1999 86th Smith & Williamson British Chess Championship, Scarborough, 2-13 August • 1998« »2000

1999 British Chess Championship		Fed	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
1	Julian M Hodgson	ENG	2605g	w43+	b21=	w20+	b7+	w13+	b17+	w4+	b2=	w3+	b5=	w9=	9
2	Peter K Wells	ENG	2476g	w70+	b81+	w35+	b6=	w4=	b8+	w13=	w1=	b5=	w17+	b3=	8
3	Ziaur Rahman	BAN	2461m	w56+	b47+	w4-	b42=	w77+	b15+	w41+	w6+	b1-	w18+	w2=	8
4	Bogdan Lalic	CRO	2550g	b40+	w29+	b3+	w17=	b2=	w16+	b1-	w18=	b6=	w19=	b23+	7½
5	Jonathan Rowson	SCO	2490m	w54+	b42=	w46+	b19+	w41=	b14=	w17+	b13=	w2=	w1=	b6=	7½
6	Matthew J Turner	ENG	2478m	b64+	w27+	b24=	w2=	b35=	w42+	w14+	b3-	w4=	b41+	w5=	7½
7	Abhijit Kunte	IND	2465m	w38+	b52+	w8=	w1-	b33=	w22=	b27=	b57+	w44+	w10=	b19+	7½
8	Stuart Conquest	ENG	2555g	b61+	w28+	b7=	w24=	b32+	w2-	b19-	w22=	b63+	w26+	b17+	7½
9	Anthony C Kosten	FRA	2515g	b30-	w83+	b37=	w68+	b26+	w19=	b60=	w31+	w14+	b13=	b1=	7½
10	Krishnan Sasikiran	IND	2536m	w37-	b56+	w67-	b83+	w54+	b28+	w20=	b15+	w13=	b7=	w21+	7½
11	Andrew A Webster	ENG	2427m	b58-	w72-	b51+	w71=	b85+	w30+	b22=	w27+	b26=	w25+	b18+	7½
12	Nigel R Davies	ENG	2518g	w80=	b45-	w59+	b34-	w71=	b58+	w67+	b42=	w33+	b43+	w13+	7½
13	Daniel Gormally	ENG	2476m	b62+	w30+	b55+	w18+	b1-	w25+	b2=	w5=	b10=	w9=	b12-	7
14	Alexander Baburin	IRL	2593g	b63+	w26=	b60=	w28+	b24+	w5=	b6-	w16+	b9-	w22=	b30+	7
15	Aaron Summerscale	ENG	2423g	b49=	w85+	b22=	w58+	b18=	w3-	b36+	w10-	b30=	w55+	b37+	7
16	Nicholas Pert	ENG	2425m	w45=	b80+	w69+	b23-	w67+	b4-	w50+	b14-	w47+	b44=	w34+	7
17	Christopher G Ward	ENG	2473g	w34+	b57+	w21+	b4=	w23+	w1-	b5-	b20+	w41+	b2-	w8-	6½
18	John M Emms	ENG	2586g	w77+	b31+	w32+	b13-	w15=	b20=	w21+	b4=	w23+	b3-	w11-	6½
19	Gary W Lane	ENG	2409m	w76+	b41=	w45+	w5-	b27+	b9=	w8+	b23-	w32+	b4=	w7-	6½
20	Abdullah Al-Rakib	BAN	2367m	b51+	w25=	b1-	w53+	b34+	w18=	b10=	w17-	b55=	w54+	b22=	6½
21	Harriet Hunt	ENG	2420wg	b65+	w1=	b17-	w30=	b64+	w37+	b18-	w54+	b25=	w24+	b10-	6½
22	Sundarajan Kidambi	IND	2334	w88+	b23=	w15=	b41-	w58+	b7=	w11=	b8=	w35+	b14=	w20=	6½
23	Praveen Thipsay	IND	2492g	b68+	w22=	b33+	w16+	b17-	w60=	b42=	w19+	b18-	w36+	w4-	6½
24	Venkatachalem Saravanan	IND	2429m	w72+	b37+	w6=	b8=	w14-	b50=	w33+	b44=	w43=	b21-	w42+	6½
25	Mark L Hebden	ENG	2510g	w67+	b20=	w42=	b47+	w44+	b13-	w31=	b43=	w21=	b11-	w48+	6½
26	Angus J Dunnington	ENG	2366m	w59+	b14=	w41=	b67=	w9-	b69+	w46=	b56+	w11=	b8-	w47+	6½
27	Adam C Hunt	ENG	2288	w90+	b6-	w38=	b82+	w19-	b45+	w7=	b11-	w49=	b46+	w44+	6½
28	James E Cobb	WLS	2349	w86+	b8-	w70+	b14-	w56+	w10-	b54-	b72+	w46=	b59+	w43+	6½
29	Odion Aikhoje	NGR	2341m	w91+	b4-	w34=	b69-	w45-	b78=	w73+	b70+	w56+	b48=	w41+	6½
30	David J Ledger	ENG	2240f	w9+	b13-	w31=	b21=	w39=	b11-	w82+	b67+	w15=	b32+	w14-	6
31	Reefat Bin-Sattar	BAN	2377m	b36+	w18-	b30=	w38=	b62+	w55+	b25=	b9-	w34=	w37-	b65+	6
32	Keith C Arkell	ENG	2462g	b53+	w58+	b18-	w50+	w8-	b33=	w57=	b46+	b19-	w30-	b63+	6
33	Christopher R Duncan	ENG	2297f	w48=	b82+	w23-	b45+	w7=	w32=	b24-	w62+	b12-	w49=	b55+	6
34	Simon T Buckley	ENG	2216	b17-	w84+	b29=	w12+	w20-	b57-	w81+	b39+	b31=	w60+	b16-	6
35	Simon K Williams	ENG	2421m	w71+	b75+	b2-	w55+	w6=	b41-	w43-	b68+	b22-	w61+	b36=	6
36	Matthew Broomfield	ENG	2164	w31-	b74+	w43=	b46=	w47+	b44=	w15-	b77+	w42+	b23-	w35=	6
37	Jovanka Houska	ENG	2251wm	b10+	w24-	w9=	b90=	w81+	b21-	w39=	b59=	w80+	b31+	w15-	6
38	Andrew Greet	ENG	2215	b7-	w78+	b27=	b31=	w57=	b81+	w44-	w63-	b40=	w68+	b60+	6
39	Andrew Ledger	ENG	2431m	b83+	w55-	b68=	w62=	b30=	w40=	b37=	w34-	b53=	w78+	b54+	6
40	Daniel Bisby	ENG	2252	w4-	b59=	w82-	b86+	w91+	b39=	w56-	b78=	w38=	b58+	w67+	6
41	Joseph G Gallagher	SUI	2521g	b79+	w19=	b26=	w22+	b5=	w35+	b3-	w60+	b17-	w6-	b29-	5½
42	Simon J Knott	ENG	2348f	b89+	w5=	b25=	w3=	b48+	b6-	w23=	w12=	b36-	w64+	b24-	5½
43	Stewart G Haslinger	ENG	2267	b1-	w51+	b36=	w48-	b78+	w53+	b35+	w25=	b24=	w12-	b28-	5½
44	Miroslav Houska	ENG	2364m	b75-	w65+	b54+	w61+	b25-	w36=	b38+	w24=	b7-	w16=	b27-	5½
45	Anupama Gokhale	IND	2181wm	b16=	w12+	b19-	w33-	b29+	w27-	b61-	w86=	b75+	w79+	b50=	5½
46	Richard J D Palliser	ENG	2253	b85=	w79+	b5-	w36=	b49=	w48+	b26=	w32-	b28=	w27-	b69+	5½
47	Donald Mason	ENG	2284	b84+	w3-	b71+	w25-	b36-	w83+	b49=	w53+	b16-	w51+	b26-	5½
48	Stephen Scannell	IRL	2069	b33=	w50=	b61=	b43+	w42-	b46-	w74+	w79+	b60=	w29=	b25-	5½
49	Craig Hanley	ENG	2178	w15=	b69-	w76+	b57=	w46=	b77=	w47=	w61=	b27=	b33=	w52=	5½
50	David J Walker	ENG	2280f	w87=	b48=	w75+	b32-	w90+	w24=	b16-	w55-	b62=	b56+	w45=	5½
51	Stephen C Ledger	ENG	2162	w20-	b43-	w11-	b66=	w75+	b65-	w92+	b74+	w68+	b47-	w70+	5½
52	Edward Dearing	SCO	2295	b66+	w7-	b58-	w89+	b55-	w62=	b53-	w82+	b69+	w65=	b49=	5½
53	F Norman Stephenson	ENG	2212	w32-	b90=	w87+	b20-	w80+	b43-	w52+	b47-	w39=	b67=	w74+	5½
54	John Naylor	ENG	2233	b5-	w73+	w44-	b75+	b10-	w72+	w28+	b21-	w57+	b20-	w39-	5
55	Robert Shaw	ENG	2184	w74+	b39+	w13-	b35-	w52+	b31-	w77=	b50+	w20=	b15-	w33-	5
56	Charles H Storey	ENG	2211	b3-	w10-	b73+	w79+	b28-	w85+	b40+	w26-	b29-	w50-	b78+	5
57	Richard G Pert	ENG	2308	b73+	w17-	b72=	w49=	b38=	w34+	b32=	w7-	b54-	w62=	b64=	5
58	Jack Rudd	ENG	2185	w11+	b32-	w52+	b15-	b22-	w12-	b62-	w90+	b81+	w40-	b79+	5
59	Clive L Waters	ENG	2158	b26-	w40=	b12-	w63+	b68=	w79=	b64+	w37=	b61=	w28-	b62=	5
60	Mark Heidenfeld	IRL	2368	w82=	b87+	w14=	b77=	w69+	b23=	w9=	b41-	w48=	b34-	w38-	5
61	Martin Simons	ENG	2264	w8-	b76+	w48=	b44-	w82=	b71=	w45+	b49=	w59=	b35-	w66=	5
62	Francis Rayner	WLS	2218	w13-	b88+	w81=	b39=	w31-	b52=	w58+	b33-	w50=	b57=	w59=	5
63	Robert S McFarland	ENG	2267	w14-	b71-	w86=	b59-	w92+	b91+	w69+	b38+	w8-	b70=	w32-	5
64	Humpy Koneru	IND	2229	w6-	b91-	w88+	b84+	w21-	b67=	w59-	b66+	w72+	b42-	w57=	5
65	Rohan Churm	ENG	2168	w21-	b44-	w84-	b92=	w87=	w51+	b90+	b80=	w77+	b52=	w31-	5
66	Costas Harris	ENG	2065	w52-	b70-	b83-	w51=	w86+	b74-	b85+	w64-	b90+	w80+	b61=	5
67	David A Farndon	HKG	2238	b25-	w92+	b10+	w26=	b16-	w64=	b12-	w30-	b71+	w53=	b40-	4½
68	Graham Lilley	ENG	2235	w23-	b86+	w39=	b9-	w59=	b82=	w70+	w35-	b51-	b38-	w84+	4½
69	Taibur Rahman	BAN	2210	b78=	w49+	b16-	w29+	b60-	w26-	b63-	b91+	w52-	b77+	w46-	4½
70	Adrian Jackson	ENG	2223	b2-	w66+	b28-	w78=	b72=	w90+	b68-	w29-	b73+	w63=	b51-	4½
71	Charles Tippleston	ENG	2171	b35-	w63+	w47-	b11=	b12=	w61=	b79-	w81=	w67-	b84+	w77=	4½
72	Neil M Berry	SCO	2200	b24-	b11+	w57=	b81-	w70=	b54-	w84+	w28-	b64-	w88+	b73=	4½
73	Melanie Buckley	ENG	2075	w57-	b54-	w56-	b76+	w74=	b80=	b29-	w83+	w70-	b81+	w72=	4½
74	Andrew Philip Smith	IRL	2275	b55-	w36-	b89-	w88+	b73=	w66+	b48-	w51-	b86+	w85+	b53-	4½
75	Andrew G Cooper	HKG	2151	w44+	w35-	b50-	w54-	b51-	b87+	w80-	b84=	w45-	b91+	w85+	4½
76	Paul Dempsey	IRL	2168	b19-	w61-	b49-	w73-	b88=	b92-	w87=	w89=	b83+	w86+	b80+	4½
77	Maxim L Devereaux	ENG	2265	b18-	w89+	b91+	w60=	b3-	w49=	b55=	w36-	b65-	w69-	b71=	4
78	Murugan Thiruchelvam	ENG	2088	w69=	b38-	w80=	b70=	w43-	w29=	b83+	w40=	b79=	b39-	w56-	4
79	Oliver Jackson	ENG	2242	w41-	b46-	w92+	b56-	w84+	b59=	w71+	b48-	w78=	b45-	w58-	4
80	John N Sugden	ENG	2241	b12=	w16-	b78=	w91=	b53-	w73=	b75+	w65=	b37-	b66-	w76-	3½
81	Bhagyashree Thipsay	IND	2335wm	b92+	w2-	b62=	w72+	b37-	w38-	b34-	b71=	w58-	w73-	b82=	3½
82	David E Buckley	ENG	2163	b60=	w33-	b40+	w27-	b61=	w68=	b30-	b52-	w84-	b87=	w81=	3½
83	Thomas M Clarke	IRL	2204	w39-	b9-	w66+	w10-	b89+	b47-	w78-	b73-	w76-	b90+	w87=	3½
84	Paul McMahon	ENG	2030	w47-	b34-	b65+	w64-	b79-	w89+	b72-	w75=	b82+	w71-	b68-	3½
85	Lorin D'Costa	ENG	2215	w46=	b15-	w90-	b87+	w11-	b56-	w66-	b92+	w91+	b74-	b75-	3½
86	R Alan Barton	ENG	2149	b28-	w68-	b63=	w40-	b66-	w88=	b89+	b45=	w74-	b76-	w92+	3½
87	Michael S Bushill	ENG	2072	b50=	w60-	b53-	w85-	b65=	w75-	b76=	w88-	b89+	w82=	b83=	3½
88	Edmund C Player	ENG	2105	b22-	w62-	b64-	b74-	w76=	b86=	w91-	b87+	w92=	b72-	w90=	3
89	Peter J Mercs	ENG	2123	w42-	b77-	w74+	b52-	w83-	b84-	w86-	b76=	w87-	b92=	w91+	3
90	James J McDonnell	IRL	2051	b27-	w53=	b85+	w37=	b50-	b70-	w65-	b58-	w66-	w83-	b88=	2½
91	Heather S Richards	ENG	2117	b29-	w64+	w77-	b80=	b40-	w63-	b88+	w69-	b85-	w75-	b89-	2½
92	Chin Lee Lim	MAS	2110	w81-	b67-	b79-	w65=	b63-	w76+	b51-	w85-	b88=	w89=	b86-	2½

1999 British Ladies' Champion: Harriet Hunt
1999 British Under-21 Champion: Krishnan Sasikiran

GM norm achieved: Jonathan Rowson, Ziaur Rahman
IM norm achieved: Harriet Hunt, Dave Ledger, Sundarajan Kidambi
WGM norm achieved: Jovanka Houska
Alexander Best Game Prize: Julian Hodgson (R7 v B Lalic)

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1999 BCF Major Open (11 Round Swiss)

Ranking	1999 BCF Major Open	Total
1	Robert Willmoth (W7 D3 L1)	8½/11
2-3	David Spence (W6 D4 L1), David Wise (W6 D4 L1)	8
4-12	David W Anderton, Kenan Boztas (U18ch), Lawrence Cooper, Rafe Martyn (U18ch), Petr Marusenko, Shanker Menon (U18ch), J Narayanan, Nick J Rutter, Martin R Taylor (U18ch)	7½
13-18	Bret C Addison, Johnathan R Bourne, Gawain C Jones, Thomas Quilter, Stewart Reuben, Lawrence Trent	7
19-30	Nigel W Blades, C Paul Botham, Chetan Deva, Nicholas Frost, Ameet K Ghasi, Robin W Haldane, Rosalind Kieran (U18 Girls ch), Alex Longson, Anthony CP Milnes, John C Moore, Ross Rattray, Leon M Wooldridge	6½
31-45	Andrew J Bigg, J Boyd, P Collins, Tim Dickinson, Thomas Dougherty, DM Edwards, C Jones, SM Jones, Timothy Lunn, Jonathan B Mutton, Philip J Peck, Elaine Rutherford, Sophie Tidman, John C Tompson, Mark A Whitehead	6
46-60	Matthew D Basey, Stephen P Clark, Oliver J N Cooley, Ian A Debbage, Leigh J Debbage, Michael Hankinson, J Nick Hawkins, Tim Hebbes, RM Jones, Ian G Kelly, Annie Powell, Chris JA Rawlinson, Chris Ray, David A Shaw, Paul L Williamson	5½
61-73	Stephen W Dauber, Roger J Ditchburn, Matthew Duggan, Ludger M Flunkert, M Ford, James J Foster, Graeme Kafka, Bernhard M Klein, Victoria Kowalkowski, Adrian O Pickersgill, Neville Twitchell, Mel J Young	5
74-82	Lucy Broomfield, Stephanie Cadiot, John S Garnett, AJ Hughes, Koichi B Nicholas, David Parr, Liam Varnam, Jack Waller, Laurie Waller	4½
83-90	J Brooke, Christopher S Dossett, Mark Hubbuck, Martin Lachat, Arpi Shah, Anthony J Slinger, Syringa Turvey, G Ward	4
91-96	PJ Ball, Stephen C Bough, Marcus A Coupe, Angus French, Marc-Emile Gey, Ivana Houska	3½
97	Can Celik	3
98-99	N Soloman, C Young	2½
100-101	Willi Meier, Anila Shah	2
102	S M Chivers	1
103-104	P Chin (6 games), T Rahman (1 game)	0

1999 BRITISH SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP (7 Round Swiss)

(1) Ivor BN Smith 5½; (2-4) James R Boyce, Michael Macdonald-Ross, Roelof D Westra 5; (5) D George Ellison 4½; (6) David O Yates 4; (7-17) Donald Baldwin, Keith A Brown, Hugh S Flockhart, Mike B Fox, James S Macrae, P McIntosh, James R Nicolson, JF Taylor, NG Thomas, David A Tidmarsh, Roy Woodcock 3½; (18-19) DJ Brown, David G Levens 3; (20-21) Frank A Boagey, John H Skinner 1½; (22) David A S Buckland ½.

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1999 BRITISH U-18 CHAMPIONSHIP

- Contested with the Major Open

1999 British Under 18 Champions - Boys: Kenan Boztas, Rafe Martyn, Martin Taylor, Shenkar Menon
1999 British Under 18 Champion - Girls: Rosalind Kieran

1999 BRITISH U-16 CHAMPIONSHIP (7 Round Swiss, 18 competitors)

(1) Toby Stock 5½/7; (2-6) Leigh Debbage, Thomas Dougherty, Marieanne Howard, David Simpson, Michael White 4½; (7-8) Toby Haslinger, Simon Williams 4

U16 Girls: Marieanne Howard

1999 BRITISH U-15 CHAMPIONSHIP (played as part of the U16 Championship)

(Open/Girls): Marieanne Howard 4½

1999 BRITISH U-14 CHAMPIONSHIP (7 round Swiss, 22 competitors)

(1-2) Andrew Farley, Rafe Martyn 5½; (3) John Rennie 5; (4-6) James Buchanan, Gareth Mitchell, Thomas Nixon 4½

U14 Girls: Alison Winston 3

1999 BRITISH U-13 CHAMPIONSHIP (7 Round Swiss, 34 competitors)

(1) Lawrence Trent 6/7; (2-3) Kenan Boztas, Thomas Nixon 5½; (4) Michael Zoubaida 5, (5-7) Christopher Hansell, Christopher Jones, Jonathan Lappage 4½

U13 Girls: Theresa Khoo 4

1999 BRITISH U-12 CHAMPIONSHIP (7 Round Swiss, 48 competitors)

(1-4) Christopher Dorrington, Sumeet Ghasi, Amir Habibi, Jonathan Lappage 5½/7; (5-6) Adam Eckersley-Waites, James Heppell 5

U12 Girls: Sabrina Chevannes 4½

1999 BRITISH U-11 CHAMPIONSHIP (7 Round Swiss, 45 competitors)

(1) William Bennett 6½; (2) Colin Hall 6; (3-4) James Heppell, David Howell 5½; (5-7) Jacob Bigio, Samuel Buckley, Daniel Diamond 5

U11 Girls: Sarah Hegarty 4

1999 BRITISH U-10 CHAMPIONSHIP (7 Round Swiss, 42 competitors)

(1) David Howell 6½/7; (2-4) Samuel Buckley, Sarah Hegarty, Christopher Macdonald 5½; (5-6) Simon Fowler, Thomas Sharp 5

U10 Girls: Sarah Hegarty 5½

1999 BRITISH U-9 CHAMPIONSHIP (7 Round Swiss, 51 competitors)

(1) David Howell 7/7; (2) James Hanley 6; (3) Sebastian Pozzo 5½; (4-9) Nicholas Baranga, Daniel Hall, Selina Khoo, Naomi Miller, Peter Poobalasingam, Tom Robinson 5

U9 Girls: Selina Khoo, Naomi Miller 5

1999 BRITISH U-8 CHAMPIONSHIP (6 Round Swiss, 41 competitors)

(1-4) Christopher Bellin, Dana Hawrami, Selina Khoo, Sebastian Pozzo 5/6; 5 Murray David 4½

U8 Girls: Selina Khoo

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U-175 CHAMPIONSHIP (5 Round Swiss)

(1) Alec J Toll 4½; (2) KJ Palmer 4; (3-6) A Downham, NL Gough, M Peart, T Stock 3½; (7-8) R Slade, PC Stokes 3; (9-16) Stephen Connor, RW Howley, Claire Lusher, PS Morton, Carl Portman, MJ Reddie, P Ribbands, MA Shaw 2½; (17-19) SG Barr, RH Donaghay, Lydia Goodman 2; (20-22) JE Lutton, A Pinkerton, A Price 1½; (23) A Foulds 1; (24) M Morrison 0;

U-150 CHAMPIONSHIP (5 Round Swiss)

(1) D Stewart 4½/5; (2-6) MJ Cawston, B Foreman, O Gill, Claire Lusher, R Scott 4; (7-8) MT Flanagan, JR Ramsey 3½; (9-19) ML Bush, Stanley E Cranmer, Hugh S Flockhart, L Gold, L Hunt, PN Mitcheson, PS Morton, GA Murphy, P Ribbands, P Rivers, R Woodcock 3; (20-25) I Brooke, AP Dickinson, DF Edwards, D Flynn, TM Turner, T Woods 2½; (26-34) H Berlin, A Foulds, James S Macrae, N Mahoney, GS McCormick, James R Nicolson, LP Roche, G Walker, E Winn 2; (35-40) W McLaughlin, M Morrison, PE Richards, AJ Sage, Lucy Smith, DG Woodruff 1½; (41-43) L Beech, R Gosden, JT Hennigan 1; (44) PH Jackson ½.

U-125 CHAMPIONSHIPS (5 Round Swiss)

(1-2) H Berlin, RC Burroughs 4½/5; (3-6) S Brooks, L Cornhill, R Harris, PE Higgins 4; (7-13) R Gosden, SA Horrell, Edward W Jarah, K Jardine, LP Roche, J Sutcliffe, R Thompson 3½; (14-26) P Flint, Douglas M Forbes, L Hunt, JM Knowles, DJ Langridge, N Mahoney, CJ Newman, MJ Palmer, NR Pearce, PE Richards, AJ Sage, J Shaddick, AJ Wilson 3; (27-40) Neville Belinfante, Lana Boztas, ASF Cross, JB Farrell, V Ghasi, G Gibson, MJ Gunn, G Harrison, RJ Hulley, A Hung, GM Kirby, JB Smith, A Trent, G Walker 2½; (41-47) L Beech, D Cuckson, DE Hardcastle, DW Lewis, GR Marshall, RS Matthews, A Swersky 2; (48-56) E Buck, MC Callis, L Dorrington, PE Elliott, T Jepson, D Rennie, RN Smith, R Vallance, J Wynn 1½; (57-58) DA Brooke, P Chin 1; (59-60) D Everitt, W McLaughlin 1½; (61) WJ McAvoy 0.

U100 CHAMPIONSHIP (5 Round Swiss, 44 Competitors)

(1-2) Edward Leung, Matthew Watson 4½/5

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WEEK 1 TOURNAMENT (27 Competitors)

(1-3) Steve Connor, Margaretha Jansen, G Maton 4/5; (4-6) John A Dodgson, Dharma Tjiam, AJ Toll 3½

5 DAY WEEK 2 TOURNAMENT (21 Competitors)

(1-3) J Beedle, TM Turner, Carey A Wilman 4/5; (4-5) Roger L Paige, M Rogerson 3½

WEEK 1 HARRY BAINES (9 Round Swiss, 20 Competitors)

(1-2) B Marshall, Daniel Rosen 7/9; (3) Raymond Gamble 6

WEEK 2 HARRY BAINES (8 Round Swiss, 21 Competitors)

(1-2) R Newton, DF Thompson 7/8; (3-4) John A Philpott, CR Price 6; (5-6) B Marshall, A Ramage 5½

RAPIDPLAY 1st AUGUST (6 Round Swiss, 71 Competitors)

(1) Bogdan Lalic 6/6; (2) Ziaur Rahman 5½; (3-5) Abdullah Al-Rakib, Daniel Gormally, Krishnan Sasikiran 5

RAPIDPLAY 8th AUGUST (6 Round Swiss, 50 Competitors)

(1-2) Bogdan Lalic, Reefat Bin Sattar 5½/6; (3) Peter Mercs 5; (4-7) Michael Bushill, James Cobb, Maxim Devereaux, Peter Marusenko 4½

WEEKEND ATKINS TOURNAMENT - OPEN (6 Round Swiss, 16 Competitors)

(1) T Pieper 5/6; (2-3) J Ahmad, S Gregory 4½

WEEKEND SOANES TOURNAMENT - U140 5 pts (6 Round Swiss, 32 Competitors)

(1) P Ribbands 5/6; (2-4) R Murray, P Plant, D Stewart 4½

WEEKEND YATES TOURNAMENT - U110 (6 Round Swiss, 32 Competitors)

(1-2) G Boothman, N Mahoney 5/6; (3-5) L Beech, RN Smith, R Thompson 4½

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Scarborough 1st-14th August 1999

Report by Neil Graham, Director of Congress Chess

The 86th British Championships, again sponsored by Smith and Williamson, were held at the Spa Centre, Scarborough - a gap of some 69 years since the Federation had last visited the premier resort of North East England.

The clash with the F.I.D.E World Championship in Las Vegas meant that GMs Michael Adams, Nigel Short, Matthew Sadler, Jon Speelman and Tony Miles were unable to compete but their absence ensured an outstanding entry from other grandmasters and I.M.s who were hopeful of profiting whilst the super-GMs were away. When on Monday all competitors were sat at the board a record entry of 92 players was announced.

However, if we turn the clock back slightly to Sunday 1st, play commenced with the opening Rapidplay where grandmaster Bogdan Lalic, anxious to garner Onyx Grand Prix points, finished with 6/6. Ziaur Rahman, a member of the Bangladeshi Chess Federation, was second with his compatriot Abdullah Al-Rakib sharing third place. The good form of both Bangladeshi and Indian delegations would soon be apparent in the Championships.

The main sessions started on 2nd August and at lunchtime the first of a disturbing series of incidents took place when a female player in one of the morning sessions had her purse stolen, apparently from under the table from where she was playing. During the course of the tournament another 3 competitors were to lose their valuables in similar circumstances plus a laptop computer taken from the arbiters. These thefts were clearly the work of professional local criminals, one of whom was caught after using a competitor's stolen credit card in a local supermarket. Apart from these incidents the congress proceeded without mishap or problem to the tournament's end.

In the Championship itself Julian Hodgson, winner in both 1991 & 1992, drew with Harriet Hunt in the second round and then saw off all his main rivals and by the time he had reached 6½/7 there was talk of him beating his 1991 record of 10/11. This was not to be however and draws with Wells and Rowson left the Hampstead grandmaster a point clear of the field entering Round 11. Neither of these games had been easy for Julian with the Scottish player missing a clear opportunity in Round Ten. After last year and it being Friday 13th I did not dare predict that a play-off wouldn’t take place but Peter Wells and Ziaur Rahman, a point adrift, agreed a quick draw in seven moves leaving Julian the chance to quickly end hostilities with Tony Kosten to take the £10,000 first prize outright.

Again I will mention just some of the remaining highlights. Last year’s brother-sister duels between the Houska and Buckley families were surpassed this year by the entry of the three Ledger brothers and reinforcements for Melanie and Simon Buckley with the addition of brother David to the Championship. Both Simon Buckley and David Ledger were on course for International Master norms with David achieving his but Simon just missing out. The youngest ever boy and girl entrants to the Championships were Murugan Thiruchelvam and Humpy Koneru. Whilst neither of them was ever in the leading group of competitors, both showed that they will be challenging for honours in future years. The foreign delegations did extremely well, Zaiur Rahman gained a Grandmaster norm, describing the event as his best ever tournament, whilst Sundaraja Kidambi (India) gained an International Master norm. Jonathan Rowson (Grandmaster), Jovanka Houska (Woman Grandmaster) and Harriet Hunt (International Master) also achieved title qualifications.

There were notable scores in the remaining events with Selina Khoo (Weybridge) taking three junior titles, as did Marieanne Howard (Solihull). Rafe Martyn (Brussels) was 1st= in the under 14s in the morning whilst playing in the Major Open in the afternoon and sharing the U18 title which is part of that tournament. Christopher Bellin who was joint Under 8 winner was presented with his prize by parents Jana and Robert.

The all-play-all was quietly put to sleep and the Under 175 became the fourth grading limited event and on its first outing was won by tournament regular Alec Toll. Disappointingly there was no cricket this year as extensive efforts failed to find opponents. Sunday was not the best day for weather anyway as those that ventured as far as Old Trafford to watch England v New Zealand can testify. The questionnaire was distributed and suggestions sought although the demand to "find a better eclipse next year" is even beyond my capabilities. The Sunday quiz was better supported than ever with some 30 teams in competition and the valiant efforts of the Ledgers to wrest the title from my team of John Robinson, Bob Jones and Charles Tippleston resulted in a tie. If only I had followed Bob’s advice that the photo was Brigitte Bardot and not written Claudia Schiffer. Francis Rayner gave a piano recital on Saturday in the impressive Great Hall enjoyed by a small but enthusiastic audience.

Local publicity was especially good and I am indebted to the Scarborough Evening News for their excellent work at the Championships. I would have liked to say the same about the television but once again chess was thrown overboard in favour of the regional bingo-calling champion. Also dredged up from the deep was the story of the grandmaster and the giant octopus which teletext editor John Henderson researched during his coverage of the Championships. The Walker family again ran the web pages with a mirror site being provided by Chess & Bridge. Andrew Martin provided a superb commentary and provided boxes full of books (or a book) which presumably had proved indigestible to the Octopus. Useful contributions to his commentary were awarded book prizes although none were given for the walkie-talkie system which was tried and found wanting.

The Championship could not have taken place without the dedicated organisers who gave up their time to run the event. I would like to thank the team of David Welch, Richard Furness, Alex McFarlane, Peter Purland, Alec Webster, Ian Cowen, Roger Edwards, John Turnock, John Robinson and Lana Barnes (arbiters); Victor Cross, Mike O'Hara and Tony Corfe (office); John Henderson, Bob Jones, Denis Walker and Peter Walker (publicity). In addition Gillian and Peter Turner, Maureen Edwards and Arnold Lutton manned the BCF stall with valuable support from Alison Rawlinson, Nathaniel and Josiah Lutton.

In addition I would like to thank the staff at the Spa Centre and the hospitality shown throughout Scarborough for making our stay such a happy one. We will be back soon! Finally to the competitors and their families - thank you for attending and we hope to see you in 2000 at Millfield School for the Smith and Williamson British Championships - the 87th Annual Championships of the British Chess Federation.

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File updated

Date	Notes
1999	First uploaded to BritBase in 1999 as a zipped file.
2 January 2009	The number of complete games has been increased to 471, thanks to Brian Denman who has kindly sent me 19 more games which were included in the printed bulletin but for some reason never found their way into the version made available online (or in the Mega Database).
20 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 can be kept at 471, plus 12 games from subsidiary events. If anyone still wants the 35 stubs, they can be found at this link.