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Tournament: 62nd British Championship (won by Hartston) (all 187 games, plus 21 games from other sections)
Venue: Morecambe High School • Dates: 4-15 August 1975 • Download PGN Updated 19 February, 2024 9:15 AM

1975 British Chess Championship, Morecambe, 4-15 August 1974« »1976

1975 British Chess Championship Residence Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  Total 
1 William R Hartston Cambridge 2475m ♦ 1/30 ◊ ½/12 ♦ 1/5 ◊ ½/16 ♦ 1/22 ♦ 1/3 ◊ ½/4 ♦ 1/7 ♦ ½/2 ◊ ½/6 ◊ ½/9 8
2 Simon Webb Harlington 2385 ♦ ½/19 ◊ 1/23 ♦ ½/7 ◊ 1/18 ♦ 1/6 ◊ 0/4 ♦ ½/3 ♦ 1/8 ◊ ½/1 ◊ 1/9 ♦ 0/5 7
3 Louis De Veauce Manchester 2270 ◊ ½/13 ♦ 1/27 ♦ 1/12 ◊ 1/6 ♦ 1/7 ◊ 0/1 ◊ ½/2 ♦ ½/4 ◊ 0/5 ♦ ½/15 ♦ 1/10 7
4 Anthony J Miles Birmingham 2435m ◊ ½/32 ♦ ½/13 ◊ 1/17 ♦ ½/10 ◊ 1/8 ♦ 1/2 ♦ ½/1 ◊ ½/3 ♦ 0/6 ◊ 1/5 ♦ ½/11 7
5 Maxwell L Fuller AUS Ilford 2400 ◊ 1/33 ♦ ½/8 ◊ 0/1 ♦ ½/23 ◊ 1/29 ◊ ½/16 ♦ ½/6 ◊ 1/10 ♦ 1/3 ♦ 0/4 ◊ 1/2 7
6 Jonathan S Speelman London 2370 ◊ 1/28 ♦ 1/18 ◊ 1/10 ♦ 0/3 ◊ 0/2 ♦ ½/11 ◊ ½/5 ♦ 1/22 ◊ 1/4 ♦ ½/1 ◊ 0/7
7 Craig W Pritchett Scotland 2390 ◊ 1/20 ♦ 1/17 ◊ ½/2 ♦ 1/8 ◊ 0/3 ♦ ½/10 ♦ 1/22 ◊ 0/1 ♦ 0/9 ◊ ½/11 ♦ 1/6
8 John E Littlewood Skelmersdale 2340 ♦ 1/34 ◊ ½/5 ♦ 1/15 ◊ 0/7 ♦ 0/4 ◊ 1/18 ♦ 1/16 ◊ 0/2 ♦ ½/14 ◊ ½/12 ♦ 1/22
9 Owen Hindle Cromer   ◊ ½/29 ♦ ½/28 ◊ ½/11 ♦ ½/15 ◊ ½/17 ♦ ½/27 ◊ 1/21 ♦ 1/20 ◊ 1/7 ♦ 0/2 ♦ ½/1
10 Victor W Knox Manchester 2320 ◊ 1/14 ♦ 1/25 ♦ 0/6 ◊ ½/4 ♦ ½/16 ◊ ½/7 ◊ ½/11 ♦ 0/5 ◊ 1/20 ♦ 1/19 ◊ 0/3 6
11 Jonathan Penrose London 2420m ♦ ½/23 ◊ ½/26 ♦ ½/9 ◊ ½/12 ♦ 1/13 ◊ ½/6 ♦ ½/10 ◊ ½/14 ◊ ½/15 ♦ ½/7 ◊ ½/4 6
12 Alan H Perkins London 2300 ◊ 1/31 ♦ ½/1 ◊ 0/3 ♦ ½/11 ◊ ½/27 ♦ ½/17 ◊ ½/19 ♦ ½/23 ◊ 1/22 ♦ ½/8 ◊ ½/15 6
13 Bernard Cafferty Birmingham 2335 ♦ ½/3 ◊ ½/4 ♦ 1/19 ◊ 0/22 ◊ 0/11 ♦ ½/29 ♦ ½/24 ◊ ½/18 ♦ 1/27 ◊ 1/23 ♦ ½/14 6
14 Peter H Clarke Bude 2350 ♦ 0/10 ◊ 0/22 ♦ ½/24 ◊ 1/30 ♦ 1/26 ◊ 1/15 ◊ ½/20 ♦ ½/11 ◊ ½/8 ♦ ½/21 ◊ ½/13 6
15 Brian R Eley Bolton-on-Dearne 2340 ◊ ½/27 ♦ 1/21 ◊ 0/8 ◊ ½/9 ♦ ½/34 ♦ 0/14 ◊ 1/28 ◊ 1/25 ♦ ½/11 ◊ ½/3 ♦ ½/12 6
16 Michael J Haygarth Wetherby 2335 ◊ ½/25 ♦ 1/32 ◊ ½/20 ♦ ½/1 ◊ ½/10 ♦ ½/5 ◊ 0/8 ♦ ½/17 ◊ ½/23 ♦ ½/18 ◊ ½/21
17 Andrew J Whiteley London 2380 ♦ 1/22 ◊ 0/7 ♦ 0/4 ◊ 1/28 ♦ ½/9 ◊ ½/12 ♦ ½/27 ◊ ½/16 ♦ ½/21 ◊ ½/24 ◊ ½/18
18 Nigel E Povah London   ♦ 1/24 ◊ 0/6 ♦ 1/26 ♦ 0/2 ◊ ½/23 ♦ 0/8 ◊ ½/31 ♦ ½/13 ◊ 1/28 ◊ ½/16 ♦ ½/17
19 Michael Macdonald-Ross Harrow   ◊ ½/2 ♦ ½/29 ◊ 0/13 ♦ 1/21 ◊ 1/20 ◊ 0/22 ♦ ½/12 ◊ 1/27 ♦ ½/24 ◊ 0/10 ♦ ½/23
20 Nigel J Holloway Cambridge 2365 ♦ 0/7 ◊ 1/30 ♦ ½/16 ◊ 1/34 ♦ 0/19 ◊ 1/23 ♦ ½/14 ◊ 0/9 ♦ 0/10 ◊ ½/25 ♦ 1/24
21 Roderick McIntosh McKay Glasgow 2335 ♦ ½/26 ◊ 0/15 ♦ ½/25 ◊ 0/19 ♦ 1/30 ◊ 1/34 ♦ 0/9 ♦ 1/31 ◊ ½/17 ◊ ½/14 ♦ ½/16
22 Kenneth P Neat Durham   ◊ 0/17 ♦ 1/14 ◊ 1/29 ♦ 1/13 ◊ 0/1 ♦ 1/19 ◊ 0/7 ◊ 0/6 ♦ 0/12 ♦ 1/26 ◊ 0/8 5
23 John G Nicholson London   ◊ ½/11 ♦ 0/2 ◊ 1/32 ◊ ½/5 ♦ ½/18 ♦ 0/20 ◊ 1/33 ◊ ½/12 ♦ ½/16 ♦ 0/13 ◊ ½/19 5
24 Alan T Ludgate Liverpool   ◊ 0/18 ♦ ½/31 ◊ ½/14 ♦ 0/29 ◊ ½/28 ♦ 1/32 ◊ ½/13 ♦ 1/26 ◊ ½/19 ♦ ½/17 ◊ 0/20 5
25 Ian J Sinclair Kilmacolm   ♦ ½/16 ◊ 0/10 ◊ ½/21 ♦ 0/27 ◊ 1/33 ♦ ½/31 ◊ 1/29 ♦ 0/15 ◊ 0/26 ♦ ½/20 ◊ 1/34 5
26 Jeff Horner Bolton 2450 ◊ ½/21 ♦ ½/11 ◊ 0/18 ♦ ½/31 ◊ 0/14 ♦ ½/33 ♦ 1/34 ◊ 0/24 ♦ 1/25 ◊ 0/22 ♦ 1/30 5
27 Frank Parr Ewell   ♦ ½/15 ◊ 0/3 ♦ ½/28 ◊ 1/25 ♦ ½/12 ◊ ½/9 ◊ ½/17 ♦ 0/19 ◊ 0/13 ♦ ½/32 ◊ ½/33
28 Paul R Kemp Nottingham   ♦ 0/6 ◊ ½/9 ◊ ½/27 ♦ 0/17 ♦ ½/24 ◊ 1/30 ♦ 0/15 ◊ 1/32 ♦ 0/18 ◊ ½/33 ◊ ½/31
29 Rory M R O'Kelly London   ♦ ½/9 ◊ ½/19 ♦ 0/22 ◊ 1/24 ♦ 0/5 ◊ ½/13 ♦ 0/25 ♦ ½/33 ◊ 0/30 ♦ 1/34 ◊ ½/32
30 Moss McCarthy Swansea   ◊ 0/1 ♦ 0/20 ◊ ½/33 ♦ 0/14 ◊ 0/21 ♦ 0/28 ◊ ½/32 ◊ 1/34 ♦ 1/29 ♦ 1/31 ◊ 0/26 4
31 Peter J Lee Portsmouth   ♦ 0/12 ◊ ½/24 ♦ ½/34 ◊ ½/26 ♦ ½/32 ◊ ½/25 ♦ ½/18 ◊ 0/21 ♦ ½/33 ◊ 0/30 ♦ ½/28 4
32 David J Sully Oxford 2435 ♦ ½/4 ◊ 0/16 ♦ 0/23 ♦ ½/33 ◊ ½/31 ◊ 0/24 ♦ ½/30 ♦ 0/28 ◊ ½/34 ◊ ½/27 ♦ ½/29
33 Gerald Bonner Glasgow 2275 ♦ 0/5 ◊ 0/34 ♦ ½/30 ◊ ½/32 ♦ 0/25 ◊ ½/26 ♦ 0/23 ◊ ½/29 ◊ ½/31 ♦ ½/28 ♦ ½/27
34 David Brine Pritchard Godalming   ◊ 0/8 ♦ 1/33 ◊ ½/31 ♦ 0/20 ◊ ½/15 ♦ 0/21 ◊ 0/26 ♦ 0/30 ♦ ½/32 ◊ 0/29 ♦ 0/25

THE B.C.F. CONGRESS [CHESS Magazine, September 1975, p350ff]

The entry, over 500, broke all previous records. Unfortunately, although the numbers were evenly divided between morning and afternoon main sessions, this meant that the various events straggled into a great number of rooms over a large area of the venue, Morecambe High School.

There were 34 in the British Championship; 30 in the British Ladies, Girls under 18 and Girls under 14; 30 in the British Junior (under 21), 45 for the under 18, 60 for the under 16, 60 for the under 14 and 26 for the new under 11. Also 61 for the Major Open, 54 for the First Class, 15 for the Over 60 and 96 for four five-day events.

William R. Hartston (28), mathematician and author, regained his 1973 British Championship title. Last yeai, it will be recalled, he tied for first place with George Botterill, (who won the sevenfold play-off), Bellin, Haygarth, Williams, Mestel and Stean.

The absence of R. D. Keene, who has turned his back on the British Championship in disapproval of the Swiss pairing system, also of the defending champion [Botterill] whose wife has been very poorly, was accentuated when Mestel, Williams, Stean, Nunn and Basman had other calls and Bellin’s entry was turned down (he came ready to play but no entry or entry fee from him could be traced).

In view of recent form Miles was expected to challenge strongly but never really got going. Hartston’s domination became so complete as to rob the event of some of its interest and enable him to coast home with perfunctory draws.

Literally the hottest championship (reaching 93F.) in the 71 years’ history of the event and the first in which a competitor (Macdonaid-Ross) played the best part of a round (the first) stripped to the waist, possibly encouraged by the fact that the event was held in a Morecambe suburb called Bare.

1975 British Ladies’ Chess Championship 1974« »1976

1975 British Ladies Championship Residence Elo  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18  Total 
1 Sheila Jackson1 Liverpool 2030
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1 ½ ½ 1 0 1   1 1 ½ 1 1          
2 (Patricia) Anne Sunnucks Crowthorne 2075wm 0
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1 ½ 0 1   1   1 1     1 1 1    
3 Dr Jana Hartston Cambridge 2250wm ½ 0
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0 ½   1 1 1 1 1     1 1       8
4 Susan L Caldwell London 2050 ½ ½ 1
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0 0     1 1 1     1 ½     1
5 Elaine Pritchard Godalming 2060wm 0 1 ½ 1
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0 1 0     1 1 1         1
6 Kathleen Hindle Cromer   1 0   1 1
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  1       0 0 ½   1 1 0
7 Mary A Hutchinson Brigg   0   0   0  
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½ 1     0 ½   ½ 1 1 1
8 Susan A Hutchinson Brigg     0 0   1 0 ½
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  0 0   1     1 1 1
9 Rowena M Bruce Plymouth wm 0   0 0     0  
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½     1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1
10 Margaret E E Clarke Bude 1970 0 0 0 0       1 ½
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0 1 1   1   1  
11 Wanda Pritchard Godalming   ½ 0 0 0 0     1   1
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1   1 1 0    
12 Dr Valerie Craven Leeds   0       0 1 1     0 0
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0 0   1 1 1 5
13 Muriel E Leask Midlothian   0       0 1 ½ 0 0 0   1
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½   1 ½  
14 Margaret R Rowley Harrogate     0 0 0   ½     ½   0 1 ½
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0   1 1
15 Rae E Galtsmith-Clarke London NW1 1800   0 0 ½     ½   0 0 0     1
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1 ½ 1
16 Mrs I Oliver Enfield     0       0 0 0 0   1 0 0   0
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1 1 3
17 Jean Pickles Preston             0 0 0 ½ 0   0 ½ 0 ½ 0
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1
18 Christine M Elder Dundee         0 0 1 0 0 0     0   0 0 0 0
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1

1 play-off (Cardiff, 2-5 January 1976) - Sheila Jackson 2½ (01½1) - 1½ (10½0) Anne Sunnucks.

[CHESS, September 1975, p352] "A crazy year. Jana Hartston’s loss to Susan Caldwell in Rd. 3 seemed to sap her confidence but Susan, after draws with Sheila Jackson and Anne Sunnucks, lost to Elaine Pritchard who with two rounds to go led by a clear point then lost to Kathleen Hindle and S. A. Hutchinson. Mrs. Hindle, who had just tied for the Scottish Ladies Championship with Mrs. Leask, started with three losses to tail-enders, then won six games in succession, the last three against Miss Caldwell, Miss Jackson and Mrs. Pritchett. Her headlong progress was halted only in the last round by Miss Sunnucks who held the title in 1957, 1958 and 1964. Sheila Jackson is only 17, still at school; when she finishes a game, she ups and away with the minimum of analysing or staying around to watch."


1975 BCF Major Open

(1) Albert Peter Wernitz (GER) 9/11; (2) John N Sugden 8; (3-5) B R Smith, James E Vickery, Derek Maurice Wise 7½; (6-11) Paul A Hutchinson, Paul V Byway, Julian T Farrand, Richard Arnold Collins, John M Ripley, Jochen Lehmensick 7; (12-14) Charles W Kennaugh, John J Carleton, (Derek) George Ellison 6½; (15-27) John W Naylor, A Philip Primett, Ian McAllan, Keith L Escott, Philip Maurice Giulian, Andrew J Morley, George Szaszvari, Michael Davis, James R Nicolson, Ludwig Rellstab (GER), Baruch H Wood, Paul F Habershon, D Newhouse 6; (28-36) Dr. Paul Dean, Peter A Harris, John F Turnock, Otto H Hardy, Richard J F Sams, Paul A Lamford, Alan G Trangmar, Peter J Romilly, Graham P Burton 5½; (37-42) E J Blackburn, Chris J McSheehy, Martin H Hawley, B Marshall, David J James, David A Curnow 5; (43-46) John D L Ball, R Alan Barton, R Bischoff, Percy B Cook 4½; (47-52) I Nelson, D Mike Denison, K Evans, John M Bennett, J R Holland, John G Cockcroft (out of 10) 4; (53-54) J W Dick, (Arthur) John Peters 3½; (55-56) Michael P Littlewood, F Corrigan (out of 10) 3; (57) Roger D W Marsh 2½ (out of 9).

The Major Open Tournament was won by a German entrant A Wernitz. J N Sugden Cambridge, as highest placed British competitor, gains a place in the next British Championship.


British Junior Championships

1975 British Under-21 Championship

(1) Paul Littlewood 9/11; (2) R A Rigby 8; (3) M K Jones 7½; (4-10) Mike C Truran, Martin Goldschmidt, Peter G Large 7; David L Massie, A G Coates, Mark I Hassall, Nick P Alexander 6½; (11-15) Jonathan Kinlay, Chris W Baker, Malcolm R Major, Shaun M Taulbut, C Jones 6; (16-19) J A Hutchinson, Ivan P Legg, D Kerr, Simon C LeBlancq 5½; (20-21) Nigel Anthony Patrick McSheehy, Anthony L Hosking 5; (22-26) Alan S Westwood, Andrew P Le Fevre, A Costelecky, Amit Mozoomdar, Ian J Wallis 4½; (27-28) Peter D Rooney, Julian Paul Fetterlein 4; (29) Rowley C S Newton 3½; (30) S F Barry 3; (31) Kevin Bowmer 2½ (out of 8).

P Littlewood Skelmersdale, son of J E, also goes into the 1976 British Championship, winning the British Junior (under 21) title with 9 pts., ahead of R A Rigby 8.

1975 British Under-18 Championship

(1) Richard L Britton 9½/11; (2-3) Martin A Lee, David P Mooney 8; (4) D Johnson 7½; (5-6) H Dugald Macpherson, P Hadden 7; (7-11) Gary Kenworthy, Neil Davey, K S Ashman, A Macdonald, Adam C W Springbett 6½; (12-17) Simon Macaulay, R Campbell, Charles G Button, Howard S Mather, J N Mills, M Cox 6; (18-28) S Williams, Adrian Stuart Argile, Simon P Finn, Ian R Dutton, Bernard L Tedd, J Boswell, C Parkes, Paul C Girdlestone, M J Spencer, P F Brown, Andrew D Martin 5½; (29) D Booth 5; (30-32) P J Dolan, Philip R Baslington, A Gilmore 4½; (33-36) J Anderson, John A Bower, Peter J Szalapaj, R Ellis 4; (37-40) A H Thomas, Richard C P Freeman, G Hardy, R Hirst 3½; (41) S B P Towers 3; (42) M P Cooper 2½ (out of 7).

1975 British Under-16 Championship

(1-2) Trevor Fernley, Peter J Sowray 9/11; (3-4) Julian M Hodgson, Ian M Raindle 8; (5-7) Paul D Hannam, Simon Spivack, Jonathan C Benjamin 7½; (8-12) H James Plaskett, M Spindler, Nigel R Davies, G P Tait, John W Branford 7; (13-18) P A Bancroft, M Paul Townsend, Adrian Jackson, S J Hooker, Russell Granat, S Johnson 6½; (19-27) Carl A Plasa, Chris K D Holland, Daniel Shuttleworth, Kim L Harris, S P Jackson, D A Phillips, A Gregory, Stephen J Popham, C P Lines 6; (28-36) Tom M Clarke, G Boot, J R Fryer, M J Coogan, M Charter, M Kearns, J S Hill, R Stern, S J Dilworth 5½; (37-44) Malcolm Pein, Colin J Gentile, Owen S Phillips, S Milner, Malcolm G Bucknell, M J Tait, J E Hudson, Michael Carnochan 5; (45-51) P Heighway, M Howard, P Kenning, G Stern, Norman A Lazonby, A Gardner, D Marshall 4½; (52-58) David G Hackett, M N Ward, D Ralston, P B Cook, S B Rooney, A J Ryba, James D Pratt 4; (59-62) A J Bullen, P G Featherstone, G N Crockart, G R Wood 3½; (63) R Clough 2½.

Trevor Fernley (Sheffield) and Peter J Sowray (London W4) tied first in the British Under 16. Fernley got there via a 78 moves, 7 hours’ draw with 10-year-old Julian Hodgson (London).

1975 British Under-14 Championship

(1) Nicholas R Benjamin 9/11; (2-3) Richard F Holmes, Nick W Ivell 8; (4-5) David H Cummings, John A Hann 7½; (6-11) N M Andrews, Clive A Frostick, Simon D Brown, Colin P Garwood, Daniel J King, Robert D M Alster 7; (12-17) Gary Senior, Simon D Hannan, Richard Webb, C Scott, R Henley, Simon J Don 6½; (18-26) Neil W Cannon, A J Griffiths, C Barron, Robert Williams, Andrew J King, Rick J McMichael, A C McGregor, K Allen, C Young (out of 9) 6; (27-31) N Cunningham, R J Williams, Matthew P Sames, Benjamin P Q Collinson, M Hare 5½; (32-43) J G Towers, K N Parker, Martin J Benjamin, A Barron, M Felton, J T Ward, N Fenton, T Jones, K A Yeomans, N Jones, Chris A Jones, S H Lee 5; (44-50) Sajal K Rakshit, Tom Farrand, G M Jennings, P Fenton, C Tuthill, A Bill, Kajol K Rakshit 4½; (51-53) P Seery, D Branford, J R Hannan 4; (54) J E Hockaday 3½; (55) A Jordan 3; (56) P Thompson 2½; (57-58) G W L Evans, P W Coxon 2.

1975 British Under-11 Championship

(1) Neale D Walford 6½; (2-3) Nigel D Short, Ian D Wells 6; (4) John C Hawksworth 5½; (5-8) I Brennan, James Howell, D Jones, Robert G Letton 5; (9-12) D Connolly, R M Harris, S Phillips, G Tubb 4½; (13-14) P McMahon, A Stolow 4; (15-17) Neil Fox, G Roberts, M Shephard 3½; (18-22) A Dearnley, D Edmonds, D J Lee, P Nightingale, J Peters 3; (23-24) J A Brown, P Jones 2½; (25) J Newham 2; (26) M Ellis 1½.

1975 British Girls Under-18 Championship

1975 British Girls Under 18 Championship    1       2      3     4    Total 
1 Jane F Seymour
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½ ½ 1 1 1 1 5
2 Jane Anson ½ ½
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1 1 ½ ½ 4
3 Alison Boswell 0 0 0 0
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1 ½
4 Sharon Prince 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½
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My thanks to Jane Eichmann (née Anson) for providing the results of the above event

1975 British Girls Under-14 Championship

(1) Helen Granat 4½/5; (2) Penelope A Coxon 3½; (3-5) Ross Crail, Deborah M Evans, Jane Garwell 3; (6-7) C Fox, C Nicholas 2½; (8-9) Anita Rakshit, Mira Rakshit 1½.


BCF First Class

1st Roger Hardy 8½/11; Stephen Welbourne 8; R Glew, A Pinkerton, Raymond J Starkie, D M Taylor 7½; Roy Woodcock, George V Glover, H James Draisey 7; (James) Stuart Ridgway, R Franklin, Lucien Mouillaux, G S McCormick, David Eustace, P Ball 6½; R Cherubim, Frank G Hatto, A Gardner, J H Hasselt, W Johnson, G Alec M Boswell, Fred C Manning, M Owen 6; K F Shaw, B R Walker, C M Read, F K Kneale, W Phillips, V Ramjit, A Mack, M R Lee, D Blair, E J West, D G Woodruff, J M Chevalier, T Russell 5½; F Cole, Mike T Bolam, L Fainlight, J P Scragg, J L Barks, E R Rawcliffe 5; D McGregor, E Plumbley, P Griffiths, K A Lucas 4½; P Blackburn, Frank A Winter, B Dann, R Blake, John C Calvert 4; G H Phillips 3½; H Phillips, Mrs P Jackson, H F Long 3; Miss L Toth 2 (out of 8).

Five Day (First Week)

1st Ronald F Harman 4½/5; P Aston, Mike J Conroy, M Hickey 4; Jacob (Jack) Alster, Paul R Bielby, A Foster, Robin A E Shaw 3½; K C Dunmore, Leslie T Melvin, J H Rathbune, A Willis 3; R L Baker, F J Batchelor, Bryan J Benjamin, S Johnson, P J Monks 2½; T E Fineran, Richard J Haddrell, John D H Hair, R G Jones, T Mezzo, M L Patrick 2; J Coogan, A Mufti, R Boot, R Gouldsworthy 1½; N T Blade, Eric D Hockaday 1; Mrs F Enns 0.

Five Day (Second Week)

1st George Renison 4½/5; Jacob (Jack) Alster, Bryan J Benjamin, Paul R Bielby, C F Fielding, R K Taylor 4; B Brown 3½; David O Vaughan, C Fisher, H Trevor Jones, Richard J Haddrell, M C Hartley, M Hickey, Mike J Conroy, - Andrews 3; G C Yarwood, Leslie T Melvin, Leigh A Trangmar 2½; G Davie, R L Baker, Kenneth A J Francis, M L Patrick, C Cheetham, J A Beck, A Shaw, J M Naylor, N Spencer 2; F F Jacquier, P Lyons 1½; G Stokes-Roberts, D Shereood, K H Appleby, P J Monks 1; T E Fineran ½.

Five Day Afternoon (First Week)

1st Anthony P Taglione 4½/5; Richard W O'Brien, James Steedman 4; M E Cooksey, Alan D Gravett, B S Mackay, Victor J Russ 3½; F W Bradbury, A W R Harris, A Vigor 3; J R Beadle, Horst Otto Heuer, M M Robertson, B Sanders, M E Waite 2½; S Allcock, J D Evans, Mrs Ann Garwell, D C Knight, A Lane, John D H Nicholas 2; L Bland, P T Seery 1½; A Danic, Mrs J Withers 1.

Five Day Afternoon (Second Week)

1-3 John A Gorman, Richard W O’Brien, M M Robertson 4/5; 4-6 George Gatheral, R A Walker, James Steedman 3½; 7-10 B Connolley, J R Beadle, R Jones, A Holden 3; 11-12 Horst Otto Heuer, A W R Harris 2½; 13-17 Peter Cloudsdale, G Wellings, Alan D Gravett, B S Mackay, J Beckett 2; 18-20 P Perry, Mrs J Withers, Miss Annie Hilda Gammans 1½; 21 J G Whitehead 1.

1975 BCF Over-60s Tournament

(1-2) Robert P Ross, Wilfred Evans1 9/11; (3) W R Withers 8½; (4) C W Marshall 7½; (5) Mrs Olive Chataway 6½; (6-8) James W Prosser, Alfred Milner, W A Dixon 6; (9-11) M McCaig, B C Gould, F Richardson 5; (12) Peter Doig (Wormit, Fife) 4½; (13-14) Miss A Livesey, J Johnson 4; (15) G Burnett 2.

1 Biographical note: Wilfred Evans, b 12 November 1897, d 1985/q1, Reading, Berkshire, should not be confused with Wilfred Colin Evans, known as Colin, b 16 January 1909, Wales, lived in Sheffield from 1919, d 1996/q1, Rotherham, Yorkshire. The Yorkshire-based player seems to have played chess close to home, while the older Wilfred Evans, who lived in Chorleywood, played county chess for Buckinghamshire and was affiliated to Battersea CC in the mid-1950s, travelled to various congresses around the country. At one time he was the SCCU grader. JS


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Date Notes
17 September 2017 Uploaded in its present form.
26 June 2019 Added a game from the 1975 British Women's Championship – Sheila Jackson 0-1 Kathleen Hindle – which I collected from an excellent archive page on the Chess Scotland site.
16 April 2020 Added the game D.Newhouse - J.R. Nicolson from the Major Open, found in Mike Conroy's book A History of Lancashire Chess 1871-2009, page 280.
1 May 2020 Three games added and one corrected as regards its provenance. The game Sheila Jackson vs Anne Sunnucks previously given here was not played as part of the British Women's Championship proper, but was the last of the four play-off games played in 2-5 January 1976 in Cardiff. I've now added the three other games of this play-off match.
4 October 2020 Revamped to provide a crosstable of the Ladies' Championship and fill in a few more forenames.
18 March 2021 Added biographical note about the two Wilfred Evanses.
4 September 2021 Added the British Women's Championship game K.Hindle 1-0 S.Caldwell, contributed by Geoff Chandler, for which many thanks.
8 February 2022 Thanks to Jane Eichmann (née Anson) for supplying full results and names for the 1975 British Girls' Under-18 Championship.
20 December 2022 Added 11 games played by Richard A Collins in the Major Open. Includes his annotations. My thanks to Sean Parker for sending me Richard Collins' collected games.
26 December 2022 Added one game: B.Blackburn 0-1 G.H.Phillips (First Class), found in an old issue of CHESS.