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Tournament: SCCU (Southern Counties) Championship • 17 games + 12 games from the Surrey Open
Venue: Sutton • Dates: 4-7 April 1980 • Download PGN • uploaded
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1980 SCCU (Southern Counties' Chess Union) Individual Championship, Sutton Library, 4-7 April
| 1980 SCCU Individual Championship |
BCF | Elo | County | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Total | SOS | Grade Perf |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter G Large | 207 | 2310 | Middx | b8+ | b3+ | w14+ | b2- | w16+ | w5+ | 5 | 21.5 | 227 |
| 2 | David H Cummings | 207 | 2280 | Sussex | b23+ | w22+ | b7+ | w1+ | b5= | b3= | 5 | 19.5 | 237 |
| 3 | William N Watson | 208j | 2300 | Middx | b20+ | w1- | b8+ | w4+ | b10+ | w2= | 4½ | 23.0 | 224 |
| 4 | Christopher M Cooley | 202 | 2205 | Middx | w6+ | b15= | w12+ | b3- | w14+ | b11+ | 4½ | 19.0 | 224 |
| 5 | Glenn C Flear | 207 | 2320 | Surrey | b9= | w23+ | b10+ | w7= | w2= | b1- | 3½ | 21.5 | 211 |
| 6 | Rory M R O'Kelly | 210 | Kent | b4- | w19+ | b13= | b15= | w7+ | w10= | 3½ | 19.0 | 207 | |
| 7 | Daniel J King | 205j | 2330 | Kent | w17+ | b16+ | w2- | b5= | b6- | w20+ | 3½ | 19.0 | 206 |
| 8 | Anthony J Berry | 185j | Beds | w1- | b18+ | w3- | b19= | w24+ | b15+ | 3½ | 18.5 | 208 | |
| 9 | John C Saunders | 198 | Bucks | w5= | b10- | b20= | w24= | b22+ | w17+ | 3½ | 14.0 | 205 | |
| 10 | Robin J Pearce | 200 | Middx | b19= | w9+ | w5- | b14+ | w3- | b7= | 3 | 20.0 | 196 | |
| 11 | Graham D Lee | 216 | 2280 | Middx | w18+ | b14- | w15= | b17= | b12+ | w4- | 3 | 17.5 | 197 |
| 12 | Andrew D Martin | 196 | 2315 | Essex | b22= | w13+ | b4- | b16= | w11- | b21+ | 3 | 16.5 | 200 |
| 13 | Ian R Watson | 204 | 2210 | Essex | w15= | b12- | w6= | b20= | w21= | b16+ | 3 | 15.5 | 197 |
| 14 | Graham W Chapman | 168j | Oxford | b21+ | w11+ | b1- | w10- | b4- | w18= | 2½ | 20.0 | 187 | |
| 15 | John C Henshaw | 198 | 2215 | Sussex | b13= | w4= | b11= | w6= | b17= | w8- | 2½ | 20.0 | 191 |
| 16 | Douglas G A Shallcross | 188 | Sussex | b25+ | w7- | b21+ | w12= | b1- | w13- | 2½ | (18) | 182 | |
| 17 | Jonathan J Ady | 180j | Kent | b7- | w20= | b22+ | w11= | w15= | b9- | 2½ | 16.0 | 192 | |
| 18 | Simon D Brown | 195j | Kent | b11- | w8- | w23+ | b21= | w20= | b14= | 2½ | 14.5 | 185 | |
| 19 | Neil F Dickenson | 186j | Kent | w10= | b6- | b24- | w8= | b23= | w22+ | 2½ | 14.5 | 190 | |
| 20 | Geoffrey H James | 194 | 2230 | Sussex | w3- | b17= | w9= | w13= | b18= | b7- | 2 | 19.5 | 181 |
| 21 | Kenneth I Norman | 200 | 2235 | Sussex | w14- | b24+ | w16- | w18= | b13= | w12- | 2 | 15.0 | 175 |
| 22 | John W Branford | 195 | Surrey | w12= | b2- | w17- | b23+ | w9- | b19- | 1½ | 18.0 | 169 | |
| 23 | Frank Parr | 200 | Surrey | w2- | b5- | b18- | w22- | w19= | b24+ | 1½ | 16.5 | 174 | |
| 24 | Simon C Le Blancq1 | (204) | Cambs | w21- | w19+ | b9= | b8- | w23- | 1½ | (13) | 173 | ||
| 25 | Ronald A Harris | 206 | Surrey | w16- | withdrew | 0 | (2.5) | 138 | |||||
1 Simon Le Blancq replaced Ronald A Harris (BCF 206) who withdrew after round 1.
1980 SURREY EASTER CONGRESS, Sutton, 4-7 April
The Frank Winter Open Tournament: (1-2) GM John D M Nunn (Oxford Univ), GM Gyula Sax (Hungary) 6½/7; (3-4) Clive D Gilliam (Mitcham), Peter J Sowray (Wood Green) 5½; (5-12) Jimmy B Adams (Metropolitan), David [Paul] L Barasi (Wimbledon), Michael J Basman (Wimbledon), Leslie S Blackstock (Charlton), Russell G Granat (Wimbledon), Alan E Hanreck (Charlton), Byron A Jacobs (Slough), John C Pigott (Streatham) 5, etc. 96 played. Grading prizes: U180 David W Fryer (Horley) 5; U165 S M Mason (Coulsdon) 4½; Junior prizes: U18 John J Cox (Slough) 5; Paul E Johnstone (Richmond)
Major (U150): (1) Randolph Demming (Willesden) 6½/7; (2-3) Mark R Ruston (Charlton), S J Whitehouse (Wimbledon) 6; (4-7) F Khan (Pinner), Dominic J C Mackle (Wimbledon), W Makar (Newbury), R Tailford (Surbiton) 5½. 127 played. Grading prizes: U135 P S Bailie (E Molesey) 5½; U120 T G Atkins (Bromley) 5½. Junior prizes: U18 Paul J J Gibbons (Sutton) 5; P A King (Kingston) 4; U16 J A Melvin (Ashtead) 4½, D C E Slaughter (RAE) 4
Main Tournaments (8-player APAs)
Main A: (1) A A B Wilson (Esher) 5. Main B: (1) Stephen C Crowdy (Streatham) 6½. Main C: (1) S N Khan (Richmond) 6.
Main Tournaments (6-player APAs)
Main D: (1-3) B Booth (Crystal Palace),
Stanley E E Cranmer (Guildford), George D Green (Sandhurst) 3. Main E: (1) Peter F W Horne (Wallington) 3½. Main F: (1) Ben S Rich (Streatham) 4. Main G: (1) Andrew B Sim (Sutton) 4½.
Main H: (1) M Smithson (Metropolitan) 4. Main J: (1) J Pincis (Wimbledon) 4½.
Novice Tournaments (6-player APAs)
A1 (1) N T Davies (Downside School) 5½. A2: (1) Peter D Kemp (Sutton) 4. A3: (1) R McLoughlin (Acton) 5. A4: (1) D J Shurrock (Morley
College) 5. A4: (1-2) M Arundale (Roehampton), David Pruden (Ashtead) 4½. A6: (1) M P Robinson (Glyn School) 5. A7: (1-2) C Hill (New Malden), C McDonald (Croydon) 4.
A8: (1) A Johnstone (Horsham) 4½. A8: (1-2) C M Joel (Bourne End), Miss L Simpson (Streatham) 4. A10: (1) K P Davis (Whitgift School) 5. B1: (1) S Abeysekera (Archbishop Tenisons) 4½. B2: (1-3) J Davy (KCS Wimbledon), R McLoughlin (Acton),
David Pruden (Ashtead) 4. B3: (1) Peter D Kemp (Sutton) 4½. B4: (1) J S Borrill (Eccleshall) 5. (1) N Hackers (Wimbledon) 4½. B6: (1) K P Davis (Whitgift) 4.
File Updated
| Date | Notes |
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| 24 October 2025 | First posted here - 17 games from the SCCU Championship, 12 from the Surrey Open, plus a crosstable and results. |