1996 British Chess Championship, Nottingham, 5–16 August - University of Nottingham • 1995« »1997

1996 British Chess Championship		Nat'y	Elo Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total	B	C	D	E	F
1	Chris G Ward	ENG	2460m	w47+	b45+	w9+	b6+	w4=	w3+	b8+	b2-	b11+	w10+	b7=	9	11	9	2415	6.16	2.84
2	Jonathan F Parker	ENG	2470m	b35=	w52+	b30+	w16=	b10+	w11=	b17=	w1+	b28=	w3+	w6+	8½	11	8½	2355	7.26	1.24
3	Aaron P Summerscale	ENG	2500m	w30=	b53+	w46+	b20+	w9+	b1-	w5+	b4+	w6=	b2-	w17+	8	11	8	2385	7.26	0.74
4	John M Emms	ENG	2500g	b36+	w16=	b41+	w31+	b1=	w17=	b11=	w3-	b18+	w7=	b10+	7½	11	7½	2339	7.81	-0.31
5	Graham D Lee	ENG	2375f	b55=	w35+	b31-	w36+	b23+	w16+	b3-	w28-	b29+	w25+	b14+	7½	11	7½	2280	6.93	0.57
6	Matthew D Sadler	ENG	2615g	b29+	w12+	b25+	w1-	b16=	w7=	b26+	w14+	b3=	w28+	b2-	7½	11	7½	2378	8.80	-1.30
7	Mark L Hebden	ENG	2530g	w22+	b46=	w11-	w30+	b41+	b6=	w37=	b17=	w9+	b4=	w1=	7	11	7	2370	7.81	-0.81
8	Andrew D Martin	ENG	2425m	b39+	w32+	b16-	w40+	b28+	w14=	w1-	b13-	w15=	b20+	w11+	7	11	7	2309	7.26	-0.26
9	Simon T Ansell	ENG	2420	b48+	w40+	b1-	w25+	b3-	w29+	b18+	w11-	b7-	w35=	b28+	6½	11	6½	2296	7.37	-0.87
10	Graeme N Buckley	ENG	2370m	w57+	b43=	w54+	b28=	w2-	b24=	w40+	b37+	w17+	b1-	w4-	6½	10	6	2322	5.70	0.30
11	Charles A Cobb	ENG	2260	b59=	w61+	b7+	w27=	b37+	b2=	w4=	b9+	w1-	w14=	b8-	6½	9	5	2439	2.43	2.57
12	Chris R Duncan	ENG	2340f	w50+	b6-	w24=	b46+	w17-	w23-	b22=	b57+	w34=	b45+	w30+	6½	11	6½	2280	6.38	0.12
13	Christopher N Dunworth	ENG	2335f	b31=	w49+	b43=	w37-	b25=	w30+	b23+	w8+	b14-	w16=	b18=	6½	10	6	2274	5.80	0.20
14	Mark Ferguson	ENG	2385	w53=	b24=	w45+	b15=	w35+	b8=	w20+	b6-	w13+	b11=	w5-	6½	11	6½	2318	6.49	0.01
15	Harriet V Hunt	ENG	2315wm	b25-	w42+	b59+	w14=	b31=	w18-	b43=	w40+	b8=	w36+	b16=	6½	9	5	2252	5.31	-0.31
16	Simon J B Knott	ENG	2335f	w56+	b4=	w8+	b2=	w6=	b5-	w19=	b35=	w39+	b13=	w15=	6½	11	6½	2376	4.84	1.66
17	Luke J McShane	ENG	2385f	b42+	w25-	b29+	w18+	b12+	b4=	w2=	w7=	b10-	w23+	b3-	6½	11	6½	2340	6.16	0.34
18	Roy J N Phillips	ENG	2120	w20-	b47+	w33+	b17-	w38+	b15+	w9-	b34+	w4-	b37+	w13=	6½	11	6½	2348	2.31	4.19
19	Matthew J Turner	ENG	2425m	w46-	b22+	w23=	b53=	w47+	w28=	b16=	w29=	b25-	w39+	b35+	6½	11	6½	2246	8.03	-1.53
20	Richard A Bates	ENG	2315	b18+	w38=	b58+	w3-	b29-	w25+	b14-	w31+	b27=	w8-	b40+	6	10	5	2286	5.40	-0.40
21	Stephen H Berry	ENG	2315f	w54=	b58-	w61+	b24-	w22=	b55+	w53=	b25-	w51+	b43+	w23=	6	7	3	2195	4.62	-1.62
22	Roland B Cole	ENG	2215	b7-	w19-	b56=	w62+	b21=	b49=	w12=	w43+	b32+	w26=	b27=	6	10	5	2296	3.90	1.10
23	Donald J Mason	ENG	2275	b62=	w59=	b19=	w43+	w5-	b12+	w13-	b53+	w37+	b17-	b21=	6	9	4½	2314	4.05	0.45
24	John Molyneux	ENG	2170	b26=	w14=	b12=	w21+	b27=	w10=	b28-	w36=	b45=	w29+	b31=	6	11	6	2299	3.63	2.37
25	Richard G Pert	ENG	2165	w15+	b17+	w6-	b9-	w13=	b20-	b41+	w21+	w19+	b5-	b26=	6	11	6	2366	2.64	3.36
26	Tim P Wall	ENG	2320	w24=	b54-	w49=	b55+	w53+	b31+	w6-	b30=	w35=	b22=	w25=	6	11	6	2234	6.82	-0.82
27	Simon K Williams	ENG	2350f	w43-	b50+	w55+	b11=	w24=	b40=	w35=	b39=	w20=	b30=	w22=	6	10	6	2229	6.60	-0.60
28	Jonathan G Wilson	ENG	2285	b61=	w62+	b32+	w10=	w8-	b19=	w24+	b5+	w2=	b6-	w9-	6	10	5½	2358	4.00	1.50
29	James E Cobb	ENG	2260	w6-	b56+	w17-	b44+	w20+	b9-	w57+	b19=	w5-	b24-	w50+	5½	11	5½	2331	4.40	1.10
30	Stephen C Ledger	ENG	2250	b3=	w39+	w2-	b7-	w49+	b13-	b59+	w26=	b42+	w27=	b12-	5½	10	4½	2348	3.70	0.80
31	Graham Lilley	ENG	2185	w13=	b34+	w5+	b4-	w15=	w26-	b36=	b20-	w47=	b44+	w24=	5½	11	5½	2319	3.52	1.98
32	John E Littlewood	ENG	2275f	w51+	b8-	w28-	b49=	w50=	b57-	w55+	b44+	w22-	b47=	w52+	5½	10	4½	2251	5.30	-0.80
33	Sekhar C Sahu	IND	2340m	b40-	w48+	b18-	w52+	def -	b53-	w49-	b58+	w46+	b50=	w45+	5½	9	4½	2199	6.21	-1.71
34	David J Tebb	ENG	2320	b49=	w31-	b52=	w45+	b43-	w42+	b50+	w18-	b12=	w40=	b36=	5½	10	5½	2210	6.50	-1.00
35	Aleksandar Trifunovic	ENG	2250	w2=	b5-	w51+	w58+	b14-	w41+	b27=	w16=	b26=	b9=	w19-	5½	9	3½	2377	2.97	0.53
36	James E Vigus	ENG	2245	w4-	b51=	w60+	b5-	w54=	b58+	w31=	b24=	w53+	b15-	w34=	5½	8	3	2276	3.68	-0.68
37	Andrew J Ledger	ENG	2415m	w45-	b57+	w38+	b13+	w11-	w43+	b7=	w10-	b23-	w18-	b39=	5	10	4	2284	6.80	-2.80
38	John Merriman	ENG	2275	w60=	b20=	b37-	w59+	b18-	w50-	b52=	w48-	b54+	w42+	b43=	5	8	3	2228	4.56	-1.56
39	A Tyson Mordue	ENG	2240	w8-	b30-	w57=	b51+	w58=	b54+	w47+	w27=	b16-	b19-	w37=	5	9	3½	2308	3.69	-0.19
40	Nicholas G Pert	ENG	2195	w33+	b9-	w44+	b8-	w46+	w27=	b10-	b15-	w57+	b34=	w20-	5	11	5	2333	3.41	1.59
41	John R Richardson	ENG	2310	w58=	b60+	w4-	b54+	w7-	b35-	w25-	b51-	w55=	b57+	w47+	5	8	3½	2278	4.32	-0.82
42	Alan P Spice	WLS	2210	w17-	b15-	w47-	b61+	w56+	b34-	w58+	b49+	w30-	b38-	w55+	5	9	3	2262	3.87	-0.87
43	Jonathan A Tait	ENG	(200)	b27+	w10=	w13=	b23-	w34+	b37-	w15=	b22-	b48+	w21-	w38=	5	11	5	2311		2275
44	Chris W Baker	ENG	2370f	b52=	w55=	b40-	w29-	b59-	w62+	b46+	w32-	b49+	w31-	b51=	4½	9	4	2197	6.57	-2.57
45	Thomas M Clarke	IRL	2230	b37+	w1-	b14-	b34-	w57-	b56+	w54+	b50+	w24=	w12-	b33-	4½	11	4½	2285	4.62	-0.12
46	Peter W Hempson	ENG	2235	b19+	w7=	b3-	w12-	b40-	b61+	w44-	w59=	b33-	w58+	b49=	4½	8	2	2361	2.64	-0.64
47	Oliver A Jackson	ENG	2240	b1-	w18-	b42+	w48+	b19-	w59=	b39-	w52+	b31=	w32=	b41-	4½	10	4	2266	4.60	-0.60
48	Mark Lyell	ENG	2235	w9-	b33-	w50=	b47-	w51-	b60+	w61+	b38+	w43-	b52-	w53+	4½	7	2½	2267	3.22	-0.72
49	Francis Rayner	WLS	2185	w34=	b13-	b26=	w32=	b30-	w22=	b33+	w42-	w44-	b60+	w46=	4½	10	3½	2287	3.60	-0.10
50	Jack Rudd	ENG	2190	b12-	w27-	b48=	w60+	b32=	b38+	w34-	w45-	b59+	w33=	b29-	4½	9	2½	2292	3.24	-0.74
51	Matti D Watton	ENG	(186)	b32-	w36=	b35-	w39-	b48+	w52-	b56+	w41+	b21-	b53=	w44=	4½	11	4½	2257		2192
52	Darryl Wolstencroft	ENG	2200	w44=	b2-	w34=	b33-	w55-	b51+	w38=	b47-	w61+	w48+	b32-	4½	9	2½	2303	3.24	-0.74
53	Daniel L Bisby	ENG	2205	b14=	w3-	b62+	w19=	b26-	w33+	b21=	w23-	b36-	w51=	b48-	4	10	3½	2308	3.60	-0.10
54	Andrew N Dyce	WLS	2135	b21=	w26+	b10-	w41-	b36=	w39-	b45-	b55=	w38-	w62+	b56=	4	11	4	2248	3.85	0.15
55	Adam C Hunt	ENG	2200	w5=	b44=	b27-	w26-	b52+	w21-	b32-	w54=	b41=	w59+	b42-	4	10	3	2286	3.80	-0.80
56	David M Moskovic	ENG	2185	b16-	w29-	w22=	b57=	b42-	w45-	w51-	b60+	b62=	w61+	w54=	4	8	2	2203	3.76	-1.76
57	Ben D Savage	ENG	2200	b10-	w37-	b39=	w56=	b45+	w32+	b29-	w12-	b40-	w41-	b61+	4	10	3	2282	3.90	-0.90
58	Philip Wheldon	ENG	(188)	b41=	w21+	w20-	b35-	b39=	w36-	b42-	w33-	w60+	b46-	b62+	4	10	3	2250		2101
59	Simon T Buckley	ENG	(163j)	w11=	b23=	w15-	b38-	w44+	b47=	w30-	b46=	w50-	b55-	w60-	3	10	3	2261		2112
60	Stephen W Dauber	ENG	(169)	b38=	w41-	b36-	b50-	w61-	w48-	b62+	w56-	b58-	w49-	b59+	2½	8	1½	2208		1957
61	Philip S Fallon	ENG	(187)	w28=	b11-	b21-	w42-	b60+	w46-	b48-	w62+	b52-	b56-	w57-	2½	10	1½	2216		1920
62	Arpi Shah	IND	2035w	w23=	b28-	w53-	b22-	w63=	b44-	w60-	b61-	w56=	b54-	w58-	1½	7	1	2239	1.68	-0.68
63	John T Swain	ENG	(173)					b62=							½	1	½

Column Key:
B = Number of rated opponents
C = Pts vs rated opponents
D = Average rating of opponents (blank if player unrated)
E = Expected score vs rated opponents
F = col. C minus col. E (x by co-efficient K to calculate rating change) or new rating in case of currently unrated players

1996 British Ladies Champion: Harriet V Hunt
1996 British Under-21 Champion: Jonathan F Parker

GM Norm (and title): Chris Ward
IM norms: Charles Cobb, Simon Knott
IM rating threshold achieved (and title): Mark Ferguson

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1996 Major Open, Nottingham

1996 Major Open		Nat'y	Grade	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
1	Ryad Rizouk	ALG	223e	def -	b43+	w107+	W82+	b33+	w2+	b57+	w3+	b9=	b10+	w5+	9½
2	Daniel William Gormally	ENG	213	b16+	w19+	b41+	w57+	w28=	b1-	w18+	b12+	b3+	w8+	b9=	9
3	Gavin Wall	ENG	210	b50=	w91+	b5+	w6+	w32+	b28+	w20+	b1-	w2-	b26+	w15+	8½
4	Philip Almond	ENG	182	w66-	b94=	w77+	b49=	w37-	b62=	w54+	b40=	w56+	b20+	w26+	7½
5	Richard Almond	ENG	176	b87=	w81+	w3-	b72+	b85+	w14+	b8=	w11=	b39+	w16+	b1-	7½
6	Michael H Barnes	ENG	195	w84+	b7=	w58+	b3-	w67=	b56+	w37+	w16+	b8-	w42+	b13-	7½
7	Rohan Churm (U18ch)	ENG	180j	b103+	w6=	w26-	b107+	b12-	w75=	b66+	w32+	b28+	w14=	b18+	7½
8	Andrew Greet (U18ch)	ENG	201j	w68+	b29+	w99+	b28-	w69+	b26=	w5=	b13+	w6+	b2-	w10=	7½
9	Thomas Hinks-Edwards	ENG	205	w37+	b58=	w56=	b38+	w26=	b99+	w28=	b23+	w1=	b15=	w2=	7½
10	Dave Ledger	ENG	202	b75=	w50+	b38=	w22+	b57-	w74+	b32+	w41+	b11+	w1-	b8=	7½
11	Oliver Rosten (U18ch)	ENG	195	w62+	b67=	w109=	b17+	w55+	b18=	w13=	b5=	w10-	b57+	w33+	7½
12	Laurence Webb	ENG	203e	w54=	b46=	w37+	b13=	w7+	b23=	w82+	w2-	b29+	b33=	w21+	7½
13	Leighton Williams	WLS	188	w94+	w39+	b33-	w12=	b81+	w27+	b11=	w8-	b41+	b37+	w6=	7½
14	David Wise	ENG	196	w73+	b17-	w62+	b66+	w99=	b5-	w71+	b58+	w33=	b7=	w30+	7½
15	Alan Grant	SCO	209	b59+	w30=	b22=	w16=	b19+	w57-	b38+	w21+	b18+	w9=	b3-	7
16	Ian G Kelly	ENG	163	w2-	b95+	w110+	b15=	w35+	b21+	w26+	b6-	w20+	b5-	w23=	7
17	Michael Alcock	ENG	186		w14+		w11-								6½
18	R Alan Barton	ENG	181						w11=	b2-		w15-			6½
19	Chris J Beckett	ENG	190j												6½
20	Philip J Briggs	ENG	194												6½
21	Tim R Dickinson	ENG	184												6½
22	Iain A Galloway	ENG	187												6½
23	D Gibson		196												6½
24	Norman Lazonby	ENG	188												6½
25	Dan E Mayers	USA	165												6½
26	John Naylor	ENG	202												6½
27	Robert Noyce	ENG	169												6½
28	Matthias Pflug	FRG	152ej												6½
29	David Llewellyn Robers	WLS	185												6½
30	Richard J Savory	ENG	172												6½
31	Alec J Toll	ENG	174												6½
32	David J Whitehead	ENG	175												6½
33	Robert Willmoth	ENG	190												6½
34	Jonathan E Beedle	ENG	187									b42-			6
35	Chris E Franklin	ENG	177												6
36	David J Garner	ENG	163j												6
37	Tim Hebbes	ENG	156j												6
38	Aiden M Leech	ENG	183j												6
39	Hysni M Pellumbi	ENG	213												6
40	Marc A Shaw	ENG	144												6
41	Martin J Simons	ENG	194												6
42	F Norman Stephenson	ENG	183	w51+	b56=	w67=	b109=	w74-	b49+	w58-	b71+	w34+	b6-	w44=	6
43	Tobias Stock	ENG	164j												6
44	Ieuan C Ward	ENG	170j											b42=	6
45	Chris [A/B?] Baker	ENG	177j												5½
46	Ian A Debbage	ENG	165j												5½
47	John A Dodgson	ENG	170												5½
48	John A Feavyour	ENG	163												5½
49	Michael Ford	SCO	164						w42-						5½
50	Richard J Gaughan	ENG	190												5½
51	Mark E Kambites	ENG	176	b42-											5½
52	Nicholas S Lee	ENG	180j												5½
53	Russell P Manning	ENG	171j												5½
54	Roger D W Marsh	ENG	176												5½
55	John C Moore	ENG	183												5½
56	Jonathan B Mutton	ENG	165j		w42=										5½
57	Marcus E Osborne	ENG	184												5½
58	Edmund C Player	ENG	172j							b42+					5½
59	David Spence	ENG	173												5½
60	Scott Taylor	ENG	154												5½
61	Mark A Whitehead	ENG	158												5½
62	Nathan Alfred	ENG	174j												5
63	Ruth Bates (U18gch)	ENG	160jw												5
64	David E Buckley	ENG	152j												5
65	D Ian Calvert	ENG	171												5
66	Abigail Dyce (U18gch)	WLS	150jw												5
67	Andrew Fish	WLS	170			b42=									5
68	David Gold	ENG	168j												5
69	Otto Hardy	ENG	170												5
70	Roger Hardy	ENG	146												5
71	Mandy Haslinger (U18gch)	ENG	176jw								w42-				5
72	Emily Howard (U18gch)	ENG	163jw												5
73	R[ichard S] Jones	[WLS]	172j												5
74	Peter A Levermore	ENG	168j					b42+							5
75	Richard J D Palliser	ENG	177j	w10=					b7=						5
76	David Parr	ENG	170												5
77	John W Roe	WLS	162												5
78	E Spence		174												5
79	David J Casiot	ENG	171												4½
80	Shyamol Dutta	IND	184												4½
81	John S Garnett	ENG	145												4½
82	David T Guy	WLS	158												4½
83	Edward J Lee	ENG	168												4½
84	D Lewis		146												4½
85	Nicholas D Mitchem	ENG	148												4½
86	Munroe L Morrison	ENG	127												4½
87	Andrew J S Slough	ENG	159												4½
88	Mark S Waltham	ENG	136												4½
89	George Ward	ENG	141												4½
90	(§ missing name?)														4½
91	(§ missing name?)														4½
92	James A R Angus	ENG	119												4
93	Jason H Cast	WLS	144												4
94	Matthew D F Cave	ENG	151j												4
95	James Coleman	ENG	146												4
96	Leigh J Debbage	ENG	150												4
97	John Glover	ENG	143												4
98	S Jones		153j												4
99	Andrew C Keehner	ENG	183												4
100	Matthew J Lewsey	ENG	135j												4
101	Rachel J Reeves	ENG	125w												4
102	Claude H Sollars	MLT	173												4
103	M White		147												4
104	Colin R Moore	ENG	148												3½
105	Malcolm R Whall	ENG	141												3½
106	David A Knox	ENG	193												3
107	Mel J Young	ENG	153												3
108	Douglas M Forbes	ENG	121												2½
109	Jomo Pitterson	JAM	175				w42=								2½
110	Stephen Igoe	IRL	130												2
111	A Shah		140												1
112	Janos J Wagenbach	ENG	134												1

§ the results as given in the 1997 BCF Yearbook show the ranking for the 4½ score group as 79-91 but there are only 11 players named, not 13. The next score group is given as 92-103 and has 12 names (which on the face of it seems correct) - subsequent score groups also seem correct. So I'm making a tentative assumption that the error lies in the fact that two names are missing from the 4½ group. This is important as game references are made in the partial crosstable to players ranked in these lower score groups.

1996 BRITISH UNDER-18 CHAMPIONSHIP:

Contested as part of the Major Open: Champions: Rohan Churm (Swindon), Andrew Greet (St Austell), Oliver Rosten (New Malden)

Girls Champions: Ruth Bates (Richmond), Abigail Dyce (Sutton-in-Ashfield), Mandy Haslinger (Formby), Emily Howard (Birkenhead)

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Other Sections

1996 BRITISH VETERANS’ CHAMPIONSHIP:

1 Dan Mayers (USA) 5/7; 2= Michael Cook (Ipswich), Malcolm Peart (Scarborough) 4½; 4= Roelof Westra, Michael Fox, Peter C Doye, D George Ellison, James Nicolson, Donald Baldwin 4; 10= Fred Appleton, Joseph Soesan 3½; 12= W Crossland, R Ryan 3; 14= H James Draisey, David A S Buckland 2; 16 Frank A Boagey 1

1996 BRITISH UNDER-16 CHAMPIONSHIP:

1-2 Nathan Alfred (Beckenham), Mark Roberts (Sevenoaks) 5/47; 3 Philip Pugh (Preston) 4½; 4= Matthew George, Heather Richards, Jessica Ho, Jonathan I Arnott, Alex Edmans 4; 9= J Young, Paul Carpenter, Timothy Kiddell, P Stephens, J Edwards 3½; 14 R Reddy 3; 15= T Cole, John Weatherlake 2½; 17 Nayan Shah 2; 18 Ellen Walker ½.

Girls' Co-Champions Jessica Ho (Maidstone) & Heather Richards (Whitstable)

1996 BRITISH UNDER-15 CHAMPIONSHIP:

1 Mark Roberts (Sevenoaks) 5½/7; 2 Adam Fysh-Foskett (Southsea) 5; 3= Jonathan Arnott (Sheffield), Matthew Basey (Nottingham), Melanie Buckley (Bath), Stephen Deall (Southampton), Elise Ford (Ashton-under-Lyne), Nayan Shah (Ashby-de-la-Zouch), Richard Vale (Southwell) 4; 10= Josephine H Badger, Kanwal Bhatia 3½; 12= C Driver, Graeme Kafka, P Stephens 2½; 15 N Kumar 2.

Girls' Co-Champions Melanie Buckley (Bath) & Elise Ford (Ashton-under-Lyne)

1996 BRITISH UNDER-14 CHAMPIONSHIP:

1-2 Richard Watts (Stowmarket), Bret Addison (Hartlepool) 5½/7; 3 Danny Gallagher (Bolton) 5; 4= Thomas Dougherty, Oliver Gill 4/2; 6= Josephine H Badger, P Dempsey, Subir A Goradia, T O’Brien, Kemal Ozeren 4; 11= Matthew Basey, Paul Davies, Anthony Eskinazi, N Kumar, D Steele 3½; 16= D Carpenter, I Gallagher, R George, M Georgiou, J Hart 3; 21= Marcus A Coupe, I Moore, R Singh 2; 24 D O’Boyle 1.

Girls' Champion Josephine H Badger (Tunstead)

1996 BRITISH UNDER-13 CHAMPIONSHIP:

1 Ross Rattray (Cheam) 5½/7; 2= Paul Davies (Mansfield), Thomas Dougherty (Richmond), Rosalind Kieran (Bexley Village) 5; 5= Richard P Charlton, Subir A Goradia, Alexander Longson, Heather Richards, T Wood 4½; 10 Marcus A Coupe 4; 11= David W Bates, A Blake, RP Charlton (? same name as above), Stephen P Clark, T Day, A Dickinson, Nicholas B Kingston-Smith 3½; 18= RP Charlton (? 3rd time!), Anthony J Eskinazi, R Knight, R Murphy, A Stephens, Sophie Tidman 3; 24= Lee T Dorrington, Amanda J John, J Kent 2½; 27 P B Higgins 1.

Girls Champion Rosalind Kieran (Bexley Village)

1996 BRITISH UNDER-12 CHAMPIONSHIP:

1 Christopher Charman (Solihull) 6½/7; 2 Alvin Kissoon (Maidstone) 5½; 3= Adway Chowduri (India), Graham Bates (Solihull) 5; 5-9 Stephen P Clark, Nicholas Frost, Craig Hanley, J Murphy, David Shaw 4/2; 10= Stephen C Bough, Oliver J N Cooley, J Foster, Toby Haslinger, Philip J Peck, Nicholas D Timms, Jack Waller 4; 17= Victoria L Kowalkowski, Chris J A Rawlinson, Laurie Waller 3½; 20= Lorin D'Costa, A Moody, C Morrison, K Nicholas, Sophie Tidman, N Ward 3; 26= Heather L Coupe, Leila Nathoo, A Swersky, John C Tompson, Graham Walker, S Williams 2/2; 32 Emily Manuel 2; 33 Lara J W Maslowska 1.

Girls Champion Victoria L Kowalkowski (Sutton-in-Ashfield)

1996 BRITISH UNDER-11 CHAMPIONSHIP:

1-2 Kumardip Chakraborty (India), Nicholas Timms (Ashcott) 6½/7; 3= Matthew King (Cobham), Alvin Kissoon (Maidstone) 5/2; 5 Lorin D'Costa 5; 6= D Atherton, Kenan Boztas, B Collins, Paul D Hufton, Krunal Kahar, Thomas M Kneafsey, J Rennie, P Richards, R Taylor, Peter M Titmas, Alison N W Winston 4½; 17= Richard P Charlton, Toby Haslinger, Marieanne Howard, E Josiah Lutton, A Swersky, B Williams 4; 23= C Dixon, Lydia M Goodwin, David S D Gunn, Oliver J Luen, Nathan J Manley, Timothy Manton, Thomas Nixon, John Sneesby, Liam Varnam 3½; 32= J Buchanan, Catherine L David, Michael W Healey, L Hunt, D Alexander John, Emily Manuel, C Morrison, A Murphy, Chris J A Rawlinson 3; 41= K Davies, Julie Dwek, J Ezra Lutton, Leila Nathoo, L Styles 2½; 46= A Cooper, E Green, A Kelly 2.

Girls Champion Alison N W Winston (Edgware)

1996 BRITISH UNDER-10 CHAMPIONSHIP:

1-2 Gawain Jones (York), Kumardip Chakraborty (India) 6/7; 3= David Ho (Maidstone), Krunal Kahar (Cheltenham) 5½; 5= Kenan Boztas, Jonathan M Fish, Simon Jeffares, Thomas Rendle, Murugan Thiruchelvam 5; 10= Ameet Ghasi, Lydia M Goodwin, Kristian K Maton, Peter M Titmas, Lawrence Trent 4½; 15= David C Bareham, Michael Bridger, Timothy K Chase, A Ferguson, M Graham, Amir A M Habibi, Christobell E K Harrington, Michael W Healey, Himanshu Kumar, J Ezra Lutton, K Nicholas, A O’Neill, R Payne, P Richards, A Taylor 4; 30= Vanessa S Aarons, D Armstrong, James Berlin, D Butler, Chetan Deva, Christopher G Hansell, E Josiah Lutton, Timothy Manton, Thomas Nixon, N St John 3½; 40= Simon T Buckley, A Finlay, Jessica Gilbert, Harvinderpal S Landa, M Richards, Stewart Trent 3; 46= Oliver E D Coddington, Sumeet Ghasi, S Higgins, Matthew P Jellett, Ross Keightley, Farah Khalique, D Morrison, D Stephens 2½; 54= Farah F Z Amirabadi, M Grommett, Nicholas P Jellett, M Lebaigue, Heather Walker 2; 59 S Jackson 1½; 60 Balvinder S Grewal 1; 61= Sanjay Bilakhia, Jordan L Sisson ½.

Girls Champion Lydia M Goodwin (High Wycombe)

1996 BRITISH UNDER-9 CHAMPIONSHIP:

1 Ameet Ghasi (Birmingham) 6½/7; 2 Robert Payne (Ilford) 6; 3= Adam Eckersley-Waites (Saffron Walden), Sumeet Ghasi (Birmingham), Patrick Reid (Daventry), Thirumurgan Thiruchelvam (New Malden) 5½; 7= Simon T Buckley, Stephen Gordon, C Hall, Himanshu Kumar, J Ezra Lutton, Graham Morris, Thomas Rendle, Heather Walker, S Williams 5; 16= Chetan Devan, A Ferguson, Matthew P Jellett, Stewart Trent 4½; 20= Suzie Blackburn, Daniel J Diamond, Tom Eckersley-Waites, Jessica Gilbert, Lee Gold, Amir A M Habibi, Nicholas P Jellett, D Morrison, Jody Stanger, G Williams 4; 30= Jacob R Abondolo, Sabrina L Chevannes, Chris J Dorrington, C Gambel, James L Hanley, Cory S Hazlehurst, J Martin, K Nicholas, E Roberts, James C J Rudland, Lakshman Ruthirapathy, Matthew Truepenny, R White, Tony A W Winston 3½; 44= R Cooke, Daniel Goldhill, M Goodwin, Pradeep R Gundabolu, S Higgins, Jason W Klimach, E Matthews, T Smith, J Talbot, A Turakhai, S Whytock 3; 55= Francesca Berlin, Matthew J Harborne, Anand Kahar 2½; 58= David S Boston, Tye A Byram, Laura K Hulley, Mervin R Kissoon, J Lee, Claire Morris, Akaash Pathare, Nicola M Rennie, S Taylor, A Wilkinson 2; 68= Sean Brolan, A Noble 1½; 70= Farah F Z Amirabadi, A Cooke 1; 72= K Chakraborty, A Mann 0.

Girls Champion Heather Walker [for some reason the 1997 BCF Yearbook failed to record this detail]

1996 BRITISH UNDER-8 CHAMPIONSHIP:

1 Gawain Jones (York) 5½/7; 2= Simon T Buckley (Bath), Daniel J Diamond (London SE22), E Josiah Lutton (Basildon), Thirumurugan Thiruchelvam (New Malden) 5; 6= Amir A M Habibi, C Hall, M Moore 4½; 9= Kathryn Barnes, Samuel J Gilding, Edward H A Goble, Lee Gold, L Hall, C MacDonald, T Sharp, Stewart Trent 4; 17= M Goodwin, Tristan C Granat, James P Heppell, Laura K Hulley, J Rubin 3½; 22= Francesca Berlin, R Cooke, Colleen M Halpin, C Lamb, Jacob P Lourie, E Morris, E Roberts, Lakshman Ruthirapathy, J Schofield, Tejas Shankar, D St John, Peter Storr, A Turakhai 3; 35= J Brown, Balvinder S Grewal, Claire H Morris, A Weston 2½; 39= Soraya F Amirabadi, P Armstrong, Matthew P Dignam, Charles W Heppell, B Norton, Akaash Pathare, A Wadhwa, C Wilcox, S Wilkin 2; 48= Hamid Khalique, B Walker 1½; 50= D Clark, James L Hanley, L Hartshorn 1; 53 A Clark ½; 54 David A Coupe 0.

Girls Champion Kathryn Barnes (Ipswich)

ALL-PLAY-ALL TOURNAMENTS:

Blackburne Section: 1 Stephen J Connor (Wirral) 7½/11; 2 John R Holland (Holt) 7... 8 players
Staunton Section: 1 Angus S James (Surbiton) 9/11; 2 Andrew Foulds (Chivenor) 8... 11 players

WEEK 1 TOURNAMENTS:

Harry Baines Memorial: 1 Peter J Mercs (Nottinaham) 7/9; 2 Jerry Anstead 6½... 10 players
Open: 1 John T Swain (Nottingham) 4½/5... 22 players
Deloitte & Touche British U-125: 1 Alan D Coupe (Rotherham) 4½/5, 2= J Young , Ian H Hannam, Ramon S Cole (all Nottingham), K Carter (Hastings), P Bloom (Bromley) 4... 40 players. Grading Prizes to Victoria L Kowalkowski, E Church

WEEK 2 TOURNAMENTS:

Harry Baines Memorial: 1 Richard C P Freeman (Toddington) 7/11; 2 Robert Richmond (Aylesbury) 6½; 3= Simon Bibby (Canterbury), Chris Majer (Knebworth) 6.., 27 players. Grading Prizes to C Potter, Janos Wagenbach

Open: 1-5 David J James (Atticus), Michael J Reddie (Dartford), Anton W Stalmans (Hull), John T Swain (Gambit), S White (Bolton) 4... 39 players.

Deloitte & Touche British U-100: 1 Chris J Dunlop (Blackburn) 4½/5; 2= Mark A Monaghan (Coventry), John P Wynne (Doncaster), A Humphreys (Welwyn Garden City), J Timms (Ashcott) 4... 34 players. Slow Starter Prizes to Anthony D Bee, L Hunt, B Nicholas.

WEEKEND TOURNAMENTS:

Intermediate: 1 Colin R Ramage (Barking) 5/5; 2= J Nicholas Hawkins (Liverpool), Stephen W MacCormack (Middlesbrough), Keith J Palmer (Louth) 4½... 32 players. Grading Prizes to Stephen W MacCormack, K Dailey, Hugh Flockhart, John R Keehner, Chris J Tuffin

Minor: 1 Nigel S Towers (Stratford) 5/5; 2= A Herbert (Bournemouth), Austen E M Carlton (Gambit), Jonathan T Melsom (High Wycombe) 4½... 39 players. Grading Prizes to Paul Bloom, Lawrence Trent, Ewald Kotzian.

RAPIDPLAY:

1 Geoffrey W Lawton (Birmingham) 5½/6; 2= James Poulton (Fareham), Luke J McShane (London), Peter Gayson (Bradford) 5... 56 players. Grading Prizes to John Boyd, Karl L Forman, R Rennie, Charlton Siddo.

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THE 83rd BRITISH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS NOTTINGHAM 1996

And about time too! We haven’t visited the MCCU area since Coventry in 1970. This year was particularly suitable as it introduced the Centenary of the formation of that Union and the 60th anniversary of the great Nottingham 1936 Tournament. The problem of course is that the Midlands is not perceived as the place to spend a fortnight’s holiday. This, together with the high price for self-catering accommodation, led the Management Board to decide on a budget relying on only 875 entries as opposed to 925 in recent years. The turn-out in the end was 877, a small price to pay for the principle that the congress should visit all parts of Britain.

One advantage of Nottingham over Swansea in 1995 was that the venue at the University was completely air-conditioned. On inspection visits I had not appreciated that, once laid out to our specifications, the playing hall for the British Championship itself would provide the best conditions ever—the players in that event naturally prefer not to play together with all the other contestants. Thus there was slight disappointment for players in other events who had to walk about 20 metres to see the leading players. Their arrangements too were as good as anywhere else.

Another disadvantage was that the campus is sprawling and rather isolated. It is thus awkward for anybody without a car. However this was compensated for by the added safety of children and the fact they could so readily find a green space in which to play games. Hove in 1997 will be precisely the reverse. The players professed themselves well-satisfied with the conditions and we should return in due course, provided we can obtain satisfactory terms from the University.

The reduction in numbers was entirely due to fewer children playing. Thus the event should show a small surplus, especially as more people chose to pay the late penalty fees. This provides an unfair administrative burden and these fees should be increased next year.

Chris Ward proved to be a very worthy winner of the Championship, leading from start to finish. It is hoped he will be awarded his GM title on the basis of this event. Jonathan Parker and Aaron Summerscale performed well to finish second and third respectively. Matthew Sadler must have been extremely disappointed with his result. By comparison, Graham Lee was delighted to achieve the same score and become the first player to qualify for a free entry to next year’s Championship since the 7½/11 rule was introduced (all other players achieving that score or better have been IMs or GMs). Charles Cobb and Simon Knott achieved IM norms, whilst Mark Ferguson brought his rating up to 2400 and as a result simply awaits ratification of his title by FIDE.

Ryad Rizouk of Algeria would have been a run-away winner of the Major Open had he not forfeited the first round. As it was, his playing score of 9½/10 from 11 rounds provided a more fiercely contested event.

A considerable amount of effort, particularly by John Robinson, Joe Ashkenazy and Marc Shaw, was put in this year investigating various computer systems for the congress. The fruits of this should become more apparent in the next two years.

There was much more local support for the congress than for many years. Perhaps this is because people have become used to the congress being organised by the same team every year. Local sponsors were found: East Midlands Electricity sponsored prizes for Midlands players; Jessops Department store offered free subsidised entries for Nottingham Juniors; Deloitte & Touche sponsored the new Under-125 and Under-100 Championships and Boots provided a voucher for the best performance by a female. The BCF can never expect to succeed in arranging such local business support. Neil Graham took responsibility for the evening events which included activities as disparate as cricket, football, bridge, Any Questions, Richard Furness’s General Knowledge Quiz, a new Golden Oldies Music Quiz, Crazy Lightning, Bug-house, speed chess and a shop window competition. In addition a local information stand was manned throughout the event. Locals also helped with the weekend tournaments.

Julian Hodgson could not play as the last round clashed with the start of a major event in Holland. Instead he did the Commentaries and also provided professional lectures and coaching at other times. Daniel King filled the gap on the last day.

Other organisers included David Welch, George Smith, Mike O’Hara, Rod McShane, Michael Barnes, David, Paul and Richard Carpenter, Tony Corfe, Ian Cowen, Eric Croker, Victor Cross, Roger Edwards, Brian Hayward, Norman Lazonby, Alex McFarlane, Alan Morrey, Peter Purland, John Swain, John Turnock, Monica Vann, Denis Walker, Andrew Walker, Alec Webster, David Woodruff and Tony Wright. The Richard Boxall Plate for Services to the Congress was awarded to Alec Webster. Lorraine Harding provided her invaluable services at the BCF Office as usual.

After 16 years I am giving up Directorship of the congress and wish my successor every success and hope he or she will derive as much satisfaction from the office as I have. During my Directorship the congress has grown by about 50%, the increase being primarily among juniors. Relatively speaking I have introduced few innovations, the central kernel of a competitive chess congress with something for everyone remains intact.

Stewart Reuben
Director of Congress Chess

Editor's Note: Stewart Reuben has done a truly splendid job organising the annual BCF Congress over the years he has been in control, it has always been a highly successful event and all who have participated must be extremely grateful for his dedication to the task. John Poole.

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File updated

Date	Notes
5 August 2021	First upload to BritBase. Games are very thin on the ground for this event. ChessBase has only 32. I have initially scraped together 53, plus 2 from the Major Open. I'm hoping BritBase's regular contributors can find a few more. I have transcribed a full crosstable from the 1997 BCF Yearbook, plus a partial crosstable for the Major Open and results for other sections.
7 August 2021	A further 32 games added, kindly submitted by Brian Denman. Two are from the Championship: (1) S.Ledger 1-0 F.Rayner, rd 5; (2) S.Dauber 0-1 F.Rayner, rd 10. The other 30 are from the Major Open. Many thanks to Brian.
8 August 2021	One further game submitted by David McAlister: J.Rudd 0-1 T.Clarke (Rd 8). Thanks, David.
18 August 2021	A major update: the number of games from the British Championship has gone up from 56 to 213 after I input the remaining games from the bulletin, kindly lent by Brian Denman. I noticed that there were more than a few serious errors in the bulletin and have made quite a number of amendments to games, including those which had already been posted here. In the process of examining the games I included a number of annotations. I understand that there was a separate bulletin featuring games from the Major Open. If anyone has this and could lend it to me, I would be very grateful.
4 May 2022	Added a game from the Under-10: P Titmas ½-½ T Rendle. Many thanks to Brian Denman for submitting.
4 July 2024	Added 11 games played by Norman Stephenson in the Major Open. Many thanks to Norman for suppyling the scores.