Crosstable

1993 Monarch Assurance Isle of Man International		Elo	Total
1	Dharshan Kumaran	2385	7½
2	John M Emms	2450	6½
3	Colin A McNab	2490	6½
4	Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant	2440	6½
5	Keith C Arkell	2455	6
6	James C Howell	2470	6
7	Bjarke Sahl *	2445	5½
8	Colin S Crouch	2415	5½
9	Michael Hennigan	2415	5½
10	Adam C Hunt	2170	5½
11	John K Shaw	2260	5½
12	Stephen Mulligan		5½
13	Gerard Welling	2400	5
14	Franz Kuenzner	2300	5
15	Guenther Jan Ballon	2205	5
16	Varugeese Koshy	2420	5
17	Philip J Rossiter	2270	4½
18	Derek George Ellison	2205	4½
19	David Parr	2375	4½
20	Richard Almond		4½
21	Milton Ioannides		4½
22	Ian D Thompson		4½
23	David Sedgwick		4
24	Roger D de Coverly		4
25	Mandy Haslinger		3½
26	John Nicholson (IRL)		3½
27	Thomas Rieling **		3½
28	Jeremy M Fraser-Mitchell		3½
29	Ruth Sheldon		3½
30	Oliver Rosten		3½
31	Raymond Wynarczyk		3½
32	Christopher J Beckett		3½
33	Ev Gislain Zoellner	2050	3
34	A Harrison		3
35	Paul J Kelly		3
36	Evelin Kuenzner	2160	2½
37	Steven Maggs		2½ / 8
38	Timothy Spanton		1 / 1
39	Robert J Kermeen		½ / 1
40	Stephen McGrane		½ / 1
41	I Poyzer		0 / 3
42	Enrique Barry Bertomeu		0 / 2
43	Ervin R Middleton	2295	0 / 1

MONARCH ASSURANCE 2ND INTERNATIONAL OPEN, Port Erin, Isle of Man 18-26 September 1993

The picturesque township of Port Erin was again the venue for the Monarch Assurance International in the Isle of Man. Apart from a very wet first Sunday and a damp Friday, the weather was dry and sunny, enabling the island to justify its reputation as "the Jewel in the Irish Sea".

The Tournament Director Dennis Hemsley had attracted 37 payers from nine countries. The field included defending champion GM Colin McNab, Women’s World Championship Candidates qualifier Ketevan Arakhamia (Georgia) and 8 IMs (including the new British Champion Michael Hen-nigan and his play-off opponent Dharshan Kumaran). After four rounds Kumaran was the only player left on 100%, having already beaten Howell and Arkell. Early upsets were Philip Rossiter’s win against McNab, and John Shaw’s victory over Arakhamia. A couple of draws by Dharshan enabled Colin Crouch to draw level in round 5 with a fine win over Howell which earned him the Best Game Prize. Kumaran pulled ahead again by beating Crouch, but John Emms had drawn level with one round to play. At that stage any of six players could have won or shared first place. In the event Kumaran won well against Kristensen, whilst Emms went down to Arakhamia.

The find of the tournament was 12-year-old Adam Hunt of Oxford. Going through the event undefeated, he drew with GM McNab and IMs Welling, Arkell, Howell and Koshy. Needing to win his last game for an IM norm, he was held to a draw by the Indian IM. Also just failing to make an IM norm was Philip Rossiter.

All five players with part-ratings converted them to full ratings, and six of the remaining eight unrateds achieved partials. The Junior Squad group of six did well, performing about their ratings in every round. They were coached by John Emms and managed by George Ellison who scored a fine win against Koshy.

1 D Kumaran 7½/9; 2= K Arakhamia (Geo), J Emms, C McNab (Sco) 6½; 5= K Arkell, J Howell 6; 7= C Crouch, M Hennigan, A Hunt, B Kristensen* (Den), S Mulligan, J Shaw (Sco) 5½; 13= G Ballon (Ned), V Koshy (Ind), F Kuenzner (Ger), G Welling (Ned) 5; 17= R Almond, DG Ellison, M Ioannides, D Parr, P Rossiter, I Thompson (Sco) 4½; 23= R de Coverly, D Sedgwick 4; 25= C Beckett, Dr J Fraser-Mitchell, M Haslinger, T Kalks** (Ger), Dr J Nicholson (Irl), O Rosten, R Sheldon, R Wynarczyk 3½; 33= A Harrison (Ned), P Kelly (Wls), G Zoellner (Ger) 3; 36= E Kunzner (Ger), S Maggs (IoM) 2½.

Ladies Prize: 1 K Arakhamia 2 M Haslinger
Veterans Prize: 1 DG Ellison
Junior Prizes: 1 A Hunt 2 M Ioannides
Best Game Prize: 1 C Crouch

(source of additional info: 1995 BCF Yearbook)

* B Kristensen at the time of the tournament - now known as Bjarke Sahl
** according to ChessBase's Mega Database 2016 the player listed here as T Kalks is called Thomas Rieling. I have not checked this further.