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Event: West of England Championship • 28 games • last updated Wednesday May 3, 2023 6:00 PM
Venue: Various / Bristol • Dates: March, 4-7 April 1947 • Download PGNTournament Bulletin (PDF)

2nd West of England Chess Union (WECU) Championship, March/April 1947

1947 WECU Championship Resid. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8  Total 
1 Andrew Rowland Benedick Thomas Tiverton
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½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1
2 Harold Vincent Mallison Devon ½
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½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 4
3 Francis Ernest Appleyard Kitto Kenbury House 0 ½
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1 0 1 ½ 1 4
4 Henry Vickers W Trevenen   0 ½ 0
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1 1 1 ½ 4
5 Ronald Mackay Bruce Plymouth ½ 0 1 0
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1 0 ½ 3
6 Chris Sullivan Plymouth ½ 1 0 0 0
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½ 1 3
7 Ronald Augustus Slade Bristol 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½
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0
8 David Vincent Hooper Somerset 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1
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2

The tournament schedule was unusual: the first two rounds were played in March at different venues, with the full complement of players coming together in Bristol to play the remaining five rounds over the Easter weekend. Rate of play: 43 moves in 2½ hours. 17 moves per hour thereafter, except round 7, which was 34 moves in 2 hours.


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Date Notes
1997 First uploaded here 1997 as a zipped file
19 June 2022 Added crosstable, provided dates for most games.