1966 British Chess Championship, Sunderland, 8-19 August • 1965« »1967
1966 British Chess
Championship |
Residence |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
Total |
| 1 |
Dr. Jonathan Penrose |
London |
b24+ |
w22+ |
w3= |
b13+ |
b2+ |
w7+ |
b4= |
w16+ |
b12= |
w8+ |
b6- |
8½ |
| 2 |
Norman Littlewood |
Sheffield |
w5+ |
w7+ |
b6+ |
b3= |
w1- |
b8= |
w19+ |
w4- |
b15+ |
b14+ |
w12+ |
8 |
| 3 |
Peter H Clarke |
Peterborough |
b18+ |
w27+ |
b1= |
w2= |
b12= |
w4= |
w8+ |
b14+ |
w7= |
b5= |
b13+ |
8 |
| 4 |
Michael J Haygarth |
Leeds |
b21= |
w20= |
b26+ |
w12= |
w13+ |
b3= |
w1= |
b2+ |
w5= |
b7+ |
w8= |
7½ |
| 5 |
Victor W Knox |
Leasowe |
b2- |
w24+ |
b25= |
w23= |
b22= |
w21+ |
b13= |
w12= |
b4= |
w3= |
w14+ |
6½ |
| 6 |
Philip N Wallis |
Sheepy Parva |
w29+ |
b13= |
w2- |
b17= |
b19- |
w20= |
b22= |
w18+ |
b23+ |
w15= |
w1+ |
6½ |
| 7 |
P Stuart Milner-Barry |
London |
w28+ |
b2- |
w14+ |
b11+ |
w8= |
b1- |
b23= |
w13+ |
b3= |
w4- |
w9= |
6 |
| 8 |
Bernard Cafferty |
Smethwick |
b23= |
w25= |
b27+ |
w19+ |
b7= |
w2= |
b3- |
w15= |
w9+ |
b1- |
b4= |
6 |
| 9 |
John E Littlewood |
Skegness |
b22- |
w29+ |
b10- |
w21+ |
b14= |
w12+ |
b16- |
w20+ |
b8- |
w17+ |
b7= |
6 |
| 10 |
Frank Parr |
Ewell |
w13- |
b28= |
w9+ |
w25= |
b26+ |
b19= |
w14- |
b11= |
w17= |
w22+ |
b15= |
6 |
| 11 |
David Lees |
Bury |
b25= |
w21+ |
b12= |
w7- |
b23= |
w16- |
b26+ |
w10= |
b22- |
w19+ |
w20+ |
6 |
| 12 |
Owen M Hindle |
Norwich |
w15= |
b30+ |
w11= |
b4= |
w3= |
b9- |
w17+ |
b5= |
w1= |
w13= |
b2- |
5½ |
| 13 |
Alan Peter Borwell |
Edinburgh |
b10+ |
w6= |
b23+ |
w1- |
b4- |
w22+ |
w5= |
b7- |
w19+ |
b12= |
w3- |
5½ |
| 14 |
Wladyslaw Tabakiernik |
Leicester |
b27- |
w18+ |
b7- |
b24+ |
w9= |
w25+ |
b10+ |
w3- |
b16+ |
w2- |
b5- |
5½ |
| 15 |
Peter C Griffiths |
Solihull |
b12= |
w23- |
b18= |
w16= |
w20+ |
b17= |
w29+ |
b8= |
w2- |
b6= |
w10= |
5½ |
| 16 |
Gerald Bonner |
Glasgow |
w17= |
b19- |
w28= |
b15= |
w30+ |
b11+ |
w9+ |
b1- |
w14- |
b20= |
w18= |
5½ |
| 17 |
W Arthur Winser |
St Leonards |
b16= |
w26= |
b22= |
w6= |
b25= |
w15= |
b12- |
w29+ |
b10= |
b9- |
w24+ |
5½ |
| 18 |
Anthony J Booth |
Manchester |
w3- |
b14- |
w15= |
b29- |
w24= |
b28+ |
w30+ |
b6- |
b27+ |
w23+ |
b16= |
5½ |
| 19 |
Barry N Green |
Altrincham |
b26= |
w16+ |
b20= |
b8- |
w6+ |
w10= |
b2- |
w23= |
b13- |
b11- |
w30+ |
5 |
| 20 |
Jeffrey Ansell |
Cheltenham |
w30= |
b4= |
w19= |
w22= |
b15- |
b6= |
w25+ |
b9- |
w24+ |
w16= |
b11- |
5 |
| 21 |
Peter Coast |
Cheltenham |
w4= |
b11- |
w30= |
b9- |
w28+ |
b5- |
w24- |
w27= |
b26+ |
b29= |
w22+ |
5 |
| 22 |
John R Cooke |
London |
w9+ |
b1- |
w17= |
b20= |
w5= |
b13- |
w6= |
b24= |
w11+ |
b10- |
b21- |
4½ |
| 23 |
Dr. James M Aitken |
Cheltenham |
w8= |
b15+ |
w13- |
b5= |
w11= |
b29= |
w7= |
b19= |
w6- |
b18- |
b28= |
4½ |
| 24 |
Peter W Hempson |
London |
w1- |
b5- |
b29= |
w14- |
b18= |
w27+ |
b21+ |
w22= |
b20- |
w30+ |
b17- |
4½ |
| 25 |
Mike J Conroy |
Burnley |
w11= |
b8= |
w5= |
b10= |
w17= |
b14- |
b20- |
w26= |
b30- |
w28= |
w27= |
4 |
| 26 |
Dr. Stefan Fazekas |
Buckhurst Hill |
w19= |
b17= |
w4- |
b28+ |
w10- |
b30= |
w11- |
b25= |
w21- |
b27- |
w29+ |
4 |
| 27 |
Mark H Horton |
Nottingham |
w14+ |
b3- |
w8- |
b30= |
w29- |
b24- |
w28= |
b21= |
w18- |
w26+ |
b25= |
4 |
| 28 |
David J Sully |
Cardiff |
b7- |
w10= |
b16= |
w26- |
b21- |
w18- |
b27= |
w30= |
b29+ |
b25= |
w23= |
4 |
| 29 |
Ernest A Little |
Sunderland |
b6- |
b9- |
w24= |
w18+ |
b27+ |
w23= |
b15- |
b17- |
w28- |
w21= |
b26- |
3½ |
| 30 |
(Paul) John Patience |
Southampton |
b20= |
w12- |
b21= |
w27= |
b16- |
w26= |
b18- |
b28= |
w25+ |
b24- |
b19- |
3½ |
1966 British Ladies’ Championship, Sunderland, 8-19 August • 1965« »1967
1966 British Ladies' Chess
Championship |
Residence |
Draw
No. |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
Total |
| 1 |
Margaret Eileen E Clarke |
Peterborough |
1 |
|
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
8½ |
| 2 |
Gillian A Moore |
Southampton |
11 |
½ |
|
0 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
8½ |
| 3 |
Nancy C Elder |
Dundee |
8 |
0 |
1 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
½ |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
7½ |
| 4 |
Rowena Mary Bruce |
Plymouth |
5 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
|
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
| 5 |
Dinah M Dobson (» Norman) |
Northwood |
2 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
|
0 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6½ |
| 6 |
Mary Henniker-Heaton |
London |
9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
½ |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
| 7 |
Cicely Mary Murphy |
Whitchurch, Salop |
6 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
|
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
1 |
6 |
| 8 |
Margaret E Lander |
Gillingham, Dorset |
10 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
½ |
1 |
1 |
½ |
5 |
| 9 |
Mrs E [Anneliese?] Ingram |
Whitchurch, Salop |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
4½ |
| 10 |
Leah Margaret Hogarth |
Glasgow |
12 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
|
½ |
1 |
4 |
| 11 |
Sarah Margaret Steedman |
Bothwell |
3 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
|
½ |
1½ |
| 12 |
Miss Ada Enstone1 (»Russell) |
Cheltenham |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
|
1 |
Pairings for the above tournament were in accordance with Table 2 on this page.
1 Ada Enstone (b 1907) married a widowed chess player, Steadman Louis Russell (1902-1988) in Cheltenham in 1983.
1966 BCF Major Open
| Rank |
1966 BCF Major Open |
Total |
| 1 |
Bartolome Jorge Marcussi (Middlesbrough, Argentina) |
8½/11 |
| 2 |
Ronald Thomas (Middlesbrough) |
8 |
| 3-4 |
Paul R Bielby (Huddersfield), Peter M Collins |
7 |
| 5-7 |
Harry Lamb (Bolton), Roger L Paige, Derek Maurice Wise |
6½ |
| 8-9 |
J H Gardener, Reginald Graham Thimann |
6 |
| 10-17 |
William Bainbridge (Wilmslow), Percy Baldwin Cook (London), (Derek) George Ellison (Bolton), Gordon R Evans, John H Jones, Philip J Meade, Peter G Moore (Cheadle), Kenneth P Neat |
5½ |
| 18-20 |
John Bertram Goodman (Plymouth), Victor James R Soanes (Chigwell), Paul Griffiths |
5 |
| 21-22 |
John M Gorton, Malcolm Robert Whall |
3½ |
| 23 |
Charles Reuben Gurnhill (Sheffield) |
3 |
| 24 |
Daniel L O'Byrne |
2 |
1966 British Junior (U-21) Championship
| Rank |
1966 British Under-21 Chess Championship |
Total |
| 1-2 |
Brian J Denman (Hove), Alan T Ludgate (High Wycombe) |
8/11 |
| 3 |
Alan H Perkins (Leeds) |
7½ |
| 4-9 |
Brian R Eley (Bolton-on-Dearne), Peter Harris (Yateley), Bernard Kooiman (West Hartlepool), Jerome Valentine Ripp (Immingham), Leslie S Tate (Morpeth), Louis de Veauce (Pirbright) |
7 |
| 10-14 |
Roger de Lacy Holmes (Huddersfield), Gareth Aneurin Jones (Cardiff), Timothy W Pelling, James Simpson (Seaham), James Steedman (North Shields) |
6½ |
| 15-17 |
Raymond Graham Lee (Nottingham), Chris J McSheehy (Fareham), Nicholas Charles Pyper (Little Common) |
6 |
| 18-28 |
Tom Bimpson (Northwich), Malcolm Edwin Burn (Orpington), Raymond J Gamble (Derby), John Hall (Barnsley), Paul S N Kendall (Nantwich), David K Lawton (Rotherham, Sheffield Univ), William A Linton (Sunderland), Ian McDonald (Thornton Heath), D C Rowe (London), J P Spencer (Manchester), W Peter Watson (Glasgow) |
5½ |
| 29 |
Nigel Bruce Ramsey (Burton-on-Trent) |
5 |
| 30-37 |
John R Dicken (Coulsdon), J L Harris (London), Martin Harold Hawley (London), Norman A Hutchinson (Brigg), R A John (Caerau), D Lyon (North Shields), Adrian Edward Scheps (London), P A Thomas |
4½ |
| 38-40 |
David Blake (Crewe, Southampton Univ), Oliver A Jackson (Sale), Stephen Welbourne (Scarborough) |
4 |
| 41 |
D Eccles (Walkden) |
3½ |
| 42-44 |
A Elsdon, G L Porter (Sheffield), M J Walton (Surbiton) |
3 |
1966 British Boys’ Under 18 Championship
| Rank |
1966 British Under-18 Chess Championship |
Total |
| 1-2 |
Terry D Baldwin (London), Simon Webb (Oxted) |
9/11 |
| 3 |
David M Adams (Nuneaton) |
8 |
| 4-5 |
Michael J Bulford (North Chailey), Julian F T Kirk O'Grady (Alderley Edge) |
7½ |
| 6 |
M A Smith (Bolton) |
7 |
| 7-12 |
Bernard J Charnley (Reading), Jonathan G Enticknap (London), R G Gray (Woking), Martin Roy Myant (Chalfont St Peter), Brian H Turner (Stockton-on-Tees), Robert D Waugh (Edinburgh) |
6½ |
| 13-21 |
John J Carleton (Sutton Coldfield), Anthony B Fisher (Burton), Patrick McDermott (Great Yarmouth), Michael J Meakin (Northwich), H Russell (Stoke-on-Trent), Juan A Sanz (London), P M Stevenson (Wallasey), Timothy S Wickens (Ilkley), David P Willmets (Guildford) |
6 |
| 22-31 |
M Banks (Mansfield), Leslie S Blackstock (Bewdley), Chris D Carr (Staines), Hugh F Fenwick (Lincoln), D B Hughes (Chester), H Trevor Jones (Beckenham), Alan J Potter (Romford), Brian J Ranson (Sunderland), Ronald Hanno Watson (London), Melvyn J Young (Nottingham) |
5½ |
| 32-39 |
John Baguley (Dartmouth), David K Bryan (Liverpool), R Clark (Scarborough), R J Holland (Liverpool), Barrie Hopley (Widnes), S G Mason (Chester), Trefor F Thynne (Teignmouth), D A Wilson (Wallasey) |
5 |
| 40-45 |
Robert F Buckler (Nuneaton), R A Culpin (Heswall), G J Davies (Nottingham), B Milnes (Gateshead), John E Samuelson (Sunderland), E I Stevenson (Ayr) |
4½ |
| 46-47 |
Roger Hardy (Bridlington), M O'Neill (Glasgow) |
2½ |
| 48-49 |
Peter W Kelbie (Nottingham), J Mackay (Glasgow) |
2 |
1966 British Boys’ Under 16 Championship
| Rank |
1966 British Under-16 Chess Championship |
Total |
| 1-2 |
Richard G Eales (Chester), (Arthur) Howard Williams (Pontyclun) |
9/11 |
| 3 |
Timothy G Congdon (Colchester) |
8 |
| 4 |
Martyn J Corden (Bolton) |
7½ |
| 5 |
Geoffrey J Brindle (Bolton) |
7 |
| 6-12 |
G I Hackett (Horbury), Ronald L Johannes (London), Peter Karmaz (Bolton), Rory M R O'Kelly (Beckenham), Alan G Trangmar (Beckenham), Anthony F Warren (Leicester), Peter R Markland (Bolton) |
6½ |
| 13-17 |
Malcolm L Dann (London), Paul A Hutchinson (Brigg), Roger W Howley (Rochdale), Richard Charles Leese (Mansfield), Richard J Miles (Newport, Mon) |
6 |
| 18-31 |
Robin J P Bloor (Birkenhead), J Cooksey (Mansfield), A Donkin (Sunderland), (Louis) Alan Edwards (Leicester), Martin Fleury (Wolverhampton), Paul Hershman (Southend), John A Hodgson (Oxford), Frank J Moon (Gateshead), John D Rickard (Nottingham), Keith Stendall (Sutton in Ashfield), B/D Stuart (Sunderland), George E P Swatridge (Birmingham), K Wilson (Ayr), Rowland G E Wymer (Oxford) |
5½ |
| 32-35 |
Cyril L Foster (Bolton), John W Savage (Darlington), D W Simpson (Sunderland), A Yates (Gateshead) |
5 |
| 36-40 |
Peter W Blundell (Liverpool), Richard Crowch (Clipstone), P Dixon (Seaham), I Harvey (Ayr), D R Lewis (Whitchurch) |
4½ |
| 41-43 |
R Brooks (Seaham), S Haseldine (West Bridgford), G M Hughes (Liverpool) |
4 |
| 44 |
Eric A Elliott (West Hartlepool) |
3 |
| 45 |
A Taylor (Worksop) |
2½ |
1966 British Boys’ Under 14 Championship
| Rank |
1966 British Under-14 Chess Championship |
Total |
| 1-2 |
Robert Bellin (Great Yarmouth), Robert Woodford (Birmingham) |
8½/11 |
| 3 |
Richard G Record (Oxford) |
8 |
| 4 |
J Wood (Cheadle Hulme) |
7½ |
| 5-8 |
Howard J Price (Purley), Maurice J Staples (Bognor Regis), Jonathan P Stoye (Oxford), Joseph David Turner (Llantwit Major) |
7 |
| 9-12 |
Phillip D Alder (Newport, Mon), Richard Bailey (Bebington), Alan Charlton (Nottingham), J Watson (Sunderland) |
6½ |
| 13-17 |
D J Bloor (Carlton), Stephen Kenneth Cronick (Cardiff), Philip H McKeown (Upton, Wirral), J M Scott (Sunderland), Michael Derek Smith (Worksop) |
6 |
| 18-21 |
Michael Harkness (Belfast), Christopher James A Jones (Dundee), Duncan T Milroy (Southwell), M Wilson (Seaham) |
5½ |
| 22-29 |
William J Collins (Dunmurry), Michael Farthing (Long Eaton), Gordon Henshaw (Derby), R Perry (Mansfield), John H Reavey (Belfast), C Thompson (Darlington), David C Wilson (Belfast), G Yates (Gateshead) |
5 |
| 30 |
S J Craven (Darlington) |
4½ |
| 31-33 |
A Gardner (Bolton), Brian Gatenby (West Hartlepool), Christopher D F Miller (Nottingham) |
4 |
| 34-35 |
W Jackson (Sunderland), Colin J Smalley (Darlington) |
3½ |
| 36 |
J B Smith (Sunderland) |
1 |
1966 British Girls’ Under 18 Championship (five-round Swiss system - 15-19 August)
(1-3) Julie Dobson (Wallasey), Rosemary McWaters (Glasgow), Marjorie Moore (Glasgow) 4/5;
(4-5) Ruth Donnelly (Glasgow), Kathleen Patterson (Glasgow) 3;
(6-7) C Nuldoon, B Toft 2;
(8) Mary Manderson (Glasgow) 1½;
(9) J Baldwin 1;
(10) Gail Page (Darlington) ½.
(The Newcastle Journal, 8 August 1966, has a photo of the five Glasgow players.)
Liverpool Echo - Tuesday 23 August 1966
1966 BCF First Class
(1) John N Walker (Oxford) 9½/11; (2) David G Streets (Lincoln) 9; (3-7) Michael Leslie Baumber (Keighley), G Alec M Boswell (Liverpool), Norman J Davies (Merthyr Tydfil), Griffith H T Parsonage (Liverpool), Roy Woodcock (Nuneaton) 6½; (8-10) F Eastwood, Ian P Eustis (Swansea), Truman Victor Parrott (Harrow) 6½; (11-12) Rev. Henry Middleton Blackett, (Henry) James Draisey (Bristol) 5; (13-17) A Archer (Stoke-on-Trent), A Farr, T Fawell, Alfred Milner (Manchester), Philip Layton Vasil 4½; (18-19) T Holmes, A D T Stewart 3½; (20) A Sedgwick 3.
1966 BCF Second Class
(1) Kenneth Attenborough (New Brighton) 8/11; (3-5) J Douthwaite, A R Gardner, R Ridley 7; (6-7) D Llew Jones (Llandyssul), W G Oliver 5½; (8) C M Oliver 4½; (9-10) Rev. A Schofield, A Terrett 3½; (11) P Saw 2½; (12) Anthony G Togwell 1.
Special Five-day, First Week
(1) A Goldsmith 5½/6; (2) S Gladstone 4½; (3) Mrs. V Clement 2; (4) Miss M Martin 0.
Special Five-day, Second Week
(1) Philip C Hoad (Upton by Chester) 5/5; (2-3) W D Johnson, Peter C Wood 3½; (4-7) D Benjamin, R J Braunton, W A Dixon, A C M Everingham 3; (8-9) S C Hamilton, J Lumsden 2½; (10-12) W E Mason, J G Neil, J K Rodda 2; (13-14) R B B Bullock, F G Wright 1½; (15-16) M R Allen, John Blair Wilson Robertson (Ayr) 1.
[Manchester Guardian, 20 August 1966] Women are joint chess champions —
Mrs Margaret Clarke, a Peterborough schoolteacher, and Miss Gillian Moore, a Southampton civil servant, were the joint winners of the British ladies' chess championship at the British Chess Federation’s annual congress at Sunderland yesterday.
They scored 8½ points each out of a possible 11. In the final round, Mrs Clarke won her game but Miss Moore was held to a draw.
The British under-21 championship was jointly won by Brian Denham (Hove) and Alan Ludgate (High Wycombe) with a score of 8 points out of a possible 11.
File Updated
| Date |
Notes |
| November 2017 |
First uploaded |
| 15 April 2018 |
Minor spelling corrections to names. |
| 17 November 2021 |
Added the game R.Bruce 0-1 L.Hogarth, rd 8, British Ladies' Championship. Also, created a full crosstable for the Ladies' Championship and added dates and round numbers for the games. |
| 3 December 2022 |
Added six Major Open games, all played by Roger Paige: (1) ½-½ v P.Cook (rd 1); (2) 1-0 v V.Soanes (rd 5); (3) ½-½ v B.Marcussi (rd 7); (4) ½-½ v P.Bielby (rd 8); (5) 1-0 v K.Neat (rd ?); (6) 1-0 v R.Thomas (rd ?). Many thanks to Roger Paige for sending the games. |
| 18 December 2022 |
Added a game: R.Eales 1-0 M.Corden (U16). Thanks to Gerard Killoran for submitting via the English Chess Forum. |
| 8 October 2024 |
Added two games from the Women's Championship: (1) G Moore ½-½ M E E Clarke (rd 10); (2) D Dobson [Norman] ½-½ G Moore (rd 11 - see below for colour correction). Games from Roger Paige's book Hampshire Chess Games 1950-1970, sent by Graham Stuart. Many thanks to both Roger and Graham. |
| 14 October 2024 |
Correction applied: Dinah Dobson was White against Gillian Moore in this game from the Women's Championship (originally posted showing she was Black). My thanks to Ken Norman for the information. |
| 8 April 2025 |
Now with all Brian Denman's games from the Under-21 Championship, making 183 games from other sections in addition to the 165 Championship games. Various other corrections applied. |
