1991 Greater Manchester Autumn Open, 27-29 September

Text from the bulletin, supplemented with some information gleaned from press reports

Greater Manchester County Chess Association

Greater Manchester Autumn Chess Congress 1991

This year’s Greater Manchester Autumn Chess Congress was held 27-29th September at the Refectory of the University of Manchester. 188 players took part in three sections. The Open Section finished with a quintuple tie for first place between Ian Dutton, IM James Howell, David Knox, Vic Knox and Brett Lund.

Prize Winners (all five-round Swiss competitions)

Open (49 players)

(1-5) Ian R Dutton (Cowley/Crawley, BCF grade 191), James C Howell (Harrogate, 236), David A Knox (Chorlton, 192) Victor W Knox (Stockport, 210) and D Brett Lund (Preston, 202) 4/5

Grading (175 and below): A Lewis (Whitefield), Chris P Timmins (Rochdale) and David Toole (Droylsden) 3½

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The following table has been generated from the available 39 games and is a guide to whose games are available, rather than a true crosstable.

1991 Greater Manchester Autumn Open		Fed	BCF Grade*	Total
1	James C Howell	ENG	2488	4 / 5
2	David A Knox	ENG	2136	3½ / 4
3	D Brett Lund	ENG	2216	3 / 4
4	Alan A Smith	ENG	2240	3 / 4
5	Ian R Dutton	ENG	2128	3 / 4
6	Victor W Knox	ENG	2280	2½ / 3
7	Glenn L House	ENG	2296	2½ / 4
8	Malcolm R Peacock	ENG	2008	2 / 4
9	David Toole	ENG	1944	2 / 3
10	Paul Fallon	IRL	1904	2 / 3
11	Richard A Beach	ENG	2224	2 / 2
12	Geoffrey M Stearn	ENG	2016	2 / 2
13	Alex Lewis	ENG	1944	1½ / 2
14	Philip R Cook	ENG	2048	1 / 3
15	William TP Giblin	ENG	2064	1 / 2
16	Andy K Reeve	ENG	2048	1 / 1
17	Gareth J Haslinger	ENG	1984	1 / 2
18	Howard Grist	ENG	1848	1 / 1
19	Chris P Timmins	ENG	1992	1 / 1
20	Christopher Charles Longthorp	ENG	1928	0 / 2
21	Rudy Van Kemenade	WLS	1968	1 / 5
22	J Stephenson		1968	0 / 2
23	Andrew C Southall	ENG	2056	0 / 2
24	Jonathan T King	SCO	1968	0 / 2
25	Richard DP Dineley	WLS	2072	0 / 1
26	Jason P McKenna	ENG	2000	0 / 1
27	Philip J Crocker	ENG	2048	0 / 2
28	Benjamin Hague	ENG	1984	0 / 1
29	Stan Foulkes		1920	1 / 2
30	A Spence			0 / 1
31	Kevin Derek Richardson	ENG	2080	0 / 1
32	David A Bennion	WLS	1784	0 / 1
33	Alan P Spice	WLS	2000	0 / 1
34	Graham Lilley	ENG	2128	0 / 1
35	Ian Addis			0 / 1
36	Eoin S Campbell	SCO	1928	0 / 1
37	Mark Addis	ENG	2064	0 / 1
38	Neil E Moss	ENG	1872	1 / 1
39	R Sands	ENG	1856	0 / 1

* BCF grade converted from three-figure format to four-figure Elo format using the formula (BCFx8)+600=Elo

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Major (66 players graded 155 and below)

(1-2) Richard A Gavin (North Manchester, 138) and Alan Heaton (Huddersfield, 136) 4½/5
(3-7) Andrew A Clarkson (Calderdale), George V Glover (Carlisle), G Stuart Morgan (Guisborough), Mark Sanderson (Altrincham & Hale) and Adam Tyton (Chorlton) 4.

Grading (135 and below): John Hopkins (Urmston) 4 pts and R Saunders (Stockport) 3½ pts.

Minor (73 players graded 115 and below)

(1) CJ Parkes (Warley Quinborne, 110) 5/5
(2) J Bentley (A&M Smith Metals, 101) 4½
(3-4) G Clarke (East Cheshire) and G Taylor (Warrington Central) 4.

Junior Prizes: K Chhabra (Stockport) and W Kershaw (A&M Smith Metals) 4/5

Grading (95 and below): G E S Hewitt (Prebonds) 3½
C Beckett (Trafford Jnr Kts) and C W Pitt (Morecambe) 3

Team Prize: Stockport with 11½ out of 15.

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File Updated

Date	Notes
2 April 2024	40 games from a bulletin, input and submitted by Andy Ansel, for which many thanks. No round numbers or crosstable available, hence no exact dates. The tournament was not reported by BCM and I don't have the relevant issue of CHESS. If anyone has more information I would be glad to receive it.
3 April 2024	A couple of amendments: (1) P.Cook 1-0 I.Dutton deleted (it was a duplicate of P.Cook 0-1 I.Dutton, n.b. Black was the winner); (2) three games played by Paul Fallon (not Philip S Fallon). Many thanks to Andy Ansel and Brian Denman for the information. Running total now 39 games (one duplicate removed).
4 April 2024	I've now amended some names and also added BCF grades: 1991 BCF Grading List numbers converted to the four-figure Elo format using the traditional formula of (BCFx8)+600=Elo.
5 April 2024	Three more games added, sent to me by Rudy Van Kemenade and played by him. He provided round numbers so I have been able to add them (and a specific date) to the two games of his which were already on file. Many thanks, Rudy.