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Tournament: 61st British Championship (won by Botterill) (all 176 games + 21-game play-off + 6 other games)
Venue: Clacton • Dates: 5-16 August 1974 • Download PGN Updated 4 June, 2026 11:38 AM

1974 British Chess Championship, Clacton, 5-16 August • 1973« »1975

1974 British Chess
Championship		 Fed Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11  Total 
1 George S Botterill ENG 2410 b31+ w8= w13= b3+ b6- w4= b9= w5- w28+ b21+ w16+ 7
2 William R Hartston ENG 2480m b16= w20= b14= w25= b22+ w27= b24+ w6= b8+ w3= b5= 7
3 A Howard Williams WLS 2405 b27= w9+ b24= w1- b14= w21+ b16- w19+ w11+ b2= b8+ 7
4 Robert Bellin ENG 2355 w11+ b10= w23+ b13= w7= b1= w8= b16= b5- w14+ w12+ 7
5 Michael F Stean ENG 2345 w18= b15= w21+ b10= w16= b7= w13= b1+ w4+ b6= w2= 7
6 A Jonathan Mestel ENG 2270 w29+ b13= w10= b15+ w1+ w8= b14+ b2= w16= w5= b7- 7
7 Michael J Haygarth ENG   w26+ w14+ b16- w24= b4= w5= b27= b13= w21+ b10= w6+ 7
8 Simon Webb ENG 2380 w32+ b1= w17+ b16+ w27+ b6= b4= w10= w2- b12= w3- 6½
9 Nigel J Holloway ENG   w15= b3- w30+ b23= w13= b12= w1= w22+ b27+ b16= w10= 6½
10 Andrew P Law ENG   b19+ w4= b6= w5= b24= w16= b25+ b8= w12= w7= b9= 6½
11 Jonathan Penrose ENG 2450m b4- b26= w18= b12= w15= w22= b31+ w27+ b3- w25+ b13= 6
12 John D M Nunn ENG 2395 b14- w19- b32+ w11= b26+ w9= w23+ b15+ b10= w8= b4- 6
13 Alan H Perkins ENG 2360 b25+ w6= b1= w4= b9= w24= b5= w7= w14= b15= w11= 6
14 Victor W Knox ENG 2310 w12+ b7- w2= b17= w3= b30+ w6- w25+ b13= b4- w22+ 6
15 Ian J Sinclair SCO   b9= w5= b28= w6- b11= w20+ b17+ w12- b23+ w13= b18= 6
16 Jonathan S Speelman ENG   w2= b18+ w7+ w8- b5= b10= w3+ w4= b6= w9= b1- 6
17 Brian R Eley ENG 2350 b22+ w24= b8- w14= w18= b23= w15- b28- b31+ w27+ w19= 5½
18 David J Mabbs ENG   b5= w16- b11= w31+ b17= w25- b19- w23= bye+ b28+ w15= 5½
19 C Jonathan Lennox SCO   w10- b12+ b27- w21= b20= w31= w18+ b3- b24+ w22= b17= 5½
20 Peter H Clarke ENG 2355 w23= b2= b22- w26= w19= b15- w30= b29+ b25- bye+ w21= 5
21 Gerald H Bennett ENG   b28= w27= b5- b19= w29+ b3- w26+ w24+ b7- w1- b20= 5
22 Roger Webb ENG   w17- b32+ w20+ b27- w2- b11= w29+ b9- w30+ b19= b14- 5
23 Alan T Ludgate ENG   b20= w28+ b4- w9= b25= w17= b12- b18= w15- w31= b29+ 5
24 Owen M Hindle ENG   w30+ b17= w3= b7= w10= b13= w2- b21- w19- b26= bye+ 5
25 Jeff Horner ENG   w13- b30= w29+ b2= w23= b18+ w10- b14- w20+ b11- w26= 5
26 Stephen Swanson SCO   b7- w11= b31= b20= w12- w28= b21- bye+ b29= w24= b25= 4½
27 Peter W Hempson ENG   w3= b21= w19+ w22+ b8- b2= w7= b11- w9- b17- w30= 4½
28 Ronald Thomas ENG   w21= b23- w15= b29- w30= b26= bye+ w17+ b1- w18- b31= 4½
29 Malcolm J Lightfoot ENG   b6- w31= b25- w28+ b21- bye+ b22- w20- w26= b30+ w23- 4
30 Derek M Wise ENG   b24- w25= b9- w33+ bye+ w14- b20= w31+ b22- w29- b27= 4
31 Otto H Hardy ENG   w1- b29= w26= b18- w33+ b19= w11- b30- w17- b23= w28= 3½
32 Paul Yerbury ENG   b8- w22- w12- withdrew 0 / 3

Play-off for the 1974 British Championship title, Llanelli, 14-21 December 1974 • 1973« »1975

1974 Championship Play-Off Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7  Total 
1 George Steven Botterill 2410
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1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 4½
2 William Roland Hartston 2480m 0
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1 ½ ½ 1 1 4
3 A Jonathan Mestel 2270 0 0
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1 ½ 1 1 3½
4 Michael J Haygarth   ½ ½ 0
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½ ½ 1 3
5 Michael F Stean 2345 ½ ½ ½ ½
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½ 0 2½
6 Robert Bellin 2355 ½ 0 0 ½ ½
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½ 2
7 (Arthur) Howard Williams 2405 0 0 0 0 1 ½
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1½

1974 British Ladies Chess Championship, Clacton • 1973« »1975

1974 British Ladies Championship Residence Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12  Total 
1 Jana Hartston (née Malypetrova) Cambridge 2210wm
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½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10
2 Susan L Caldwell     ½
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½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8½
3 Sheila Jackson     ½ ½
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½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 8½
4 Margaret Eileen Elizabeth (Peggy) Clarke     0 ½ ½
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½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 8
5 (Patricia) Anne Sunnucks Crowthorne   0 1 0 ½
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0 1 1 1 1 0 1 6½
6 Alison J Povall Moreton   0 0 ½ 0 1
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½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 6
7 Miss Mary A Hutchinson     0 0 ½ 0 0 ½
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0 1 1 1 1 5
8 Kathleen Josephine Hindle (née Patterson)     0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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0 1 1 ½ 3½
9 Olive Cecily Chataway (née Richards) Harrow   0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1
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0 ½ 1 3
10 Miss Bernadette Higgins     0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1
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0 1 3
11 Miss Susan A Hutchinson     0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 ½ 1
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0 2½
12 Miss C J Habershon     0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1
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1½

1974 BCF Major Open Tournament

Rank 1974 BCF Major Open  Total 
1 Louis de Veauce (Purley) 10/11
2-3 John J Carleton (Sutton Coldfield), Ronald F A Harman (Waltham Abbey) 8
4-7 Richard A Beach, Michael P Cook (Suffolk), Robert S MacFarland (Nuneaton), John N Sugden 7
8-14 C. Th. Kiers, Ian McAllan (Sidcup), Nigel E Povah (Streatham), John M Ripley, Peter J Romilly, Alan G Trangmar, J van Weperen 6½
15-21 Leon P Burnett, Dr. Graham P Burton, Keith L Escott, Paul S N Kendall (Newcastle-upon-Tyne), David G MacDonald, Kenneth P Neat, Frank Parr (Ewell) 6
22-28 (Denis) Michael Denison, Julian T Farrand, Robin F G Kneebone, Richard H K Mann (Wareham), Laurie W Prescott, A Philip Primett, John F Turnock 5½
29-36 Leslie S Blackstock (Kidderminster), Paul F Habershon, Alan E Hanreck, Peter Morrey, John W Naylor, James R Nicolson, Peter W Stuart (NZL), J Westerhof 5
37-42 Percy B Cook, D Blake, Martin H Hawley, M D Smith, James E Vickery, Thomas H Wise 4½
43-46 Terry B Bennett, John A Gorman, Roger Hardy, C J Jones 4
47-48 John A Feavyour, George Szaszvari 3½
49 S W Gordon 3
50 Roger D de Coverly (Bourne End) 2

1974 British U-21 Championship

(1) John G Nicholson 9/11; (2) David/Dafydd R Johnston 8½; (3) Jonathan Kinlay 7½; (4) Lawrence J Glazier 7; (5-7) Andrew J Morley, David I Patrick, David Wise 6½; (8-15) Neill S Cooper, Anthony L Hosking, Glenn E J Lambert, Andrew P LeFevre, Peter J Lee, Malcolm R Major, Richard John Fairfax Sams, R L Smith 6; (16) Ivan P Legg 5½; (17-21) Martin Goldschmidt, M K Jones, Anthony J Lane, R A Rigby (Sale), Peter D Rooney 5; (22-23) Alan Reid, David A Tarbuck 4½; (24-25) Peter Hanks (Kings Norton), I Nelson 4; (26) C R Brown 3 (from 7); (27-28) P R Bullen, A Coe 2.

1974 British U-18 Championship

(1) Colin S Crouch 8½/11; (2-3) David A Curnow, Timothy Richard Holt1 8; (4) Graham D Hillyard 7½; (5-6) Thomas Howdle, John C Pigott 7; (7-15) N P Alexander, K S Ashman, Philip T R Gasper, Graham D J Keane, Duncan Kerr, David P Mooney, G Palmer, Emmanuel Rayner, Peter A Richmond 6½; (16-20) Paul A Aston, Paul Russell Davies, A M McCaig, S Threlfall, Ian J Wallis 6; (21-27) John Anderson (Redditch), C Button, Stuart Fancy, Martin A Lee, Amit Mozoomdar, Alan John Frank Riley, Kenneth P Warren 5½; (28-37) S Bradford, David J Coleman, R H Lingham, Graeme S McCormick (Belfast), Stephen John Pimentil, John R Tombs, Laurence J Dregent (Ilford), Stephen B Death, Julian Paul Fetterlein, K S Jones 4½; (38-40) John E Dolamore (Ilford), K F Shaw (Manchester), S Williams 4; (41-44) P G Adams, C J Atkin, C J Brown, Andrew Lacy (Londonderry) 3½; (45-46) Peter John Szalapaj, I Bourne 3.

1 Timothy Richard Holt (b 26 July 1957, Norwich; d 1st qtr of 1975, Surrey SW). From Mike Conroy's book A History of Lancashire Chess (2009): "In 1972 the Lancashire Under 15 Champion was Tim Holt of Bolton. Tim made a rapid improvement and by 1974 was really impressive. In the 1974 British Under 18 Championship he was unbeaten, finishing second with 7/11, only half a point behind the leader. The England junior selectors at the end of 1974 picked him to play in an international junior tournament in Norway, where he finished sixth. Tragically, soon after his return, he collapsed and died from an asthma attack."

1974 British U-16 Championship

(1-4) Chris W Baker (Coventry), Paul Hadden (Belfast), H Dugald MacPherson (Grantchester), Shaun M Taulbut (Marlborough) 8/11; (5) John A Bower1 (Beaconsfield) 7½; (6-7) Trevor Fernley, J N White (Hitchin) 7; (8-11) P A Bancroft, Jonathan C Benjamin (Kew), Chris K Holland, S P Jackson 6½; (12-16) M J Coogan (London), M Cox, David A Phillips (Mitcham), Stephen J Popham, Daniel Shuttleworth 6; (17-23) G Blackbourn, J E Hudson, A Johnston, Norman A Lazonby, Keith Ponting (Aberdeen), Stephen J Shutler, M Spencer 5½; (24-29) K A Bocker, G Hardy, T P Love, Christopher H Parkes (Belfast), Simon Spivack (London), R Withnall (Walsall) 5; (30-32) Paul Hackman, R van E Kummer, Owen S Phillips 4½; (33-35) David G Hackett, S J Hooker, R Palmer 4; (36-38) E I J P Fletcher, S J Foale, D Patel 3½; (39-40) Thomas Clarke (Belfast), A H Thomas 3. 1 Prior to the last round John Bower had been half a point ahead of the four eventual winners, but lost.

1974 British U-14 Championship

(1) Paul G Smith 9/11; (2-3) Nicholas R Benjamin, Julian M Hodgson 8; (4-7) Nicolas Mark M Andrews, Mark R Charter, Nicholas W Ivell, H James Plaskett 7½; (8-9) Mark J Dubey, Daniel J King 7; (10-15) Michael A Carnochan, David Elkin, Michael J Farrington (Cookham), Russell G Granat, C D McGregor, M Paul Townsend 6½; (16-22) Robert D M Alster, Granville Boot (Huddersfield), Adam Jefferson Griffiths, Clive E Hill (Harrow), S Johnson, A C McGregor, P Wilson 6; (23-27) Martin J Benjamin, Benjamin P Q Collinson, Andrew J King, D J Marshall, Carl A Plasa 5½; (28-35) Neil W Cannon, George N Crockart, Tom Farrand, A D Gregory (Watford), Timothy H Jones (Denby), T McGregor, G C Park, Robert Williams (Belfast) 5; (36-43) A Barron, J C Barron, Colin P Garwood, W Hall, M Hare, N Lyne, C Tuthill, Richard M Webb 4½; (44-45) C C Man, Matthew P Sames 4; (46) R J Lee 3½; (47-48) Piers Jeremy Coxon, W Man 3; (49) A J Jordan 2½; (50) M Man 1½.

1974 British Girls U-18 Championship

1974 British Girls Under 18 Championship 1 2 3 4 5 6  Total 
1 Jane Anson
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1 ½ ½ 1 1 4
2 Wanda Pritchard 0
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1 ½ 1 1 3½
3 Stephanie Jordan ½ 0
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1 1 1 3½
4 Sandra J Wood ½ ½ 0
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1 ½ 2½
5 Lynn M Povall (later Ashton) 0 0 0 0
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1 1
6 Francesca Quinn 0 0 0 ½ 0
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½

I'm grateful to Jane Eichmann (née Anson) for providing results and full names of the players in this section. She points out that it was definitely Sandra J Wood (from Boston, Lincolnshire) and not Suzanne/Suzzane J Wood (Middlesex), who took part in this tournament. Also, it is Stephanie (and not Sheila) Jordan - JS

1974 British Girls U-14 Championship

(1) Helen Granat 4½/5; (2-3) Jane F Seymour, Shirley J Wilson 3½; (4-5) Julia F W Park, Sharon M Prince 3; (6) Angela Eagle 2½; (7-8) Penelope Anne Coxon, Maria Eagle 2; (9) Sally Atkin 1; (10) Carena Nicholas 0.

BCF Over 60s Tournament

(1-3) Charles Ambrose Scott Damant, G B Smith, Harry I Woolverton 9/11; (4-5) Wilfred Evans (Chorleywood), W R Withers 6½; (6) Alfred Milner 5½; (7-9) W A Dixon, M McCaig, J W Prosser 4; (10) D W Cay 3½; (11) Frank Richardson 3; (12) Peter Doig 2.

BCF First Class

(1) John Jamieson Galloway 9/11; (2-3) D Meyers [Dan E Mayers?], J H Schofield (Darwen) 8; (4-5) David Blair (Belfast), Henry James Draisey 7½; (6-7) R Alan Barton, Lucien Mouillaux 7; (8-12) Dr. Reinhard Cherubim, R Franklin, Robin A E Shaw, W J A Vellekoop, S L Whitehead 6½; (13-20) G Alec Boswell, Simon Macaulay, A Mack, D McGregor, Michael H Micklethwaite, David L Read, Jack A Speigel, David J Turner, Stephen Welbourne 6; (21-24) Michael L Baumber, L Fainlight, George V Glover, J H Hasselt 5½; (25-29) P Griffiths, Anthony D Meakes, Arthur Pinkerton, Barry H Thompson, E J West 5; (30-35) P Montgomery, Truman V Parrott, John Philip Scragg, W A Shutler, Miss L Toth, Frank A Winter 4½; (36-38) V Ramjit, (Claude) Ellery Williams, P J Yorke 4; (39-41) G A Bowles, G Brayley, C Cheetham 3½; (42-43) John C Calvert, G H Phillips 2½.

Five-day First Week (Mornings)

(1) Paul R Bielby 4/5; (2-4) Dr. Eric N Bramley (Slough), Mike J Conroy (Bolton), H Happel 3½; (5) Raymond J Starkie 3; (6-8) N Happel, R J Nash, Dr. Ronald Hugh S Phillips 2½; (9-11) Jacob (Jack) Alster, Brian J Benjamin, Anthony J Doherty 2; (12-13) S Carpenter, Mrs F Enns 1½; (14) A Danic 1.

Five-day Second Week (Mornings)

(1) Mike J Conroy (Bolton) 4½; (2) Paul R Bielby 4; (3-7) A Anstey, Brian J Benjamin, Alan D Gravett, Richard J Haddrell, Leigh A Trangmar 3; (8-9) Helen Granat, Raymond J Starkie 2½; (10-12) S Carpenter, R G Jones, A Willis 2; (13-15) Penelope Anne Coxon, Maria Eagle (Formby), Dr. Ronald Hugh S Phillips 1½; (16) Angela Eagle (Formby) 1.

Five-day First Week (Afternoon)

(1) Robert L Baker (Coventry) 4½/5; (2) James Steedman 4; (3) John David Howard Nicholas 3½; (4-7) J L Barks, D Greensmith, J A Hutchinson, E Barry Sandercock (Gerrards Cross) 3; (8-9) John P Knee (Malvern), Roy Alan Wagstaff (Wanstead) 2½; (10-12) David John F Bull, Michael J Doran, R S Thornton 2; (13-15) S Bradford, K C Jones (Lichfield), P Kenning 1½; (16) Mrs J Withers ½.

Five-day Second Week (Afternoon)

(1-3) J Lehmenzick, James Steedman, Anthony K Swift 4/5; (4-6) Robert L Baker (Coventry), E Barry Sandercock (Gerrards Cross), Roy Alan Wagstaff (Wanstead) 3½; (7-9) John P Knee (Malvern), A S Kochen, John David Howard Nicholas 3; (10-15) D Greensmith, Joseph John Lauder, Ian Charles Richard MacGillivray, Derek William Alistair Packham, Colin L Ridley (Daventry), Ronald Herbert Saunders 2½; (16-19) K C Jones (Lichfield), Miss Jeanie Paterson ("Pat") Renwick, Miss J C Moore, R G Threlfall (Lichfield) 2; (20-22) Nigel W Dennis (Henley), Miss Annie Hilda Gammans, Miss Sharon M Prince 1½; (23) Mrs J Withers 1; (24) Miss Carena Nicholas 0.

File Updated

Date Notes
17 September 2017 Updated to include crosstables and results.
28 September 2020 Minor update to record the fact that Bellin-Nunn (Rd 11) ended with a loss on time rather than a resignation, as detailed in a letter from John Nunn published in CHESS, December 1974, p87.
16 March 2021 Added the game Trangmar-Cook, Major Open, sourced from the Cambridge University CC bulletin Dragon.
08 February 2022 Thanks to Jane Eichmann (née Anson) we now have the full, corrected results of the 1974 British Girls' Under-18 Championship.
4 June 2026 Added the game S B Death 0-1 J Anderson, British U18 Championship.