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Tournament: Manchester International • 76 games & 4 stubs • last edited
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Venue: Manchester • Dates: 25 August - 2 September 1997 • Download PGN
Manchester International, 25 August - 2 September 1997
| 1997 Manchester International | Fed | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Total | Prize | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dibyendu Barua | IND | 2515g | b4+ | w6= | w16+ | b2= | b9+ | w3= | b10+ | w11+ | b14+ | 7½ | £550 |
| 2 | Jeroen Bosch | NED | 2405m | b7+ | w12+ | b17+ | w1= | b3= | w4= | b6+ | w10+ | b9+ | 7½ | £550 |
| 3 | Daniel Gormally | ENG | 2425m | w13+ | b9- | w14+ | b6+ | w2= | b1= | b4= | w15+ | b10+ | 6½ | £250 |
| 4 | Bandyopadhyay Roktim | IND | 2275 | w1- | b14= | w12+ | w17+ | b7+ | b2= | w3= | w6= | b11+ | 6 | £150 |
| 5 | Adam Raoof | ENG | 2050 | w8= | w11= | b19+ | w16+ | b17+ | w12+ | b15= | 5½ / 7 | |||
| 6 | Eddie Dearing | SCO | 2210 | b10+ | b1= | w9= | w3- | b8+ | w7+ | w2- | b4= | w13= | 5 | £50 |
| 7 | Alan A Smith | ENG | 2235 | w2- | b11+ | b10+ | w9= | w4- | b6- | b12= | w8= | w19+ | 4½ | |
| 8 | Martyn Goodger | ENG | w9- | b5= | w19+ | b16= | w6- | w13= | b15= | b7= | w17+ | 4½ | £100 | |
| 9 | Chris Beckett | ENG | 2110 | b8+ | w3+ | b6= | b7= | w1- | w10- | b11= | w13= | w2- | 4 | |
| 10 | John Kerr Shaw | SCO | 2390f | w6- | b13+ | w7- | b14+ | w12+ | b9+ | w1- | b2- | w3- | 4 | |
| 11 | Charles E Tippleston | ENG | b15= | w7- | b5= | b13+ | w17+ | b14= | w9= | b1- | w4- | 4 | ||
| 12 | Ignatius Njobvu | BOT | 2200 | w14= | b2- | b4- | w15+ | b10- | b19+ | w7= | b5- | w16+ | 4 | |
| 13 | Saheli Dhar Barua | IND | 2235wf | b3- | w10- | b15+ | w11- | w14= | b8= | w19+ | b9= | b6= | 4 | |
| 14 | Alan J Norris | SCO | 2285 | b12= | w4= | b3- | w10- | b13= | w11= | w16= | b19+ | w1- | 3½ | |
| 15 | Jason P McKenna | ENG | 2120 | w11= | b17- | w13- | b12- | w19+ | b16+ | w8= | b3- | w5= | 3½ | |
| 16 | Paulo Leal | POR | w18= | w19+ | b1- | w8= | b5- | w15- | b14= | w17+ | b12- | 3½ | ||
| 17 | Iozeph Okosieme | ENG | 2040 | b19+ | w15+ | w2- | b4- | b11- | w5- | b16- | b8- | 2 / 8 | ||
| 18 | Rupert Jones | BOT | b16= | ½ / 1 | ||||||||||
| 19 | John Brooke | USA | 2175 | w17- | b16- | b8- | w5- | b15- | w12- | b13- | w14- | b7- | 0 | |
Sponsored by the BCF. BCM report, October 1997, p547.
File Updated
| Date | Notes |
|---|---|
| 22 September 1997 | First published here as a zipped PGN file. |
| 27 December 2022 | 76 games (and 4 stubs), now with dates and a crosstable (generated from the game scores). |