1974 British Chess Championship, Clacton, 5-16 August • 1973« »1975
1974 British Chess
Championship |
Fed |
Elo |
BCF
(1974) |
Residence |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
Total |
| 1 |
George S Botterill |
WLS |
2410 |
220 |
Aberystwyth |
b31+ |
w8= |
w13= |
b3+ |
b6- |
w4= |
b9= |
w5- |
w28+ |
b21+ |
w16+ |
7 |
| 2 |
William R Hartston |
ENG |
2480m |
240 |
Cambridge |
b16= |
w20= |
b14= |
w25= |
b22+ |
w27= |
b24+ |
w6= |
b8+ |
w3= |
b5= |
7 |
| 3 |
A Howard Williams |
WLS |
2405 |
224 |
Pontyclun |
b27= |
w9+ |
b24= |
w1- |
b14= |
w21+ |
b16- |
w19+ |
w11+ |
b2= |
b8+ |
7 |
| 4 |
Robert Bellin |
ENG |
2355 |
219 |
Gt Yarmouth |
w11+ |
b10= |
w23+ |
b13= |
w7= |
b1= |
w8= |
b16= |
b5- |
w14+ |
w12+ |
7 |
| 5 |
Michael F Stean |
ENG |
2345 |
230 |
Kew |
w18= |
b15= |
w21+ |
b10= |
w16= |
b7= |
w13= |
b1+ |
w4+ |
b6= |
w2= |
7 |
| 6 |
A Jonathan Mestel |
ENG |
2270 |
226 |
Lewes |
w29+ |
b13= |
w10= |
b15+ |
w1+ |
w8= |
b14+ |
b2= |
w16= |
w5= |
b7- |
7 |
| 7 |
Michael J Haygarth |
ENG |
|
211 |
Leeds |
w26+ |
w14+ |
b16- |
w24= |
b4= |
w5= |
b27= |
b13= |
w21+ |
b10= |
w6+ |
7 |
| 8 |
Simon Webb |
ENG |
2380 |
226 |
Harlington |
w32+ |
b1= |
w17+ |
b16+ |
w27+ |
b6= |
b4= |
w10= |
w2- |
b12= |
w3- |
6½ |
| 9 |
Nigel J Holloway |
ENG |
|
214 |
Plymouth |
w15= |
b3- |
w30+ |
b23= |
w13= |
b12= |
w1= |
w22+ |
b27+ |
b16= |
w10= |
6½ |
| 10 |
Andrew P Law |
ENG |
|
213 |
London |
b19+ |
w4= |
b6= |
w5= |
b24= |
w16= |
b25+ |
b8= |
w12= |
w7= |
b9= |
6½ |
| 11 |
Dr. Jonathan Penrose |
ENG |
2450m |
219 |
London |
b4- |
b26= |
w18= |
b12= |
w15= |
w22= |
b31+ |
w27+ |
b3- |
w25+ |
b13= |
6 |
| 12 |
John D M Nunn |
ENG |
2395 |
227 |
Oxford |
b14- |
w19- |
b32+ |
w11= |
b26+ |
w9= |
w23+ |
b15+ |
b10= |
w8= |
b4- |
6 |
| 13 |
Alan H Perkins |
ENG |
2360 |
210 |
Islington |
b25+ |
w6= |
b1= |
w4= |
b9= |
w24= |
b5= |
w7= |
w14= |
b15= |
w11= |
6 |
| 14 |
Victor W Knox |
ENG |
2310 |
204 |
Cheadle |
w12+ |
b7- |
w2= |
b17= |
w3= |
b30+ |
w6- |
w25+ |
b13= |
b4- |
w22+ |
6 |
| 15 |
Ian J Sinclair |
SCO |
|
|
Kilmacolm |
b9= |
w5= |
b28= |
w6- |
b11= |
w20+ |
b17+ |
w12- |
b23+ |
w13= |
b18= |
6 |
| 16 |
Jonathan S Speelman |
ENG |
|
206 |
London |
w2= |
b18+ |
w7+ |
w8- |
b5= |
b10= |
w3+ |
w4= |
b6= |
w9= |
b1- |
6 |
| 17 |
Brian R Eley |
ENG |
2350 |
221 |
Rotherham |
b22+ |
w24= |
b8- |
w14= |
w18= |
b23= |
w15- |
b28- |
b31+ |
w27+ |
w19= |
5½ |
| 18 |
David J Mabbs |
ENG |
|
204 |
Shepperton |
b5= |
w16- |
b11= |
w31+ |
b17= |
w25- |
b19- |
w23= |
bye+ |
b28+ |
w15= |
5½ |
| 19 |
C Jonathan Lennox |
SCO |
|
|
Glasgow |
w10- |
b12+ |
b27- |
w21= |
b20= |
w31= |
w18+ |
b3- |
b24+ |
w22= |
b17= |
5½ |
| 20 |
Peter H Clarke |
ENG |
2355 |
215 |
Bude |
w23= |
b2= |
b22- |
w26= |
w19= |
b15- |
w30= |
b29+ |
b25- |
bye+ |
w21= |
5 |
| 21 |
Gerald H Bennett |
ENG |
|
211 |
Bournemouth |
b28= |
w27= |
b5- |
b19= |
w29+ |
b3- |
w26+ |
w24+ |
b7- |
w1- |
b20= |
5 |
| 22 |
Roger Webb |
ENG |
|
201 |
Islington |
w17- |
b32+ |
w20+ |
b27- |
w2- |
b11= |
w29+ |
b9- |
w30+ |
b19= |
b14- |
5 |
| 23 |
Dr. Alan T Ludgate |
IRL |
|
211 |
Liverpool |
b20= |
w28+ |
b4- |
w9= |
b25= |
w17= |
b12- |
b18= |
w15- |
w31= |
b29+ |
5 |
| 24 |
Owen M Hindle |
ENG |
|
220 |
Cromer |
w30+ |
b17= |
w3= |
b7= |
w10= |
b13= |
w2- |
b21- |
w19- |
b26= |
bye+ |
5 |
| 25 |
Jeff Horner |
ENG |
|
222 |
Bolton |
w13- |
b30= |
w29+ |
b2= |
w23= |
b18+ |
w10- |
b14- |
w20+ |
b11- |
w26= |
5 |
| 26 |
Stephen Swanson |
SCO |
|
|
Glasgow |
b7- |
w11= |
b31= |
b20= |
w12- |
w28= |
b21- |
bye+ |
b29= |
w24= |
b25= |
4½ |
| 27 |
Peter W Hempson |
ENG |
|
198 |
Sheffield |
w3= |
b21= |
w19+ |
w22+ |
b8- |
b2= |
w7= |
b11- |
w9- |
b17- |
w30= |
4½ |
| 28 |
Ronald Thomas |
ENG |
|
|
Middlesbrough |
w21= |
b23- |
w15= |
b29- |
w30= |
b26= |
bye+ |
w17+ |
b1- |
w18- |
b31= |
4½ |
| 29 |
Malcolm J Lightfoot |
ENG |
|
187 |
Sunbury |
b6- |
w31= |
b25- |
w28+ |
b21- |
bye+ |
b22- |
w20- |
w26= |
b30+ |
w23- |
4 |
| 30 |
Derek M Wise |
ENG |
|
216 |
Bristol |
b24- |
w25= |
b9- |
w33+ |
bye+ |
w14- |
b20= |
w31+ |
b22- |
w29- |
b27= |
4 |
| 31 |
Otto H Hardy |
ENG |
|
|
Loughborough |
w1- |
b29= |
w26= |
b18- |
w33+ |
b19= |
w11- |
b30- |
w17- |
b23= |
w28= |
3½ |
| 32 |
Paul D Yerbury |
ENG |
|
201 |
London |
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 |
|
1 |
1 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
4½ |
| 2 |
William Roland Hartston |
2480m |
0 |
|
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
4 |
| 3 |
A Jonathan Mestel |
2270 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
3½ |
| 4 |
Michael J Haygarth |
|
½ |
½ |
0 |
|
½ |
½ |
1 |
3 |
| 5 |
Michael F Stean |
2345 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
|
½ |
0 |
2½ |
| 6 |
Robert Bellin |
2355 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
|
½ |
2 |
| 7 |
(Arthur) Howard Williams |
2405 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
½ |
|
1½ |
1974 British Ladies Chess Championship, Clacton • 1973« »1975
| 1974 British Ladies Championship |
Residence |
Elo/BCF |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
Total |
| 1 |
Jana Hartston (« Malypetrova, » Bellin) |
Cambridge |
2210wm/213 |
|
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
10 |
| 2 |
Susan L Caldwell |
Uffington |
|
½ |
|
½ |
½ |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
8½ |
| 3 |
Sheila Jackson |
Liverpool |
|
½ |
½ |
|
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
8½ |
| 4 |
Margaret Eileen Elizabeth (Peggy) Clarke |
Bude |
|
0 |
½ |
½ |
|
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
8 |
| 5 |
(Patricia) Anne Sunnucks (» Mothersill) |
Crowthorne |
wm |
0 |
1 |
0 |
½ |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
6½ |
| 6 |
Alison J Povall |
Moreton |
|
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
|
½ |
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
6 |
| 7 |
Mary A Hutchinson |
Brigg |
|
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
| 8 |
Kathleen Josephine Hindle (« Patterson) |
Cromer |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
0 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
3½ |
| 9 |
Olive Cecily Chataway (« Richards) |
Harrow |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
|
0 |
½ |
1 |
3 |
| 10 |
Bernadette Higgins |
Peckham |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
0 |
1 |
3 |
| 11 |
Susan A Hutchinson (» Selley) |
Brigg |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
|
0 |
2½ |
| 12 |
Catherine J Habershon (» Athearn) |
Frome / Bath |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
1½ |
1974 BCF Major Open Tournament
| Rank |
1974 BCF Major Open |
Total |
| 1 |
Louis de Veauce (Manchester; FIDE 2270) |
10/11 |
| 2-3 |
John J Carleton (Sutton Coldfield), Ronald F A Harman (Waltham Abbey) |
8 |
| 4-7 |
Richard A Beach (Stoke-on-Trent), Michael P Cook (Suffolk), Robert S MacFarland (Nuneaton), John N Sugden (Beckenham) |
7 |
| 8-14 |
C. Th. Kiers, Ian McAllan (Sidcup), Nigel E Povah (Streatham), John M Ripley (Liverpool), Peter J Romilly (Leeds), Alan G Trangmar (Cambridge), J van Weperen (Netherlands) |
6½ |
| 15-21 |
Leon P Burnett (Weston-super-Mare), Dr. Graham P Burton (Oxford), Keith L Escott (Hornchurch), Paul S N Kendall (Newcastle-upon-Tyne), David G MacDonald (Welwyn), Kenneth P Neat (Sunderland), Frank Parr (Ewell) |
6 |
| 22-28 |
(Denis) Michael Denison (Wakefield), Julian T Farrand (Stockport), Robin F G Kneebone (Truro), Richard H K Mann (Wareham), Laurie W Prescott (London), A Philip Primett (Haywards Heath), John F Turnock (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) |
5½ |
| 29-36 |
Leslie S Blackstock (Kidderminster), Paul F Habershon (Bedford), Alan E Hanreck (Charlton), Peter Morrey (Reading), John W Naylor (Tripoli, Libya), James R Nicolson (Manchester), Peter W Stuart (NZL), J Westerhof (Netherlands) |
5 |
| 37-42 |
Percy B Cook (London), D Blake, Martin Harold Hawley (London), Michael D Smith (Worksop), James E Vickery (Hayes; Sheffield Univ), Thomas H Wise (Middlesbrough) |
4½ |
| 43-46 |
Terry B Bennett (Rickmansworth), John A Gorman (Blacon), Roger Hardy (Street), C J Jones |
4 |
| 47-48 |
John A Feavyour (Saxmundham), George Szaszvari (London) |
3½ |
| 49 |
S W Gordon |
3 |
| 50 |
Roger D de Coverly (Bourne End) |
2 |
1974 British U-21 Championship
(1) John G Nicholson (Dulwich, Cambridge Univ) 9/11; (2) David/Dafydd R Johnston (Hull) 8½; (3) Jonathan Kinlay (Islington) 7½; (4) Lawrence J Glazier 7; (5-7) Andrew J Morley (Leicester), David I Patrick (Leicester), David Wise (Middlesbrough) 6½; (8-15) Neill S Cooper (Maidenhead), Anthony L Hosking (Lewkerne), Glenn E J Lambert (Portsmouth), Andrew P LeFevre, Peter J Lee (Southsea), Malcolm R Major (Leicester), Richard John Fairfax Sams, R L Smith (Barry) 6; (16) Ivan P Legg (Gloucester) 5½; (17-21) Martin Goldschmidt, M K Jones, Anthony J Lane (Bramhall), R A Rigby (Sale), Peter D Rooney (Bradford) 5; (22-23) Alan Reid, David A Tarbuck (Lichfield) 4½; (24-25) Peter Hanks (King's Norton), Ian Nelson (Kendal) 4; (26) C R Brown 3 (from 7); (27-28) P R Bullen, A Coe (Bramhall) 2.
1974 British U-18 Championship
(1) Colin S Crouch (Harrow) 8½/11; (2-3) David A Curnow (Epsom), Timothy Richard Holt (Bolton) 8; (4) Graham D Hillyard (Billericay) 7½; (5-6) Thomas Howdle, John C Pigott 7; (7-15) Nicholas P Alexander, Kevin S Ashman (Northwich), Philip T R Gasper, Graham D J Keane, Duncan Kerr, David P Mooney (Sunderland), G Palmer, Emmanuel Rayner, Peter A Richmond (West Bridgford) 6½; (16-20) Paul A Aston (Dorchester), Paul Russell Davies (Bournemouth), A M McCaig, S Threlfall, Ian J Wallis 6; (21-27) John Anderson (Redditch), C Button (Bryanston), Stuart Fancy, Martin A Lee, Amit Mozoomdar, Alan John Frank Riley, Kenneth P Warren (Romford) 5½; (28-37) S Bradford (Bramhall), David J Coleman (Harlow), R H Lingham, Graeme S McCormick (Belfast), Stephen John Pimentil (Liverpool), John R Tombs, Laurence J Dregent (Ilford), Stephen B Death (Chessington), Julian Paul Fetterlein (Cheltenham), K S Jones 4½; (38-40) John E Dolamore (Ilford), K F Shaw (Manchester), S Williams (Plymouth) 4; (41-44) P G Adams, Christopher J Atkin (Swinton), C J Brown, Andrew Lacy (Londonderry) 3½; (45-46) Peter John Szalapaj, I Bourne 3.
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 D Holland (Croydon), S P Jackson 6½; (12-16) M J Coogan (London), Matthew Cox (Crewe), David A Phillips (Ambleside), Stephen J Popham, Daniel Shuttleworth 6; (17-23) G Blackburn, J E Hudson, A Johnston, Norman A Lazonby, Keith Ponting (Aberdeen), Stephen J Shutler (Poole), M Spencer (Grimsby) 5½; (24-29) K A Bocker, G Hardy, T P Love (Portsmouth), Christopher H Parkes (Belfast), Simon Spivack (Maida Vale, London), R Withnall (Walsall) 5; (30-32) Paul Hackman, R van E Kummer (Dorchester), Owen S Phillips (Mitcham) 4½; (33-35) David G Hackett, S J Hooker (Portsmouth), 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 (Redbridge) 9/11; (2-3) Nicholas R Benjamin (Kew), Julian M Hodgson (London) 8; (4-7) Nicolas Mark M Andrews, Mark R Charter (Bournemouth), Nicholas W Ivell (Manchester), H James Plaskett (Bedford) 7½; (8-9) Mark J Dubey, Daniel J King 7; (10-15) Michael A Carnochan, David Elkin, Michael J Farrington (Cookham), Russell G Granat, Christopher D McGregor (Scarborough), M Paul Townsend (Upton-by-Chester) 6½; (16-22) Robert D M Alster, Granville Boot (Huddersfield), Adam Jefferson Griffiths (Southampton), Clive E Hill (Harrow), Simon Johnson (Swinton), A C McGregor, Peter N Wilson (Spilsby) 6; (23-27) Martin J Benjamin, Benjamin P Q Collinson (Plymouth), 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, Gavin Charles Wells Park (Crowborough), Robert Williams (Belfast) 5; (36-43) Adrian Barron (Prescot), J C Barron (Prescot), Colin P Garwood, W Hall, M Hare, N Lyne, C Tuthill, Richard M Webb 4½; (44-45) C C Man, Matthew P Sames (Romford) 4; (46) R J Lee (Southsea) 3½; (47-48) Piers Jeremy Coxon (Wallington), W Man 3; (49) A J Jordan 2½; (50) M Man 1½.
1974 British Girls U-18 Championship, 5-9 August
| 1974 British Girls Under 18 Championship |
Residence |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
Total |
| 1 |
Jane Anson (» Eichmann) |
Plymouth |
|
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
4 |
| 2 |
Wanda Pritchard (» Dakin) |
Godalming |
0 |
|
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
3½ |
| 3 |
Stephanie A Jordan |
Wallasey |
½ |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
3½ |
| 4 |
Sandra J Wood |
Boston |
½ |
½ |
0 |
|
1 |
½ |
2½ |
| 5 |
Lynn M Povall (» Ashton) |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
1 |
1 |
| 6 |
Francesca Quinn |
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
|
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, 5-9 August
(1) Helen M Granat (Merton Park) 4½/5; (2-3) Jane F Seymour (Portsmouth), Shirley J Wilson 3½; (4-5) Julia F W Park, Sharon M Prince (Portsmouth) 3; (6) Angela Eagle (Formby) 2½; (7-8) Penelope Anne Coxon, Maria Eagle (Formby) 2; (9) Sally Atkin (Spalding) 1; (10) Carina J Nicholas (West Ealing) 0.
BCF Over 60s Tournament
(1-3) Charles Ambrose Scott Damant (Ilfracombe), 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, James W Prosser (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) 4; (10) D W Cay 3½; (11) Frank Richardson 3; (12) Peter Doig 2.
BCF First Class
(1) John Jamieson Galloway (Ipswich) 9/11; (2-3) D Meyers [Dan E Mayers?], J H Schofield (Darwen) 8; (4-5) David Blair (Belfast), (Henry) James Draisey (Bristol) 7½; (6-7) R Alan Barton, Lucien Mouillaux (France) 7; (8-12) Dr. Reinhard Cherubim (W Germany), R Franklin, Robin A E Shaw, W J A Vellekoop (Netherlands), S L Whitehead 6½; (13-20) G Alec Boswell (Liverpool), Simon Macaulay, A Mack, D McGregor, Michael H Micklethwaite, David L Read, Jack A Speigel, David J Turner (Burnham, Bucks), Stephen Welbourne 6; (21-24) Michael L Baumber, L Fainlight, George V Glover, Jan H Hasselt 5½; (25-29) Paul Griffiths (Holmrook, Cumbria), 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 (Poole), 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 (Sunderland) 4/5; (2-4) Dr. Eric N Bramley (Slough), Mike J Conroy (Bolton), H Happel 3½; (5) Raymond J Starkie (Burnley) 3; (6-8) N Happel, R J Nash, Dr. Ronald Hugh S Phillips 2½; (9-11) Jacob (Jack) Alster, Bryan J Benjamin (Kew), 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 (Sunderland) 4; (3-7) A Anstey, Bryan J Benjamin (Kew), Alan D Gravett, Richard J Haddrell, Leigh A Trangmar (Beckenham) 3; (8-9) Helen M Granat (Merton Park), Raymond J Starkie (Burnley) 2½; (10-12) S Carpenter, R G Jones (Walsall), 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 (South Shields) 4; (3) John David Howard Nicholas 3½; (4-7) J L Barks (Ashton-under-Lyne), D Greensmith (Leeds), 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 (Bramhall), K C Jones (Lichfield), P Kenning (Coventry) 1½; (16) Mrs J Withers (Guernsey) ½.
Five-day Second Week (Afternoon)
(1-3) Jochen Lehmensick (West Germany), James Steedman (South Shields), Anthony K Swift (London) 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 (Leeds), Joseph John Lauder (Wimbledon), Ian Charles Richard MacGillivray (Gentleshaw), Derek William Alistair Packham (Felixstowe), 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, Sharon M Prince (Portsmouth) 1½; (23) Mrs J Withers (Guernsey) 1; (24) Carina J Nicholas (West Ealing) 0.
Biographical Information
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."
Newspaper Reports
The Observer, 'Pendennis' column (edited by Linda Blandford), 18 August 1974 (this followed a similar item on women's bowls):
"The cream of the women chess players, on the other hand (or ladies, as the British Chess Federation prefers to call them) seemed a tense, rumpled, nervy lot. They were shoved into a dark corner of the Princes Theatre, Clacton, sharing a table with the 'Over 60s', at the 61st annual British. Chess Championship Congress.
"This was another free show. It was hot, stuffy and not to be recommended unless you're a chess fanatic, with soft-soled, shoes and a low whisper. Women are the Cinderellas of the chess world. There has been only one woman player highly rated by the men—Vera Menchik, killed by a buzz bomb in 1944. 'She played like a
man,' men say. Not that they can explain what that means. But they recognise it when they see it.
"Women do have different mannerisms. While the men kept their feet still under the table, the women kicked off their shoes and wiggled their toes. And all the women slumped—except for Ann Sunnucks, a middle-aged ex-major in the Women's Royal Army Corps, who played with straight-backed military bearing.
"Queen of the women at Clacton was tiny Jana Hartston, former Czech women's champion, British champion for the last four years and married to International Master, mathematician and industrial psychologist. Bill Hartston. They're an imposing couple—both in their twenties with haughty good looks and penetrating black eyes.
"The women's matches didn't attract many onlookers —just the occasional visit from Bill Hartston, who would walk over from his own game, in the open championship, to give an approving nod to one of his wife's moves.
"The community spirit and camaraderie of the bowls girls seems totally foreign to the lonely, spiky world of women's chess. Even the friendliest of them, Olive Chataway, a retired violinist, who was taught the game by a four-times Ladies' Champion and oboist during wartime tours with the Sadler's Wells Ballet Orchestra, disappeared behind a wall of concentration the second a board came into view. Perhaps they were enjoying, themselves — it certainly didn't look like it." (JS note: the unnamed four-times Ladies' Champion was Eileen Tranmer)
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. |
| 9 July 2026 |
Added the game P Kendall 1-0 J Gorman and the part-game R Beach 0-1 K Neat, both from the Major Open. |
