5th Benedictine Open, Manchester, 8-16 September 1982

(crosstable taken from 1982/83 BCF Yearbook)

1982 Manchester Benedictine		Nat	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total
1	Sergey Kudrin	USA	2480m	B42+	W27+	W19+	B22+	B 4=	W 2+	W 5+	B 3–	W14+	7½
2	Anthony J Miles	ENG	2565g	B55+	W18+	B 6=	W 7+	B24+	B 1–	W20+	W 5+	W 3+	7½
3	Nigel D Short	ENG	2485m	W21+	B19–	W25+	B29=	W14+	B40+	W 7+	W 1+	B 2–	6½
4	Gyozo V Forintos	HUN	2410g	W59+	B25+	W16=	B26+	W 1=	B 5–	W 8+	B10+	W 6=	6½
5	Jeff Horner	ENG	2360	W37+	W30=	B12+	W24=	B11+	W 4+	B 1–	B 2–	W21+	6
6	Mark L Hebden	ENG	2415	W20+	B38+	W 2=	B 9=	W19–	B29=	W40+	B24+	B 4=	6
7	Orest Popovych	USA	2305f	W14=	B57+	W13+	B 2–	W47+	W19+	B 3–	B26+	W 9=	6
8	Alan A Smith	ENG	2245	B19–	B31=	W57+	W35+	B30+	W 9+	B 4–	B20=	W23+	6
9	Paul A Motwani	SCO	2255f	B44=	W11+	B28+	W 6=	W20=	B 8–	B15+	W35+	B 7=	6
10	Tiruchi N Parameswaran	IND	2390m	B24=	W54+	B15=	W41=	B12=	W28+	B19+	W 4–	W20+	6
11	Aleksander Sznapik	POL	2480m	W56=	B 9–	W33+	B13+	W 5–	B22+	W14–	B43+	W26+	5½
12	Eric Prié	FRA	2205	W51+	B13=	W 5–	B56+	W10=	B26=	W42+	B14–	W29+	5½
13	Glenn C Flear	ENG	2365f	B49+	W12=	B 7–	W11–	W23=	B56+	B46+	W19+	B16=	5½
14	Praveen M Thipsay	IND	2430	B 7=	W28=	B18=	W55+	B 3–	W41+	B11+	W12+	B 1–	5½
15	Byron A Jacobs	ENG	2205	W22=	B33+	W10=	B19–	W21=	B36+	W 9–	B47+	W34+	5½
16	Andrzej Filipowicz	POL	2395m	W36+	W41+	B 4=	B 20–	W26=	B46+	W24=	B21=	W13=	5½
17	Daniel J King	ENG	2430	W25–	B51+	W20–	B52=	W57+	B43+	W26–	B36+	W24+	5½
18	Damir Levacic	FRA	2255	W43+	B 2–	W14=	B36+	W22+	B20–	W29=	B23–	B25+	5
19	Colin A McNab	SCO	2360	W 8+	W 3+	B 1–	W15+	B 6+	B 7–	W10–	B13–	W42+	5
20	Timothy J Upton	SCO	2295	B 6–	W48+	B17+	W16+	B 9=	W18+	B 2–	W 8=	B10–	5
21	Johannes A J Van Mil	NLD	2315	B 3–	W49+	B27–	W39+	B15=	W30+	B34+	W16=	B 5–	5
22	Richard Britton	ENG	2320f	B15=	W50+	B30+	W 1–	B18–	W11–	B41+	W27=	bye+	5
23	Krzysztof Pytel	POL	2405m	B46–	W35=	B54+	W28–	B13=	W38+	B39+	W18+	B 8–	5
24	Frank Behrhorst	FRG	2250	W10=	B52+	W38+	B 5=	W 2–	B27+	B16=	W 6–	B17–	4½
25	Herman Grooten	NLD	2305	B17+	W 4–	B 3–	W50+	B34–	B52+	W45+	B29=	W18–	4½
26	Malcolm Pein	ENG	2245	B34+	W46=	B39+	W 4–	B16=	W12=	B17+	W 7–	B11–	4½
27	Marc Leski	FRA	2250	W31+	B 1–	W21+	B47=	W29=	W24–	B28=	B22=	W32=	4½
28	Walter J Shipman	USA	2345f	W48+	B14=	W 9–	B23+	W46=	B10–	W27=	B42=	W33=	4½
29	Janos Flesch	HUN	2410g	B35=	W53+	B46=	W 3=	B27=	W 6=	B18=	W25=	B12–	4½
30	Yair Kraidman	ISR	2435g	W47+	B 5=	W22–	B31+	W 8–	B21–	W36–	B51+	W46+	4½
31	Julian M Hodgson	ENG	2385f	B27–	W 8=	B53+	W30–	B44+	W34=	B35–	W39=	W47+	4½
32	Victor W Knox	ENG	2305	W45=	B40=	B41–	W34–	B50=	W44=	W52+	B48+	B27=	4½
33	Anthony C Kosten	ENG	2340	B50=	W15–	B11–	W42–	B53+	W55+	W48+	B37=	B28=	4½
34	Jacek B Bednarski	POL	2380m	W26–	B47–	W60+	B32+	W25+	B31=	W21–	B40+	B15–	4½
35	Mark J Orr	IRL		W29=	B23=	W56=	B 8–	W51+	B45=	W31+	B 9–	def–	4
36	Andreas Fehrig	FRG	2255	B16–	B60+	W45=	W18–	B55+	W15–	B30+	W17–	B44=	4
37	Alan E Hanreck	ENG	2290	B 5–	B58=	W43=	W44=	B38=	W39–	B49+	W33=	B45=	4
38	Klaus Berg	DEN	2335	W58+	W 6–	B24–	B45=	W37=	B23–	W56+	W44=	B41=	4
39	Richard F Holmes	ENG	2240	W40=	B45+	W26–	B21–	W52–	B37+	W23–	B31=	W43=	4
40	Andrew J Muir	SCO	2225	B39=	W32=	B42+	W46=	B41+	W 3–	B 6–	W34–	B49=	4
41	Simon R Gillam	SCO		W60+	B16–	W32+	B10=	W40–	B14–	W22–	B50+	W38=	4
42	Graham D Lee	ENG	2310	W 1–	B59+	W40–	B33+	W43=	B47+	B12–	W28=	B19–	4
43	Vaidyanathan Ravikumar	IND	2395m	B18–	W55=	B37=	W49+	B42=	W17–	B50+	W11–	B39=	4
44	Robert G Hartoch	NLD	2390m	W 9=	B56=	W47–	B37=	W31–	B32=	W58+	B38=	W36=	4
45	Jonathan Tisdall	USA	2435m	B32=	W39–	B36=	W38=	B48+	W35=	B25–	W46=	W37=	4
46	Greg Hjorth	AUS	2270	W32+	B26=	W29=	B40=	B28=	W16–	W13–	B45=	B30–	3½
47	Julian T Farrand	ENG		B30–	W34+	B44+	W27=	B 7–	W42–	B57+	W15–	B31–	3½
48	Sinclair Thomas Banks	ENG	2220	B28–	B20–	W51=	B58+	W45–	W60+	B33–	W32–	B59+	3½
49	Alex Casa	FRA	2230	W13–	B21–	W59+	B43–	W56=	B57=	W37–	B58+	W40=	3½
50	Alan T Ludgate	IRL	2220	W33=	B22–	W52=	B25–	W32=	B51+	W43–	W41–	B57+	3½
51	Simon W Small	ENG		B12–	W17–	B48=	W54+	B35–	W50–	B53+	W30–	W56+	3½
52	Jean Pierre Mercier	FRA		B53=	W24–	B50=	W17=	B39=	W25–	B32–	W59+	B54=	3½
53	Kenneth W Lloyd	ENG		W52=	B29–	W31–	B57–	W33–	B59=	W51–	B60+	W58+	3
54	Clare E Whitehead	ENG	1955	W57=	B10–	W23–	B51–	W59=	B58–	B60+	W55=	W52=	3
55	Ruud J Maliangkay	NLD		W 2–	B43=	W58+	B14–	W36–	B33–	W59=	B54=	W60–	2½
56	Bruce W Leverett	USA	2310	B11=	W44=	B35=	W12–	B49=	W13–	B38–	W57=	B51–	2½
57	Bozena Pytel	POL	2035wm	B54=	W 7–	B 8–	W53+	B17–	W49=	W47–	B56=	W50–	2½
58	Oliver A Jackson	ENG	2220	B38–	W37=	B55–	W48–	B60=	W54+	B44–	W49–	B53–	2
59	David Lees	ENG		B 4–	W42–	B49–	W60=	B54=	W53=	B55=	B52–	W48–	2
60	Ronald A Doney	ENG		B41–	W36–	B34–	B59=	W58=	B48–	W54–	W53–	B55+	2

[BCM, November 1982, p485] "The Benedictine at the Allen Hall of Manchester University continues to bring top-class chess to the North of England. As usual the dramatis personae included many who had already sampled the tense atmosphere of the Lloyds Bank Masters of the week before, but new faces numbered amongst themselves Nigel Short and the leading Bolton player Jeff Horner, so that a local challenge to the Continental cracks was assured.

"In fact many more players had wished to take part, but expansion in numbers is rendered impossible by the limitations of space inevitable in sticking to the same large room at the Allen Hall. The advantages of this venue are the proximity of the sleeping accommodation and the excellence of the Hall cuisine (should mention be made too of the proximity of the bar?) So, aspiring entrants for the next year are advised to make early application.

"At the Lloyds Bank one of the key encounters was that between Miles and Kudrin in round 6, in which the former won in a complicated Queen’s Indian. We are inhibited in quoting the game score since there is an obvious error in the bulletin’s version — we hardly imagine Tony would overlook a crude mate in one by Qc7xf7! Here at Manchester the Russo-American took his revenge with the white pieces in round 6, after which the leading scores were Kudrin 5½, Horner 5, with Miles and Short with others on 4½. Short equalised matters in round 8 by beating Kudrin in 54 moves, so everything was set for a nail-biting finish.

"The tension was screwed to breaking point when it was seen that the top pairing in the last round was Miles v. Short, so setting the British Champion against his most difficult opponent. Meanwhile Kudrin was White against the Indian Thipsay. In the event experience finally had its way against youth, Miles beating Short in 62 moves.

"Thus final scores were: 1-2 Kudrin, Miles 7½(9) with the American well ahead on tie-break and possibly gaining a GM norm; 3-4 Short, GM Forintos (H) 6½; 5-10 Horner, Hebden, Popovych (USA), A.A. Smith, Motwani (SCO), Parameswaran (IND) 6; while notable names failing to make much impression lower down were Sznapik, Filipowicz (both POL) and IM King on 5½, Pytel (POL) 5, grandmasters Kraidman (ISR) and Flesch (H) on 4½ and Tisdall (USA) and Ravikumar (IND) on 4. All this in a field of 60. We note from the bulletin the rather unusual formulation of the time limit in the second session — 63 moves in 3½ hours."

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File Updated

Date	Notes
20 January 1999	Original upload as zipped file.
5 November 2020	The same 111 games (and 6 stubs) as previously. Now with crosstable.
15 December 2021	The note above the crosstable, acknowledging the source as the 1982/83 BCF Yearbook, formerly read "various errors corrected" but unfortunately they were heavily outnumbered by those errors introduced in the scanning process! The scanning software interpreted '=' as '–' in many cases. Culpa mea for not checking thoroughly enough. I have been through the table and now hopefully corrected all the errors. I am grateful to Gino di Felice for drawing my attention to this.