1971 Robert Silk Fellowship, Paignton, 5-11 September
| 1971 Robert Silk Fellowship |
Fed |
Elo |
BCF |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
Total |
| 1 |
William R Hartston |
ENG |
2390 |
231 |
|
1 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
4½ |
| 2 |
Robert Bellin |
ENG |
|
213 |
0 |
|
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4½ |
| 3 |
Peter R Markland |
ENG |
2510 |
227 |
½ |
½ |
|
½ |
½ |
0 |
1 |
½ |
3½ |
| 4 |
Peter H Clarke |
ENG |
2380 |
217 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
|
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
3½ |
| 5 |
George S Botterill |
WLS |
|
226 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
|
½ |
0 |
½ |
3 |
| 6 |
Simon Webb |
ENG |
|
216 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
|
½ |
0 |
3 |
| 7 |
Martyn J Corden |
ENG |
2360 |
211 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
|
½ |
3 |
| 8 |
Michael F Stean |
ENG |
|
213 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
½ |
|
3 |
1971 Paignton Premier, Paignton, 5-11 September
| 1971 Paignton Premier |
Residence |
BCF |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
Total |
| 1 |
Jonathan I Century |
London |
201 |
b15+ |
b2- |
w11= |
b18+ |
w13+ |
w3+ |
b14+ |
5½ |
| 2 |
(Arthur) Howard Williams |
Wales |
219 |
b28+ |
w1+ |
b3- |
w17+ |
w5+ |
b8+ |
?= |
5½ |
| 3 |
Reiner Franke |
Oldenburg |
|
w11+ |
b7+ |
w2+ |
b5= |
w8+ |
b1- |
w6= |
5 |
| 4 |
Gerald H Bennett |
Bournemouth |
205 |
w10+ |
b25= |
w20= |
w8- |
b7= |
b21+ |
w13+ |
4½ |
| 5 |
Nigel J Holloway |
Plymouth |
200 |
w6+ |
b20= |
w25+ |
w3= |
b2- |
w/10 |
|
4½ |
| 6 |
Philip Norman Wallis |
Atherstone |
202 |
b5- |
w26+ |
b7= |
w27= |
b17+ |
w14+ |
b3= |
4½ |
| 7 |
Kevin J Wicker |
London |
|
b29+ |
w3- |
w6= |
b19+ |
w4= |
b20+ |
?= |
4½ |
| 8 |
Martin H Hawley |
London |
191 |
w12= |
b16+ |
w18+ |
b4+ |
b3- |
w2- |
?= |
4 |
| 9 |
Peter W Hempson |
London |
194 |
w13- |
b12= |
b23? |
w26+ |
b15= |
w16? |
|
4 |
| 10 |
Philip J Meade |
Cheltenham |
186 |
b4- |
w28+ |
w19= |
b22+ |
w20= |
b5? |
|
4 |
| 11 |
John N Sugden |
Beckenham |
204 |
b3- |
w23+ |
b1= |
b13- |
w28= |
w22+ |
?+ |
4 |
| 12 |
Louis de Veauce |
Pirbright |
196 |
b8= |
w9= |
b17? |
w15= |
b27+ |
w19= |
|
4 |
| 13 |
Richard A Beach |
Stoke-on-Trent |
198 |
b9+ |
w18- |
b14= |
w11+ |
b1- |
w27+ |
b4- |
3½ |
| 14 |
John Crowle Cock |
Cheltenham |
192 |
w27= |
b24+ |
w13= |
b20= |
w21+ |
b6- |
w1- |
3½ |
| 15 |
Leslie S Blackstock |
Kidderminster |
209 |
w1- |
b22= |
w24= |
b12= |
w9= |
b28= |
w21= |
3 |
| 16 |
John B Goodman |
Plymouth |
|
b18= |
w8- |
w22- |
b28+ |
w24= |
b9? |
|
3 |
| 17 |
Thomas K Hemingway |
Stevenage |
|
w19= |
b27= |
w12? |
b2- |
w6- |
b/24 |
|
3 |
| 18 |
D(avid J?)James |
Cwmbran |
|
w16= |
b13+ |
b8- |
w1- |
b26= |
w23+ |
?- |
3 |
| 19 |
Michael J Meakin |
Northwich |
|
b17= |
w21= |
b10= |
w7- |
b25+ |
b12= |
?- |
3 |
| 20 |
William G Raines |
London |
|
b23+ |
w5= |
b4= |
w14= |
b10= |
w7- |
?- |
3 |
| 21 |
John B Sellens |
Tunbridge Wells |
|
w24= |
b19= |
w27= |
w25+ |
b14- |
w4- |
b15= |
3 |
| 22 |
David Sherman |
London |
206 |
w25- |
w15= |
b16+ |
w10- |
b23= |
b11- |
?+ |
3 |
| 23 |
E Davis |
|
|
w20- |
b11- |
w9? |
b24= |
w22= |
b18- |
|
2½ |
| 24 |
Arthur Hall |
Hastings |
|
b21= |
w14- |
b15= |
w23= |
b16= |
w17? |
|
2½ |
| 25 |
Gerald P Hildred |
London |
|
b22- |
w4= |
b5- |
b21- |
w19- |
w26? |
|
2½ |
| 26 |
Roger G Ambler |
London |
|
|
b6- |
w28= |
b9- |
w18= |
b25? |
|
2 / 6 |
| 27 |
Wilfred Henry Pratten |
Fareham |
|
b14= |
w17= |
b21= |
b6= |
w12- |
b13- |
?- |
2 |
| 28 |
Paul V Byway |
Maidenhead |
199 |
w2- |
b10- |
b26= |
w16- |
b11= |
w15= |
?- |
1½ |
| 29 |
Vernon Dilworth |
|
|
w7- |
withdrew |
|
0 / 1 |
Crosstable compiled from results given in The Times - no results given for the last round
1971 Paignton Challengers, 5-11 September
| Rank |
1971 Paignton Challengers |
Total |
| 1 |
Peter Harris (Birmingham) |
6/7 |
| 2-8 |
A C Barton (Southampton), Gerald Homer (West Bromwich), Richard H K Mann (Wareham), Joseph M Soesan (Leatherhead), Maurice J Staples, Jim E Vickery (Hayes), M W Wood |
5 |
| 9-11 |
N Andrews (Birmingham), Keith M Southern, Geoffrey N Stokes (Sutton Coldfield) |
4½ |
| 12-21 |
J Harry Baines (Wednesbury), Terence D Crawford (Cardiff), Mitko E Mitev, Peter Douglas Ralph, Chris C W Shephard (S. Birmingham), Andrew P Sombor (Sutton Coldfield), H Swart (Switzerland), D M Taylor (Olton), Peter Roger Vivian, Roy Alan Wagstaff (London) |
4 |
| 22-29 |
Maj. William Ernest Bruges (Salisbury), Christopher D Carr, Michael Joseph Gilhespy, Timothy D Harding (Oxford), Ian D Hunnable (Woodford Green), Robin J Pearce, John Michael Tayler (Braunstone), G W Thomas |
3½ |
| 30-40 |
Mrs. Rowena M Bruce (Plymouth), David J Casiot, Leslie Paul Collard (Hereford), Wilfred Evans (Bucks), R A Kendall, Robin F Kneebone, R Liggitt (Paignton), Jack Stanley Midgley (Torquay), Ralph Herbert Thomas Newman (Lynton), W E Sharp, John Walker (Teignmouth) |
3 |
| 41-42 |
Sydney Ross Capsey (Bishop Stortford), *H Eidinger |
2½ |
| 43-47 |
John Frank Chambers, Charles Ambrose Scott Damant (Newton Abbot), R Evans, John M Gorton (St Leonards), R J Hirons |
2 |
| 48 |
Eric J Leyns |
1½ |
| 49 |
David Pardoe |
1 |
| 50 |
G D Pennington |
0/5 |
*Eidinger withdrew after 4 rounds. (Prizes: £50, £25, £10, £7.50 and £5).
1971 Paignton Premier Reserves A
1971 Paignton
Premier Reserves A |
Residence |
BCF |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
Total |
| 1 |
Victor John Anthony Russ |
Harrogate |
|
|
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
5½ |
| 2 |
Anthony K Swift |
Lewisham |
180 |
½ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5 |
| 3 |
Donald O Gould |
Leicester |
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
4 |
| 4 |
Peter C Wood |
Gillingham |
|
½ |
|
|
|
|
½ |
|
|
3½ |
| 5 |
David Owen Vaughan |
Cwmbran |
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
½ |
|
|
3½ |
| 6 |
R Whateley |
Birmingham |
|
0 |
|
0 |
½ |
½ |
|
|
1 |
3 |
| 7 |
Brian H Turner |
Stockton |
198 |
½ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
| 8 |
Francis Percy E Green |
Hove |
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
1½ |
Premier Reserves B: (1) Basil George Wallis (Leicester) 5/7; (2-3) Godfrey V Brangham (Cwmbran), Rodney E James (Banstead) 4½; (4) John Richard C Cotterell 4; (5) Percival Ernest Monkhouse 3½; (6) Richard J Dixon 3; (7) Walter R Rayner (Sutton) 2½; (8) T W White 1.
Premier Reserves C: (1) Jack A Speigel (Southend) 5/7; (2-3) Anthony L Hosking (Torquay), G F Mayna 4½; (4) K Wyld (Tadley) 4; (5) J W Thornley (Chadderton) 3;
(6-7) R Daniels (Walsall), L Guard (Plymouth) 2½; (8) Rev. Kenneth Stuart Procter (Torquay) 2.
Premier Reserves D: (1) A Sayers (Sunderland) 6/7; (2) R Talbot (Hadfield) 5½; (3) Graham I Ladds (Grantham) 5; (4) William A Frost (Dartington) 4; (5) M Clarke (Northampton) 2½; (6) N Goldberg 2; (7-8) J A Edwards (Torquay), J Parker (Lynton) 1½.
Premier Reserves E: (1) Kenneth Frederick Sucksmith 5/7; (2) H G Crews (Guildford) 4½; (3) Fridolin Jaeck 4; (4-6) Peter Cloudsdale, R Morgan, D Tout 3½; (7-8) G Fisher, Mrs Sandra Osmond 2. (Prizes, Premier Reserves [each Section]: £8, £4 and £2).
Major A: (1-3) Stephen Robert Boniface (Exmouth), H D Hancock, R W Morris 4½/7;
(4-5) J W Fisher, J Meadows 4; (6) Joe V A Franks 3½; (7) C Richards 2; (8) E Chambers 1.
Major B: (1) George V Glover (Carlisle) 6/7; (2) M Reynolds (West Bromwich) 5; (3-5) J C Loose (Birmingham), Maurice David Speigel (Southend), R Willey (Stockbridge) 3½;
(6) David Gleave (Croydon) 3; (7) William Wyndham Tatum (Brighton) 2½; (8) A Archer (Stoke) 1.
Major C: (1) Samson Parker Lucas (Bodmin) 5/7; (2-4) S Gladstone (Birmingham), D J Meadows (Castle Donington), E G Potter (Fareham) 4; (5-6) J C Colquhoun London), David Terence Fairbank (Warley) 3; (7-8) C T Cheetham (Carlisle), William Latey, Q.C. (London) 2½. (Prizes, Major Tournament [each Section]: £6, £3 and £1.50).
First Class: (1) N Brat 5½/7; (2-4) R P Fry (Saltash), G R Garrett, H B Howard 5; (5-7) Wilfred G Oliver, T L Scott, M Smyth (Birmingham) 4; (8-12) S Ash, A E Baker, R E Hopkins (London), G Slinger (Cheadle), K Thorp 3½; (13-16) D Irving, *E Jackson, Mrs. P Jackson, A R Willis (Exeter) 3; (17) A Doust (Stoke) 2½; (18-19) Mrs E Crowe, Miss E Whyte 2; (20) Miss J Amos (London) 1½. *Jackson withdrew after 3 rounds. (Prizes: £5, £3.50, £2, £1.).
Second Class: (1) Gilbert Leslie Pritchard 7/7; (2) P Fielder (Wellingborough) 5; (3) P G Partridge (S Birmingham) 4½; (4) Sir John Latey 4; (5-6) Lady Gwendolyn Harriet Herbert (née Quiter, London), Miss A Livesey 3; (7) Mrs. Eleanor M James (née Hutchinson, Banstead) 1; (8) Miss V Nairn (Oxford) ½. (Prizes: £4, £2, £1).
File Updated
| Date |
Notes |
| 5 June 2023 |
First upload. Games have proved very thin on the ground: just 2½ games from the Robert Silk event, four from the Premier and one from a lower section. Can anyone help? |
| 14 January 2026 |
Added one game and one part-game played by Richard Beach in the Premier, plus all seven games played by Victor Russ in Premier Reserves A. |
