1989 British Chess Championship, Plymouth, 31 July - 11 August • 1988« »1990

n.b. the crosstable below has been generated from the ChessBase file - all scores and colours should be correct

1989 British Chess Championship		Fed	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
1	Michael Adams1	ENG	2505m	b36=	w75+	b24=	w28+	b2=	w23+	b15=	w9=	b6+	b10+	w11+	8½
2	David R Norwood	ENG	2485m	w64+	b53+	w18+	b16=	w1=	b13+	w10-	b3=	w9+	b5+	w8=	8
3	Daniel J King	ENG	2495g	b27+	w23=	b25+	w9=	b59+	w15=	b11=	w2=	b14+	w4=	b10+	8
4	(Andrew) Jonathan Mestel	ENG	2520g	w76=	b7-	w57+	w47=	b46+	w45+	b48+	b10+	w5=	b3=	w18+	8
5	Julian M Hodgson	ENG	2535g	b70+	w24=	b23+	w6+	b15=	w10-	b7+	w29+	b4=	w2-	b16+	7½
6	Keith C Arkell	ENG	2450m	w68+	b17+	w8=	b5-	w42+	w12+	b9=	b16+	w1-	b15=	w21+	7½
7	John M Emms	ENG	2300f	b30=	w4+	w26=	b39+	b31+	w9=	w5-	b22=	w33+	b14=	w15+	7½
8	Mark L Hebden	ENG	2520m	b41+	w28+	b6=	w15-	b38-	w47=	b45+	w25+	b31+	w23+	b2=	7½
9	Jonathan P Levitt	ENG	2480m	w19+	b39+	w22+	b3=	w16=	b7=	w6=	b1=	b2-	w17=	b24+	7
10	H James Plaskett	ENG	2460g	w54+	b49+	w16-	b37+	w26+	b5+	b2+	w4-	b11+	w1-	w3-	7
11	Murray G Chandler	ENG	2585g	w51+	b26=	w21+	b13=	w18+	b16=	w3=	b15+	w10-	b12+	b1-	7
12	Stuart C Conquest	ENG	2515m	w77+	b37=	w15-	b49+	w21+	b6-	w19+	w17=	b24+	w11-	b23+	7
13	Dibyendu Barua	IND	2470m	b59+	w25=	b47+	w11=	b45+	w2-	b14-	w46+	b23-	w44+	b27+	7
14	James C Howell	ENG	2395m	w17-	b68=	w66+	b35=	w64+	b27=	w13+	b34+	w3-	w7=	b25+	7
15	Neil R McDonald	ENG	2360m	b55=	w65+	b12+	b8+	w5=	b3=	w1=	w11-	b22+	w6=	b7-	6½
16	Glenn C Flear	ENG	2435g	b69+	w61+	b10+	w2=	b9=	w11=	b29=	w6-	b17=	w30+	w5-	6½
17	Andrew J Ledger	ENG	2225	b14+	w6-	b28-	w69+	w37+	b18=	w26+	b12=	w16=	b9=	w20=	6½
18	Chris Beaumont	ENG	2460	b56+	w38+	b2-	w63+	b11-	w17=	b44+	w24=	b29=	w35+	b4-	6½
19	Andrew P Lewis	ENG	2285f	b9-	w50-	b52+	w71+	b28+	w24=	b12-	w38=	b48+	w31+	b30=	6½
20	Krishnamoorthy Murugan	IND	2450m	b44=	w52+	b45=	w38=	b23-	w36+	b25=	w35=	b27=	w28+	b17=	6½
21	Malcolm Pein	ENG	2385m	b65=	w55+	b11-	w62+	b12-	w44-	b52+	w40+	b46+	w29+	b6-	6½
22	Colin A McNab	SCO	2435m	b72+	w46+	b9-	w45-	b44=	w32+	b59=	w7=	w15-	b39+	b35+	6½
23	Gavin Crawley	ENG	2380m	w73+	b3=	w5-	b50+	w20+	b1-	w33=	b59+	w13+	b8-	w12-	6
24	John G Cooper	WLS	2390m	w78+	b5=	w1=	b42=	w27=	b19=	w38+	b18=	w12-	b43+	w9-	6
25	John C Pigott	ENG	2370f	w32+	b13=	w3-	b60-	w50+	b42+	w20=	b8-	w51+	b33+	w14-	6
26	Peter K Wells	ENG	2400m	b43+	w11=	b7=	w44+	b10-	w40=	b17-	w56+	b35-	w47+	b29=	6
27	Stephen J Cullip	ENG	2300	w3-	b73+	b30+	w29=	b24=	w14=	b31-	w63+	w20=	b37+	w13-	6
28	Gary W Lane	ENG	2385m	w66+	b8-	w17+	b1-	w19-	b64+	w51-	b54+	w41+	b20-	w55+	6
29	William N Watson	ENG	2495m	w35=	b76+	w37=	b27=	w60+	b38+	w16=	b5-	w18=	b21-	w26=	6
30	Anthony C Kosten	ENG	2500m	w7=	b35=	w27-	b78+	w51+	b48-	w49+	b37=	w34+	b16-	w19=	6
31	Lanka Ravi	IND	2410m	w61-	b72+	w35=	b75+	w7-	b67=	w27+	b51+	w8-	b19-	w54+	6
32	Rani Hamid	BAN	2165wm	b25-	w69+	b63-	w41+	w53=	b22-	b36=	w45+	b38=	w40=	b46+	6
33	Paul Motwani	SCO	2490m	b75=	w36=	b59-	w56+	b47=	w63+	b23=	w48+	b7-	w25-	b44+	6
34	James Cavendish	ENG	2390	b52=	w44=	b61+	w59-	b63=	w60+	b40+	w14-	b30-	w36=	b58+	6
35	John G Nicholson	ENG	2295f	b29=	w30=	b31=	w14=	b72=	w41=	w53+	b20=	w26+	b18-	w22-	5½
36	Lawrence Cooper	ENG	2300f	w1=	b33=	w54=	b43+	w48-	b20-	w32=	b67=	w57+	b34=	w37=	5½
37	Christopher G Ward	ENG	2380	b62+	w12=	b29=	w10-	b17-	w72+	b47+	w30=	b44=	w27-	b36=	5½
38	Graham Burgess	ENG	2350f	w74+	b18-	w78+	b20=	w8+	w29-	b24-	b19=	w32=	b55=	w43=	5½
39	Michael Hennigan	ENG	2345	b57+	w9-	b43+	w7-	b40-	w52=	b65+	w44-	b50+	w22-	b59+	5½
40	James Stewart2	IRL		w49-	b54=	w68+	b48=	w39+	b26=	w34-	b21-	w64+	b32=	w41=	5½
41	Donald A Holmes	SCO	2310	w8-	b66=	w55=	b32-	w57+	b35=	b50=	w71+	b28-	w59+	b40=	5½
42	Demis Hassabis	ENG		b45=	w63=	b46+	w24=	b6-	w25-	b56-	w65=	b75+	w48+	b47=	5½
43	Anthony R Corkett	ENG		w26-	b77+	w39-	w36-	b52-	b58+	w70+	b53+	w49+	w24-	b38=	5½
44	Andrew J Muir	SCO	2250	w20=	b34=	w53+	b26-	w22=	b21+	w18-	b39+	w37=	b13-	w33-	5
45	Keith Ruxton	SCO	2325	w42=	b67+	w20=	b22+	w13-	b4-	w8-	b32-	w66+	b58-	w64+	5
46	Peter G Large	ENG	2340m	w58+	b22-	w42-	b55+	w4-	b54+	w67+	b13-	w21-	b51+	w32-	5
47	Andrew P H Kinsman	ENG	2330f	b60=	w71+	w13-	b4=	w33=	b8=	w37-	b66+	w55=	b26-	w42=	5
48	Philip J Morris	ENG	2345	b71=	w60=	b50=	w40=	b36+	w30+	w4-	b33-	w19-	b42-	w67+	5
49	Adam Collinson	ENG	2285	b40+	w10-	b60=	w12-	b62=	w74+	b30-	w61+	b43-	w56=	b50=	5
50	Timothy P Wall	ENG		w53-	b19+	w48=	w23-	b25-	b57+	w41=	b64=	w39-	b73+	w49=	5
51	Neil L Carr	ENG	2315f	b11-	w57=	b65=	w73+	b30-	w62+	b28+	w31-	b25-	w46-	b63+	5
52	Leonard McLaren	NZL		w34=	b20-	w19-	b76=	w43+	b39=	w21-	b60=	w67+	b54-	w66+	5
53	Susan K Arkell (» Lalic)	ENG	2345wg	b50+	w2-	b44-	w61+	b32=	w59=	b35-	w43-	b65=	w72+	b56=	5
54	David A Houston	IRL	2260	b10-	w40=	b36=	w67=	b74=	w46-	b60+	w28-	b71+	w52+	b31-	5
55	Stephen W Giddins	ENG		w15=	b21-	b41=	w46-	b61=	w70=	b72+	w75+	b47=	w38=	b28-	5
56	John N Sugden	ENG	2255	w18-	b58=	w67=	b33-	w66=	b78+	w42+	b26-	w59=	b49=	w53=	5
57	Nicholas E Foster	ENG	2205	w39-	b51=	b4-	w77+	b41-	w50-	b69+	w62+	b36-	w63=	b65+	5
58	Andrew Bryce	ENG		b46-	w56=	b75-	w72-	b69=	w43-	w77+	b68+	b61+	w45+	w34-	5
59	Rezaul Haque3	BAN	2285f	w13-	b74+	w33+	b34+	w3-	b53=	w22=	w23-	b56=	b41-	w39-	4½
60	Chris Franklin	ENG		w47=	b48=	w49=	w25+	b29-	b34-	w54-	w52=	b63=	b64=	w70=	4½
61	Christopher Dunworth	ENG		b31+	b16-	w34-	b53-	w55=	b76=	w73+	b49-	w58-	w62=	b72+	4½
62	Peter Varley	WLS		w37-	b64=	w76+	b21-	w49=	b51-	w68=	b57-	w70=	b61=	w73+	4½
63	Jonathan Rogers	ENG	2335	w67=	b42=	w32+	b18-	w34=	b33-	w66=	b27-	w60=	b57=	w51-	4
64	Andrew Mack	ENG	2295	b2-	w62=	b71=	w65+	b14-	w28-	b74+	w50=	b40-	w60=	b45-	4
65	Christine Flear	ENG	2170wm	w21=	b15-	w51=	b64-	w76=	b68+	w39-	b42=	w53=	b67=	w57-	4
66	Sheila Jackson	ENG	2210wm	b28-	w41=	b14-	w70=	b56=	w69+	b63=	w47-	b45-	w75+	b52-	4
67	Cathy Forbes	ENG	2055	b63=	w45-	b56=	b54=	w75+	w31=	b46-	w36=	b52-	w65=	b48-	4
68	Peter Gayson	ENG	2250	b6-	w14=	b40-	w74-	b77+	w65-	b62=	w58-	b69=	w78+	b71=	4
69	Mark Lyell	ENG	2310	w16-	b32-	w74=	b17-	w58=	b66-	w57-	b77=	w68=	b76+	b75+	4
70	Ben Beake	ENG	2315	w5-	b78-	w72=	b66=	w73=	b55=	b43-	w74=	b62=	w71=	b60=	4
71	Jonathan Grant	SCO		w48=	b47-	w64=	b19-	w78-	b77+	w76+	b41-	w54-	b70=	w68=	4
72	Richard Tozer	ENG	2235f	w22-	w31-	b70=	b58+	w35=	b37-	w55-	b73=	w76+	b53-	w61-	3½
73	Jane Garwell (» Richmond)	WLS	2180wf	b23-	w27-	w77+	b51-	b70=	w75=	b61-	w72=	b74+	w50-	b62-	3½
74	David Tebb	ENG		b38-	w59-	b69=	b68+	w54=	b49-	w64-	b70=	w73-	b77-	b78+	3½
75	David Coleman	ENG	2295	w33=	b1-	w58+	w31-	b67-	b73=	w78+	b55-	w42-	b66-	w69-	3
76	Edward Holland	ENG	2310	b4=	w29-	b62-	w52=	b65=	w61=	b71-	w78=	b72-	w69-	w77=	3
77	Matthew S Piper	ENG	2305	b12-	w43-	b73-	b57-	w68-	w71-	b58-	w69=	b78+	w74+	b76=	3
78	Michael J Surtees	ENG		b24-	w70+	b38-	w30-	b71+	w56-	b75-	b76=	w77-	b68-	w74-	2½

¹ In addition to winning the full British Championship title, Michael Adams also won the British U21 Championship title.
² Notes on names: David McAlister tells me that the player variously listed as 'Davidson Stewart' or 'Stewart Davidson' in sources is in fact called James Stewart.
³ Paul Georghiou tells me that "R Huque" (as the name appeared in the BCF Yearbook and elsewhere) was referred to as "Rezaul Huque" in the bulletin. His name was later transliterated as "Rezaul Haque" in chess reports and rating lists so I have changed his name on the database and in the crosstable to this.

1989 British Women's Champion: Rani Hamid (Bangladesh), by virtue of scoring 6/11 in the Championship proper. The next best women's score was Susan Arkell with 5.

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1989 BCF MAJOR OPEN TOURNAMENT (11 round Swiss)

Rank	1989 BCF Major Open	Total
1-2	Vaidyanathan Ravikumar (India), Aaron Summerscale (London SW15)	9½
3	Robert Willmoth (London E8)	9
4	Bosko Grove (Bradford)	8
5-10	Graeme N Buckley (Bushbury), Iain A Galloway, Glenn L House, Stefan Liepold (FRG), Robert C Noyce, Gavin Wall	7½
11-18	Simon T Ansell, Stephen Dishman, Christophe Gueneau (FRA), David J Ledger, Adam Raoof, Jeremy P Sharp, Andrew A Webster, Jonathan G Wilson	7
19-33	Academy 2 Computer, P Atkinson, R Alan Barton, James R Boyce, T Buckley, J Dilley, Paul D Helbig, Philip Hughes, Harry Lamb Snr, Dominic Mackle, Donald J Mason, John C Moore, M Turner, Peter A N Webster, Darryl Wolstencroft	6½
34-43	(Christopher) Paul Botham, Stephen P Dilleigh, Keith L Escott, Otto H Hardy, L Stephen James, Peter E Jowett, Stephen C Ledger, Nigel A P McSheehy, T Mohammed, S Mueller	6
44-63	Academy 1 Computer, Academy 3 Computer, T Carr, Mark D Crowther, Paul A G Dargan, Alex Easton, A Goetz, Andrew J C Hammond, Ronald F A Harman, Oliver A Jackson, Simon E Lazarus, N Peters, Charles W Pickard, Paul E Roberts, Daniel Rosenberg, Victor B Rumsey, Philip A A Tozer, Alex E Tucker, Rajko Vujatovic, Paul L Williamson	5½
64-76	Fenella Cohen, Debbie M Cooper [Evans], N T Davies, Nigel P Donovan, Chris R Duncan, K Freeman, Jonathan J Hastings, Dale J James, Robert Maris (AUS), B Owusu, Julien M Shepley, Timothy Alan Sinkinson, A Wallace	5
77-86	M Abdul, Caspar J Bates, M Benson, Ian J Burridge, Philip J Crocker, Helen Milligan (SCO), Glyn D Pugh, H Seubert, Tim R Spanton, John Wilman	4½
87-92	Francois Capaces (FRA), John S Garnett, P Griffiths, Jeremy F S Menadue, T Tariq, A Vasseur	4
93-98	M Brown, Dirk Jordan, John Salisbury, P J Taylor, R J Toscano, Richard J Webster	3½
99-102	S Ali, Rani Jackson, A Shaab, Stephen V Woodhouse	3
103	A Saeed	2½
104-107	Michael R Handley, A P Litwak, Ronald Herbert William Pearce (né Polley), S Watson	2

 

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1989 BRITISH LADIES OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP¹ (5 round all play all)

(1) Carey Wilman (Cambridge) 4½/5; (2) Dinah M Norman (Wokingham) 3½; (3) Kathleen Hindle (Cromer) 3; (4) Gyongyver Forintos-Kosten (Hungary) 2½; (5) Malena Griffiths (London) 1; (6) Ayse Karel (Kingston) ½.

¹ N.B. this tournament was not for the 1989 British Women's Championship title, which was won by Rani Hamid by virtue of her score in the Championship proper - JS.

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1989 BRITISH VETERANS' CHAMPIONSHIP (NB. scores include a supplementary tournament)

(1) Philip C Hoad (London SE12) 8½/10; (2) Joseph M Soesan (Coventry) 6½; (3) Ernest Oliver (Worthing) 5½; (4) Dr. Donald Walter Baldwin (St. Annes) 4; (5) Ronald M Bruce (Plymouth) 5; (6) Rowena M Bruce (Plymouth) 4½; (7) (Henry) James Draisey (Bristol) 4; (8) Ivor Roy Edward Clark (London) 2/7; (9) John M Simpkin (Truro) 0/3.

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1989 BRITISH UNDER 18 CHAMPIONSHIP (11 round Swiss)

(1) Michael Harris (Northfield) 9/11; (2-3) Stuart W Clarke (Oldham), Andrew Hon (Edgware) 8; (4-5) John Naylor (Rugby), Mark I Walker (Botley Soton) 7½; (6) Nick Jakubovics (North Oxford) 7; (7-10) Roger A Beckett (Belfast), Jonathan A Catlow (Leeds), S M Given (Antrim), Steven C Hampton (Send, Surrey) 6½; (11-15) Jason M Buckler (Northampton), R McMaster (Antrim), M I Morris (Mill Hill), H T Parker (Henleaze), Clinton A Wells (Godalming) 6; (16-19) Matthew L Brown (Clevedon), David Darwen (Oldham), Lee A Grinsell (Wolverhampton), Gareth Haslinger (Hayes, Middx) 5½; (20-27) Michael Arnold (Leicester), Simon Florence (Whitley Bay), Tryfon C Gavriel (Barnet), Julie A Harwar (Cheltenham), Cathy Haslinger (Hayes, Middx), Dale R Heron (Farnborough, Hants), Heidi D Heron (Farnborough, Hants), A Kelly (Kenilworth) 5; (28-32) Alex Alcock (Chelmsford), Michael Eastwood (Somerset), David Neil (Chandlers Ford), Chris A Ray (Northumberland), Charles H Storey (Northumberland) 4½; (33) Benedict H Garrett (Launceston) 3½; (34) Sabrina Needham (Chingford) 3; (35) Matthew R Wilson (llkley) 2½; (36) Martin J Winn (Rugby) 1½.

The 1989 British Girls' Under-18 Championship was won by Julie A Harwar, Cathy Haslinger and Heidi D Heron.

1989 BRITISH UNDER 16 CHAMPIONSHIP (7 round Swiss)

(1-3) Paul G Brown (Oldham), John Merriman (Liverpool), Mark Sanger (Prestwick) 5½/7; (4-5) Aran R Curry (Bradford), Andrew C Keehner (London) 5; (6-13) Nicol A Bathie (Dundee), Nigel W Callow (Croydon), Angela Eyton (Edgware), D Goodwin (Hereford), H Michael Lamb (Bolton), David R Oates (Worthing), James Poulton (Fareham), R Wilkinson (Alloway) 4½; (14-15) D Copeland (Prestwick), A Lewis (Whitefield) 4; (16-23) Mark B Chaplin (Leatherhead), Jane Eastwood (Somerset), P Hennigan (London), Arif Jamal (London), Russell A James (Rugby), Gavin A Knott (Northampton), J Smyth (Belfast), Daniel Triggs (London) 3½; (24-28) M Addidle (Belfast), Kelly Frisby (Waterlooville), Clare Joy (Rotherham), S Mainie (Antrim), Genevieve O'Farrell (Southampton) 3; (29-33) Matthew Collinson (Kenilworth), Jessica Fries (London), Jeremy P Lewis (Sevenoaks), Oliver J May (Bedford), (Joy) Rachel Mothersill (Horncastle) 2½; (34-37) J Bailey (Havant), D Chandler (Leighton Buzzard), Anthony D Wells (Portsmouth), Christian F Westrap (Dorset) 2; (38-39) B Cox (Devizes), C Lane (Stockbridge) 1½.

The 1989 British Girls' Under-16 Championship was won by Angela Eyton (Edgware).

1989 BRITISH UNDER 15 CHAMPIONSHIP (7 round Swiss)

(1) James Poulton (Fareham) 6/7; (2-3) Jonathan F Parker (Radcliffe-on-Trent), David R Oates (Worthing) 5½; (4-7) Paul G Brown (Oldham), Stephen I Calderwood (Ellistown, Leics), Michael J Gough (Bloxwick), S Miles (Warrington) 5; (8-9) Arif Jamal, Selim 4½; (10-21) N Arnsby (Manchester), D Chandler (Leighton Buzzard), Adam G Crocker (Portsmouth), Jane Eastwood (Somerset), Paul Griffiths (London), C Knowles (Broughton), Jeremy P Lewis (Sevenoaks), John Merriman (Liverpool), M Russell (Aberdeen), Stuart Stafford (East Norton), Robert Winson (Bridgwater), J Young (Leamington) 4; (22-28) Blair Connell (Guildford), Emilia M Holland (Waterlooville), C Lane (Stockbridge), S Mainie (Atrim), Marcus Osborne (Wallington), Helena Stafford (East Norton), S Weston (Gretton) 3½; (29-35) Jessica Fries (London), John N T Abd-Mariam (Hull), Peter Gillen (Derry), A Jablonski (Oldham), (Joy) Rachel Mothersill (Horncastle), Genevieve O'Farrell (Southampton), Anthony D Wells (Portsmouth) 3; (36-40) A Coe (Kingsbridge), Sarah Joy (Rotherham), Claire Lusher (Fareham), S Nelson (Market Harborough), Miriam Renner (Rutland) 2½; (41-42) M Houlihan (Swansea), Lara Rossi (Esher) 2; (43-44) Theresa C Garrett (Launceston), Alan Walton (Oldham) 1½; (45) R Gilman (Skeffington) 1.

The 1989 British Girls' Under-15 Championship was won by Jane Eastwood.

1989 BRITISH UNDER 14 CHAMPIONSHIP (7 round Swiss)

(1) Stephen J Willetts (West Kilbride) 6/7; (2-6) Stephen I Calderwood (Ellistown, Leics), Peter Gillen (Derry), Selim (London), Hung Sin (London), Joseph William Vere (Derbyshire) 5; (7-10) Tim Chesters (Hull), Tristram D P de Piro (Gloucester), Yannis A C Yannoulis (Jesmond), C Barnett (Stockton-on-Tees) 4½; (11-19) Martyn J Dilley (Rushden), Andrew Fish (Pontypridd), Mark J Jacob (Basingstoke), Sarah A Joy (Rotherham), Simon Lunn (Ipswich), James Oakley (Esher), Tracey Thompson (Oxford), W Rawlings (London), Steven Cordy (Caerphilly) 4; (20-23) Emilia M Holland (Waterlooville), Marcus E Osborne (Wallington), Andrew J Calderwood (Ellistown, Leics), Stephen Gillen (Derry) 3½; (24-31) Gary R Andriessen (Cheltenham), Adam G Crocker (Denmead), D Hennigan (London), Laurence R Jupp (Falmouth), Duncan J Mothersill (Horncastle), David M Jagoe (Muswell Hill), Irfan Nathoo (Richmond), Fiona Webster (Sutton & Cheam) 3; (32-34) Ezra Hewing (Ipswich), Claire Lusher (Fareham), Jason Pegler (Gloucester) 2½; (35-38) David Elliott (Eastbourne), Alistair D Jupp (Falmouth), S Edwards (Stoke-on-Trent), M Houlihan (Swansea) 2; (39) Martin A Sygrove (Fareham) 1½.

The 1989 British Girls' Under-14 Championship was won by Sarah Joy and Tracey Thompson.

1989 BRITISH UNDER 13 CHAMPIONSHIP (7 round Swiss)

(1-2) Stephen Gillen (Derry), David M Jagoe (Muswell Hil) 6/7; (3-4) Adrian Gillen (Derry), Irfan Nathoo (Richmond) 5; (5-7) Benedict S Clissold (Edgworth), Matthew G Crocker (Portsmouth), M Davey (Jesmond) 4½; (8-14) Matthew Ainscow (London), Edward P Dodds (Jesmond), Giles B Dunn (Wellingborough), Kate Horsfield (Oakham), Chris Masters (Brixham), Hung Sin (London), Fiona Webster (Sutton) 4; (15-22) C Barnett (Stockton), Craig D Fearn (Falmouth), N Gough (Chelmsford), David J Hennigan (London), David C Hotham (Hull), James Leeming (Whitley Bay), Jonathan C Walton (Beckenham), Yannis A C Yannoulis (Jesmond) 3½; (23-28) Joshua A Baum (Llawhaden), S Brown (Scunthorpe), Peran Hayes (Redruth), Duncan J Mothersill (Horncastle), M Peters (Caterham), G Solomons (Caerphilly) 3; (29-30) Matthew H Garrett (Launceston), S Thomas (Swansea) 2½; (31) Ian Lamb (Bolton) 2; (32-33) L McLaughlin (London), A Smith (Oxford) 1; (34) J Hodgson (London) ½.

The 1989 British Girls' Under-13 Championship was won by Kate Horsfield and Fiona Webster.

1989 BRITISH UNDER 12 CHAMPIONSHIP (7 round Swiss)

(1) Adrian Gillen (Derry) 6½/7; (2) Paul V Griffiths (London WC2) 5½; (3-6) Andrew P George (High Wycombe), Harriet V Hunt (Oxford), Brian MacFarlane (Bearsden), W Whitton (Missenden) 5; (7-14) Matthew Ainscow (London), Matthew Brief (Edgware), Helen M Burns (North Cheam), Giles B Dunn (Wellingborough), I Higgins (Glasgow), Paul J Janew (Coventry), Neil E Lusher (Fareham), Oliver J Rosten (New Malden) 4½; (15-19) Matthew G Crocker (Denmead), Paul D Fenn (Sittingbourne), Ayesha Nathoo (Richmond), Louise Orton (Ipswich), A Rob (London) 4; (20-26) Joshua A Baum (Dyfed), Richard D Carpenter (Torquay), Peter B Hastings (Oxford), Elizabeth Humble (Preston), Jody E Saunders (Crowthorne), Matthew M Tailby (Ruddington), Joel K M Newman (Bromley) 3½; (27-32) Roland B Cole (Truro), J Foster (Amersham), Kevin M Sweeney (London), Luis Tulip (Oxon), James D Rawlings (London), Benedict S Clissold (Edgworth) 3; (33-36) A Moss (Leek), J Smallwood (Mapperley), G Solomons (Caerphilly), S Thomas (Swansea) 2½; (37-42) Kate R Ansell (Oxford), Abdul Kahhar (London), Toby Kan (Morden), Ian Lamb (Bolton), Emily Neale (Teignmouth), L McLaughlin (Plymouth) 2; (43) Martin Lucas-Smith (Kingston-upon-Thames) 1½.

The 1989 British Girls' Under-12 Championship was won by Harriet Hunt.

1989 BRITISH UNDER 11 CHAMPIONSHIP (7 round Swiss)

(1) Edward Goodall (Prestwich) 6½/7; (2-8) Steven E Cordy (Caerphilly), Adam C Hunt (Oxford), M Jackson (Oxshott), Neil E Lusher (Fareham), L Russell (Aberdeen), J Walton (Timperley), P Walton (Oldham) 5; (9-11) David A Ashton (Oldham), Brian MacFarlane (Bearsden), Oliver J Rosten (New Malden) 4½; (12-24) Andrew J Calderwood (Ellistown, Leics), Joseph P Conlon (Reading), Kevin Ferguson (Liverpool), John M Goodall (Prestwich), Chris J Higham (Oldham), Harriet V Hunt (Oxford), Milton Ioannides (Milton Keynes), Brian Kelly (Limerick), Paul E Morris (Barnet), Ayesha Nathoo (Richmond), David M Moskovich (Welling), Nicholas D Tarlton (Stanmore), S Ward (Peterborough) 4; (25-27) Alexander J Banks (Turton), Philip A Hobbs (High Wycombe), J Leigh (Guildford) 3½; (28-34) N Brown (Chester-le-Street), Mark Bury (Stacksteads), M Jackson (Oxshott), Sami Miah (London), Joel K M Newman (Bromley), A Rob (London), J Thomas (Par) 3; (35-43) Julian Harris (Beckenham), Nicole Johnson (Wirral), Mulrad (London), Abdul Kahhar (London), James E Scriven (Stoke-on-Trent), D Smyth (Whitley), T Walton (Beckenham), Charmaine Webster (Sutton), C Whittaker (Scunthorpe) 2½; (44-46) Ruth E Cordy (Caerphilly), G Hoare (Southampton), Sandra K Hollyhomes (Torpoint) 2; (47) K Redmond (Stockport) 1; (48) S Bates (Stockport) 0.

The 1989 British Girls' Under-11 Championship was won by Ayesha Nathoo and Harriet Hunt.

1989 BRITISH UNDER 10 CHAMPIONSHIP (7 round Swiss)

(1) James E Vigus (Chislehurst) 6/7; (2-6) Daniel L Bisby (Reigate), Rowan M Brown (Peterborough), Brian Kelly (Limerick), David M Moskovich (Welling), David J Whitehead (Sudbury) 5½; (7-9) Alexander J Banks (Edgworth), Karl C C Mah (London), Richard A Miller (Washington) 5; (10-16) Marc Blenkiron (Chester-le-Street), Adam N Capal (Loughton), Matthew P George (High Wycombe), David S Gibeon (London), Philip E Goldstein (London), P Hopper (Aberdeen), Adam C Hunt (Oxford) 4½; (17-29) Nilesh Y Ameen (Maidstone), Chris A Baker (Hanworth), Richard A Bates (Richmond), J Collier (Stockport), Joseph P Conlon (Reading), Andrew Dyce (Annesley), E Fletcher (Bourton), David Garner (Hinckley), Andrew N Greet (St Austell), Mandy Haslinger (Hayes), Lee Jacobs (Stanmore), Daniel T Lee (Stockport), R Morgan (Bedford) 4; (30-38) Rajesh Y Ameen (Maidstone), L Dixon (Ipswich), Philip Haigh (Fareham), Stewart G Haslinger (Hayes), Elizabeth Humble (Preston), Keith Martin (Dawlish), P Moss (Staffs), Daniel A Norsa-Scott (London), Sandesh Sivakamaran (Swansea) 3½; (39-43) Ruth E Cordy (Caerphilly), Colin R Moore (Ashford), Devan Patel (Bexley), Richard A Pickin (Dawlish), Sharmi Sivakumaran (Swansea) 3; (44-53) Paul A Carpenter (Torquay), Abigail Dyce (Annesley), Neil Foster (Amersham), Simon H Garrett (Launceston), Nicole L Jacob (Basingstoke), Vanessa C Lucas-Smith (Kingston-upon-Thames), J Moore (Ashford), Cammil Taank (Ilford), R Tinto (Aberdeen), A Wright (Torquay) 2½; (54-56) D Banks (Edgworth), S Hennigan (London), Amy Kieran (Bexley) 2; (57-60) Lorna Burrows (Merseyside), Rebecca Larking (Esher), J Luscombe (Kimberworth), Adrian D Sender (Edgware) 1½; (61) Jonathan A Corfe (Potters Bar) 1; (62) P Harvey (Rotherham) ½.

The 1989 British Girls' Under-10 Championship was won by Mandy Haslinger [Amanda Suzanne Haslinger].

1989 BRITISH UNDER 9 CHAMPIONSHIP (7 round Swiss)

(1) Joseph P Conlon (Reading) 6½/7; (2) Adam C Hunt (Oxford) 6; (3-4) Alex Edmans (Reading), Karl C C Mah (London) 5½; (5-14) David Garner (Hinckley), Andrew N Greet (St Austell), Mandy Haslinger (Hayes), Stewart G Haslinger (Hayes), Timothy C Kiddell (Ipswich), Nicholas Pert (Ipswich), Richard Pert (Ipswich), Kieran D Smallbone (Basingstoke), T Walton (Beckenham), M Wells (Sudbury) 5; (15-16) Daniel Clarke (St Austell), Sujit Kapadia (Surbiton), David S Surry (Essex) 4½; (17-31) Adam G Ashton (Oldham), M Body (Horndean), James Clifford (East Sheen), Sian K Extence (Boston), Matthew P George (High Wycombe), M Jackson (Oxshott), Peter Levermore (South Humberside), Sandish Sivakumaran (Swansea), Mark P Smith (Devizes), J Stack (London), Cammil Taank (Ilford), L Turner (St Austell), William Watson (Saxmundham), John Weatherlake (Symonds Yat) 4; (32-39) Paul A Carpenter (Torquay), Nicholas J Coates (Camberley), Ruth E Cordy (Caerphilly), Stuart Dobinson (Maidstone), Scott N Fearn (Falmouth), Simon H Garrett (Launceston), Gary J Martin (Dawlish), Daniel A Paskins (London) 3½; (40-51) Jonathan W Arnott (Sheffield), D Banks (Turton), M Dickinson (Middlesborough), C Doyle (Newport), Gavin D Extence (Boston), Gary Fearn (Cornwall), S Hennigan (London), Joshua Hewing (Ipswich), Timothy Manuel (London), Brendan Newell (Manchester), Sharmi Sivakurmaran (Swansea), K Smyth (Tyne & Wear) 3; (52-55) Andrew J Coates (Camberley), Nicholas L Jones (Sevenoaks), Reece L J Newell (Manchester), L Smith (Plymouth) 2½; (56-63) D Fenn (Aberdeen), H Gilbert (Chester-le-Street), J Harris (Beckenham), George Hassabis (London), Murad (London), Edward J Rosten (London), P Taylor (Barrowden), David N Yarwood (Wirral) 2; (64) Mansur S Boase (London) 1½; (65-67) Neil Foster (Amersham), Laurence A L Rackham (Chichester), G Yard (Perranporth) 1; (68) V Jones (Sevenoaks) ½.

The 1989 British Girls' Under-9 Championship was won by Mandy Haslinger.

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BLACKBURN TOURNAMENT (all play all)

(1) Dale R James (Oldham) 8½/12; (2) T Wheatley (London) 8; (3) Alan M Gregg (Epsom) 6½; (4-5) Richard J A Almond (St Leonards), Neville H Twitchell (Harlow) 6; (6-7) Steven J Burke (Derbyshire), Robert P Ross (Willerby) 5½; (8-10) R Amram (Paris), Donald M Andrew (Doncaster), Paul C Stokes (London) 5; (11-12) M Burrows (Swansea), John T Hennigan (London) 2½.

STAUNTON TOURNAMENT (all play all)

(1) Stephen J Connor (Wirral) 8/11; (2-3) Paul Dansey (St Neots), G McCormick (Belfast) 7½; (4) Kenneth H Heron (Farnborough, North Hampshire) 7; (5-6) Jeff R Dawson (Norwich), David G Woodruff (Bristol) 6; (7-8) Christopher S Dossett (Bradford), Peter Winn (Rugby) 5; (9) Joseph J Skielnik (London) 4; (10-11) Peter J Horlock (Godalming), Marc A Shaw (Pinner) 3½; (12) Marcel V Taylor (Radcliffe-on-Trent) 3.

SOANES TOURNAMENT (all play all)

(1-2) John Baldwin (Rainham), Martin Kelly (Belfast) 7½/11; (3) Antony J Sage (Bath) 7; (4) Philip Barber (Southampton) 6½; (5-6) G Garnett (Great Yarmouth United), B McLaughlin (London) 6; (7) Frederick A Maris (Great Dunmow) 5½; (8-9) David Everitt (Haywards Heath), Kevin J Staveley (Rhondda) 5; (10) Donald Cuckson (Ilford) 4½; (11) John C Calvert (Nottingham) 3; (12) Jonathan Mark G Bryant (Chelmsford) 2½.

ATKINS TOURNAMENT (Double Round - all play all)

(1) Rod Burroughs (Hutton) 7; (2) E Diarmid Gibson (Newcastle-under-Lyme) 6½; (3) Richard D Perrin (Southampton) 6; (4) (George) Alexander Mills ("Alec") Boswell (Liverpool) 5; (5) Conrad J Jowett (Lytham) 5; (6-7) Nigel Dicker (Southampton), S Rowles (London) 4; (8) Richard Edward Boxall (Basingstoke) 2½.

FIVE-DAY TOURNAMENT WEEK 1 - TWO ROUNDS (9 round Swiss)

(1-3) Bertrand Barlow (Epsom), David C Jarrett (Whitchurch), Simon C Le Blancq (Petersfield) 6½/9; (4-5) Colin A Costello (London), Mark C Rich (Hastings) 6; (6-7) Luke Harris (Beckenham), G Knutt (Parklands) 5½; (8-15) D Cooper (Birmingham), Roger D de Coverly (Marlow), Martin J Dilley (Rushden), Howard Grist (Leigh-on-Sea), Richard Heasman (Basingstoke), Andrew Hill (Bristol), John F Turnock (Newcastle-upon-Tyne), Stephen L Wedlock (Westcliffe-on-Sea) 5; (16-17) R Pearson (Sandbach), Arthur Pinkerton (Belfast) 4½; (18-25) Julian Alderton (Stockport), Ronald H Saunders (Worthing), G Brown (Clevedon), Adrian Wright (Ipswich), J Rowney (Co. Antrim) 4; (26) Adrian C Laurence (London) 2½; (27) Monica S Vann (Marlow) 2; (28) D Bouldon (Leicester) 1.

FIVE-DAY TOURNAMENT WEEK 1 - MORNING (5 round Swiss)

(1-2) Christopher Archer-Lock (Bruncote), Gary W Dormand (Mitcham) 4½/5; (3-5) Andrew Faller (Epsom), M Gibbons (Dagenham), Trefor F Thynne (Newton Abbot) 4; (6-9) Denys Pepperell Bonner (Street), Matthew Collinson (Kenilworth), Aran R Curry (Bradford), Alec Toll (Carterton, Oxford) 3½; (10-18) Michael Addidle (Belfast), J Foster (Headington), David M Hubbard (Guildford), Russell A James (Rugby), Leslie J Miller (Loughton), Ilan Rubin (Whitstable), J Smyth (Belfast), G White (Harrow), A Yarrow (Brigg) 3; (19-25) Paul A Aston (Torquay), Mark C Bowhay (Basingstoke), Julian C Clissold (Bolton), Chris Hann (Hastings), R Milner (Torquay), Paul Stimpson (Dagenham), Kenneth Wilkinson (Truro) 2½; (26-34) Dr. Eric N Bramley (Windsor), Edward Church (Truro), Thomas E Conlon (Reading), Zafer M Djabri (London), Ian Jewsbury (Bradford), Paula M Le Gallez (Paignton), Kevin C Ryder (Stourbridge), J Smith (Tring), D Triggs (London) 2; (35-39) David W Bate-Smith (Edgware), Anthony Davey (Newcastle-upon-Tyne), K Frisby (Waterlooville), D Russell (Aberdeen), G Sullivan (London) 1½; (40-43) Hugh S Flockhart (Edinburgh), Derek H Garrett (Launceston), J I Hampton (Send, Surrey), Oliver J May (Bedford) 1.

FIVE-DAY TOURNAMENT WEEK 1 - AFTERNOON (5 round Swiss)

(1-2) Nicol Bathie (Dundee), Tim Walker (Felixstowe) 4½/5; (3) A Philip Primett (Haywards Heath) 3½; (4-6) Gerald W Botteley (Rutland), Kevin D Markey (Dursley), A Rehman (UAE) 3; (7-9) Paul Craddock (Pinner), Laurence J R Guard (Plymouth), Andrew Osborne (Plymouth) 2½; (10-13) N Gough (Chelmsford), D Numar (UAE), J Rehman (UAE), Gideon Z Summerscale (London) 2; (14-15) Darren Freeman (Yeovil), S Mond (UAE) 1½; (16) K Bruce (Sheffield) 1.

FIVE-DAY TOURNAMENT WEEK 2 - TWO ROUNDS (9 round Swiss)

(1-3) Roy Brown (Rayleigh), Philip M Giulian (Glasgow), Jonathan A Tait (Newark) 6½/9; (4-5) Robin M Horner (Tyne & Wear), Chris J Todd (London) 6; (6-11) Bertrand Barlow (Epsom), Colin A Costello (London), S Graham (Irvine), David R MacDonald (London), R Newton (Croydon), John H Woolley (London) 5½; (12-14) Ian M George (Camborne), Phillip K Gardner (London), Kevin Simpson (Mansfield) 5; (15-23) (Jerzy) Andrew Borkowski (Portishead), Richard B Hobell (Leigh), Michael S Kobylka (Spalding), Paul Noble (Hove), Brian Oldham (Derby), Peter T Sharpe (Sheffield), Janos Wagenbach (Sutton-in-Ashfield), Stephen L Wedlock (Westcliff), Chris White (Oxford University) 4½; (24) Julian Alderton (Bramhall) 4; (25-28) D Chilton (Ayrshire), Douglas M Forbes (Wooburn Green), A Stevely (Irvine), Mark J Townsend (Plymouth) 3½; (29-31) John Boyd (Sunderland), Peter C Elliott (Chelmsford), David F Thompson (Andover) 3; (32) S Taylor (Kilmarnock) 2½; (33) Ayse Karel (Kingston-upon-Thames) 2; (34) Ronald J Vallance (Braintree) 1½.

FIVE-DAY TOURNAMENT WEEK 2 - MORNING A (5 round Swiss)

(1-3) (Andrew) Tyson Mordue (Willsbridge), Edward Newman (Stonehouse, Glos.), John F Turnock (Newcastle) 4; (4-7) Michael E Brigden (Bath), Stephen L A Orton (Ipswich), Derek C Pugh (Bristol), Alec J Toll (Carterton) 3½; (8-12) Andrew Faller (Epsom), M Gibbons (Dagenham), Simon Myles (Warrington), Dinah M Norman (Wokingham), (Albert) David Pruden (Carlisle) 3; (13-19) Alan W Brusey (Newton Abbot), David A Burrows (Merseyside), Michael R Handley (Bristol), Chris N Hann (Hastings), Arthur Pinkerton (Belfast), Mark Saunders (Crowthorne), Glenn Trueman (Stockport) 2½; (20-24) Michael T Bolan (Ashtead & Cobham), G Brown (Clevedon), B Hughes (Barrhead), Richard J Nash (Barnstaple), G White (Pinner & Harrow) 2; (25-26) Robert G Blake (Ashford), John Walker (Teignmouth) 1½; (27-28) Abdulla Mufti (Newmarket), S Watson (Manchester) 1; (29) Timothy Lunn (Ipswich) ½.

FIVE-DAY TOURNAMENT WEEK 2 - MORNING B (5 round Swiss)

(1) Julian Clissold (Edgworth) 4½/5; (2-3) David Flower (Milford Haven), N Keech (Glossop, Derbys.) 4; (4-5) J Foster (Headington, Oxford), J Rowney 3½; (6-11) S Helbig (Nr Weston, Bath), Ian Jewsbury (Bradford), John R Keehner (London), R Milner (Torquay), Paul Stimpson (Dagenham), Robert Winson (Bridgewater) 3; (12-16) Roger L Baker (Bakewell), A Goe (South Hams), Zafer M Djabri (London) 2½; (15-16) Edward Church (Truro), Malena Griffiths (London) 2; (17-22) Ronald C Andriessen (Cheltenham), Doreen J Helbig (Lower Weston, Bath), Paula M Le Gallez (Paignton), Ken Lunn (Ipswich), Len J Morrell (Ruddington, Notts), J Smith (Aylesbury) 1½; (23-24) J Hampton (Send, Surrey), Christopher W Penna (Wotton-under-Edge) 1.

FIVE-DAY TOURNAMENT WEEK 2 - AFTERNOON (5 round Swiss)

(1) John Brookes (Lancing) 4½/5; (2) Tim Headlong (Swindon) 4; (3-8) Alex C Dixon (Farnham), Sabrina Needham (Chingford), J Parker (Radcliffe-on-Trent), James D Pratt (Odiham), A Philip Primett (Haywards Heath), Carey Wilman (Cambridge) 3; (9-15) Gerald Botteley (Rutland), M Burrows (Swansea), Paul Craddock (Pinner), Laurence J R Guard (Plymouth), Alan B Leary (Hereford), Martin S Musk (Didsbury), G Strompers (Belgium) 2½; (16) Gideon Z Summerscale (London) 2; (17-18) Karen E Bruce (Rotherham), L Wade (Paignton) 1½; (19) Gyongyver Forintos-Kosten (Hungary) 1.

WEEKEND INTERMEDIATE (grade U-160, 6 round Swiss)

(1) Stephen J Connor (Greasby) 5/6; (2-4) Bertrand Barlow (Epsom), Colin A Costello (Leytonstone), R Newton (Croydon) 4½; (5-10) Roy Alan Brown (Rayleigh), Alan M Gregg (Epsom), Daniel Hubbard (Guildford), Roy Phillips (Barnstaple), D Pruden (Carlisle), Graham Smith (Bodmin) 4; (11-21) Mark R Baker (Yeovil), J Andrew Borkowski (Portishead), Thomas Cruse (Harpenden), Joe V A Franks (Ruislip), E Diarmid Gibson (Newcastle-under-Lyme), Richard B Hobell (Leigh-on-Sea), Brian J Izzard (Brighton), Michael S Kobylka (Spalding), Gavin A Knott (Northampton), Chris J Todd (London), Stephen L Wedlock (Westcliffe-on-sea) 3; (22-25) F Lees (Jonstone), Howard Grist (Leigh-on-Sea), Dinah M Norman (Wokingham), Tony Seddon (Warrington) 2½; (26-30) G Brown (Clevedon), Robin Clackett (Sutton Coldfield), Gary W Dormand (Mitcham), Darren Freeman (Yeovil), Adrian F Zoeftig (London) 2; (31-32) Jason M Buckler (Northampton), Ronald H Saunders (Worthing) 1½; (33) Richard Walch (Stratford-on-Avon) 1; (34) Colin J Kidd (Pinner) ½.

WEEKEND MINOR (grade U-125, 6 round Swiss)

(1-3) Christopher E W Barber (Alton, Hants), David Jackson (Plymouth), Richard D Perrin (Netley Abbey) 5; (4-5) Julian Alderton (Stockport), J Dobson (Alwoodley) 4½; (6-11) Anton R B Barkhuysen (Camborne), Steven E Cordy (Caerphilly), Mark Croasdale (Swindon), Douglas M Forbes (Wooburn Green), R Harper (Willesden), Kenneth Wilkinson (Truro) 4; (12-19) Ian G Coldicot (Mapperley), Ayse Karel (Kingston-upon-Thames), Martin S Musk (Didsbury), G Nobbs (Plymouth), Peter B Richards (Lumbertubs, Northants), S Rowles (London), Kevin J Staveley (Rhondda) 3½; (20-25) (George) Alexander Mills ("Alec") Boswell (Liverpool), S Clarke (Southampton), Peter C Elliott (Chelmsford), Hugh S Flockhart (Edinburgh), P A Sommer (Plymouth), A Sykes (Plymouth) 3; (26-30) John Baldwin (Rainham), James Burroughs (Hutton), Gyongyver Forintos-Kosten (Hungary), M Stephens (Beeston), Anthony C Summers (Southampton) 2½; (31-34) Edward Church (Truro), P Muato (Walsall), J Thompson (Dundee), A Rex Willis (Exeter) 2; (35-39) Gary Behan (Plymouth), Nigel Dicker (Southampton), Mark J Huba (London), Conrad J Jowett (Lytham-St-Annes), Anthony Tatam (Plymouth) 1½; (40-41) David W Bate-Smith (Edgware), John R Watson (Saxmundham) 1; (42-43) G Shortwood (Bristol), G Sullivan (London) 0.

QUICKPLAY (6 round Swiss)

(1) Michael J Basman (Chessington) 6/6; (2-4) Edward N Holland (Waterlooville), Peter G Large (Mitcham), Matthew S Piper (Truro) 5; (5-8) Philip M Giulian (Glasgow), David J Tebb (Wirral), David J Coleman (Harlow), Paul Moulton (Streatham) 4½; (9-18) Jonathan A Tait (Newark), Darryl Wolstencroft (Poulton), Jonathan F Parker (Radcliffe-on-Trent), John Naylor (Rugby), Andrew J Ledger (Bedford), David J Ledger (Bedford), Stephen C Ledger (Bedford), Matthew J Turner (Scunthorpe), Tryfon C Gavriel (Barnet), A Champion (Devizes) 4... (68 players)

Photo of the 1989 British Championship prizewinners, sent by Joe Conlon (his parents took the picture)
Back row: Philip Hoad (Veteran's champion), Mickey Adams, Rani Hamid.
Amongst the junior champions, you may be able to pick out Harriet Hunt, Adrian and Stephen Gillen, James Poulton, Joe Conlon, etc.

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Mickey Adams's GM title (norms already achieved) was awarded during the tournament by the FIDE Congress in Puerto Rico. David Norwood recorded his third and final GM norm. Stephen Cullip recorded an IM norm as did John Emms (within ½ point of a GM norm). 13-year-old Demis Hassabis recorded a 2330 rating performance. (Source: BCM, October 1989, pps 418-420)

THE 76th BRITISH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS PLYMOUTH 1989

We, the B.C.F. Management Board, knew the number of entries for Plymouth would be decidedly down on that for last year in Blackpool and budgetted accordingly. We had failed to learn from history. Blackpool 1956 was followed by a record entry of 200 in Plymouth 1957. When the dust settled, there were 993 tournament entrants who actually played. A number of others entered and then withdrew. Also many played in more than one tournament, so that only about 800 different players participated. They brought roughly 600 non-players with them and a few spectators attended, so that approximately 1500 people came to the town. This was a considerable boost to Plymouth's economy as was mentioned in the media more than once.

Such numbers caused a number of problems. The Guildhall wasn't large enough to take all the second week entries and the Under-10 had to be banished to another site in the second week. An upper hall had to be used throughout the fortnight and the analysis areas were far too small. This caused excessive noise in the main playing hall. Plymouth are building what looks, on paper, like a splendid new convention centre. Thus we may return there this century. As Ken Bloodworth said at the Closing Ceremony, if we wait another 32 years then, at the current rate of expansion, we must expect 5000 entries.

The Championship was expected to be a wide-open affair and this indeed proved the case. There were rather too many weak players than was healthy so that a strong player who slipped back had every right to expect to haul himself back into contention. Jim Plaskett made most of the early running but his uncompromising style resulted in too many losses and finally an unfairly low score considering the strength of opposition he had to meet. By comparison the eventual winner, Michael Adams, took it easy and coasted in by winning his last three games. Still, he went through as the only unbeaten player apart from Daniel King. This set all sorts of records. He won the Under-18 prize, the British Under-21 Championship and became by far the youngest British Champion. It was surprising 8½ was sufficient to win the title outright in such a large field but David Norwood was too concerned with obtaining his final grandmaster result to have to take risks in the last round. Other outstanding performances worth noting include: Jonathan Mestel finishing second equal despite playing virtually no competitive chess this year; John Emms who gained 63 rating points and his first master result; Andrew Ledger who put on 91 rating points with his first master norm and Demis Hassabis who scored a creditable 50% aged 12, the youngest player in the event since Nigel Short.
It had been decided to subsume the British Ladies' Championship within the British proper. This resulted in 6 female contestants and Rani Hamid ran out a worthy winner with 6/11. A British Ladies' Open Championship attracted only 6 entries. This had a worthy winner in Carey Wilman but this will probably be the last separate female event at the congress.

The Major Open attracted over 100 entries including 3 Mephisto Academy Computers. As they remained approximately in the middle of the field, this provided no real problem with finding suitable opponents who didn't mind playing them. As Mephisto are substantial supporters of the B.C.F., it would have been churlish to refuse their entry. However, as they become stronger, the position will have to be reviewed extremely carefully.

A party of 10 players came from the UAE, most expecting to take part in junior Championships. Communications had broken down and they hadn't realised these are restricted to British and Commonwealth citizens. However they seemed happy enough to play in the Major Open and 5 day events and a number of representative matches were held against British juniors. This led to the question being put to the players as to whether they liked the idea of the Junior Championships being open. A majority favour the status quo.

It may only be the second year but it is clearly already a tradition that a play should be performed at the congress. This was 'Garryolanus' and was written by Bill Hartston. It bore no resemblance to the Shakespearean effort with a similar title but was more like Hamlet. I doubt any other sporting event in the world could mount such a production in the middle of an important Championship. Was camping it up as a scene changer really David Norwood's best preparation for such a vital last round? Perhaps so, despite the fact that the entire stage was awash with corpses at the end. This was followed at the Closing Party by a virtually impromptu performance of Blind Date with the Cilia Black part being taken by Cathy Forbes in a much more life-like imitation than Cilia can herself manage. That our leading players were willing to take so much time to entertain us was much appreciated and had them rolling in the aisles.

All good things come to an end and both Mary Kerridge and Veronica Winn are retiring as our Recorders at the Congress. So much has the job become associated with Mary and her earlier longstanding associate Mary Kluth, that the post title is that of 'Mary'. The rest of the Control Team consisted of George Smith Secretary; Mike O'Hara there for the first time as Treasurer; Chief Arbiter Harry Baines; Publicity Bill Hartston; Controllers Eric Croker, Victor Cross, Paul Dansey, Roger Edwards, David Eustace, Richard Furness, Simon Gillam, Neil Graham, Alex McFarlane, Peter Purland, Peter Richmond, John Robinson, Alec Webster and David Welch. Help was also afforded at various times by Julian Alderton, Ian Cowen and Pam Thomas. Chess has a strong tradition in Plymouth and it came as no surprise that local help was more forthcoming than in most years. Alan Crickmore and his wife were particularly valuable and Alan ensured that the catering by Devon County Caterers was tremendous value for money.

Once again Graham Lee and Andrew Martin performed well together as a Commentary Team and there was rather more meat to their analyses than hitherto. They expressed some disappointment at the quality of the games this year and this may have been due to the playing conditions or the huge competitiveness of the event.

There was no business sponsor this year, Kleinwort Benson having ended their long relationship in 1988. The event was supported by an anonymous private philanthropist. This state of affairs cannot continue in 1990 and a new sponsor must be found or the Eastbourne event will be at best a shadow of its former self. There is no doubt the event would offer excellent publicity for the right company but time is running out.

STEWART REUBEN, Congress Director

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The following Title Norms were achieved at the British Championships at Plymouth:

David Norwood IM 2485 Date of birth 3 October 1968. GM Norm and Claim for GM title. Other GM Norms were NatWest Young Masters 1988 and Canada 1989.

John Emms FM 2300 Date of birth 14 March 1967. IM Norm with 7½/11 and 1½ points to spare (played 2 GMs and 8 IMs).

Andrew Ledger 2240 Date of birth 23 May 1969. IM Norm

Stephen Cullip 2300 Date of birth 16 December 1973. 6/11 requiring 6½/11 for "old style" IM Norm but achieving peformance rating of 2451 and thought to qualify under revised Regulations being used by FIDE.

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Date	Notes
20 August 2020	296 games, plus 47 skeleton games, used to generate a partial crosstable, with most round numbers and dates included. If anyone can supply missing games, a more complete crosstable or info about missing round numbers and dates, I would be very grateful. I'm sure the 1989 BCF Yearbook will have more info but unfortunately I don't have a copy.
21 August 2020	Richard James kindly supplied me with a scan of the full crosstable from the BCF Yearbook which I have used to set up a crosstable of my own and complete the task of inserting round number and dates for all the games in the download. Please note that colours may not be shown correctly for those games which do not form part of the download as the BCF Yearbook crosstable does not show colours. Otherwise the crosstable's scores and details should be correct. I have also changed one player name from Stewart Davidson to Davidson Stewart - I'm still not 100% sure this is right but I think so. Perhaps someone can let me know.
22 August 2020	Once again, I'm indebted to leading authority on Ulster chess, David McAlister, for putting me right on a name of an Ulster player. Despite appearing as 'Stewart Davidson' or 'Davidson Stewart' in sources, it turns out the correct name is James Stewart. Many thanks, David.
23 August 2020	David McAlister kindly sent me the seven missing games of David Houston, increasing the total number of games available to 303. Many thanks, David.
24 August 2020	A few amendments applied (e.g. forenames of players). Many thanks to Paul Georghiou for his help with this.
2 September 2020	The crosstable generated from the ChessBase file has been updated, with considerable help from Paul Georghiou, and now shows the correct colours for each game.
3 September 2020	Some more name and rating information received from Paul Georghiou, which has been used to update the file. Many thanks to Paul.
8 March 2021	Added a photo of the prizewinners, kindly submitted by Joe Conlon, whose parents took the picture.
19 March 2021	I am grateful to Sean Coffey for notifying me of three wrongly dated games in the PGN file. The download is now correct but if you would prefer to amend your database in situ, the amendments are: (1) Muir - Murugan, round 1: Date 1989.08.31 should be 1989.07.31; (2) Ruxton - Barua, round 5: Date 1989.01.04 should be 1989.08.04; (3) Stewart - Hennigan, round 5: Date 1989.08.05 should be 1989.08.04. Many thanks to Sean.
28 December 2023	The number of Championship scores has increased from 303 to 310 with seven games submitted to me some time ago by Tony Corkett. We now have all 11 of his games. Many thanks to Tony.
29 August 2024	Added five games played by Steve Giddins, from rounds 3, 5, 6, 7 and 9. Also, a move order adjustment made to S.Giddins ½-½ N.McDonald (rd 1). Many thanks to Steve Giddins.
25 September 2025	Added a part-game from the Major Open: R Noyce 1-0 J G Wilson. Many thanks to Gerard Killoran for contributing the game via the English Chess Forum.