1974 British Chess Championship (Clacton)

1974 British Chess Championship			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
1	Botterill,George Steven	2410	♦ 1/31	◊ ½/8	◊ ½/13	♦ 1/3	♦ 0/6	◊ ½/4	♦ ½/9	◊ 0/5	◊ 1/28	♦ 1/21	◊ 1/16	7
2	Hartston,William Roland	2480	♦ ½/16	◊ ½/20	♦ ½/14	◊ ½/25	♦ 1/22	◊ ½/27	♦ 1/24	◊ ½/6	♦ 1/8	◊ ½/3	♦ ½/5	7
3	Williams,A Howard	2405	♦ ½/27	◊ 1/9	♦ ½/24	◊ 0/1	♦ ½/14	◊ 1/21	♦ 0/16	◊ 1/19	◊ 1/11	♦ ½/2	♦ 1/8	7
4	Bellin,Robert	2355	◊ 1/11	♦ ½/10	◊ 1/23	♦ ½/13	◊ ½/7	♦ ½/1	◊ ½/8	♦ ½/16	♦ 0/5	◊ 1/14	◊ 1/12	7
5	Stean,Michael	2345	◊ ½/18	♦ ½/15	◊ 1/21	♦ ½/10	◊ ½/16	♦ ½/7	◊ ½/13	♦ 1/1	◊ 1/4	♦ ½/6	◊ ½/2	7
6	Mestel,A Jonathan	2270	◊ 1/29	♦ ½/13	◊ ½/10	♦ 1/15	◊ 1/1	◊ ½/8	♦ 1/14	♦ ½/2	◊ ½/16	◊ ½/5	♦ 0/7	7
7	Haygarth,Michael J	2200	◊ 1/26	◊ 1/14	♦ 0/16	◊ ½/24	♦ ½/4	◊ ½/5	♦ ½/27	♦ ½/13	◊ 1/21	♦ ½/10	◊ 1/6	7
8	Webb,Simon	2380	◊ 1/32	♦ ½/1	◊ 1/17	♦ 1/16	◊ 1/27	♦ ½/6	♦ ½/4	◊ ½/10	◊ 0/2	♦ ½/12	◊ 0/3	6½
9	Holloway,Nigel J	2200	◊ ½/15	♦ 0/3	◊ 1/30	♦ ½/23	◊ ½/13	♦ ½/12	◊ ½/1	◊ 1/22	♦ 1/27	♦ ½/16	◊ ½/10	6½
10	Law,Andrew P	2200	♦ 1/19	◊ ½/4	♦ ½/6	◊ ½/5	♦ ½/24	◊ ½/16	♦ 1/25	♦ ½/8	◊ ½/12	◊ ½/7	♦ ½/9	6½
11	Penrose,Jonathan	2450	♦ 0/4	♦ ½/26	◊ ½/18	♦ ½/12	◊ ½/15	◊ ½/22	♦ 1/31	◊ 1/27	♦ 0/3	◊ 1/25	♦ ½/13	6
12	Nunn,John	2395	♦ 0/14	◊ 0/19	♦ 1/32	◊ ½/11	♦ 1/26	◊ ½/9	◊ 1/23	♦ 1/15	♦ ½/10	◊ ½/8	♦ 0/4	6
13	Perkins,Alan H	2360	♦ 1/25	◊ ½/6	♦ ½/1	◊ ½/4	♦ ½/9	◊ ½/24	♦ ½/5	◊ ½/7	◊ ½/14	♦ ½/15	◊ ½/11	6
14	Knox,Victor W	2200	◊ 1/12	♦ 0/7	◊ ½/2	♦ ½/17	◊ ½/3	♦ 1/30	◊ 0/6	◊ 1/25	♦ ½/13	♦ 0/4	◊ 1/22	6
15	Sinclair,Ian J	2200	♦ ½/9	◊ ½/5	♦ ½/28	◊ 0/6	♦ ½/11	◊ 1/20	♦ 1/17	◊ 0/12	♦ 1/23	◊ ½/13	♦ ½/18	6
16	Speelman,Jonathan S	2200	◊ ½/2	♦ 1/18	◊ 1/7	◊ 0/8	♦ ½/5	♦ ½/10	◊ 1/3	◊ ½/4	♦ ½/6	◊ ½/9	♦ 0/1	6
17	Eley,Brian	2350	♦ 1/22	◊ ½/24	♦ 0/8	◊ ½/14	◊ ½/18	♦ ½/23	◊ 0/15	♦ 0/28	♦ 1/31	◊ 1/27	◊ ½/19	5½
18	Mabbs,David J	2200	♦ ½/5	◊ 0/16	♦ ½/11	◊ 1/31	♦ ½/17	◊ 0/25	♦ 0/19	◊ ½/23	1/bye	♦ 1/28	◊ ½/15	5½
19	Lennox,C Jonathan	2200	◊ 0/10	♦ 1/12	♦ 0/27	◊ ½/21	♦ ½/20	◊ ½/31	◊ 1/18	♦ 0/3	♦ 1/24	◊ ½/22	♦ ½/17	5½
20	Clarke,Peter H	2355	◊ ½/23	♦ ½/2	♦ 0/22	◊ ½/26	◊ ½/19	♦ 0/15	◊ ½/30	♦ 1/29	♦ 0/25	1/bye	◊ ½/21	5
21	Bennett,Gerald H	2200	♦ ½/28	◊ ½/27	♦ 0/5	♦ ½/19	◊ 1/29	♦ 0/3	◊ 1/26	◊ 1/24	♦ 0/7	◊ 0/1	♦ ½/20	5
22	Webb,Roger	2200	◊ 0/17	♦ 1/32	◊ 1/20	♦ 0/27	◊ 0/2	♦ ½/11	◊ 1/29	♦ 0/9	◊ 1/30	♦ ½/19	♦ 0/14	5
23	Ludgate,Alan Templeton	2200	♦ ½/20	◊ 1/28	♦ 0/4	◊ ½/9	♦ ½/25	◊ ½/17	♦ 0/12	♦ ½/18	◊ 0/15	◊ ½/31	♦ 1/29	5
24	Hindle,Owen	2200	◊ 1/30	♦ ½/17	◊ ½/3	♦ ½/7	◊ ½/10	♦ ½/13	◊ 0/2	♦ 0/21	◊ 0/19	♦ ½/26	1/bye	5
25	Horner,Jeff	2200	◊ 0/13	♦ ½/30	◊ 1/29	♦ ½/2	◊ ½/23	♦ 1/18	◊ 0/10	♦ 0/14	◊ 1/20	♦ 0/11	◊ ½/26	5
26	Swanson,Stephen	2200	♦ 0/7	◊ ½/11	♦ ½/31	♦ ½/20	◊ 0/12	◊ ½/28	♦ 0/21	1/bye	♦ ½/29	◊ ½/24	♦ ½/25	4½
27	Hempson,Peter W	2200	◊ ½/3	♦ ½/21	◊ 1/19	◊ 1/22	♦ 0/8	♦ ½/2	◊ ½/7	♦ 0/11	◊ 0/9	♦ 0/17	◊ ½/30	4½
28	Thomas,Ronald	2200	◊ ½/21	♦ 0/23	◊ ½/15	♦ 0/29	◊ ½/30	♦ ½/26	1/bye	◊ 1/17	♦ 0/1	◊ 0/18	♦ ½/31	4½
29	Lightfoot,Malcolm J	2200	♦ 0/6	◊ ½/31	♦ 0/25	◊ 1/28	♦ 0/21	1/bye	♦ 0/22	◊ 0/20	◊ ½/26	♦ 1/30	◊ 0/23	4
30	Wise,Derek Maurice	2200	♦ 0/24	◊ ½/25	♦ 0/9	◊ 1/33	1/bye	◊ 0/14	♦ ½/20	◊ 1/31	♦ 0/22	◊ 0/29	♦ ½/27	4
31	Hardy,Otto H	2200	◊ 0/1	♦ ½/29	◊ ½/26	♦ 0/18	◊ 1/33	♦ ½/19	◊ 0/11	♦ 0/30	◊ 0/17	♦ ½/23	◊ ½/28	3½
32	Yerbury,Paul	2200	♦ 0/8	◊ 0/22	◊ 0/12	withdrew								0 / 3

Play-off for the 1974 British Championship title (Llanelli, 14-21 December 1974)

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

Other Sections

1974 BRITISH LADIES’ CHAMPIONSHIP

1st Jana Hartston 10/11; 2-3 Susan L Caldwell, Sheila A Jackson 8½; 4 Margaret Eileen Elizabeth (Peggy) Clarke 8; 5 (Patricia) Anne Sunnucks 6½; 6 Alison Povall 6; 7 Miss Mary Hutchinson 5; 8 Kathleen Hindle 3½; 9-10 Olive Chataway, Miss B. Higgins 3; 11 Miss Susan Hutchinson 2½; 12 Miss C. J. Habershon 1½.

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1974 British U-21 Championship

1st John G Nicholson 9/11; D. R. Johnston 8½; J. Kinlay 7½; L. J. Glazier 7; A. J. Morley, D. I. Patrick, David Wise 6½; N. S. Cooper, A. L. Hosking, G. E. J. Lambert, A. P. LeFevre, P. J. Lee, M. R. Major, R. J. F. Sams, R. L. Smith 6; I. P. Legg 5½; M. Goldschmidt, M. K. Jones, A. J. Lane, R. A. Rigby, P. D. Rooney 5; A. Reid, D. Tarbuck 4½; P. Hanks, I. Nelson 4; P. R. Bullen, A. Coe 2. C. R. Brown defaulted after 7 rounds having a score of 3.

1974 British U-18 Championship

1st Colin S Crouch 8½/11; D. A. Curnow, R. Holt 8; G. D. Hillyard 7½; T. Howdle, J. C. Pigott 7; N. P. Alexander, K. S. Ashman, P. T. Gasper, G. D. Keane, D. Kerr, D. P. Mooney, G. Palmer, E. Rayner, P. A. Richmond 6½; P. A. Aston, P. R. Davies, A. M. McCaig, S. Threlfall, I. Wallis 6; J. Anderson, C. Button, S. Fancy, M. A. Lee, A. Mozoomdar, A. J. F. Riley, K. P. Warren 5½; S. Bradford, D. J. Coleman, R. H. Lingham, G. S. McCormick, S. J. Pimentil, J. R. Tombs, L. J. Dregent, S. B. Death, J. P. Fetterlein, K. S. Jones 4½; J. E. Dolamore, K. F. Shaw, S. Williams 4; P. G. Adams, C. J. Atkin, C. J. Brown, A. Lacy 3½; P. Szalapaj, I. Bourne 3.

1974 British U-16 Championship

1-4th Chris W Baker, Paul Hadden, H Dugald MacPherson, Shaun M Taulbut 8/11; J. A. Bower 7½; T. Fernley, J. N. White 7; P. A. Bancroft, J. Benjamin, C. K. Holland, S. P. Jackson 6½; M. J. Coogan, M. Cox, D. A. Phillips, S. J. Popham, D. Shuttleworth 6; G. Blackbourn, J. E. Hudson, A. Johnston, N. A. Lazonby, K. Ponting, S. J. Shutler, M. Spencer 5½; K. A. Bocker, G. Hardy, T. P. Love, C. H. Parkes, S. Spivack, R. Withnall 5; P. Hackman, R. van E. Kummer, O. Phillips 4½; D. G. Hackett, S. J. Hooker, R. Palmer 4; E. I. J. P. Fletcher, S. J. Foale, D. Patel 3½; T. Clarke, A. H. Thomas 3.

1974 British U-14 Championship

1st Paul G Smith 9/11; N. R. Benjamin, J. M. Hodgson 8; N. M. Andrews, M. R. Charter, N. W. Ivell, J. Plaskett 7½; M. J. Dubey, D. J. King 7; M. A. Carnochan, D. Elkin, M. J. Farrington, R. Granat, C. D. McGregor, M. P. Townsend 6½; Robert D M Alster, G. Boot, A. J. Griffiths, C. E. Hill, S. Johnson, A. C. McGregor, P. Wilson 6; M. J. Benjamin, B. P. Q. Collinson, A. J. King, D. J. Marshall, C. A. Plasa 5½; N. W. Cannon, G. N. Crockart, T. Farrand, A. D. Gregory, T. H. Jones, T. McGregor, G. C. Park, R. Williams 5; A. Barron, J. C. Barron, C. Garwood, W. Hall, M. Hare, N. Lyne, C. Tuthill, R. M. Webb 4½; C. C. Man, M. P. Sames 4; R. J. Lee 3½; P. J. Coxon, W. Man 3; A. J. Jordan 2½; M. Man 1½.

1974 British Girls U-18 Championship

1st Jane Anson 4/5; Sheila A Jordan, Wanda Pritchard 3½; Suzzane J Wood 2½; L. Povall 1; F. Quinn ½.

1974 British Girls U-14 Championship

1st Helen Granat 4½/5; Jane F Seymour, S. Wilson 3½; Julia F W Park, Sharon M Prince 3; Angela Eagle 2½; Penelope Anne Coxon, Maria Eagle 2; S. Atkin 1; C. Nicholas 0.

1974 Major Open Tournament

1st Louis de Veauce 10/11; J. Carleton, R. Harman 8; R. A. Beach, M. P. Cook, R. S. MacFarland, J. N. Sugden 7; C. Th. Kiers, I. McAllan, N. E. Povah, J. M. Ripley, P. J. Romilly, A. G. Trangmar, J. van Weperen 6½; L. P. Burnett, Dr. G. P. Burton, K. L. Escott, P. S. N. Kendall, D. G. MacDonald, K. P. Neat, F. Parr 6; D. M. Denison, J. T. Farrand, R. F. Kneebone, R. H. Mann, L. W. Prescott, A. P. Primett, J. F. Turnock 5½; L. S. Blackstock, P. F. Habershon, A. E. Hanreck, P. Morrey, J. Naylor, J. R. Nicolson, P. W. Stuart, J. Westerhof 5; P. B. Cook, D. Blake, M. H. Hawley, M. D. Smith, J. E. Vickery, T. H. Wise 4½; T. B. Bennett, J. A. Gorman, R. Hardy, C. J. Jones 4; J. A. Feavyour, G. Szaszvari 3½; S. W. Gordon 3; R. de Coverly 2.

First Class

1st J. J. Galloway 9/11; D. Meyers, J. H. Schofield 8; D. Blair, H. J. Draisey 7½; R. A. Barton, L. Mouillaux 7; Dr. R. Cherubim, R. Franklin, R. A. E. Shaw, W. J. Vellekoop, S. L. Whitehead 6½; G. A. Boswell, S. Macaulay, A. Mack, D. McGregor, M. H. Micklethwaite, D. L. Read, J. A. Speigel, D. J. Rurner, S. Welbourne 6; Michael L Baumber, L. Fainlight, G. V. Glover, J. H. Hasselt 5½; P. Griffiths, A. D. Meakes, A. Pinkerton, B. H. Thompson, E. J. West 5; P. Montgomery, T. V. Parrott, J. P. Scragg, W. A. Shutler, Miss L. Toth, F. A. Winter 4½; V. Ramjit, C. E. Williams, P. J. Yorke 4; G. A. Bowles, G. Brayley, C. Cheetham 3½; J. C. Calvert, G. H. Phillips 2½.

Five-day First Week (Mornings)

1st Paul R Bielby 4/5; Dr. Eric N Bramley, Mike J Conroy, H. Happel 3½; R. J. Starkie 3; N. Happel, R. J. Nash, Dr. R. H. Phillips 2½; Jacob (Jack) Alster, B. J. Benjamin, A. J. Doherty 2; S. Carpenter, Mrs F. Enns 1½; A. Danic 1.

Five-day Second Week (Mornings)

1st Mike J Conroy 4½, Paul R Bielby 4; A. Anstey, B. J. Benjamin, Alan D Gravett, Richard J Haddrell, Leigh A Trangmar 3; Helen Granat, R. J. Starkie 2½, S. Carpenter, R. G. Jones, A. Willis 2; Penelope Anne Coxon, Maria Eagle, Dr. R. H. Phillips 1½; Angela Eagle 1.

Over 60s Tournament

1-3rd Charles Ambrose S. Damant, G. B. Smith, Harry I Woolverton 9/11; Wilfred Evans, W. R. Withers 6½; Alfred Milner 5½; W. A. Dixon, M. McCaig, J. W. Prosser 4; D. W. Cay 3½; Frank Richardson 3; Peter Doig 2.

Five-day First Week (Afternoon)

1st R. Baker 4½/5; J. S. Steedman 4; J. D. Nicholas 3½; J. L. Barks, D. Greensmith, J. A. Hutchinson, E Barry Sandercock 3; J. P. Knee, R. A. Wagstaff 2½; D. J. F. Bull, M. J. Doran, R. S. Thornton 2; S. Bradford, K. Jones, P. Kenning 1½; Mrs. J. Withers ½.

Five-day Second Week (Afternoon)

1-3rd J. Lehmenzick, J. Steedman, A. K. Swift 4/5; R. Baker, E Barry Sandercock, R. A. Wagstaff 3½; J. P. Knee, A. S. Kochen, J. D. Nicholas 3; D. Greensmith, J. J. Lauder, I. C. R. MacGillivray, D. W. A. Packham, C. L. Ridley, R. H. Saunders 2½; K. Jones, Miss J. P. Renwick, Miss J. C. Moore, R. G. Threlfall 2; Nigel W Dennis, Miss A. Gammans, Miss Sharon M Prince 1½; Mrs J. Withers 1; Miss C. Nicholas 0.

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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.