1986 British Chess Championship, Southampton, 28 July - 8 August • 1985« »1987

The title was won by Jonathan Speelman after a three-way play-off in December in London (see below).

1986 British Chess Championship				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
1	A Jonathan Mestel	ENG	2505g	◊ 1/48	♦ 1/45	◊ ½/17	♦ 1/9	◊ ½/6	♦ 1/15	◊ ½/2	♦ 1/7	♦ ½/3	◊ ½/5	◊ ½/4	8
2	Murray G Chandler	ENG	2565g	♦ 1/38	◊ 1/43	♦ ½/40	◊ 1/14	♦ 1/15	◊ ½/6	♦ ½/1	◊ 0/3	♦ ½/5	◊ 1/22	♦ 1/9	8
3	Jonathan S Speelman	ENG	2535g	◊ 1/60	♦ ½/46	◊ 0/9	♦ 1/51	◊ 1/10	♦ 1/24	◊ 1/17	♦ 1/2	◊ ½/1	♦ ½/11	◊ ½/5	8
4	Glenn C Flear	ENG	2505m	♦ 1/25	◊ 1/22	♦ 0/15	◊ 1/19	♦ ½/24	◊ ½/5	♦ ½/14	◊ 1/43	♦ ½/8	◊ 1/10	♦ ½/1	7½
5	Daniel J King	ENG	2455m	◊ 1/35	♦ 0/23	◊ 1/48	♦ ½/16	◊ 1/27	♦ ½/4	◊ 1/42	♦ 1/17	◊ ½/2	♦ ½/1	♦ ½/3	7½
6	William N Watson	ENG	2495m	♦ 1/33	◊ 1/10	♦ 1/23	◊ ½/15	♦ ½/1	♦ ½/2	◊ 0/7	◊ ½/22	♦ ½/16	◊ 1/24	♦ ½/11	7
7	Michael Adams	ENG	2260	♦ 1/20	◊ 1/31	♦ ½/24	◊ ½/40	◊ 1/12	♦ ½/17	♦ 1/6	◊ 0/1	♦ ½/14	◊ ½/8	◊ ½/13	7
8	Neil R McDonald	ENG	2495	◊ ½/52	♦ 1/21	◊ ½/16	♦ ½/10	◊ 1/23	♦ ½/11	◊ ½/9	♦ 1/24	◊ ½/4	♦ ½/7	◊ ½/12	7
9	Michael John Basman	ENG	2395m	♦ ½/18	◊ 1/42	♦ 1/3	◊ 0/1	♦ ½/44	◊ 1/37	♦ ½/8	◊ ½/20	♦ 1/28	◊ 1/14	◊ 0/2	7
10	Geoffrey W Lawton	ENG	2365m	◊ 1/41	♦ 0/6	◊ 1/56	◊ ½/8	♦ 0/3	◊ 1/36	♦ 1/40	◊ 1/28	♦ ½/20	♦ 0/4	◊ 1/22	7
11	Mark L Condie	SCO	2410m	♦ ½/42	◊ 1/18	♦ ½/47	◊ ½/23	♦ 1/50	◊ ½/8	♦ ½/16	◊ ½/14	♦ 1/25	◊ ½/3	◊ ½/6	7
12	Stuart Conquest	ENG	2430m	♦ 1/44	◊ ½/50	♦ ½/19	◊ 1/47	♦ 0/7	◊ 0/14	♦ 1/53	◊ ½/16	♦ 1/27	◊ 1/20	♦ ½/8	7
13	Julian M Hodgson	ENG	2500m	♦ 0/50	◊ ½/44	♦ 1/25	◊ 0/42	♦ 0/59	◊ 1/61	♦ 1/33	◊ 1/49	♦ 1/43	◊ 1/16	♦ ½/7	7
14	Devaki Prasad	IND	2410f	◊ ½/16	♦ 1/57	◊ 1/52	♦ 0/2	◊ 1/29	♦ 1/12	◊ ½/4	♦ ½/11	◊ ½/7	♦ 0/9	◊ ½/19	6½
15	Mark L Hebden	ENG	2440m	◊ 1/51	♦ 1/27	◊ 1/4	♦ ½/6	◊ 0/2	◊ 0/1	♦ ½/25	◊ ½/18	♦ ½/31	♦ ½/21	◊ 1/26	6½
16	Praveen Mahadeo Thipsay	IND	2375m	♦ ½/14	◊ 1/26	♦ ½/8	◊ ½/5	♦ ½/42	◊ 1/53	◊ ½/11	♦ ½/12	◊ ½/6	♦ 0/13	♦ 1/25	6½
17	H James Plaskett	ENG	2450g	♦ 1/36	◊ 1/30	♦ ½/1	◊ 1/50	♦ 1/40	◊ ½/7	♦ 0/3	◊ 0/5	♦ 0/22	◊ ½/25	♦ 1/31	6½
18	Michael Hennigan	ENG	2225	◊ ½/9	♦ 0/11	◊ ½/21	♦ ½/45	◊ 1/35	♦ 1/23	◊ ½/19	♦ ½/15	◊ 0/24	◊ 1/43	♦ 1/28	6½
19	Andrew D Martin	ENG	2370m	♦ ½/26	◊ 1/34	◊ ½/12	♦ 0/4	♦ ½/31	◊ 1/59	♦ ½/18	◊ 0/25	◊ 1/30	♦ 1/32	♦ ½/14	6½
20	Jonathan P Levitt	ENG	2455m	◊ 0/7	♦ 0/52	◊ ½/32	♦ 1/48	◊ 1/33	♦ 1/50	◊ 1/26	♦ ½/9	◊ ½/10	♦ 0/12	◊ 1/27	6½
21	Haydn J Barber	AUS	2320	♦ ½/34	◊ 0/8	♦ ½/18	◊ ½/36	♦ 0/41	◊ 1/58	♦ ½/39	◊ 1/53	♦ 1/42	◊ ½/15	♦ 1/24	6½
22	Ian T Findlay	CAN	2375f	◊ 1/32	♦ 0/4	◊ 0/29	♦ 1/35	◊ 1/54	♦ ½/26	◊ 1/30	♦ ½/6	◊ 1/17	♦ 0/2	♦ 0/10	6
23	Paul Motwani	SCO	2355f	♦ 1/62	◊ 1/5	◊ 0/6	♦ ½/11	♦ 0/8	◊ 0/18	◊ 1/52	♦ ½/26	◊ ½/46	♦ ½/29	◊ 1/41	6
24	David Norwood	ENG	2415m	◊ 1/29	♦ ½/47	◊ ½/7	♦ 1/30	◊ ½/4	◊ 0/3	♦ 1/44	◊ 0/8	♦ 1/18	♦ 0/6	◊ 0/21	5½
25	Neil L Carr	ENG	2305f	◊ 0/4	♦ 1/32	◊ 0/13	♦ ½/56	◊ 1/51	♦ 1/41	◊ ½/15	♦ 1/19	◊ 0/11	♦ ½/17	◊ 0/16	5½
26	Stephen D Bell	ENG	(2360)	◊ ½/19	♦ 0/16	♦ 1/59	◊ 1/43	♦ ½/28	◊ ½/22	♦ 0/20	◊ ½/23	♦ 1/40	◊ ½/31	♦ 0/15	5½
27	Ian L Thomas	ENG	2350	♦ 1/39	◊ 0/15	♦ ½/53	◊ 1/41	♦ 0/5	◊ ½/44	♦ ½/49	◊ 1/36	◊ 0/12	♦ 1/46	♦ 0/20	5½
28	Craig William Pritchett	SCO	2400m	◊ ½/57	♦ ½/56	◊ 1/35	♦ ½/29	◊ ½/26	♦ ½/42	◊ 1/37	♦ 0/10	◊ 0/9	♦ 1/36	◊ 0/18	5½
29	Simon J Roe	ENG	2230	♦ 0/24	◊ 1/38	♦ 1/22	◊ ½/28	♦ 0/14	◊ 0/43	♦ 0/34	◊ 1/59	♦ 1/33	◊ ½/23	◊ ½/30	5½
30	Gavin Crawley	ENG	2345	◊ 1/61	♦ 0/17	◊ 1/45	◊ 0/24	♦ 1/38	◊ ½/40	♦ 0/22	◊ 1/44	♦ 0/19	◊ ½/34	♦ ½/29	5½
31	Karl Bowden	ENG	2340	◊ ½/56	♦ 0/7	◊ ½/57	♦ 1/55	◊ ½/19	♦ 0/32	◊ 1/54	♦ 1/41	◊ ½/15	♦ ½/26	◊ 0/17	5½
32	David John Watts	ENG	2210	♦ 0/22	◊ 0/25	♦ ½/20	♦ 1/60	◊ 1/45	◊ 1/31	♦ 0/43	◊ ½/40	♦ 1/49	◊ 0/19	♦ ½/38	5½
33	John G Nicholson	ENG	2295	◊ 0/6	♦ 0/41	◊ ½/58	♦ 1/34	♦ 0/20	◊ 1/56	◊ 0/13	♦ 1/47	◊ 0/29	♦ 1/54	◊ 1/46	5½
34	Gary Quillan	ENG	(2010)	◊ ½/21	♦ 0/19	♦ 0/42	◊ 0/33	◊ 1/60	♦ ½/45	◊ 1/29	♦ ½/51	◊ 1/37	♦ ½/30	◊ ½/35	5½
35	Angus J Dunnington	ENG	2280	♦ 0/5	◊ 1/39	♦ 0/28	◊ 0/22	♦ 0/18	◊ ½/51	♦ 1/62	◊ ½/38	♦ 1/55	◊ 1/44	♦ ½/34	5½
36	Demetrios Agnos1	ENG	2255	◊ 0/17	♦ ½/61	◊ ½/55	♦ ½/21	◊ 1/46	♦ 0/10	◊ 1/50	♦ 0/27	◊ 1/54	◊ 0/28	♦ 1/43	5½
37	Keith C Arkell	ENG	2350m	◊ 1/55	♦ 0/40	◊ ½/41	♦ ½/54	◊ 1/52	♦ 0/9	♦ 0/28	◊ ½/39	♦ 0/34	◊ 1/53	◊ 1/42	5½
38	Christopher Ward	ENG	2315	◊ 0/2	♦ 0/29	◊ 1/62	♦ 1/57	◊ 0/30	♦ ½/54	◊ 0/41	♦ ½/35	◊ 1/52	♦ 1/51	◊ ½/32	5½
39	Martin Hazelton	ENG	(2145)	◊ 0/27	♦ 0/35	◊ ½/60	♦ ½/62	◊ 1/48	♦ ½/52	◊ ½/21	♦ ½/37	◊ ½/51	♦ ½/42	◊ 1/45	5½
40	Anthony C Kosten	ENG	2455m	♦ 1/49	◊ 1/37	◊ ½/2	♦ ½/7	◊ 0/17	♦ ½/30	◊ 0/10	♦ ½/32	◊ 0/26	♦ 0/41	◊ 1/51	5
41	David J Walker	ENG	(2255)	♦ 0/10	◊ 1/33	♦ ½/37	♦ 0/27	◊ 1/21	◊ 0/25	♦ 1/38	◊ 0/31	♦ ½/44	◊ 1/40	♦ 0/23	5
42	Philip Rossiter	ENG	2230	◊ ½/11	♦ 0/9	◊ 1/34	♦ 1/13	◊ ½/16	◊ ½/28	♦ 0/5	♦ ½/46	◊ 0/21	◊ ½/39	♦ 0/37	4½
43	George Steven Botterill	WLS	2395m	◊ 1/54	♦ 0/2	◊ ½/51	♦ 0/26	◊ 1/56	♦ 1/29	◊ 1/32	♦ 0/4	◊ 0/13	♦ 0/18	◊ 0/36	4½
44	Michael J Yeo	ENG	2240	◊ 0/12	♦ ½/13	◊ 1/61	♦ 1/46	◊ ½/9	♦ ½/27	◊ 0/24	♦ 0/30	◊ ½/41	♦ 0/35	◊ ½/47	4½
45	Raja Ravisekhar	IND	2395m	♦ 1/59	◊ 0/1	♦ 0/30	◊ ½/18	♦ 0/32	◊ ½/34	♦ 0/51	◊ 1/57	♦ ½/53	◊ 1/49	♦ 0/39	4½
46	John C Hawksworth	ENG	2400f	♦ 1/53	◊ ½/3	♦ 0/50	◊ 0/44	♦ 0/36	◊ 1/55	♦ 1/59	◊ ½/42	♦ ½/23	◊ 0/27	♦ 0/33	4½
47	Vaidyanathan Ravikumar	IND	2345m	♦ 1/58	◊ ½/24	◊ ½/11	♦ 0/12	♦ 0/53	◊ 0/49	♦ ½/61	◊ 0/33	♦ 1/59	◊ ½/50	♦ ½/44	4½
48	Chris Depasquale	AUS	2305	♦ 0/1	◊ 1/62	♦ 0/5	◊ 0/20	♦ 0/39	◊ ½/57	♦ 0/55	◊ 1/56	♦ ½/61	♦ ½/58	◊ 1/52	4½
49	Alan A Smith	ENG	2280	◊ 0/40	♦ ½/55	◊ 0/54	♦ ½/58	◊ 1/57	♦ 1/47	◊ ½/27	♦ 0/13	◊ 0/32	♦ 0/45	◊ 1/60	4½
50	John Emms	ENG	2305	◊ 1/13	♦ ½/12	◊ 1/46	♦ 0/17	◊ 0/11	◊ 0/20	♦ 0/36	♦ 0/54	◊ ½/58	♦ ½/47	◊ ½/56	4
51	Feliks J Kwiatkowski	ENG	2250	♦ 0/15	◊ 1/58	♦ ½/43	◊ 0/3	♦ 0/25	♦ ½/35	◊ 1/45	◊ ½/34	♦ ½/39	◊ 0/38	♦ 0/40	4
52	Kevin J Wicker	ENG	2305f	♦ ½/8	◊ 1/20	♦ 0/14	◊ ½/53	♦ 0/37	◊ ½/39	♦ 0/23	◊ ½/55	♦ 0/38	◊ 1/61	♦ 0/48	4
53	Keith Allen	IRL	2225	◊ 0/46	♦ 1/60	◊ ½/27	♦ ½/52	◊ 1/47	♦ 0/16	◊ 0/12	♦ 0/21	◊ ½/45	♦ 0/37	♦ ½/55	4
54	M Paul Townsend	ENG	2220	♦ 0/43	◊ ½/59	♦ 1/49	◊ ½/37	♦ 0/22	◊ ½/38	♦ 0/31	◊ 1/50	♦ 0/36	◊ 0/33	♦ ½/57	4
55	David Lawson	SCO	(2200)	♦ 0/37	◊ ½/49	♦ ½/36	◊ 0/31	♦ ½/58	♦ 0/46	◊ 1/48	♦ ½/52	◊ 0/35	♦ ½/60	◊ ½/53	4
56	Mark Lyell	ENG	(2030)	♦ ½/31	◊ ½/28	♦ 0/10	◊ ½/25	♦ 0/43	♦ 0/33	◊ 0/60	♦ 0/48	◊ 1/62	◊ 1/59	♦ ½/50	4
57	Philip Maurice Giulian	SCO	2225	♦ ½/28	◊ 0/14	♦ ½/31	◊ 0/38	♦ 0/49	♦ ½/48	◊ 1/58	♦ 0/45	◊ 0/60	♦ 1/62	◊ ½/54	4
58	Francis Chin	MAL	(2075)	◊ 0/47	♦ 0/51	♦ ½/33	◊ ½/49	◊ ½/55	♦ 0/21	♦ 0/57	◊ 1/62	♦ ½/50	◊ ½/48	♦ ½/61	4
59	Ziaur Rahman	BAN	2305	◊ 0/45	♦ ½/54	◊ 0/26	♦ 1/61	◊ 1/13	♦ 0/19	◊ 0/46	♦ 0/29	◊ 0/47	♦ 0/56	◊ 1/62	3½
60	Erik OMC Teichmann	ENG	2310	♦ 0/3	◊ 0/53	♦ ½/39	◊ 0/32	♦ 0/34	◊ 0/62	♦ 1/56	◊ ½/61	♦ 1/57	◊ ½/55	♦ 0/49	3½
61	Simon Le Blancq	GCI	2270f	♦ 0/30	◊ ½/36	♦ 0/44	◊ 0/59	♦ 1/62	♦ 0/13	◊ ½/47	♦ ½/60	◊ ½/48	♦ 0/52	◊ ½/58	3½
62	Peter Varley	WLS	(2210)	◊ 0/23	♦ 0/48	♦ 0/38	◊ ½/39	◊ 0/61	♦ 1/60	◊ 0/35	♦ 0/58	♦ 0/56	◊ 0/57	♦ 0/59	1½

Bracketed ratings are not official FIDE ratings but converted national grades/ratings.
¹ this was his name at the time - games have been recorded under his current name "Anagnostopoulos,Dimitri"

1986 British Championship Play-Off, Part 1 - London, 11-16 December 1986

The venue for the play-offs was the Great Eastern Hotel, Liverpool Street, London. First prize was £2,000, second prize £1,200 and third prize £800.

1986 British Championship Play-Off		Elo	1	2	3	Total
1	Jonathan S Speelman	2535	&;	½½	11	3
2	Murray G Chandler	2565	½½	&;	11	3
3	A Jonathan Mestel	2505	00	00	&;	0

1986 British Championship Play-Off, Part 2 - London, 17 December 1986

Game 1: Chandler ½-½ Speelman; Game 2: Speelman 1-0 Chandler

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1986 British Ladies Chess Championship, Southampton • 1985« »1987

1986 British Ladies Championship		Fed	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
1	Susan K Arkell (née Walker, now Lalic)	ENG	2195wm	15+	13+	7+	6+	2+	3=	4+	8+	10+	9=	5–	9
2	Christine Flear	FRA	2125	6–	16+	10+	8+	1–	9+	3+	7=	4=	12+	13+	8
3	Rani Hamid	BAN	2080wm	5=	12+	8–	4+	13+	1=	2–	11+	7+	6–	9+	7
4	Bhagyashre Sathe	IND	2075wf	10=	6=	13=	3–	11+	14+	1–	5+	2=	15+	12+	7
5	Carey A Groves	ENG	1945	3=	10–	14=	9–	16+	12=	15+	4–	11+	7+	1+	6½
6	Corry Vreeken	NLD	2055wm	2+	4=	11+	1–	9=	7=	8–	14=	16+	3+	10=	6½
7	Regina Gruenberg	FRG	2060	14=	9+	1–	11=	8+	6=	13+	2=	3–	5–	16+	6
8	Venkita Nirmala	IND	2060	9=	14+	3+	2–	7–	13=	6+	1–	12–	16+	15+	6
9	Kiran Agrawal	IND	—	8=	7–	12+	5+	6=	2–	11–	15+	14+	1=	3–	5½
10	Jayashre Sankpal	IND	—	4=	5+	2–	13–	14–	15+	12=	16+	1–	11+	6=	5½
11	Rani Jackson	ENG	—	12=	15+	6–	7=	4–	16+	9+	3–	5–	10–	14+	5
12	Anne Mothersill (née Sunnucks)	ENG	1970wm	11=	3–	9–	16=	15+	5=	10=	13+	8+	2–	4–	5
13	Yasmin Begum	BAN	—	16+	1–	4=	10+	3–	8=	7–	12–	15=	14+	2–	4½
14	Lynda Powell	WLS	1935	7=	8–	5=	15=	10+	4–	16+	6=	9–	13–	11–	4
15	Anne Spiller	WLS	—	1–	11–	16=	14=	12–	10–	5–	9–	13=	4–	8–	1½
16	Beth Spiller	WLS	—	13–	2–	15=	12=	5–	11–	14–	10–	6–	8–	7–	1

BCF MAJOR OPEN TOURNAMENT (11 round Swiss)

1 Sergey Kudrin GM (USA) 9½; 2 Yochanan Afek (Israel) 8½; 3= Byron Jacobs FM (England), P[eter D?] Kemp (England) U-21 Prize* 8; 5= R. Gerber, Richard Holmes, S. S. Tilak 7½; 8= David Coleman, Neil Crickmore, Colin S Crouch, Oliver A Jackson, P. Maddon, Jonathan Manley, Rowley C S Newton, L. Ravi, John N Sugden, Neil Thomas 7; 18= Chris B Baker, Graham Burgess, M. Cowling, Gary Dormand, A. Faller, Peter W Hempson, Glenn House, D. Marciano, Andrew P Smith 6½; 27= N. Alldritt, J. Brookes, S. Burke, Paul Dargan, D Michael Denison, Keith Escott, Michael J Freeman, Andrew Harley, M. Hughes, Ken W Lloyd, Don Mason, Ivan J Myall, Frank Parr, S. J. Singh, Sukh Dave Singh, Leslie Smart, Jim E Vickery, Robert Willmoth 6; 45= Martin Buckmaster, Neville Gill, M. Jackson, Simon Lazarus, N. McSheehy, H. I. Oei, Chris Sherwood, Aaron Summerscale 5½; 53= C. Butt, Alison Coull, S. Elliott, Paul D Helbig, J. Holland, P. Krause, A. McLure, C. Moors, A Philip Primett, D. Simpson, S. Walker, John Wilman 5; 65= D. Bell, Competence 3, R. Dicks, Michael R Handley, Benedict Hirsch, A. House, D. Robinson, A. Samuels 4½; 73= Competence 2, Robert Eames, Eureka Electrol, R. Jackson, K. Swainston, H. Williams 4; 79= J. Dale, L. Flunkert, J. Langstaffe, I. McDonald, T. Mortimer, S. Woodhouse 3½; 85 Competence One 3; 86= Donald Andrew, Eureka Electro Two, J. Robinson 2½; 89 Guy Mason 2; 90 R. Perrin 1½; 91 G. L. Pritchard 1.

* U21 prize - I don't think this means he became British U21 Champion. The official record shows that the U21 title was shared by Michael Adams, Mark Condie, Stuart Conquest and Neil McDonald for their performance in the Championship proper.

1986 BRITISH VETERANS' CHAMPIONSHIP

Preliminary Section: Philip C Hoad 6/7; Harry Golombek, Raymond Walmisley 4½; A. Barton, J. Cotterell 4; H. Storr-Best 3; W. Hollindale 1½; C. Cheetham ½ (all play all).

Final Group A, 3 rounds all-play-all, preliminary scores carried forward: 1 Philip C Hoad (London) 9/10; 2 Raymond Walmisley (Southampton) 6½; 3 Harry Golombek (Chalfont St. Giles) 5½; 4 J. Cotterell (Enfield) 4.

Final Group B, arranged as group A: 5= A. Barton (Totton, Hants), H. Storr-Best (Petersfield) 6/10; 7= C. Cheetham (Carlisle) 1½/10 and W. Hollindale (Eastbourne) 1½/6.

1986 BRITISH UNDER 18 CHAMPIONSHIP (11-round Swiss)

1 Philip J Morris (Gravesend) 9½/11; 2 David A Wood (Chatham) 8; 3= Chris Dunworth (Nottingham), J. Goddard (Fareham), Andrew Ledger (Bedford), J. Lee, S. Moetelli (Southampton), Julian Way (Esher) 7; 9= K. Greer, Andrew Stone 6½; 11= Niall Carton, K. McCann, R. Maullin, J. Wood, C. Sims 6; 16= Ian Galloway, N. Peters, S. Steel, Mark I Walker, Paul Georghiou 5½; 21= D. Aldridge, J. Fowler, Caroline Hallett, M. Thompson, G. Wilkinson 5; 26= N. Funnell, R. Burgess 4½; 28= H. Beckett, Stephen J Cullip, M. Eaves, 4; 31= G. Bailey, L. Cunningham 3½; 33 J. Garnett 3; 34 P. Whalley 2;

The 1986 British Girls' U18 Championship was won by Caroline Hallett (Denmead).

1986 BRITISH UNDER 16 CHAMPIONSHIP (7-round Swiss)

1= Chris Duncan (Pinner), Richard Tozer (Peterborough) 5½; 3= Lawrence Cooper (Stafford), Graeme Buckley (Wolverhampton) 5; 5= Mark Hann, Ian D Mackay 4½; 7= S. Clark, J. Hutchings, M. Long, Alex E Tucker, T. Kendall 4; 12= David Sands, R. Singh 3½; 14= D. Evans, P. Moclair, Roy Phillips, A. Starkie, T. Wegener 3; 19= D. O'Farrell, A. Moody-Stuart 2½; 21= Hazel Eaves, T. McDonald, J. Cairns 2.

The 1986 British Girls' U16 Championship was won by Hazel Eaves (Coventry).

1986 BRITISH UNDER 15 CHAMPIONSHIP (7-round Swiss)

1= Graeme Buckley (Wolverhampton), Jonathan W Rogers (Brentwood) 5½; 3= D. Metha (Brentwood), R. Singh (Colchester) 5; 5=R. Beckett, D. Brothers, Steven A M Foister, Alex Gillies, S. Mitchell 4½; 10= Edward L Godber, J. Pillay, M. Winn 4; 13= J. Dilley, E. Holland, Thomas Middleton 3½; 16= Francis Bowers, V. Cole, O. Duncan, D. Heron, G. Illari, R. Wilkinson 3; 22= Julie Harwar, Demis Hassapis 2½; 24= John M lonides, T. McDonald, J. West 2; 27 M. Clark 1½; 28 J. Kelly 1.

The 1986 British Girls' U15 Championship was won by Julie Harwar (Cheltenham).

1986 BRITISH UNDER 14 CHAMPIONSHIP (7-round Swiss)

1 Andrew Webster (Sutton) 6½; 2 Jonathan G Wilson (Weybridge) 5½; 3= Alex Gillies (Coatbridge), Edward L Godber (Southampton), C. Walsh (Port Talbot) 5; 6= Edward Holland, John Naylor, A. Pickering 4½; 9= Gareth Haslinger, Andrew C Keehner, James Poulton, Wilkinson 4; 13 = N. Callow, Michael Eastwood, P. Jowett, J. Monk, P. Whitworth 3½; 18 = V. Cole, Cathy Haslinger, David Neil, I. Rubin, J. West, A. Pettey, P. Follett 3; 25= T. Davies, G. Illari, J. Kelly, N. Watt 2½; 29= R. Beckett, M. Deakin, M. Herion 2; 32 S. Bailey 1.

The 1986 British Girls' U14 Championship was won by Cathy Haslinger (Hayes).

1986 BRITISH UNDER 13 CHAMPIONSHIP (7-round Swiss)

1 Andrew Webster (Sutton) 6; 2= Gareth Haslinger (Hayes) Andrew Hon (Barnet), Nick Jakubovics (Oxford), Andrew R Jones (Caerphilly), James Poulton (Fareham) 5; 7= Edward L lonides, David Neil 4½; 9= Dipak Golechha, Cathy Haslinger, Andrew C Keehner, Harry Lamb jnr, D. Triggs, P. Brown 4; 15= A. Jamal, D. Keegan, J. Monk, Nicholas G Brisbourne 3½; 19= R. Birks, K. Frisby, Heidi Heron, M. Morris 3; 23= G. Howell, Clare E Joy, Genevieve O'Farrell, M. Watts 2½; 27= S. Annetts, B. Duncan 2; 29 J. Bailey 1.

The 1986 British Girls' U13 Championship was won by Cathy Haslinger (Hayes).

1986 BRITISH UNDER 12 CHAMPIONSHIP (7-round Swiss)

1 Andrew Jones (Caerphilly) 6; 2= David Essex (Goulceby), Simon Pain, P. Brown 5½; 5= P[aul V] Griffiths, S. Hampton, A. Jamal, J. Scott, Selim, Philip Tozer, Matthew Turner, R. Winston, Darryl Wolstencroft, Neill 4½; 15=D. Oates, Arjun Panchapagesan, Joanne Smith 4; 18= N. Arnsby, T. Davies, R. Eaves, S. Evans, Dipak Golechha, Jonathan Hastings, Jonathan Pain, Demis Hassapis 3½; 26= A. Crafts, Julie Eastwood, D. Mothersill, Ruth Mothersill, Genevieve O'Farrell, D. Hennigan, Matthew G Crocker 3; 33= Ann-Marie Ashby, Philip Hughes, Xerxes A Mistry, A. Wells, Anand 2½; 38= A. Coe, R. Hearley, Emilia M Holland, Martin A Sygrove, Adam G Crocker 2; 43 R. Nash 1.

The 1986 British Girls' Championship was won by Joanne Smith (Gainsborough).

1986 BRITISH UNDER 11 CHAMPIONSHIP (7-round Swiss)

1 David Essex (Goulceby, Lincs) 6½; 2= Simon Bibby (Maidstone), M. Dilley (Rushden), H. Sin (London) 5½; 5= Caspar J Bates, J. Oakley, Selim, S. Willets, Duncan R Woods, Jonathan F Parker 5; 11= Mark Jacob, C. Maxwell-Scott, T. De Piro, Arjun Panchapagesan 4½; 15= N. Atkins, Adam G Crocker, Matthew G Crocker, D. Elliott, M. Francis, W. Rawlings, K. Hoare, Martin A Sygrove, K. Wan Tuk, R. Wiltshire, S. Woodford, Daniel Rosenberg, A. Eyton 4; 28= Simon T Ansell, C. Francis, Sarah A Joy, Claire E Lusher, Irfan Nathoo, D. Pearson, Matthew J Turner, S. Florence 3½; 36 = N. Berman, Stephen Calderwood, E. Holland, R. Little, A. Myall, M. Phypers, Neil E Lusher, J. Smith, D. Wykes, D. Hennigan 3; 46 = T. Copeman, S. Hay, I. MuKadam, 2½; 49= M. Bigg, B. Cunningham, P. Dyer, K. Gorman, I. Little, S. Little, S. Longley, C. Reed, N. Reed 2; 58 S. Pearson 1½; 59 E. O'Connell 1; 60 S. Aston 0.

The 1986 British Girls' U11 Championship was won by Claire E Lusher (Fareham).

1986 BRITISH UNDER 9 CHAMPIONSHIP (7-round Swiss)

1 Irfan Nathoo (Twickenham) 6½; 2 D. Hennigan (London) 6; 3= Jack Rudd (Yeovil), J. Walton (Preston) 5½; 5= J. Baum, C. Blake, P[aul V] Griffiths, Ben Keohane, K. Sweeney 5; 10 = E. Goodall, P. Janew, A. Myall, J. Titmas, W. Whittow, M. Richards 4½; 16= M. Bautista, J. Brassett, M. Brief, M. Cohen, B. MacFarlane, D. Martin, N. Reed, Fenn 4; 24= Stephen E Cordy, M. Crocker, M. Jackson, N. Lusher, Jody Saunders, P. Sharp 3½; 30= N. Botting, C. Brown, Andrew Calderwood, D. Clifton, Aron Cohen, J. Hampton, Miroslav Houska, S. Pearson, N. Shearman, Wetherly 3; 40 = I. Little, Felton, J. Rawlings 2½; 43 = M. Burr, T. Corcoran, K. Fullen, R. Hoile, P. Morris, S. Oates 2; 49= C. Duke, Ian Lamb, P. Williams, S. Hennigan 1.

The 1986 British Girls' Championship was won by Jody Saunders (Crowthorne).

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BLACKBURNE TOURNAMENT (all play all)

1= R. Coles (Saffron Walden), Robert Noyce 8; 3 Alec Toll (RAF) 7½; 4 Paul C Stokes (London) 6; 5 Tony Wheatley (London) 5½; 6= S. Dauber (Darlington), J. Haigh (Wakefield), D. Twitchell (Great Yarmouth) 5; 9= D. Woodruff (Keynsham), H James Draisey (Bristol) 4½; 11 G. McCormick (Belfast) 4; 12 R. Amran (France) 3.

STAUNTON TOURNAMENT (all play all)

1 P. Dansey (St. Neots) 8½; 2 C. White (Great Yarmouth) 8; 3 G Alec Boswell (Liverpool) 6; 4= S. Penfold (Pinner), A. Birnie, Kevin Staveley (Cwmparc) 5; 7 A. Sage (Bath) 4½; 8 M. Taylor (Radcliffe on Trent) 4; 9 I. McNee (Reigate) 3½; 10 N. Dicker (Dibden Purlieu) 3; 11 S. Knuckey (Cardiff) 2½

SOANES TOURNAMENT (all play all)

1= R. Burroughs (Brentwood), I. Jewsbury (Bradford) 8; 3 C. Dossett (Bradford) 7; 4 R. Lewis (London) 6; 5 S. Rowles (London) 5½; 6 Eric Wilfred Knapp (London) 5; 7 P. Baldwin (Eastbourne) 4½; 8= D. Everitt (Haywards Heath), John Calvert (Nottingham), G. Garnett (Stockton on Tees) 3; 11 A. Galloway (Sidcup) 2.

5-DAY TOURNAMENT, WEEK 1, (Two rounds a day, 9-round Swiss)

1= Jeremy N Fraser-Mitchell (Southampton), David Tebb 6½; 3 = J. Jones (Gosport), J. Stewart (Belfast) 6; 5= D. Faulkner, Roger Marsh 5½; 7=P. Barker, Percy B Cook, D. Cooper, S. Harding, R. Saunders 5; 12 = J. Clarke, K. Roberts, S. Silver 4½; 15= F. Adam Ali, S. Pike, J. Hendy 4; 18 R. Sayer 3½; 19= D. Harwood, R. Willis 3; 21 R. Harksin 2.

5-DAY TOURNAMENT WEEK 1 MORNING (5-round Swiss)

1 Harry Lamb (Bolton) 5; 2 M. Long (Swansea) 4; 3= J. Baptie (Rayleigh), S. Clark (Gloucester), Steve Ledger (Bedford), John Moore (Benfleet), M. Page (London), Richard Tozer (Peterborough) 3½; 9 = l. Annetts, C. Hann, Dave Ledger, J. Cairns, I. Eustace 3; 14= Bertie Barlow, M. Hann, K. Heron, I. Stenhouse, M. Wiltshire, P. Condie 2½; 20= E. Dixon, C. Duncan, B. Fraser, P. Moclair, Alec Webster, P. Winn 2; 26= R. Edney, Frank Hatto 1½; 28= R. Brown, H. Cavallin-Lindkvist, S. Matthews 1; 31= G. James M. Kelly 0.

5-DAY TOURNAMENT WEEK 1 AFTERNOON (5-round Swiss)

1 N. Rutter (Harrow) 5; 2 A de Bruyne (Holland) 4; 3 J. Grundy (Harrow) 3½; 4= R. Moore, E. Smith, H. Van Der Laan, T. Simms 3; 8= M. Armstrong, D. Lewis, E. J. Walinga 2½; 11= K. Prins, YN Visser 2; 13 = C. Hoekstra, A. McFarlane 1½; 15 P. Armstrong 1; 16 J. Robins 0.

5-DAY TOURNAMENT WEEK 2 (Two rounds a day, 9-round Swiss)

1 J. Jones (Gosport) 7½; 2 R. Devenney (Newtownards) 6½; 3= G. Ellist (Blackpool), David Tebb 6; 5= James Hepworth, D. Pagden, J. Stewart 5; 8= A. Borkowski, D. Cooper, S. Pike, G. Sandiford, J. Fraser-Mitchell 5; 13= M. Buckley, N. Capey, G. Tarrant 4½; 16= M. Baker, Richard Almond, J. Hendy, F. Adam Ali 4; 20= P. Barker, S. Harding, S. Sellick 3½; 23 J. Beadle 3; 24= R. Buzzard, D. Harwood 2½; 26 K. Roberts 1½.

5-DAY TOURNAMENT WEEK 2 MORNING (5-round Swiss)

1 Dave Ledger (Bedford) 4½; 2= Phil Adams (Oldham), D. Holmes (Southampton), H Trevor Jones (Tunbridge Wells) 4; 5= S. Arnold, R. Harrison, J. Liddle, J. Foulger, Lucien Mouillaux 3½; 10= G. Davies, C. Hann, L. Miller, P. Przybycin, D. Charless, R. Walsh 3; 16= Bertie Barlow, P. Edwards, T. Hughes, Steve Ledger, M. Penston 2; 21= G. Fraser, Conrad Jowett, S. Matthews, A Philip Primett, R. Edney, James Pratt, K. Noyce, Michael Bolan, Alec J Aslett 2; 30= S. Lorriman, S. Silver, P. O'Mara 1½; 33= G. Davies, Alec Webster, I. Whitworth 1; 36 M. T. Ellison 0.

5-DAY TOURNAMENT WEEK 2 AFTERNOON (5-round Swiss)

1 Mark Sampson (Kingswinford) 4½; 2 Daniel Rosen (Epsom) 4; 3= Ray Gamble (Derby), T. Hazdra (Austin), K. Biswas, G. Pritchard, Robert C Lynn 3; 8= Alex McFarlane, M. Mortimer, Dinah Norman 2½; 11 = R. Prince, P. Maybury, P. Baldwin, R. P. Moore 2; 15 D. Cuckson 1.

WEEKEND INTERMEDIATE (grade U-160, 6-round Swiss)

1 M. Buckley (Southampton) 5; 2= J. G. Davies (Winchester), P. Cook (Wimborne), A. Hill (Bristol), D. Gardner (Southampton) 4½; 34 Players

WEEKEND MINOR (grade U-125, 6-round Swiss)

1= G Alec Boswell (Liverpool), B. Wood (Swinton) 5; 3= J. M. Robinson, S. Bulbeck (Tavistock), P. Heighway (London), S. Lorriman (Southampton) 4½. 38 Players

KLEINWORT GRIEVESON QUICKPLAY (7-round Swiss)

1 Michael Adams (Truro) 7; 2 Erik Teichmann (Cambridge & Germany) 6; 3=P. Madden (Bingley), David Walker (Sunderland) 5½. 74 Players.

REPORT ON THE KLEINWORT GRIEVESON 73RD BRITISH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Held at the Southampton Guildhall, 28 July to 9 August 1986

The Guildhall proved to be just about large enough to hold all the competitors. This shows the extent of growth since 1982 when we used a hall hardly half the size in Torquay. Exactly the same number of people competed as in Edinburgh last year. Since we expected an increase in the number of juniors this was disappointing. Perhaps the last two years were exceptional. Some adults didn't fancy a holiday in Southampton and the counter-attraction of the World Championship in London, with all its attendant sideshows, may have reduced the entry. There was a large local entry in Scotland, particularly for the weekend tournaments.

The 62 player British Championship proved to be a fight between the pre-tournament favourites. This was only resolved just before midnight on Friday when Jonathan Mestel drew with Glenn Flear, having failed to convert a clear advantage at adjournment into a win. Thus Chandler, Mestel and Speelman must play off for the title later this year. Currently BBC2 and Thames TV have both expressed an interest in televising this three-cornered fight. The main news item was the fine result by 14-year-old Michael Adams. He scored 7/11 for a 2550 rating performance (244 grading). Thus he achieved an international master result with a round and a point to spare. This compares closely with Nigel Short at the same age in 1979 when he tied for first place. Only players of World Championship strength have had such high rating scores at that age. This overshadowed 15 year old Michael Hennigan's 2450 performance. Apart from that, the most noticeable aspect of the final scores was that only one Scotsman succeeded in joining the English on 7/11 or better.

Only 16 players took part in the British Ladies' Open Championship but the event was a title norm tournament in which Christine Flear achieved her first woman international master result. Susan Arkell ran away with first prize and had secured first place with two rounds to spare.

The entry for the Major Open was considerably down and we will have to think about the level of prize money very carefully for next year. Grandmaster Sergey Kudrin was attracted by the £1,000 first prize but found unexpected resistance from Israeli Yochanan Afek who matched him point-for-point until the last round.

The change in the junior championships to one week events (apart from the Under 18) proved a success. This enabled people to come who couldn't afford two weeks and yet youngsters took part in two Championships if that appealed to them. Cathy Haslinger achieved the unique distinction of having this year won the Under 13 and Under 14 Girls titles and last year picking up the Under 11 and Under 12. She is the only person ever to have won four different British titles.

The Commentary room came in for masses of praise. Graham Lee and Malcolm Pein seem to have struck the perfect balance between humour and serious analysis.

My time was torn between the World Championship and Southampton. It was noticeable whenever I arrived on the coast, the weather rapidly cleared up and London during that period was much drier. My absence put a considerable strain on the control team. Our thanks must go out particularly to Gerry Walsh, the previous Congress Director, who acted not only as a Controller but also as Director when necessary. Congress Secretary Ian Naish was also a tower of strength. Thus I found it something of an embarrassment when asked to decide who should receive a new trophy, the Richard Boxall Plate for services to the congress. This was awarded to Mary Kluth the Congress treasurer and a recorder for many years. The remainder of the workers (and, oh what long hours they put in!) were Steve Boniface, Richard Boxall, Eric Croker, Paul Dansey, Neil Graham, Frank Hatto, Mary Kerridge, Peter Purland, John Tonkin, Mike Wagstaff, David Wallace, Gerry Walsh and David Welch. Our thanks to David Jarrett's family for allowing him to attend both Opening and Closing Ceremonies.

Swansea then next year. An exciting venue with many facilities and a resort set in a most attractive part of Britain.

STEWART REUBEN, Congress Director

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File updated

Date	Notes
13 September 2020	All 341 games are available here. Additional to the games as presented on Mega/Big database, these have round numbers and dates. Crosstables of the championship and women's champtionship, plus full results of other sections.
26 June 2023	Added a game from the Major Open: Y.Afek 1-0 B.Jacobs.