Penzance) 6/7; (2) Nicholas J D Jacobs 5½; (3) D Wood 4½; (4-7) John H E Drake, J Green, Jack Horrocks, Richard H K Mann 4.

Premier Reserves A: (1) Anthony M M Hurman (Bridgwater) 5/7; (2-3) A D Burgess, Roy Alan Wagstaff 4½

Premier Reserves B: (1) Jack Alfred Speigel 5½/7; (2-3) David G Cannan, John M Gorton 4½.

Premier Reserves C: (1-2) A H Overs, M W Wood 5/7; (3) Arthur T Watson 4.

Premier Reserves D: (1-2) Paul F Habershon, Trefor F Thynne 5½/7; (3) T W White 5.

Premier Reserves E: (1) Terence D Crawford 5½; (2) Percival Ernest Monkhouse 4; (3) J M Smith 3½.

Major A: (1) J A Pettit 6/7; (2-3) Ivor S Annetts, J C Manderson 5½.

Major B: (1) Robert Whateley 5½/7; (2) J E Williams 4½; (3) Philip K Trussler 4.

First Class: (1) D J Good 5/7; (2-3) D Henderson, Steadman Louis Russell 4½.

Combined Swiss: (1) Johannes Cornelius Kuiken 6/7; (2) D N Harrison 5; (3-5) N Brat, Miss Anne Hilda Gammans, G Slinger 4½.

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