1997 British Chess Championship, Hove, 4–15 August - Hove Town Hall • 1996« »1998

1997 British Chess Championship		Fed	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
1	Michael Adams	ENG	2680g	◊ 1/65	♦ 1/14	◊ 1/13	♦ 1/25	◊ ½/16	♦ ½/6	◊ ½/11	♦ ½/3	◊ ½/4	♦ ½/5	◊ 1/10	8
2	Matthew D Sadler	ENG	2665g	♦ ½/60	◊ 1/26	♦ 0/6	◊ 1/53	♦ 1/22	◊ 1/37	♦ ½/16	◊ 1/17	♦ ½/8	◊ 1/10	♦ ½/3	8
3	Anthony J Miles	ENG	2600g	♦ ½/26	◊ 1/39	♦ 1/21	◊ ½/74	♦ ½/17	◊ 1/40	♦ 1/19	◊ ½/1	♦ ½/10	◊ 1/8	◊ ½/2	8
4	John M Emms	ENG	2530g	♦ 1/79	◊ ½/21	♦ ½/32	◊ ½/29	♦ 1/27	◊ ½/13	♦ 1/20	◊ 1/16	♦ ½/1	◊ ½/7	♦ 1/11	8
5	Mark Hebden	ENG	2575g	◊ 1/23	♦ ½/19	◊ 1/47	♦ ½/17	◊ 1/9	♦ ½/16	◊ ½/8	♦ ½/11	◊ 1/13	◊ ½/1	♦ ½/6	7½
6	Aaron Summerscale	ENG	2420m	◊ 1/54	♦ ½/52	◊ 1/2	♦ 1/18	◊ 1/40	◊ ½/1	♦ 0/10	♦ ½/9	◊ ½/11	♦ 1/35	◊ ½/5	7½
7	Jonathan S Speelman	ENG	2630g	◊ 1/38	♦ 1/8	◊ 0/25	♦ 0/20	◊ 1/39	♦ ½/24	◊ 1/21	♦ 1/19	◊ ½/9	♦ ½/4	◊ 1/16	7½
8	Andrew Ledger	ENG	2415m	♦ 1/33	◊ 0/7	♦ 1/73	◊ 1/35	♦ 1/25	◊ ½/10	♦ ½/5	◊ 1/37	◊ ½/2	♦ 0/3	◊ 1/18	7½
9	Krishnan Sasikiran	IND	2430f	♦ 1/43	◊ 1/61	♦ 0/10	◊ 1/66	♦ 0/5	◊ 1/58	♦ 1/74	◊ ½/6	♦ ½/7	◊ ½/12	♦ 1/20	7½
10	Anthony Kosten	ENG	2530g	◊ 1/51	♦ 1/36	◊ 1/9	♦ ½/16	◊ ½/19	♦ ½/8	◊ 1/6	♦ 1/18	◊ ½/3	♦ 0/2	♦ 0/1	7
11	Chris G Ward	ENG	2505g	♦ 1/57	◊ ½/27	♦ ½/66	◊ 1/46	♦ 1/20	◊ ½/19	♦ ½/1	◊ ½/5	♦ ½/6	◊ 1/17	◊ 0/4	7
12	Jonathan Parker	ENG	2510m	◊ 1/48	♦ 1/30	◊ 0/16	♦ ½/14	◊ ½/47	♦ ½/21	◊ 1/32	♦ ½/38	◊ 1/25	♦ ½/9	◊ ½/13	7
13	Luke J McShane	ENG	2455m	♦ 1/42	◊ 1/46	♦ 0/1	◊ 1/45	♦ ½/74	♦ ½/4	◊ ½/31	◊ 1/27	♦ 0/5	◊ 1/22	♦ ½/12	7
14	Mark Ferguson	ENG	2420m	♦ 1/58	◊ 0/1	♦ 1/61	◊ ½/12	♦ ½/46	◊ ½/35	♦ 0/27	◊ 1/60	♦ ½/45	◊ 1/26	♦ 1/29	7
15	Keith C Arkell	ENG	2480g	◊ 1/82	♦ 1/71	◊ 0/17	♦ ½/38	◊ ½/30	♦ 0/31	◊ 1/39	♦ 1/46	◊ ½/16	♦ ½/21	◊ 1/28	7
16	Andrew D Martin	ENG	2425m	♦ 1/73	◊ 1/59	♦ 1/12	◊ ½/10	♦ ½/1	◊ ½/5	◊ ½/2	♦ 0/4	♦ ½/15	◊ 1/37	♦ 0/7	6½
17	Matthew Turner	ENG	2445m	♦ 1/34	◊ ½/41	♦ 1/15	◊ ½/5	◊ ½/3	♦ ½/18	◊ 1/28	♦ 0/2	◊ 1/38	♦ 0/11	◊ ½/21	6½
18	Joseph G Gallagher	SWZ	2525g	♦ ½/39	◊ 1/50	♦ 1/27	◊ 0/6	♦ 1/41	◊ ½/17	♦ 1/30	◊ 0/10	♦ 1/31	◊ ½/20	♦ 0/8	6½
19	Simon T Ansell	ENG	2390m	♦ 1/45	◊ ½/5	♦ 1/79	◊ 1/37	♦ ½/10	♦ ½/11	◊ 0/3	◊ 0/7	♦ ½/26	♦ ½/23	◊ 1/38	6½
20	Malcolm Pein	ENG	2430m	♦ 0/61	◊ 1/42	♦ 1/43	◊ 1/7	◊ 0/11	♦ 1/47	◊ 0/4	♦ 1/51	◊ 1/28	♦ ½/18	◊ 0/9	6½
21	Andrew P H Kinsman	ENG	2395m	◊ 1/67	♦ ½/4	◊ 0/3	♦ ½/48	◊ 1/68	◊ ½/12	♦ 0/7	♦ 1/34	◊ 1/51	◊ ½/15	♦ ½/17	6½
22	Graeme Buckley	ENG	2380m	♦ 0/59	◊ ½/34	♦ 1/76	◊ 1/26	◊ 0/2	♦ 0/51	◊ 1/61	♦ 1/49	◊ 1/43	♦ 0/13	◊ 1/53	6½
23	Ian D Thompson	ENG	2260f	♦ 0/5	◊ 0/45	♦ 1/50	◊ 0/58	♦ 1/42	◊ 0/49	♦ 1/72	◊ 1/68	♦ 1/60	◊ ½/19	♦ 1/37	6½
24	Angus J Dunnington	ENG	2420m	◊ ½/75	♦ ½/68	◊ ½/71	♦ ½/51	◊ 1/48	◊ ½/7	♦ ½/46	◊ ½/30	♦ ½/29	♦ ½/38	◊ 1/43	6½
25	H James Plaskett	ENG	2450g	◊ 1/49	♦ 1/62	♦ 1/7	◊ 0/1	◊ 0/8	♦ 0/30	♦ 1/58	◊ 1/33	♦ 0/12	◊ ½/31	♦ ½/27	6
26	Bandyo Roktim	IND	2275	◊ ½/3	♦ 0/2	◊ 1/69	♦ 0/22	◊ 1/67	◊ 0/32	♦ 1/59	♦ 1/40	◊ ½/19	♦ 0/14	◊ 1/49	6
27	Colin Crouch	ENG	2375m	◊ 1/70	♦ ½/11	◊ 0/18	♦ 1/71	◊ 0/4	♦ 1/64	◊ 1/14	♦ 0/13	◊ 0/35	♦ 1/48	◊ ½/25	6
28	Stuart Conquest	ENG	2500g	♦ 1/44	◊ ½/32	♦ 0/41	◊ 1/60	♦ 1/29	◊ 1/74	♦ 0/17	◊ ½/31	♦ 0/20	◊ 1/45	♦ 0/15	6
29	David Cummings	WLS	2370m	◊ 0/62	♦ 1/55	◊ 1/70	♦ ½/4	◊ 0/28	♦ ½/43	◊ 1/48	♦ ½/47	◊ ½/24	♦ 1/39	◊ 0/14	6
30	Miroslav Houska	ENG	2360	♦ 1/78	◊ 0/12	♦ ½/59	◊ 1/67	♦ ½/15	◊ 1/25	◊ 0/18	♦ ½/24	♦ 0/37	◊ ½/44	♦ 1/45	6
31	Harriet Hunt	ENG	2360wg	◊ 0/66	♦ ½/54	◊ 1/34	♦ ½/75	◊ 1/70	◊ 1/15	♦ ½/13	♦ ½/28	◊ 0/18	♦ ½/25	◊ ½/35	6
32	Ali Mortazavi	ENG	2390m	◊ 1/72	♦ ½/28	◊ ½/4	♦ 0/47	◊ ½/66	♦ 1/26	♦ 0/12	◊ 0/45	◊ 1/71	♦ 1/51	♦ ½/33	6
33	Simon K Williams	ENG	2310f	◊ 0/8	♦ 0/67	◊ 1/49	♦ ½/54	◊ ½/55	♦ 1/68	◊ 1/66	♦ 0/25	◊ ½/36	♦ 1/47	◊ ½/32	6
34	Oliver Jackson	ENG	2230	◊ 0/17	♦ ½/22	♦ 0/31	◊ 1/77	♦ ½/81	◊ 1/42	♦ ½/41	◊ 0/21	◊ 1/64	♦ ½/36	◊ 1/52	6
35	Jonathan Rowson	SCO	2490m	◊ 0/71	♦ 1/49	◊ 1/68	♦ 0/8	◊ 1/75	♦ ½/14		◊ 1/41	♦ 1/27	◊ 0/6	♦ ½/31	6 / 10
36	Simon J B Knott	ENG	2370f	♦ 1/76	◊ 0/10	♦ ½/67	◊ ½/59	♦ ½/45	◊ 1/80	♦ 0/37	◊ ½/44	♦ ½/33	◊ ½/34	♦ 1/50	6
37	A Jonathan Mestel	ENG	2500g	◊ 1/64	♦ ½/47	◊ 1/53	♦ 0/19	◊ 1/38	♦ 0/2	◊ 1/36	♦ 0/8	◊ 1/30	♦ 0/16	◊ 0/23	5½
38	Charles Cobb	ENG	2290	♦ 0/7	◊ 1/58	♦ 1/80	◊ ½/15	♦ 0/37	◊ 1/59	♦ 1/40	◊ ½/12	♦ 0/17	◊ ½/24	♦ 0/19	5½
39	Andrew P Smith	IRL	2255f	◊ ½/18	♦ 0/3	◊ ½/48	♦ 1/62	♦ 0/7	◊ 1/75	♦ 0/15	◊ 1/58	♦ 1/56	◊ 0/29	♦ ½/41	5½
40	Neil R McDonald	ENG	2490g	♦ ½/50	◊ 1/69	♦ 1/60	◊ 1/41	♦ 0/6	♦ 0/3	◊ 0/38	◊ 0/26	♦ ½/57	◊ ½/42	♦ 1/63	5½
41	Andrew P Law	ENG	2330f	◊ 1/80	♦ ½/17	◊ 1/28	♦ 0/40	◊ 0/18	♦ ½/45	◊ ½/34	♦ 0/35	◊ 1/63	♦ ½/49	◊ ½/39	5½
42	David B Graham	ENG		◊ 0/13	♦ 0/20	◊ ½/63	♦ 1/69	◊ 0/23	♦ 0/34	◊ 1/55	♦ ½/62	◊ 1/67	♦ ½/40	◊ 1/61	5½
43	Matthew Anderton	ENG	2240	◊ 0/9	♦ 1/63	◊ 0/20	◊ ½/80	♦ 1/78	◊ ½/29	♦ ½/56	◊ 1/74	♦ 0/22	◊ 1/46	♦ 0/24	5½
44	James Vigus	ENG	2255	◊ 0/28	♦ 0/70	◊ ½/55	♦ ½/72	◊ 1/63	♦ 1/52	◊ ½/71	♦ ½/36	◊ ½/47	♦ ½/30	◊ ½/51	5½
45	Francis Rayner	WLS	2190	◊ 0/19	♦ 1/23	◊ 1/52	♦ 0/13	◊ ½/36	◊ ½/41	♦ ½/60	♦ 1/32	◊ ½/14	♦ 0/28	◊ 0/30	5
46	Graham D Lee	ENG	2350f	◊ 1/63	♦ 0/13	◊ 1/62	♦ 0/11	◊ ½/14	♦ 1/61	◊ ½/24	◊ 0/15	♦ ½/48	♦ 0/43	◊ ½/47	5
47	Richard Bates	ENG	2345f	♦ 1/77	◊ ½/37	♦ 0/5	◊ 1/32	♦ ½/12	◊ 0/20	♦ ½/49	◊ ½/29	♦ ½/44	◊ 0/33	♦ ½/46	5
48	Thomas Hinks-Edwards	ENG	2255	♦ 0/12	◊ 1/78	♦ ½/39	◊ ½/21	♦ 0/24	◊ 1/70	♦ 0/29	♦ 1/66	◊ ½/46	◊ 0/27	♦ ½/56	5
49	David Coleman	ENG	2230	♦ 0/25	◊ 0/35	♦ 0/33	♦ 1/82	◊ 1/69	♦ 1/23	◊ ½/47	◊ 0/22	♦ 1/68	◊ ½/41	♦ 0/26	5
50	Joe Ryan	IRL	2245	◊ ½/40	♦ 0/18	◊ 0/23	♦ 0/55	◊ 1/77	♦ ½/62	◊ ½/63	♦ 1/54	◊ ½/52	♦ 1/58	◊ 0/36	5
51	David Ledger	ENG	2255f	♦ 0/10	◊ ½/76	♦ 1/77	◊ ½/24	♦ ½/59	◊ 1/22	1/bye	◊ 0/20	♦ 0/21	◊ 0/32	♦ ½/44	5
52	Karl Mah	ENG	2365f	♦ ½/69	◊ ½/6	♦ 0/45	◊ 1/73	♦ 0/58	◊ 0/44	♦ 1/75	◊ ½/57	♦ ½/50	◊ 1/59	♦ 0/34	5
53	Gavin Wall	ENG	2330	♦ ½/56	◊ 1/81	♦ 0/37	♦ 0/2	◊ 0/61	♦ ½/73	◊ ½/54	♦ ½/67	◊ 1/62	◊ 1/57	♦ 0/22	5
54	Robert S McFarland	ENG	2200	♦ 0/6	◊ ½/31	♦ ½/56	◊ ½/33	♦ 0/60	◊ ½/79	♦ ½/53	◊ 0/50	♦ 1/72	♦ ½/64	◊ 1/71	5
55	Eddie Dearing	SCO	2210	♦ 0/74	◊ 0/29	♦ ½/44	◊ 1/50	♦ ½/33	◊ 0/56	♦ 0/42	◊ ½/72	♦ 1/78	◊ ½/60	♦ 1/69	5
56	Chris Beaumont	ENG	2345	◊ ½/53	♦ 0/75	◊ ½/54	♦ 0/68	◊ 1/72	♦ 1/55	◊ ½/43	♦ ½/64	◊ 0/39	♦ ½/61	◊ ½/48	5
57	Nicholas Pert	ENG	2240	◊ 0/11	♦ 0/80	◊ ½/72	♦ ½/63	◊ ½/62	♦ 1/67	◊ ½/64	♦ ½/52	◊ ½/40	♦ 0/53	◊ 1/66	5
58	Kevin J Thurlow	ENG	2205	◊ 0/14	♦ 0/38	◊ 1/65	♦ 1/23	◊ 1/52	♦ 0/9	◊ 0/25	♦ 0/39	◊ 1/73	◊ 0/50	♦ ½/60	4½
59	R Alan Barton	ENG	2170	◊ 1/22	♦ 0/16	◊ ½/30	♦ ½/36	◊ ½/51	♦ 0/38	◊ 0/26	♦ ½/73	◊ 1/75	♦ 0/52	◊ ½/64	4½
60	David Walker	ENG	2290f	◊ ½/2	♦ 1/82	◊ 0/40	♦ 0/28	◊ 1/54	♦ ½/66	◊ ½/45	♦ 0/14	◊ 0/23	♦ ½/55	◊ ½/58	4½
61	Adam Hunt	ENG	2225	◊ 1/20	♦ 0/9	◊ 0/14	◊ ½/81	♦ 1/53	◊ 0/46	♦ 0/22	♦ ½/71	◊ 1/66	◊ ½/56	♦ 0/42	4½
62	Jovanka Houska	ENG	2155w	♦ 1/29	◊ 0/25	♦ 0/46	◊ 0/39	♦ ½/57	◊ ½/50	♦ ½/79	◊ ½/42	♦ 0/53	◊ ½/68	♦ 1/75	4½
63	Martin Mitchell	SCO	2115	♦ 0/46	◊ 0/43	♦ ½/42	◊ ½/57	♦ 0/44	◊ 1/69	♦ ½/50	◊ 1/79	♦ 0/41	♦ 1/71	◊ 0/40	4½
64	Adrian Jackson	ENG	2250	♦ 0/37	◊ ½/77	♦ ½/81	◊ ½/78	♦ 1/76	◊ 0/27	♦ ½/57	◊ ½/56	♦ 0/34	◊ ½/54	♦ ½/59	4½
65	Ruth Sheldon	ENG	2295wm	♦ 0/1	◊ 0/73	♦ 0/58	◊ 0/76	♦ 0/82	♦ ½/77	◊ ½/83	♦ ½/69	◊ 1/70	◊ 1/78	♦ 1/72	4½
66	Richard Palliser	ENG	2125	♦ 1/31	◊ ½/74	◊ ½/11	♦ 0/9	♦ ½/32	◊ ½/60	♦ 0/33	◊ 0/48	♦ 0/61	◊ 1/75	♦ 0/57	4
67	Chris Morrison	SCO	2195	♦ 0/21	◊ 1/33	◊ ½/36	♦ 0/30	♦ 0/26	◊ 0/57	♦ 1/78	◊ ½/53	♦ 0/42	◊ ½/76	♦ ½/68	4
68	Stephen C Ledger	ENG	2230	♦ ½/81	◊ ½/24	♦ 0/35	◊ 1/56	♦ 0/21	◊ 0/33	♦ 1/70	♦ 0/23	◊ 0/49	♦ ½/62	◊ ½/67	4
69	Andrew G Cooper	HKG	2135	◊ ½/52	♦ 0/40	♦ 0/26	◊ 0/42	♦ 0/49	♦ 0/63	◊ 1/77	◊ ½/65	♦ 1/83	♦ 1/73	◊ 0/55	4
70	Jack Rudd	ENG	2170	♦ 0/27	◊ 1/44	♦ 0/29	◊ 1/79	♦ 0/31	♦ 0/48	◊ 0/68	◊ 0/78	♦ 0/65	◊ 1/83	♦ 1/76	4
71	Andrew Greet	ENG	2240	♦ 1/35	◊ 0/15	♦ ½/24	◊ 0/27	♦ 0/80	◊ 1/76	♦ ½/44	◊ ½/61	♦ 0/32	◊ 0/63	♦ 0/54	3½
72	Natasha Regan	ENG	2170wf	♦ 0/32	◊ 0/79	♦ ½/57	◊ ½/44	♦ 0/56	◊ 1/78	◊ 0/23	♦ ½/55	◊ 0/54	♦ 1/77	◊ 0/65	3½
73	Kenneth B McEwan	SCO	2210	◊ 0/16	♦ 1/65	◊ 0/8	♦ 0/52	♦ ½/79	◊ ½/53	♦ ½/76	◊ ½/59	♦ 0/58	◊ 0/69	♦ ½/77	3½
74	Daniel Gormally	ENG	2425m	◊ 1/55	♦ ½/66	◊ 1/75	♦ ½/3	◊ ½/13	♦ 0/28	◊ 0/9	♦ 0/43				3½ / 8
75	Daniel Bisby	ENG	2205	♦ ½/24	◊ 1/56	♦ 0/74	◊ ½/31	♦ 0/35	♦ 0/39	◊ 0/52	◊ 1/76	♦ 0/59	♦ 0/66	◊ 0/62	3
76	Gordon Botley	ENG	2155	◊ 0/36	♦ ½/51	◊ 0/22	♦ 1/65	◊ 0/64	♦ 0/71	◊ ½/73	♦ 0/75	◊ ½/77	♦ ½/67	◊ 0/70	3
77	David Spence	ENG	2070	◊ 0/47	♦ ½/64	◊ 0/51	♦ 0/34	♦ 0/50	◊ ½/65	♦ 0/69	◊ 1/83	♦ ½/76	◊ 0/72	◊ ½/73	3
78	Cathy Forbes	ENG	2120wm	◊ 0/30	♦ 0/48	◊ 1/82	♦ ½/64	◊ 0/43	♦ 0/72	◊ 0/67	♦ 1/70	◊ 0/55	♦ 0/65	♦ ½/83	3
79	Michael H Barnes	ENG	2260	◊ 0/4	♦ 1/72	◊ 0/19	♦ 0/70	◊ ½/73	♦ ½/54	◊ ½/62	♦ 0/63				2½ / 8
80	James Simpson	ENG		♦ 0/41	◊ 1/57	◊ 0/38	♦ ½/43	◊ 1/71	♦ 0/36						2½ / 6
81	Jonathan P Levitt	ENG	2440g	◊ ½/68	♦ 0/53	◊ ½/64	♦ ½/61	◊ ½/34							2 / 5
82	Charles H Storey	ENG	2240	♦ 0/15	◊ 0/60	♦ 0/78	◊ 0/49	◊ 1/65							1 / 5
83	David R Sedgwick	ENG	2125							♦ ½/65	♦ 0/77	◊ 0/69	♦ 0/70	◊ ½/78	1 / 5

n.b. the crosstable in the 1998 BCF Yearbook shows a different ranking order, with players in the same group listed in alphabetical order. The table above is generated from a ChessBase file and shows players in the same score group in SOS order.

1997 British Championship Play-Off		Nat'y	Elo	1	2	3	4	Total
1	Michael Adams	ENG	2680g	&;	1	½	½	2
2	Matthew D Sadler	ENG	2665g	0	&;	1	1	2
3	Anthony J Miles	ENG	2595g	½	0	&;	1	1½
4	John M Emms	ENG	2530g	½	0	0	&;	½

No further play-off was possible so the title was shared by Michael Adams and Matthew Sadler.

1997 British Ladies Champion: Harriet V Hunt
1997 British Under-21 Champion: Krishnan Sasikiran

GM norm (and title): Aaron Summerscale
GM norm: Andrew Ledger, [Andrew Martin? - see Stewart Reuben report]
IM norm: Krishnan Sasikiran

Rating Prize 2305-2450: Andrew Ledger
Rating Prize 2155-2300: Francis Rayner
Rating Prize 2005-2150: Richard Palliser

Alexander Best Game Prize: Andrew Martin

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1997 BCF Major Open / British Under-18 Chess Championship, Hove

1997 Major Open		Fed	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
1	Ryad Rizouk	ALG	2375m	b62+	w118+	b18+	w6=	b51=	w64+	b36+	w21=	b12+	w5+	b2=	9
2	Andrew Dyce (U18 Champion)	WLS	2150	b96+	w87+	b33-	w78+	b5=	w48+	b35+	w18=	b17+	w38+	w1=	8½
3	Charles Kennaugh	ENG	2300f	b54-	w71+	b125=	w62+	b48-	w92+	b41+	w79+	b18+	w21+	b9+	8½
4	F Norman Stephenson	ENG	2190	b70=	w68=	b88+	w87+	b41+	w26=	b27=	w36+	b21+	w9=	b10+	8½
5	Donald Mason	ENG	2285	w89+	b47=	w22=	b19+	w2=	b63+	w49+	b9=	w7+	b1-	w13+	8
6	Marcus E Osborne	ENG	2135	w43+	b132+	w24+	b1=	w13-	b36-	w75=	b45+	w28+	b37+	w35+	8
7	Nathan Alfred	ENG	2165	b108=	w53+	b54+	w102+	b26=	w21-	b56+	w27+	b5-	w12=	b33+	7½
8	Philip Almond	ENG	2048	b128+	w29=	b12-	w137+	b135+	w39+	b17-	w51+	b20-	w26+	b38+	7½
9	Timothy R Dickinson	ENG	2155	b53=	w114+	b70+	w17=	b33+	w27=	b26+	w5=	w37+	b4=	w3-	7½
10	David Gunter	ENG	2175	b78-	w91=	b55+	w92+	b82=	w54-	b62+	w26+	b25+	w33+	w4-	7½
11	Christopher Howell	ENG	2175	b68=	w108+	b56-	w111+	b32=	w78+	b64-	w76+	b27+	w15+	b12=	7½
12	Michael Macdonald-Ross	SCO	2175	w46+	b77=	w8+	b27=	w49=	b73+	w22+	b13+	w1-	b7=	w11=	7½
13	David Moskovic	ENG	2180	b112+	w82+	b27=	w56+	b6+	w17+	b21=	w12-	b33=	w20+	b5-	7½
14	Robert Willmoth	ENG	2205	b88+	w76=	b41=	w110+	w27-	bye=	b32=	w56+	b63+	w17=	b29+	7½
15	Stanley Chola	ZAM	1799	b87-	w96=	b53-	w55+	b108=	w86+	b60+	w118+	w64+	b11-	w52+	7
16	Roland Cole	ENG	2245	b92-	w43+	b40+	w76=	b56=	w32=	b48=	w82=	b41=	w66+	b49+	7
17	Maxim Devereaux	ENG	2152	w81+	b78+	w95+	b9=	w64+	b13-	w8+	b37=	w2-	b14=	w24=	7
18	David Hodge	ENG	2140	w93+	b92+	w1-	b136+	w37=	b28=	w44+	b2=	w3-	b52=	w45+	7
19	Aiden Leech	ENG	2105	b105=	w94=	b30+	w5-	b68=	w112+	b34+	w35=	b29=	w51+	b20=	7
20	Robert Noyce	ENG	2180	w45=	b58=	w92=	b109+	w60+	b22-	w73+	b47+	w8+	b13-	w19=	7
21	Matthias Pflug	GER	2175	w136+	b85+	w52+	b49=	w63+	b7+	w13=	b1=	w4-	b3-	w22=	7
22	Edmund Player	ENG	2090	b100=	w127+	b5=	w135=	b95+	w20+	b12-	w38-	b84+	w36+	b21=	7
23	Peter P Taylor	ENG	2210	w57+	b80+	w64-	b47+	w36-	bye=	b76=	w32=	b48=	w56+	b40+	7
24	Leighton Williams	WLS	2265	b40+	w48+	b6-	w41-	b112=	w88=	b58=	w70+	b82+	w46+	b17=	7
25	Richard J A Almond	ENG	2125												6½
26	Chris J Beckett	ENG	(197)												6½
27	Matthew P Broomfield	ENG	2105												6½
28	Martin O Costley	ENG	(176)												6½
29	Neil E G Crickmore	ENG	(196)												6½
30	Leigh J Debbage	ENG	(153)												6½
31	Ian G Kelly	ENG	(166)												6½
32	Peter A Levermore	ENG	2045												6½
33	Andrew P Lewis	ENG	(212)												6½
34	Jeremy F S Menadue	ENG	(189)												6½
35	Ignatius Njobvu	BOT													6½
36	Olugbemiga (Ben) Ogunshola	NGR	2140												6½
37	David J Tebb	ENG	2280												6½
38	David Wise	ENG	2195												6½
39	John M Bennett	ENG	2140												6
40	John G Brookes	ENG	(176)												6
41	Thomas E Chamberlain	ENG	2075												6
42	Rohan M Churm	ENG	2100												6
43	Thomas J S Dougherty	ENG	(154)												6
44	Karl L Forman	ENG	(154)												6
45	Mark G Fraser	SCO													6
46	Stanislav Larski	RUS	(161)												6
47	Stephen J Newman	ENG	(187)												6
48	Adam Raoof	ENG	2070												6
49	Nick J Rutter	ENG	(187)												6
50	Richard J Savory	ENG	(174)												6
51	Martin J Simons	ENG	(184)												6
52	Desmond T N Tan	ENG	(188)												6
53	Neville H Twitchell	ENG	(160)												6
54	Mark A Whitehead	ENG	2030												6
55	Mel J Young	ENG	(150)												6
56	Ruth A Bates (U18 Girls ch)	ENG	(161)												5½
57	Matthew J Brierley	ENG	(173)												5½
58	Kieran J C Bush	ENG	(172)												5½
59	D Ian Calvert	ENG	(164)												5½
60	Matthew D F Cave	ENG	(168)												5½
61	James Coleman	ENG	(156)												5½
62	Ian A Debbage	ENG	(174)												5½
63	John A Dodgson	ENG	(179)												5½
64	Nigel P Donovan	ENG	2125												5½
65	John A Feavyour	ENG	2140												5½
66	Matthew P George	ENG	(160)												5½
67	David S Gibeon	ENG	2145												5½
68	Stephen O N Hawes	ENG	(168)												5½
69	Ian R Henderson	ENG	2270												5½
70	Jerry Humphreys	ENG	(171)												5½
71	Angus S James	ENG	(155)												5½
72	Thibaut Jechoux	FRA													5½
73	R Jones	ENG	2050												5½
74	S Jones														5½
75	Timothy Lunn	ENG	(161)												5½
76	Roger D W Marsh	ENG	(176)												5½
77	Nicholas D Mitchem	ENG	2055												5½
78	Iozeph Okosieme	ENG	2040												5½
79	Robert Parker	ENG	2125												5½
80	Adrian O Pickersgill	ENG	2075												5½
81	Heather S Richards (U18 Girls Ch)	ENG	(160)												5½
82	Arpi Shah	IND	2050												5½
83	Marc A Shaw	ENG	2115												5½
84	Norman Solomon	ENG	2165												5½
85	Samir Vyas	IND													5½
86	M White	ENG													5½
87	S White	ENG													5½
88	John W Bass	ENG	(172)												5
89	Michael F G Duggan	ENG	2025												5
90	Andrew Fish	WLS	2115												5
91	Paul Heaton	ENG	(153)												5
92	Tim Hebbes	ENG	(174)												5
93	Matthew J Lewsey	ENG	(155)												5
94	Paul McMahon	ENG	(152)												5
95	Thomas V O'Brien	ENG	(155)												5
96	Ross B Rattray	ENG	(158)												5
97	Joanne A Alston	ENG	(148)												4½
98	Josephine H Badger	ENG	(152)												4½
99	Sam Essen	ENG	(142)												4½
100	Elise J Ford	ENG	(138)												4½
101	Nicholas A Frost	ENG	(156)												4½
102	John S Garnett	ENG	(151)												4½
103	Mark Hubbuck	ENG	(131)												4½
104	Gawain C B Jones	ENG	(147)												4½
105	Sujit R Kapadia	ENG	(149)												4½
106	Steve C Mills	ENG	(130)												4½
107	David Parr	ENG	2135												4½
108	Philip R Pugh	ENG	(155)												4½
109	Mark Roberts	ENG	2010												4½
110	Binoy Shah	IND													4½
111	Antony Sheehan	WLS	(170)												4½
112	Tobias W Stock	ENG	(169)												4½
113	Jack Waller	ENG	(137)												4½
114	Ian Emery	ENG	(156)												4
115	Andrew Foulds	ENG	(139)												4
116	Ralph Hollinghurst	ENG	(143)												4
117	D Lewis														4
118	Alec J Toll	ENG	(168)												4
119	Liam D Varnam	ENG	(124)												4
120	Laurie Waller	ENG	(134)												4
121	Richard J Watts	ENG	(144)												4
122	Stephen J E Casement	ENG	(137)												3½
123	Peter Grant-Ross	FRA	(124)												3½
124	Joanna S Hart	ENG	(131)												3½
125	Emily Howard	ENG	2030												3½
126	Matthew C King	ENG	(141)												3½
127	James S Macrae	SCO	(121)												3½
128	Alexander F M Meynell	ENG	(115)												3½
129	Munroe L Morrison	ENG	(137)												3½
130	Paul W O'Brien	ENG	(130)												3½
131	Christopher Ojeleye	NGR													3½
132	Keabetswe Phiri	BOT													3½
133	John R McKenna	ENG	(125)												3
134	Syringa L Turvey (now Camp)	ENG	(119)												3
135	Mehmet N Altinsoy	TUR	2185												2½
136	Andrew Horton-Kitchlew	ENG	2050												2½
137	Ayobele Awojuola	NGR													1½
138	John A Flanagan	ENG	(149)												1½
139	Anila Shah	IND	(96)												1

Highest placed U-18 - Ryad Rizouk
Qualifiers for 1998 Championship - Andrew Dyce, Charles Kennaugh, Norman Stephenson
Highest placed U-21 - David Moskovic
Highest placed English player without FIDE rating - qualifier for World Amateur Championship - Philip Almond

1997 BRITISH UNDER 18 CHAMPIONSHIP (Contested within the Major Open)

Boys Champion: Andrew DYCE (Annesley) - 8/11

Girls: Ruth BATES (Richmond) and Heather RICHARDS (Whitstable) - 5½

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1997 BRITISH UNDER 16 CHAMPIONSHIP (12 competitors)

1-2 Bret ADDISON (Hartlepool), James Bourne (Newcastle-under-Lyne) 5½/7; 3 Iva Anguelov 5; 4 Chris Dunlop 4½; 5= Leigh Bennett, Eileen Walker 4

Girls Champion - Iva Anguelov 5/7

1997 BRITISH UNDER 15 CHAMPIONSHIP (17 competitors)

1-4 Bret ADDISON (Hartlepool), David BATES (Richmond), James BOURNE (Newcastle-under-Lyne), Laurence RACKHAM (Chichester) 5/7; 5-6 Anthony Eskinazi, Jay Stockham 4½

Girls Champion - Ivana Houska 4/7

1997 BRITISH UNDER 14 CHAMPIONSHIP (28 competitors)

1-2 Craig HANLEY (Lancaster), Alex LONGSON (Ashton-under-Lyne) 5½/7; 3-4 James Foster, John Tompson 5; 5= Paul Davies, David Edwards, David Greet, Thirumurugan Nhiruchelvam 4½

Girls Champion - Sophie Tidman 3/7

1997 BRITISH UNDER 13 CHAMPIONSHIP (32 competitors)

1 David KAY (Guildford) 6/7; 2-3 Nicholas Frost, Nicholas Kingston-Smith 5; 4-8 Kumardip Chakraborty, Lorin D’Costa, Craig Hanley, Alvin Kissoon, Philip Peck 4½

Girls Champion - Sophie Tidman 4/7

1997 BRITISH UNDER 12 CHAMPIONSHIP (49 competitors)

1 Kumardip CHAKRABORTY (India) 6½/7; 2-3 Alvin Kissoon, Lorin D'Costa 5½; 4-7 Krunal Kahar, David Shaw, Peter Titmas, Lawrence Trent 5

Girls Champion - Marieanne Howard 4/7

1997 BRITISH UNDER 11 CHAMPIONSHIP (47 competitors)

1-4 Kenan BOZTAS (Reigate), Krunal KAHAR (Cheltenham), Rafe MARTYN (Brussels), Lawrence TRENT (Loughton) 5½/7; 5-6 Thomas Rendle, Michael Zoubaida 5

Girls Champions - Jessie Gilbert and Lydia Goodwin 4/7

1997 BRITISH UNDER 10 CHAMPIONSHIP (48 competitors)

1 Stephen GORDON (Weighbridge) 6/7; 2 Omar Ajit Kulkarni 5½; 3= Chetan Deva, Daniel Diamond, Lee Gold, Amir Habibi, Graham Morris, Adam Norton 5

Girls Champion - Jessie Gilbert 4½/7

1997 BRITISH UNDER 9 CHAMPIONSHIP (57 competitors)

1 Jonathan ZOUBAIDA (London) 6/7; 2-3 Varun Dattani, Daniel Diamond 5½; 4-11 Lee Gold, Amir Habibi, David Wei-Liang Howell, Christopher Macdonald, Thomas Sharp, Thirumurugan Thiruchelvam, Stewart Trent, Joe Zhang 5

Girls Champions - Kathryn Barnes, Ketaki Kulkarni 4/7

1997 BRITISH UNDER 8 CHAMPIONSHIP (61 competitors)

1 Thirumurugan THIRUCHELVAM (New Malden) 6/6; 2-5 Alexei Chernikov, Christopher Macdonald, Yannis Stavrianakis, Andrew Weston 5

Girls Champions - Laura Hulley, Ketaki Kulkarni 4/6

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1997 BRITISH VETERANS’ CHAMPIONSHIP

1 Michael COOK (Ipswich) 5½/7; 2 Roelof Westra 5; 3-5 D George Ellison, Arthur Hall, Malcolm Peart 4½; 6-8 Mike Fox, James Nicolson, David A Tidmarsh 3½; 9-10 David A S Buckland, H James Draisey 2½; 11 N Thomas 2; 12 Frank A Boagey ½.

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UNDER 125 CHAMPIONSHIP (40 competitors)

1 Neil LISTER (Whitstable) 5/5; 2= Andrew Bigg, Chris Dunlop, Liam Roche, Simon Thaneson 4. Grading Prizes: 96-114 David Everitt, James McRobbie 3½; U-96 Raymond Gosden 3

UNDER 100 CHAMPIONSHIP (36 competitors)

1-2 Gary HALSALL (Stevenage), Ronald VALLANCE (Braintree) 4½/5; 3= Shelagh Holcombe, Kevin Payne, Laurie Winston 4. Grading Prizes: 80-89 Kevin Payne, Laurie Winston; U-80 Darren West 3.

ALL-PLAY-ALL TOURNAMENT (12 competitors)

1 Stephen CONNOR (Wirral) 9½/11; 2= Andrew Price (Warwick), Paul Stokes (London) 8

WEEK 1 HARRY BAINES TOURNAMENT (24 competitors)

1 Adam COLLINSON (Nottingham) 8½/9; 2 David McDonald (London) 7; 3 Tim Walker (Nottingham) 6. Grading Prizes: 150-174 John Holland (Holt) - 5½; U-150 Jonathan Melsom (High Wycombe) 5.

WEEK 1 OPEN (22 competitors)

1-2 Paul FENN (Sittingbourne), Michael NICHOLAS (Brighton) 4½/5; 3 Victor Rumsey (Milton Keynes) 3½

WEEK 2 HARRY BAINES TOURNAMENT (25 competitors)

1 James MANSSON (Billingshurst) 7½/9; 2 Chris White (Twickenham) 6½; 3= Jeremy Fraser-Mitchell (St Albans), Simon Bibby (Kent University) 6. Grading Prizes: 140-169 Raymond Gamble (Derby), Kevin White (London) 5½; U-140 Jonathan Melsom (High Wycombe), Wilson Ransome (London), Paul Smith (Brighton), Robert Badham (Brighton), Douglas Forbes (Wooburn Green) 4½

WEEK 2 OPEN A (Higher) (27 competitors)

1 Gary KENWORTHY (Waltham Abbey) 4½/5; 2= David Barnes (Gillingham), Mark Bowham (Farnborough), Peter Hempson (Sheffield), Ronald Nicholas (Hove), Michael Reddie (Eastbourne), Reinhard Schmerwitz (Germany) 3½

WEEK 2 OPEN B (Lower) (24 competitors)

1 Ronald ANDRIESSEN (Cheltenham) 4½/5; 2= Daniel Gibbs (Romford), Shriramy Kulkarni (India), David Moore (Purley), Charles Newman (Billericay), Alan Quant (Brighton), David Woodruff (Bristol) 3½

WEEKEND INTERMEDIATE (44 competitors)

1 John LYTH (Morecambe) 5½/6; 2= Peter Davies (Cardiff), Oliver Lenton (Bournemouth), Shamin Prasanna (Brighton), Peter Turner (Royston) 4½

WEEKEND MINOR (53 competitors)

1-2 Chris DUNLOP (Crusaders), Ross MOORING (London) 5½/6; 3 Ian Brooke (Oxford) 5; 4= Anthony Summers (Southampton), Christopher Tiffin (Norwich), Steven Watson (Hove) 4½. Grading Prizes: 86-114 Duncan Badham (Brighton), Roger Brown (Telford), Douglas Forbes (Wooburn Green), Roger Walker (Belper) 4; U-86 Terance Jepson (Blackpool) 3½

RAPIDPLAY 3 August 1997 (47 competitors)

1-2 Andrew GREET (Cornwall), Krishnan SASIKIRAN (India) 5/6; 3= Bandyopa Roktim (India), Bertrand Barlow (Richmond), Maxim Devereaux (Herefordshire), Timothy Dickinson (Banbury), Binoy Shah (India), Simon Williams (Fareham) 4½. Grading Prizes: 125-170 Tim Hebbes (Ilford), Jonathan Mutton (Lincolnshire) 4; U-125 Anderson Christie, Charles Holcombe (Brighton), Krunal Kahar (Bristol), Rafe Martyn (Brussells) 3

RAPIDPLAY 10 August 1997 (64 competitors)

1 Luke MCSHANE (Folkestone) 6/6; 2-4 Graeme Buckley (Bushbury), Krishnan Sasikiran (India), Demis Hassabis (Hendon) 5. Grading Prizes: 150-169 Malcolm Armstrong (Slough), Stephen Mitchell (Bracknell) 4; 100-149 John Garnett (Yarm), George Hassabis (Hendon) - 3½; U-100 Pat Armstrong (Ashstead) 2½

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ROY CLUES TROPHY (Most meritorious performance by a Welsh player)

Andrew Dyce (Nottingham)

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THE SMITH & WILLIAMSON 84th BRITISH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS

HOVE, 3-16 AUGUST 1997

After a number of arid years, it was delightful to welcome back full sponsorship of the congress. Of course Smith & Williamson have been major sponsors of British chess for some years, supporting the excellent Young Masters each July.

We expected a good entry for the British Championship, but the presence of 15 grandmasters, including three of our Gold Medallists in Pula, exceeded our expectations. With another 17 international masters among the 83 contestants, it was hardly surprising nobody could totally dominate the event. Michael Adams set the pace by winning his first four games, but then rather lost his way and could only win one more. This enabled several people to catch up and even temporarily pass him. When the band stopped playing, four players had tied for first with 8/11. Tony Kosten must have been the most disappointed, he led after Round 9, but then lost to Matthew Sadler and Michael Adams. Michael, John Emms, Mark Hebden, Tony Miles and Angus Dunnington all went through the tournament unbeaten - extremely professional performances all round, especially so by the last-named player who was visibly ill for most of the fortnight.

Thus to a play-off. The players were rather impatient with this and some did not seem to have read the entry form. They were reluctant to resolve the title itself after 12 days hard work, despite the addition of an extra £500 prize money. A rapidplay all-play-all resulted in a further tie between the leading two players and it had been agreed this would conclude the proceedings. This whole matter will need to be reviewed before next year’s congress.

Aaron Summerscale, Andrew Ledger and probably Andrew Martin all secured GM norms. This led to the award of the title to Aaron the following month in Moldova. Krishnan Sasikiran of India secured his second IM norm and completed the set in England a couple of weeks later.

Jonathan Levitt led an epidemic of withdrawals from the Championship, some justified but most not. This is the first time this particular disease has struck our Championship. At least it enabled our International Director David Sedgwick to enter the field as a filler and taste the delights of the tournament.

Hove Town Hall was fully air-conditioned except for the organiser’s office. It was rather small for our purposes and some tournaments had to be played in a separate hall, but the only real disadvantage was the squeaky floor. I considered carpeting it, but this would only have ameliorated the problem minimally. Brighton and Hove is one of Britain’s most popular resorts and thus the record entry of 1001 came as no surprise. Indeed, with £25000 support from Smith & Williamson it would have been disappointing had it been otherwise.

Algerian IM Ryad Rizouk won the Major Open for the second consecutive year. 139 entries was another record, as was perhaps the 12 different countries represented in the event. The drift of players from the junior championships into this great event continues unabated and it is unlikely the Under-16 will continue as a separate tournament in 1998. The all-play-all tournaments have sadly suffered the same fate. They have been unable to compete with the attractions of the Major Open and of the Under-125 and Under-100 Championships.

New technology often provides fresh problems and we weren’t fully ready to meet the challenges of putting the games on the web, Teletext and Ceefax. The whole information distribution system needs investigation for 1998. Similarly computerisation of the Swiss Pairings isn’t completely solved. Nonetheless, the joys of being able to access the leading games while they were in progress, from the comfort of an armchair anywhere in the world, was much appreciated.

We introduced a new Sunday Rapidplay and this kicked off the congress for 47 players. Brothers Andrew, Dave and Steve Ledger simultaneously gave a tandem simultaneous display. This was, I believe the first time three members of the same family had all played in the Championship.

Julian Hodgson once again chose to do the commentaries and provide master classes rather than play. He held a large and appreciative audience in the palm of his hand. The only disappointment was that the voting system in the Council Chamber couldn’t be harnessed to punctuate the audience’s evaluations.

As usual we had a wide range of evening events, ably organised by John Turnock and Jack Rudd. We won the cricket match and Alec Toll seems to be talking seriously of a tour next year. Of course David Carpenter ran Bridge evenings, Richard Furness his General Knowledge Quiz, and I acted as God in the Crazy Lightning Chess.

Roger Edwards was awarded the Richard Boxall Plate for Services to the Congress. Other organisers included: David Welch, George Smith, Mike O'Hara, Rod McShane, John Henderson, Denis Walker, Paul Carpenter, Tony Corfe, Ian Cowen, Victor Cross, Neil Graham, Alex McFarlane, Peter Purland, John Robinson, Monica Vann, Alec Webster and David Woodruff.

And so to next year. Due to the success of the English Team in winning the Gold Medals in the European Team Championship, we have been able to secure the splendid English Riviera Centre in Torquay. With Smith & Williamson support assured for the next four years, do join us at this wonderful event.

Stewart Reuben

Acting Director for Congress Chess

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File updated

Date	Notes
9 May 1998	First uploaded to BritBase in 1998 as a zipped file, with 442 game entries (including many stubs, included in order to create a crosstable)
9 August 2021	Now with a complete crosstable for the Championship, which obviates the need to include stubs in the download file and games viewer. So the number of games in the download has now been whittled down to 247, plus the six games from the play-off. If anyone still wants the 195 stubs, they can be found at this link.
4 May 2022	Added ten games from subsidiary events: four from the Major Open (M Costley 0-1 A Lewis, M King 0-1 J Dodgson, M Pflug 1-0 J Dodgson, D Tebb 1-0 R Almond); one from the Under 15 (D Bates 0-1 L Rackham); and five games played by Ronald William Nicholas in the Five-Day Week 2A event, v V Rumsey, J Ramsay, C Sherwood, G Kenworthy and C Waites). My thanks to Brian Denman for submitting the games.