1976 British Chess Championship, Portsmouth, 9-20 August

1976 British Chess Championship		Nat'y	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
1	Mestel,A Jonathan	ENG	2390	◊ 1/33	♦ 1/13	♦ 1/15	◊ 1/8	◊ 1/17	♦ 1/21	◊ 1/3	♦ 1/5	◊ 1/9	♦ ½/4	♦ 0/2	9½
2	Whiteley,Andrew J	ENG	2370	◊ 0/3	♦ ½/22	◊ 1/34	♦ ½/6	◊ ½/14	♦ 1/30	◊ 1/31	♦ ½/7	◊ 1/21	♦ 1/9	◊ 1/1	8
3	Rayner,Emmanuel	WLS		♦ 1/2	◊ ½/4	♦ 1/10	◊ 1/25	♦ 0/21	◊ 1/8	♦ 0/1	◊ 1/11	♦ 0/7	◊ 1/18	♦ 1/12	7½
4	Haygarth,Michael J	ENG	2330	◊ 1/22	♦ ½/3	◊ 1/20	♦ 0/17	◊ ½/15	♦ ½/7	◊ 1/14	♦ 1/21	◊ 1/5	◊ ½/1	♦ ½/6	7½
5	Speelman,Jonathan S	ENG	2380	♦ ½/11	◊ ½/14	♦ 1/33	◊ 1/16	♦ ½/8	◊ 1/18	♦ 1/6	◊ 0/1	♦ 0/4	◊ ½/10	♦ 1/19	7
6	Knox,Victor W	ENG	2330	♦ 1/23	◊ 0/15	♦ 1/14	◊ ½/2	♦ ½/10	♦ 1/20	◊ 0/5	◊ 1/25	♦ ½/16	◊ 1/7	◊ ½/4	7
7	Lambert,Glenn EJ	ENG		♦ 1/21	◊ 1/12	♦ 0/8	◊ ½/15	♦ ½/16	◊ ½/4	♦ 1/18	◊ ½/2	◊ 1/3	♦ 0/6	◊ ½/9	6½
8	Miles,Anthony J	ENG	2510	◊ 1/31	♦ 1/18	◊ 1/7	♦ 0/1	◊ ½/5	♦ 0/3	◊ 1/17	♦ 0/9	◊ ½/20	♦ 1/16	♦ ½/10	6½
9	Bellin,Robert	ENG	2360	♦ 1/24	◊ ½/10	♦ ½/16	◊ 0/21	♦ 1/12	◊ 1/23	♦ 1/15	◊ 1/8	♦ 0/1	◊ 0/2	♦ ½/7	6½
10	Povah,Nigel E	ENG	2300	◊ 1/26	♦ ½/9	◊ 0/3	♦ 1/22	◊ ½/6	♦ 1/17	◊ 0/21	◊ ½/15	♦ 1/14	♦ ½/5	◊ ½/8	6½
11	Chandler,Murray G	NZL		◊ ½/5	♦ 1/34	◊ 0/17	♦ 0/14	◊ ½/19	♦ 1/32	◊ 1/20	♦ 0/3	◊ ½/25	♦ 1/27	♦ 1/18	6½
12	Botterill,George Steven	WLS	2390	◊ 1/29	♦ 0/7	◊ 1/31	♦ 0/18	◊ 0/9	♦ ½/13	◊ ½/30	♦ 1/22	◊ 1/26	♦ 1/21	◊ 0/3	6
13	Neat,Kenneth P	ENG	2315	♦ 1/36	◊ 0/1	♦ 0/25	◊ 1/31	♦ ½/23	◊ ½/12	♦ ½/19	◊ 0/16	◊ 1/30	♦ ½/14	◊ 1/21	6
14	Sugden,John N	ENG		◊ ½/19	♦ ½/5	◊ 0/6	◊ 1/11	♦ ½/2	◊ 1/16	♦ 0/4	♦ 1/17	◊ 0/10	◊ ½/13	♦ ½/20	5½
15	Pigott,John C	ENG	2380	◊ 1/27	♦ 1/6	◊ 0/1	♦ ½/7	♦ ½/4	◊ 1/25	◊ 0/9	♦ ½/10	◊ 0/18	♦ ½/20	◊ ½/16	5½
16	Goodman,David	ENG	2230	◊ ½/17	♦ 1/19	◊ ½/9	♦ 0/5	◊ ½/7	♦ 0/14	◊ 1/23	♦ 1/13	◊ ½/6	◊ 0/8	♦ ½/15	5½
17	Macdonald-Ross,Michael	SCO	2280	♦ ½/16	◊ 1/28	♦ 1/11	◊ 1/4	♦ 0/1	◊ 0/10	♦ 0/8	◊ 0/14	♦ 0/19	♦ 1/34	◊ 1/32	5½
18	Horner,Jeff	ENG	2405	♦ 1/32	◊ 0/8	♦ 1/26	◊ 1/12	♦ ½/25	♦ 0/5	◊ 0/7	◊ 1/19	♦ 1/15	♦ 0/3	◊ 0/11	5½
19	Clarke,Peter H	ENG	2350	♦ ½/14	◊ 0/16	♦ ½/23	◊ 1/27	♦ ½/11	♦ ½/22	◊ ½/13	♦ 0/18	◊ 1/17	♦ 1/25	◊ 0/5	5½
20	Fuller,Maxwell L	AUS		♦ 1/35	◊ ½/25	♦ 0/4	◊ ½/23	♦ 1/33	◊ 0/6	♦ 0/11	◊ 1/31	♦ ½/8	◊ ½/15	◊ ½/14	5½
21	Rumens,David E	ENG	2300	◊ 0/7	♦ 1/29	◊ 1/30	♦ 1/9	◊ 1/3	◊ 0/1	♦ 1/10	◊ 0/4	♦ 0/2	◊ 0/12	♦ 0/13	5
22	Ellison, (Derek) George	ENG		♦ 0/4	◊ ½/2	♦ 1/28	◊ 0/10	♦ 1/26	◊ ½/19	♦ 0/25	◊ 0/12	♦ ½/29	◊ 1/24	♦ ½/23	5
23	MacPherson,Hugh Dugald	ENG		◊ 0/6	♦ 1/27	◊ ½/19	♦ ½/20	◊ ½/13	♦ 0/9	♦ 0/16	◊ ½/35	♦ ½/28	◊ 1/30	◊ ½/22	5
24	Lennox,C Jonathan	SCO		◊ 0/9	♦ 0/26	◊ 0/32	◊ 1/35	♦ ½/28	♦ ½/34	◊ 1/29	♦ ½/30	◊ ½/27	♦ 0/22	◊ 1/25	5
25	Hempson,Peter W	ENG		◊ 1/30	♦ ½/20	◊ 1/13	♦ 0/3	◊ ½/18	♦ 0/15	◊ 1/22	♦ 0/6	♦ ½/11	◊ 0/19	♦ 0/24	4½
26	Pritchard,David Brine	ENG		♦ 0/10	◊ 1/24	◊ 0/18	♦ ½/30	◊ 0/22	♦ ½/28	◊ ½/34	◊ 1/32	♦ 0/12	♦ ½/36	◊ ½/29	4½
27	Littlewood,Paul E	ENG	2345	♦ 0/15	◊ 0/23	♦ 1/35	♦ 0/19	◊ 0/30	◊ 1/36	♦ ½/32	◊ 1/33	♦ ½/24	◊ 0/11	♦ ½/28	4½
28	Cafferty,Bernard	ENG	2310	◊ ½/34	♦ 0/17	◊ 0/22	♦ ½/29	◊ ½/24	◊ ½/26	♦ ½/33	♦ ½/36	◊ ½/23	♦ ½/32	◊ ½/27	4½
29	Ludgate,Alan Templeton	IRL	2255	♦ 0/12	◊ 0/21	♦ ½/36	◊ ½/28	♦ 0/31	◊ 1/35	♦ 0/24	♦ ½/34	◊ ½/22	◊ 1/33	♦ ½/26	4½
30	Bennett,Gerald H	ENG	2350	♦ 0/25	◊ 1/35	♦ 0/21	◊ ½/26	♦ 1/27	◊ 0/2	♦ ½/12	◊ ½/24	♦ 0/13	♦ 0/23	◊ ½/36	4
31	Wise,Derek Maurice	ENG		♦ 0/8	◊ 1/32	♦ 0/12	♦ 0/13	◊ 1/29	◊ 1/33	♦ 0/2	♦ 0/20	◊ 0/36	◊ ½/35	♦ ½/34	4
32	Romilly,Peter J	ENG		◊ 0/18	♦ 0/31	♦ 1/24	◊ 0/33	♦ 1/36	◊ 0/11	◊ ½/27	♦ 0/26	♦ 1/35	◊ ½/28	♦ 0/17	4
33	Parr,Frank	ENG		♦ 0/1	◊ 1/36	◊ 0/5	♦ 1/32	◊ 0/20	♦ 0/31	◊ ½/28	♦ 0/27	◊ ½/34	♦ 0/29	♦ ½/35	3½
34	Vaughan,David O	WLS		♦ ½/28	◊ 0/11	♦ 0/2	◊ ½/36	♦ 0/35	◊ ½/24	♦ ½/26	◊ ½/29	♦ ½/33	◊ 0/17	◊ ½/31	3½
35	Lee,Peter J	ENG		◊ 0/20	♦ 0/30	◊ 0/27	♦ 0/24	◊ 1/34	♦ 0/29	◊ 1/36	♦ ½/23	◊ 0/32	♦ ½/31	◊ ½/33	3½
36	Pickard,Charles W	ENG		◊ 0/13	♦ 0/33	◊ ½/29	♦ ½/34	◊ 0/32	♦ 0/27	♦ 0/35	◊ ½/28	♦ 1/31	◊ ½/26	♦ ½/30	3½

British Ladies Championship (all-play-all)

1 Dr Jana Hartston 8½/11; 2-3 Sheila A Jackson, Anne Sunnucks 7½; 4 Marion McGrath (AUS) 7; 5-6 Susan Caldwell, Margaret E E Clarke 6½; 7 Dinah Wright 5½; 8-10 Rowena Bruce, Wanda Pritchard, Jane F Seymour 4; 11 Olive Chataway 3½; 12 Rae Galtsmith-Clarke 1½.

British U-21 Championship (11-rd Swiss)

1-3 Richard Britton, Clifford R Chandler, Robin W Haldane 8/11; 4 S. Taulbut 7½; 5-6 C.W. Baker, P.G. Large 7; 7 J. Hodgson 6½; 8-14 S.P. Goodman, M.K. Jones, M.A. Lee, D.L. Massie, S.W. Small, P.J. Szalapaj, I.R. Watson 6; 15-22 K.S. Ashman, I. Bourne, J. Burke, C.S. Crouch, J. Hall, J. McCarthy, I. Wallis, K.P. Warren 5½; 23-24 P.R. Baslington, S.C. Le Blancq 5; 25-26 P.F. Brown, N.A.P. McSheehy 4½; 27 28 P. Coughlin, I.P. Legg 4; 29 R.C. Dempsey 3½; 30 M. Capek 2½; 31 M. Lyus 1½/8; 32 Miss V. Craven ½.

British U-18 Championship (11-rd Swiss)

1 Jonathan C Benjamin 8½/11; 2 N.R. Davies 8; 3½ S.J.B. Knott, T.P. Love, G. Morrison, D.R. Stringer 7; 7-13 J.P. Hannan, S. Macauley S. Mulligan, H.J. Plaskett, S.J. Popham, A.T. Richardson, D. Shuttleworth 6½; 14-16 J.J. Ady, M.J. Coogan, M. Read 6; 17-20 J. Boswell, S.J. Hooker, O. Phillips, A.J. Ryba 5½; 21-24 P.B. Eastlake, S. Foale, David A Houston, B. Tedd 5; 25-29 I.R.C. Davies, S.J. Gregory, A.C.W. Springbett, M. Varnham, G. Yevko 4½; 30-32 A.J. Bowden, M. Seton, R.J. Woods 4; 33-35 J.D. Pratt, D. Prees, P. Thethi 3½; 36 G. Hardy 3.

British Girls U-18 Championship (all-play-all)

1-2 Angela Eagle, Jane Garwell 5/7; 3 Shirley J Wilson 4½; 4 Maria Eagle 4; 5-6 Debbie H Evans, S. Prince 3½; 7 A. Boswell 2½; 8 C. Smith 0.

British U-16 Championship (11-rd Swiss)

1 David H Cummings 9/11; 2 N.W. Ivell 8½; 3-7 J.W. Branford, M.G. Bucknell, A. Lewis, M. Pein, M.P. Townsend 7½; 8-10 R.J. Griffiths, R.J. McMichael, P.J. Sullivan 7; 11-15 N. Chan, T. Farrand, S.D. Hannan, Bobo Lo, C.A. Plasa 6½; 16-23 S.D. Brown, M.R. Charter, R. Henley, J.S. Hill, S. Johnson, K. Mahon, D. Roberts, Ian Duncan Wells 6; 24-29 P. Anderson, P.B. Conway, F. Rayner, M. Shaw, A.G. Simpson, Robert J Woodcraft 5½; 30-35 Robert D M Alster, M. Buckmaster, D. Carless, S.J. Don, N.M. Jones, R.C. Noyce 5; 36-44 C. Barron, M. Doran, Trevor G Dunmore, A. Gardner, C.J. Gentile, G.M. Heap, K.J. Norbury, R. Ormesher, K. Rakshit 4½; 45-48 M.S. Kay, D.G. Marshall, I.R. Rudgley, C. Suddick 4; 49 P. Bill 3½; 50 M.V. House 3; 51 M. Bryant 2; 52 M. Baxendall 1½.

British U-14 Championship (11-rd Swiss)

1 Clive Frostick 9½/11; 2-3 R.F. Holmes, R. Webb 8; 4-6 K. Allen, C.P. Garwood, R.J. Jacobs 7½; 7-10 J. Hawksworth, D.J. King, J. Rakshit, G. Senior 7; 11-13 A.J. King, M. Rose, N.D. Walford 6½; 14-17 N.M. Andrews, N.W. Cannon, S.H. Lee, D.C. Spurgeon 6; 18-29 C.J. Ballard, S.D. Bell, D. Ford, K.C. House, C.A. Jones, P.S.A. Jones, J. Kennedy, D.J. Miller, P.A. Norris, G.O. Roberts, G.A. White, K.A. Yeomans 5½; 30-34 C. Brookes, T.C.L. Brown, A.G. Clough, D. Edmonds, J.E. Hockaday 5; 35-39 A. Barron, K. Beedle, S. Pike, Miss A. Rakshit, J.R. Smith 4½; 40-43 C. Hunter, B.R. Joyce, C.S.S. Roberts, Miss M. Rakshit 4; 44 J.A. Brown 3½; 45 R. Edmonds 2½; 46-47 S.C. James, D.A. Knox 1½; 48 A.F. Mottram 1.

British Girls U-14 Championship (all-play-all)

1 Clare Whitehead 6½/7; 2 Carey A Groves 5; 3 K. Blake 4½; 4 S. Atkin 4; 5 J. Chamberlain 3; 6-7 G.D. James, C. Nicholas 2½; 8 J.L. Scotney 0.

British U-11 Championship (10-rd Swiss)

1 Andrew C L Dyson 9/10; 2 J.C. Howell 7; 3-5 D.A. Jackson, G. Lane, B. Sloan 6½; 6-11 D. Connolly, N. Dickenson, T. Kelly, V.B. Lewis, S.G. Walker, P.K. Wells 6; 12-16 P. Daft, P. Dixon, M. Griffiths, S. Mannion, K. Robbins 5½; 17-20 N.I. Fox, T. Fyfe, C.D. St John, I.A. Welch 5; 21-29 I. Holle, P. House, A.P.H. Kinsman, R. Ledbury, D.L. Lee, P.M. Spurgeon, H.T. Norris, A. Stolow, G.A. Waddingham 4½; 30 J.D. Hockaday 4; 31 J. Richards 2½; 32-33 M. Bevan, P. Hatchett 1½; 34 S. Brill 1.

Major Open (11-rd Swiss)

1 Julian T Farrand 10/11; 2 D.A. Curnow 8½; 3 R. Emerson 8; 4-5 J. Bocker (BRD), J.W. Naylor 7½; 6-9 P.V. Byway, D. Kerr, C.J. McSheehy, B.R. Smith 7; 10-16 R.A. Barton, P.R. Bielby, P.F. Habershon, D. James, C. Jones, J. Steedman, A. Wernitz (BRD) 6½; 17-25 D.M. Andrew, J.M. Bennett, M.P. Cook, D.M. Denison, K.L. Escott, I. McAllan, J. Simpson, P.J. Sowray, P. Wernitz (BRD) 6; 26-36 N.R. Benjamin, R. Blow, K. Bowmer, M.J. Bulford, G.P. Burton, K.G. Coates, P.B. Cook, M.C. Davis, E. Matthewson, W. McDougall, L. Rellstab (BRD) 5½; 37-43 A. Cullinane, A. Hall, H.O. Heuer (BRD), P.S.N. Kendall, G. Szaszvari, J.E. Vickery, G.W. Wheeler 5; 44-50 A.D. Gravett, O. Hardy, B. Marshall, J.R. Nicolson, W. Phillips, A.P. Primett, S. Williams 4½; 51-56 N.M. Abbasi, D.L. Barasi, F. Clough, R.C.P. Freeman, S.L. Green, R. Hardy 4; 57 D.A. Bennett 3½; 58-59 J.M. Haigh, R.J.F. Williams 2½.

First Class (11-rd Swiss)

1 A. Williams 9/11; 2 R. Franklin 8½; 3-5 P. Hannan, D.P. Hurricks, C.J. West 7½; 6-9 B.J. Benjamin, C. Green, W.D. Johnson, A. Pinkerton 7; 10-13 R. Cherubim (BRD), I. Judd, G.S. McCormick, D. Mayers 6½; 14-20 M.J. Benjamin, G.A.M. Boswell, J. Druce-Powell, G.V. Glover, P.J. McEvoy, M.H. Micklethwaite, K.F. Shaw 6; 21-25 H.J. Draisey, P. Griffiths, S. Welbourne, R. Woodcock, D.G. Woodruff 5½; 26-34 M. Bird, M.T. Bolan, S.J. Drury, F. Cole, F.G. Hatto, M.R. Lee, K.A. Lucas, J.P. Scragg, E.J. Simpson 5; 35-38 P.J. Guyan, T.J. O’Donohue, T.V. Parrott, P. Rose 3½; 39 F.A. Winter 4; 40-42 K. Getty, E.D. Hockaday, N. Meredith 3½; 43 J.C. Calvert 2½, 44 A.J. Doherty 1½; 45 G. Burnett 1.

Over 60 (11-rd Swiss)

1-3 C.A.S. Damant, W.H. Pratten, H.I. Woolverton 8½/11; 4 W.J.E. Yeeles 7½, 5-7 J. Johnson, A. Laxton, C.W. Marshall 6½; 8-9 A.F. Behmber, W. Evans 5½; 10-14 P. Doig, J.W. Graham, A. Milner, W.R. Rayner, J. Richmond 5; 15 F. Richardson 4; 16 H.E. Wadsworth 3; 17 E.W. Engert 2; 18 R. Green 1½.

5 Day, Morning - 1st week (5-rd Swiss)

1 J.O. Pedersen (DK) 4½/5; 2-4 R.M. Horner, T. Knoth, P.A.J. Rose 4; 5-8 Jacob (Jack) Alster, O. Eriksen (DK), C. Kjersgaard (DK), P.D. Smith 3½; 9-12 D.W. Bell, D. Branford, D. Welch, S.L. Whitehead 3; 13-19 W.T. Chamberlain, P.W.L. Clough, K.E. Eriksen (DK), C.F. Fielding, O. Hald (DK), A.J. Mezzo, I. Watson 2½; 20-27 G. Davie, A. Foster, P. Kenning, O. Ledbury, D.I.R. Norris, D.H. Sprigley, M. Stolow, A. Whitehead 2; 28 F. Martin 1½; 29-31 A.J. Bullen, C.M.W. Daft, K. Wilkinson 1; 32 D.V. Booth ½; 33 J. Coogan 0.

5 Day, Afternoon - 1st week (5-rd Swiss)

1-2 Philip Giulian, Tim Parkes 4½/5; 3-4 C.M. Cooley, H. Plukker (NL) 4; 5-6 P. Morrey, J. Ryan 3½; 7-11 E.N. Bramley, B. Fraser, J. Lehmensick, W.D. Muir, E. Oliver 3; 12-15 P.M. Hodgson, A. Leggatt, R.W. O’Brien, R.H. Saunders 2½; 16-19 C.W. Bryan, P.W. Mottram, J.D. Robins, M. Vernon 2; 20-23 J.R. Beadle, G.W.L. Evans, J.D.H. Nicholas, R.S. Thornton 1½; 24-26 J.D. Evans, Mrs A. Garwell, D. Russel 1.

5 Day, Morning - 2nd week (5-rd Swiss)

1 F. Watson 5/5; 2-3 K.A.J. Francis, L. Mouillaux (F) 4; 4-5 B. Cox, H. Plukker (NL) 3½; 6-11 Ms D. Evans, A. Kinder, L.W. Prescott, P. Spurgeon, L.A. Trangmar, I. Whittaker 3; 12-16 M. Cole, K. Davies, R.J. Nash, N. Staples, A. Willis 2½; 17-19 D. Lee, R.W. O’Brien, S.L. Whitehead 2; 20-22 E.E. Croker, F.F. Jacquier, R.G. Jones 1½; 23-26 Jacob (Jack) Alster 1, C. Cheetham, G.M. Evans, Carey Groves 1.

5 Day, Afternoon - 2nd week (5-rd Swiss)

1-2 J. Lehmensick, Tim Parkes 4/5; 3 E. Oliver 3½; 4-6 D.V. Booth, Chris M Cooley, M. Cox 3; 7-10 B.P.A. Andrews, P. Morrey, R.H. Saunders, D.J. Scotney 2½; 11-13 L.C. Allen, G. Beattie, Miss Shirley J Wilson 2; 14 J.R. Beadle 1½; 15-16 Miss J. Pickles, G.D. Scotney 1.

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Date	Notes
18 Sept 2017	Added full results
16 July 2020	Some cosmetic amendments to spelling, etc.