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Tournament: 105th Varsity Match • Venue: RAC Club, Pall Mall, London • Date: 14 March 1987
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The 105th Varsity Chess Match between Oxford University and Cambridge University was held at the RAC Club, Pall Mall, London on 14 March 1987. The sponsors were Lloyds Bank. Only three game scores available (boards 1, 2 and 6) - can anyone supply other scores?
| Bd | Oxford University | Rating | 1987 | Cambridge University | Rating |
| 1w | Peter Kenneth Wells (Jesus) | 2400 | 1-0 | David J Watts (Sidney Sussex) | 2265 |
| 2b | James Clifford Howell (Jesus) | 2380 | 1-0 | David Douglas Alexander Lawson (Trinity) | |
| 3w | Neil F Dickenson (Hertford) | 2245 | ½-½ | Sukh David Singh (Queens') | |
| 4b | Martin Luke Hazelton (St Anne's) | 2230 | ½-½ | Andrew David Harley (Selwyn) | 2240 |
| 5w | William Gnam (Dr) (Balliol) | 1-0 | Robert C Cannings (Trinity) | ||
| 6b | Stephen G Walker (Oriel) | 0-1 | Graham K Burgess (Downing) | ||
| 7w | Neil David Crabb (St Edmund Hall) | 1-0 | Mark Hardman Thornton (Sidney Sussex) | ||
| 8b | Jane Sarah Riley (St Hugh's) | 0-1 | Alison Franklin (Downing) | ||
| 5-3 |
Best game prizes went to Howell of Oxford and Burgess of Cambridge.
Sources: Oxford-Cambridge Chess Matches (1873-1987), compiled by Jeremy Gaige, Philadelphia 1987; BCM, May 1987, p184; The Guardian, 28 March 1987
From the International Who's Who in Poetry 2004 By Europa Publications: LAWSON, David Douglas Alexander; b. 20 June 1965, London, England. Writer. Poet. Education: Trinity College, Glenalmond, Scotland, 1979; Trinity College, Cambridge, 1984-87. Trinity College, Oxford, 1987-90. Publications: Contributions: Haiku Hundred. Honours Powell Prize. Membership: School of Poets. Edinburgh Address: [...] Abernethy, Tayside, Scotland.
Winning Oxford team. Left to right: Jane Sarah Riley, Martin Hazelton, William Gnam, James Howell, Neil Dickenson, Neil Crabb, Stephen Walker, Peter Wells (seated).
All material © 2017 John Saunders, except photo (Lloyds Bank)
| Date | Notes |
| 2017 | Original upload |
| 18 July 2020 | Added the game P.Wells-Watts, found in a contemporary Guardian column annotated by Leonard Barden. |