1971 British Chess Championship, Palatine School, Blackpool, 9-20 August • 1970« »1972

1971 British Chess Championship		Residence	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
1	Raymond D Keene	London	2465	w14=	b35+	w10+	b7=	b12+	w2+	b15+	w11=	w3=	b6=	w4=	8
2	Andrew J Whiteley	London	2310	w22+	b32+	w7=	b11+	w3=	b1-	w4+	b9=	w8=	b14+	w6=	7½
3	William R Hartston	Cambridge	2390	b23=	w29+	b17+	w12=	b2=	w15=	b13=	w7+	b1=	w11=	b9=	7
4	A Howard Williams	Pontyclun		b31+	w12-	b9=	w23+	w16+	b11=	b2-	w15=	b13+	w8+	b1=	7
5	Craig W Pritchett	Scotland	2360	w25=	b33=	w19+	b10-	b9=	w18=	w14-	b28+	b15+	w17+	b11+	7
6	Robert G Wade	London	2365m	b12-	w31=	b36+	w33+	w11-	b14=	w22+	b27+	w21+	w1=	b2=	7
7	Victor W Knox	Cheadle		b28+	w17=	b2=	w1=	w18+	b8=	w11=	b3-	w14=	b16=	w19+	6½
8	Bernard Cafferty	Birmingham	2440	w20=	b14=	w22+	w15=	b13=	w7=	b27=	w10+	b2=	b4-	w16+	6½
9	Alan H Perkins	Bingley		w35=	b24=	w4=	b25=	w5=	b16+	w12+	w2=	b11=	b20=	w3=	6½
10	Eric J Holt	Edinburgh		w19+	w13=	b1-	w5+	b15-	b25=	w32+	b8-	w24=	b22+	w20+	6½
11	John E Littlewood	Skelmersdale	2310	w34+	w26+	b12=	w2-	b6+	w4=	b7=	b1=	w9=	b3=	w5-	6
12	Alan T Ludgate	Manchester		w6+	b4+	w11=	b3=	w1-	w13=	b9-	b21-	w32+	b30=	w27+	6
13	Daniel Wright	London	2340	w21+	b10=	w16=	b18=	w8=	b12=	w3=	b14=	w4-	b27=	w24+	6
14	Gerald Bonner	Glasgow		b1=	w8=	b23=	w17=	b27=	w6=	b5+	w13=	b7=	w2-	b18=	5½
15	Jonathan Penrose	London	2450m	w16=	b25=	w20+	b8=	w10+	b3=	w1-	b4=	w5-	w24=	b23=	5½
16	Michael Macdonald-Ross	Harrow		b15=	w18=	b13=	w28+	b4-	w9-	b31+	w26=	b25+	w7=	b8-	5½
17	Frank Parr	Ewell		w30+	b7=	w3-	b14=	w24=	b22=	w25=	b19=	w33+	b5-	w21=	5½
18	Michael J Haygarth	Leeds		w33=	b16=	w32+	w13=	b7-	b5=	w24=	b20=	w19=	b21=	w14=	5½
19	Peter R Markland	Bolton	2510	b10-	w30+	b5-	w32=	b31=	w29+	b26=	w17=	b18=	w23+	b7-	5½
20	David B Pritchard	Godalming		b8=	w23=	b15-	b22-	w28+	w31=	b34+	w18=	b26+	w9=	b10-	5½
21	Johann P Sommerville	Thornton Heath		b13-	w28=	b29=	w31=	b36+	w26=	b23=	w12+	b6-	w18=	b17=	5½
22	Peter W Hempson	London		b2-	w27+	b8-	w20+	b26=	w17=	b6-	w23=	b31+	w10-	b34=	5
23	Peter N Lee	Harrogate	2390	w3=	b20=	w14=	b4-	w33+	b24=	w21=	b22=	w27=	b19-	w15=	5
24	Peter H Clarke	Holsworthy	2380	b29=	w9=	b33=	w26=	b17=	w23=	b18=	w25=	b10=	b15=	b13-	5
25	Julian T Farrand	Stockport		b5=	w15=	b26=	w9=	b29=	w10=	b17=	b24=	w16-	w28-	w36+	5
26	Leslie S Blackstock	Kidderminster		w27+	b11-	w25=	b24=	w22=	b21=	w19=	b16=	w20-	b29=	w30=	5
27	Michael J Franklin	London		b26-	b22-	w30+	b35+	w14=	b32+	w8=	w6-	b23=	w13=	b12-	5
28	Derek Maurice Wise	Bristol		w7-	b21=	w34=	b16-	b20-	w36+	b30=	w5-	w35+	b25+	w29=	5
29	Nigel John Kalton	Warwick		w24=	b3-	w21=	b34=	w25=	b19-	w33=	b35=	b36+	w26=	b28=	5
30	Louis de Veauce	Manchester		b17-	b19-	b27-	w36=	w35+	b33=	w28=	b32+	w34=	w12=	b26=	5
31	Leon P Burnett	Weston-s-Mare		w4-	b6=	w35=	b21=	w19=	b20=	w16-	b34+	w22-	b36=	b32=	4½
32	Brian R Eley	Rotherham		b36+	w2-	b18-	b19=	w34+	w27-	b10-	w30-	b12-	b35+	w31=	4
33	Stuart J Hutchings	Cardiff		b18=	w5=	w24=	b6-	b23-	w30=	b29=	w36+	b17-	w34-	w35=	4
34	Alan G Trangmar	Beckenham		b11-	w36=	b28=	w29=	b32-	b35=	w20-	w31-	b30=	b33+	w22=	4
35	John N Sugden	Beckenham		b9=	w1-	b31=	w27-	b30-	w34=	b36-	w29=	b28-	w32-	b33=	2½
36	William A Linton	London		w32-	b34=	w6-	b30=	w21-	b28-	w35+	b33-	w29-	w31=	b25-	2½

1971 British Ladies' Chess Championship, Blackpool • 1970« »1972

1971 British Ladies Championship		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	Jana Hartston	Cambridge	&;	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10
2	Elaine Pritchard	Godalming	½	&;	½	½	1d	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	9½
3	Rowena M Bruce	Plymouth	½	½	&;	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	8½
4	Dinah M Wright	London	0	½	½	&;	0	1	1	½	1	1	1	1	7½
5	Nancy C Elder	Dundee	0	0d	0	1	&;	1	1	1	½	1	½	1	7
6	(Patricia) Anne Sunnucks	Crowthorne	0	0	½	0	0	&;	1	1	1	½	1	1d	6
7	Mary McGinn	Glasgow	0	0	0	0	0	0	&;	1	1	1	½	1	4½
8	Olive Chataway	Harrow	0	0	½	½	0	0	0	&;	0	1	1	1	4
9	Jean Pickles	Preston	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	1	&;	1	1	0	3½
10	Sandra Osmond	Twickenham	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	&;	1	1	2½
11	Joan M Pawlus	Wigan	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	0	0	0	&;	1	2
12	Christine Elder	Dundee	0	0	0	0	0	0d	0	0	1	0	0	&;	1

 

Photo of round 2 of the British Women's Chess Championship, 10 August 1971. Players left to right: Olive Chataway (only just visible) vs Jana Hartston (now Jana Bellin), Anne Sunnucks, in the foreground Sandra Osmond has white vs Joan Pawlus, beyond them is Dinah Wright (now Dinah Norman). Photo: Lancashire Post.

1971 BCF MAJOR OPEN

Rank	1971 BCF Major Open	Total
1	Raymond B Edwards (Harrogate)	8½/11
2-3	Gerald H Bennett (Bournemouth), James Steedman (North Shields)	8
4-6	Graham P Burton (Oxford), Brian J Denman (Wimborne), Neville B K Gill (Isle of Man)	7½
7-9	George A Dickson (London), Ronald F A Harman (London), Robert S McFarland (Coventry)	7
10-14	Zahiruddin Farooqui (Karachi), H Johansson (Stockholm), Richard C Lemon (Kingston-on-Thames), Richard W O'Brien (Ilford), Terrance J Stuttard (Manchester)	6½
15-20	Donald M Andrew (Wallington), Raymond J Gamble (Derby), Paul F Habershon (Bedford), Otto H Hardy (Loughborough), Bryan H Hughes (Wallasey), James R Nicolson (Manchester)	6
21-27	George Cabaj (Chalfont St. Giles), Percy B Cook (London), Keith L Escott (Hornchurch), John M Ripley (Liverpool), Robin A E Shaw (Grays, Essex), Graham Speed (London), Stuart A Townsend (Reading)	5½
28-34	Tom Bimpson (Northwich), (Derek) George Ellison (Poulton-le Fylde), Gerald P Hildred (Lancaster), David G MacDonald (Welwyn Garden City), Alan N Morris (Leicester), B Turner (Reading), W J Vellakoop (The Hague)	5
35-40	(Denis) Michael Denison (Wakefield), R E Evans (Chester), John B Goodman (Plymouth), Michael R Price (Liverpool), Robert P Ross (Hull), Walter J E Yeeles (Gosport)	4½
41	Godfrey V Brangham (Cwmbran)	4
42-44	Terence D Crawford (Cardiff), H Trevor Jones (Beckenham), David Welch (Liverpool)	3½
45	M D Osmond (Twickenham)	3
46	Roger V H Butters (Stafford)	2
47	Allen Chalfen (London)	1½

1971 British Under-21 Chess Championship

1971 British U21 Championship		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
1	Anthony J Miles	Birmingham	w12+	w9+	b15=	w5=	b11+	b13+	w7+	w2=	b6+	w4+	w3=	9
2	John D M Nunn	London	w31+	b6=	w25+	b13-	w4+	b16+	w5+	b1=	b3-	w12+	b11+	8
3	Jonathan S Speelman	London	w10-	b31+	w12=	b24+	w25+	b6-	w16+	b15+	w2+	w7+	b1=	8
4	Rory M R O'Kelly	Beckenham	b8+	w18=	b14=	◊16=	b2-	w26+	w13+	b12+	w5+	b1-	w10+	7½
5	Ian J Sinclair	Kilmacolm	w34+	b7+	w11=	b1=	w13+	b10+	b2-	w6=	b4-	w15+	b18+	7½
6	Mike J O'Hara	Bolton	b30=	w2=	w22+	b25-	b28+	w3+	b14+	b5=	w1-	w9=	w7=	6½
7	Roger Webb	Oxted	w29+	w5-	b9=	b20+	w22+	w15=	b1-	w14+	w18+	b3-	b6=	6½
8	Jim Burnett	Doncaster	w4-	b17=	w27=	b31-	b23+	w21-	b9-	w34+	b26+	w29+	b24+	6
9	Michael J Donnelly	Billingham	w20+	b1-	w7=	b12-	w29+	b25-	w8+	b27+	w17=	b6=	w13=	6
10	(Louis) Alan Edwards	Leicester	b3+	w14=	b18=	w26+	b15=	w5-	b21-	w16+	b11=	w24+	b4-	6
11	Paul Hershman	London	b23+	w26+	b5=	w15=	w1-	b12-	w31+	b17=	w10=	b21+	b2-	6
12	John Hutcheson	London	b1-	w34+	b3=	w9+	b14=	w11+	b15=	w4-	w13+	b2-	b16=	6
13	Paul A Hutchinson	Brigg	b16=	w19+	b30+	w2+	b5-	w1-	b4-	w21+	b12-	w20+	b9=	6
14	Peter A Linnell	Manchester	w22+	b10=	w4=	b18=	w12=	b31+	w6-	b7-	b24-	w30+	b23+	6
15	Nigel E Povah	London	w33+	b28+	w1=	b11=	w10=	b7=	w12=	w3-	b20+	b5-	w18=	6
16	Maurice J Staples	Bridgwater	b13=	b20=	w29+	b4=	w18+	w2-	b3-	b10-	w25+	b27+	w12=	6
17	David O Vaughan	Cwmbran	b28-	w8=	b21=	w23+	b26=	w24+	b25=	w11=	b9=	w18=	b15=	6
18	Stephen H Berry	Dewsbury	w32+	b4=	w10=	w14=	b16-	b29=	w27+	w25+	b7-	b17=	w5-	5½
19	Colin F Moore	Cambridge	w25=	b13-	w20-	b29-	b33=	w34+	b23-	w32+	b28+	w22+	b21=	5½
20	Stephen J Taylor	Bedford	b9-	w16=	b19+	w7-	w24-	b32+	b26+	w28+	w15-	b13-	b30+	5½
21	Kevin J Wicker	London	w24=	b25-	w17=	b27+	w31-	b8+	w10+	b13-	b23+	w11-	w19=	5½
22	Roger F T Abayasekera	Guildford	b14-	w32+	b6-	w30+	b7-	w28=	b24=	w23-	b34+	b19-	w33+	5
23	Terry B Bennett	Gorleston	w11-	b27=	w24=	b17-	w8-	b33+	w19+	b22+	w21-	b25+	w14-	5
24	Alan Keene	Leeds	b21=	w30=	b23=	w3-	b20+	b17-	w22=	b31+	w14+	b10-	w8-	5
25	John G Nicholson	London	b19=	w21+	b2-	w6+	b3-	w9+	w17=	b18-	b16-	w23-	b34+	5
26	Alan P Ashby	Manchester	w27+	b11-	w28+	b10-	w17=	b4-	w20-	b33=	w8-	w32+	b29=	4½
27	Richard G Beville	London	b26-	w23=	b8=	w21-	b34+	w30+	b18-	w9-	b32+	w16-	b28=	4½
28	John A Gorman	Chester	w17+	w15-	b26-	b32+	w6-	b22=	w29+	b20-	w19-	b33=	w27=	4½
29	Brian A Shaft	Salford	b7-	w33+	b16-	w19+	b23-	w18=	b28-	b30=	w31+	b8-	w26=	4½
30	P R Taylor	Reading	w6=	b24=	w13-	b22-	w32=	b27-	b34+	w29=	w33+	b14-	w20-	4
31	A Forster	London	b2-	w3-	b33+	w8+	b21+	w14-	b11-	w24-	b29-			3/9
32	L A Treloar	Bracknell	b18-	b22-	w34+	w28-	b30=	w20-	w33-	b19-	w27-	b26-	bye+	2½
33	R Willey	Stockbridge	b15-	b29-	w31-	b34-	w19=	w23-	b32+	w26=	b30-	w28=	b22-	2½
34	Barry D A Fraser	Greenford	b5-	b12-	b32-	w33+	w27-	b19-	w30-	b8-	w22-	bye+	w25-	2

1971 British Boys' Under 18 Championship

JS note: the following crosstable was created from my own notes in the souvenir programme. I only know the colours for my own games.

1971 British U18 Championship		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
1	A Jonathan Mestel	Manchester	30+	15+	10+	4=	2+	17+	3+	13+	16+	19+	5+	10½
2	Terence P D Chapman	London	17+	5+	13=	19+	1-	29+	b21+	4-	27+	16+	12+	8½
3	Andrew J Morley	Leicester	45+	9=	20+	13=	7+	11+	1-	16-	b21=	27+	4+	7½
4	Douglas Tudhope	Dundee	31+	44+	11=	1=	13+	27+	10+	2+	19=	5-	3-	7½
5	John M Bennett	London	36+	2-	34+	7-	14+	31+	16-	17+	23+	4+	1-	7
6	Gordon Botley	Bromley	9-	33+	38+	w21=	29-	18=	14+	11=	30+	13+	15=	7
7	Andrew Millington	Willenhall	48+	29=	14=	5+	3-	38+	27=	w21=	13-	23+	19+	7
8	Andrew Baruch	Dundee	18=	41=	43=	23=	12+	13-	11=	22+	29=	14=	31+	6½
9	Eric J S Boyd	Liverpool	6+	3=	18+	11-	31=	16-	23-	41=	28+	26+	22+	6½
10	Frederick J Ferrar	Ramsgate	49+	34+	1-	27=	15+	22+	4-	19-	18=	29+	13=	6½
11	Anthony L Hosking	Paignton	42+	38+	4=	9+	27-	3-	8=	6=	15=	17+	16=	6½
12	Peter Kelen	London	26-	30-	45+	42=	8-	40+	36+	39+	38+	w21+	2-	6½
13	David I Patrick	Leicester	32+	26+	2=	3=	4-	8+	17+	1-	7+	6-	10=	6½
14	Andrew J Stoker	Birmingham	25=	37+	7=	17-	5-	35+	6-	32+	42+	8=	b27+	6½
15	S J Thomson	Orpington	46+	1-	16+	29=	10-	43+	19-	26+	11=	18+	6=	6½
16	Mark A Vellacott	London	39+	27-	15-	49+d	25+	9+	5+	3+	1-	2-	11=	6½
17	R A Duffner	Edinburgh	2-	49+	28+	14+	20+	1-	13-	5-	24+	11-	37+	6
18	C Jones	London	8=	25+	9-	30-	40+	6=	32+	38=	10=	15-	36+	6
19	Jonathan Kinlay	Orpington	47+	35+	27=	2-	30+	w21-	15+	10+	4=	1-	7-	6
20	Malcolm R Major	Leicester	22+	w21=	3-	26+	17-	32=	24-	37+	34=	25=	35+	6
21	John C Saunders	High Wycombe	w50+	b20=	w29=	b6=	w41+	b19+	w2-	b7=	w3=	b12-	w23=	6
22	Robert Baker	Coventry	20-	24=	33+	39=	35+	10-	30=	8-	40+	38+	9-	5½
23	Hew R Dundas	Argyll	35-	42+	32=	8=	39=	30=	9+	25+	5-	7-	b21=	5½
24	M R Forrest	Esher	27-	22=	40-	47+	26-	49+d	20+	34=	17-	41=	43+	5½
25	Mark I Hassall	Leicester	14=	18-	44+	36=	16-	42+	41+	23-	31=	20=	29=	5½
26	Alan D Lloyd	Birmingham	12+	13-	41=	20-	24+	36+	29-	15-	39+	9-	38+	5½
27	Stephen J Lorber	Sheffield	24+	16+	19=	10=	11+	4-	7=	29+	2-	3-	w14-	5½
28	Adrian E Millward	Leicester	38-	47+	17-	35-	46+	37+	39=	30-	9-	40+	42+	5½
29	Allan Radlow	Glasgow	33+	7=	b21=	15=	6+	2-	26+	27-	8=	10-	25=	5½
30	Paul Sheard	Stockport	1-	12+	31=	18+	19-	23=	22=	28+	6-	37-	41+	5½
31	D J Stone	Bridgwater	4-	45+	30=	37+	9=	5-	38-	33+	25=	34+	8-	5½
32	G M Brown	Folkestone	13-	50+	23=	43=	36=	20=	18-	14-	44+	42=	34=	5
33	T Cambray	Feltham	29-	6-	22-	50+	44+	34-	47+	31-	35-	48+	45+	5
34	J A Ferguson	Dundee	40+	10-	5-	38-	48=	33+	35+	24=	20=	31-	32=	5
35	R A Humphreys	Burnham	23+	19-	36-	28+	22-	14-	34-	49+	33+	39+	20-	5
36	Laurence J (Max) Moullin	Altrincham	5-	39=	35+	25=	32=	26-	12-	47+	41=	43+	18-	5
37	J Warner	Weston-super-M	41=	14-	48+	31-	42=	28-	43+	20-	46+	30+	17-	5
38	David (Paul) L Barasi	London	28+	11-	6-	34+	43+	7-	31+	18=	12-	22-	26-	4½
39	D Clark	Melton Mowbray	16-	36=	46+	22=	23=	41=	28=	12-	26-	35-	48+	4½
40	S V Graham	Leicester	34-	48=	24+	41-	18-	12-	50+	44+	22-	28-	46+	4½
41	Stephen C Haley	Wakefield	37=	8=	26=	40+	b21-	39=	25-	9=	36=	24=	30-	4½
42	Anthony J Stenton	Maidenhead	11-	23-	50+	12=	37=	25-	48+	45+	14-	32=	28-	4½
43	Geoffrey Kendall jnr	Scunthorpe	44=	46=	8=	32=	38-	15-	37-	48+	45+	36-	24-	4
44	B M Smith	Preston	43=	4-	25-	45=	33-	46=	49+	41-	32-	50+	47=	4
45	G R Marshall	Doncaster	3-	31-	12-	44=	47-	50+	46+	42-	43-	49+	33-	3½
46	D Riley	Blackpool	15-	43=	39-	48=	28-	44=	45-	50+	37-	47+	40-	3½
47	Alan Shanks	Ballyclare	19-	28-	49=	24-	45+	48=	33-	36-	50+	46-	44=	3½
48	A Marshall	Boston	7-	40=	37-	46=	34=	47=	42-	43-	49+	33-	39-	3
49	J Alexander	Ballyclare	10-	17-	47=	16-d	50+	24-d	44-	35-	48-	45-	w/d	1½
50	Michael Broers	Newtownabbey	b21-	32-	42-	33-	49-	45-	40-	46-	47-	44-	w/d	0

The round 9 pairing between Hosking and Thomson shows a 'D' against it in both players' record. Both took a half-point bye?

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1971 BRITISH BOYS’ UNDER-16 CHAMPIONSHIP

Rank	1971 British Boys' Under 16 Championship	Total
1	Chris M Cooley (Swindon)	8½/11
2	Vaughan Wynne Griffiths (Northampton)	8
3-5	Stephen Balmer (Edinburgh), Dafydd [David] R Johnston (North Ferriby), Paul E Littlewood (Skelmersdale)	7½
6-8	Graham Andrews (Doncaster), Michael A Cook (Stevenage), Michael Hubbard (London)	7
9-10	Lawrence J Glazier (Manchester), Robin W Haldane (London)	6½
11-18	David S C Goodman (London), M K Jones (West Wickham), Ivan P Legg (Gloucester), David L Massie (London), A P Rice (Gloucester), Andrew J Rolfe (Nottingham), Peter J Sharp (Nottingham), A M Weekes (Huddersfield)	6
19-24	Anthony C Dempsey (Widnes), J Drinkwater (Bolton), Nigel P Hacking (Bolton), M C Kelly (Hartlepool), D J Nicholls (Leicester), Alan Weston (Doncaster)	5½
25-27	John Steven R Barker (Macclesfield), Alan A Smith (Manchester), A G Ward (Bolton)	5
28-32	C J Blundell (Folkestone), Andrew F J Glaze (Shrewsbury), David J Knight (Nuneaton), Keith A Povah (London), M B Wood (Bradford)	4½
33-36	R Bennett (Nuneaton), M Dear (Oxford), A S Grant (Workington), C Machin (Scunthorpe)	4
37-38	R Day (Nottingham), Eric W Gehlhaar (Lincoln)	3½
39	R Walsh (Lytham St Annes)	3
40	P W Mottram (Cheam)	2½

1971 BRITISH BOYS’ UNDER-14 CHAMPIONSHIP

Rank	1971 British Boys' Under 14 Championship	Total
1	Peter Cooley (Swindon)	8/11
2-4	Nicholas P Alexander (London), Alan W Potts (Cookham), David G Reece (Twickenham)	7½
5-7	Jonathan C Benjamin (Richmond), Simon J Hibble (Bradford), William James Torrens (Belfast)	7
8-9	Chris J Burrows (Maidenhead), John A Hutchinson (Brigg)	6½
10	Michael K Stone (West Kirby)	6
11-12	C Longthorpe (Howden, E. Yorks), Robert L Povey (London)	5½
13-17	C Barry (Oxford), Julian Boswell (Liverpool), P McDonald (Liverpool), Richard Pytel (Shipley), Simon Spivack (London)	5
18-22	Adrian S Argile (Preston), S Carter (Oxford), M Cooke (Weston-super-Mare), P J Dolan (Manchester), Martin Goldschmidt (London)	4½
23	Richard E Goodman1 (Plymouth) 1 son of John Bertram Goodman, who took part in pre-war and post-war chess tournaments	2

1971 BRITISH GIRLS’ UNDER-18 CHAMPIONSHIP

Rank	1971 British Girls' Under 18 Championship	Total
1	Sheila Jackson (Liverpool)	8/9
2	Morag Harrigan (Glasgow)	7
3	A L Kendall (Blackpool)	6½
4	Genine Fielding (Huddersfield)	5½
5	Mary A Hutchinson (Brigg)	5
6	M Winsom (Totnes)	4½
7-8	Brenda Cole (Lindfield), Roxane Agnew (Belfast)	3
9	E Friel (Glasgow)	2
10	Mary Harrigan (Glasgow)	½

1971 BRITISH GIRLS’ UNDER-14 CHAMPIONSHIP

Rank	1971 British Girls' Under 14 Championship	Total
1	Susan L Caldwell (London)	7½/9
2	Judith Hanslip (Dundee)	6½
3-4	Sally Butcher (Edinburgh), Sheila A Jordan (Wallasey)	6
5	Lynne Houston (Dundee)	5½
6-7	Wanda Pritchard (Godalming), Jeanette E Unger (London)	3½
8	Susan A Porter (Bracknell)	3
9	Susan A Hutchinson (Brigg)	2½
10	Karen P S Unger (London)	1

1971 BCF OVER-50 TOURNAMENT: (1) James W Prosser (Newcastle) 9½; (2) Wilfred Evans (Chorleywood) 9; (3-4) Thomas Eagle Lovell Chataway (Harrow), Peter Doig (Wormit, Fife) 8; (5-8) Sydney Gothard (Burton-on-Trent), B C Gould (London), Truman Victor Parrott (Nth Harrow), Frank Richardson (St. Annes) 5½; (9) D Elder (Dundee) 5; (10) A E Terrett (Norwich) 2; (11) C L Gibson (Blackpool) 1½; (12) H Graham (Manchester) 1.

1971 BRITISH BLIND PLAYERS’ CHAMPIONSHIP: (1) Reginald Walter Bonham (Worcester) 5½; (2) Geoffrey Douglas Carlin (Leicester) 5; (3-4 Colin R Chambers (Bristol), Jack Horrocks (Welling) 4½; (5) Derek Heyes (Bolton) 4; (6-7) Hans H Cohn (London), E Mitchell (Hastings) 3½; (8-9) K Harrold (Worcester), Miss Margaret Eleanor Lander (Gillingham, Dorset) 3; (10) J E Williams (Sheffield) 2½; (11) S Burnell (Worcester) 2; (12) D G Milsom (Bristol) 1.

BCF FIRST CLASS TOURNAMENT: (1-2) P Grant (St. Annes), R Hardy (Street, Som.) 8; (3) Roy Woodcock (Nuneaton) 7½; (4-6) W D Johnson (Leeds), A Pinkerton (Belfast), S Welbourne (Scarborough) 7; (7-9) Arthur Cootes (Belfast), T Evans (Antrim), F J Turner (Blackpool) 6½; (10-11) D A Burrows (St Helens), J W Dick (Glasgow) 6; (12-16) (George) Alec M Boswell (Liverpool), Anthony J Doherty (York), H James Draisey (Bristol), Fred C Manning (New Malden), Alexander Schofield (Pontefract) 5½; (17-19) Michael L Baumber (Keighley), Frederick W Bradbury (Southport), A Mikelson (Newcastle) 5; (20-23) P Griffiths (Holmbrook, Cumbs.), D C Hartley, Geoffrey Kendall snr (Scunthorpe), Alfred Milner (Manchester) 4½; (24-26) E Chambers (St Leonards), F V Chorley (Liverpool), M L Patrick (Nottingham) 4½; (27) S Taylor (Blackpool) 3½; (28) John C Calvert (Nottingham) 2.

FIVE DAY - 1st WEEK TOURNAMENT: (1) Michael J Conroy (Burnley) 4½/5; (2-3) John N Walker (Oxford), David Wise (Middlesbrough) 4; (4) Thomas Wise (Middlesbrough) 3½; (5-7) Robert H Mellor (Prescot), N M Stewart (Abingdon), Anthony K Swift (London) 3; (8-14) M R Ashmore (Lymm), Peter Cloudsdale (Ambleside), J Dixon (Crewe), G V Glover (Carlisle), C Hanson (Burnley), H Hubbard (London), R Quaye (London) 2; (15) J Wilson 1; (16) E W Carr (Torquay) 0

FIVE DAY - 2nd WEEK A TOURNAMENT: (1) Trefor F Thynne (Teignmouth) 4/5; (2-4) Steve J Mann (Sheffield), F Norman Stephenson (Middlesbrough), John N Walker (Oxford) 3½; (5) Anthony K Swift (London) 3; (6) Leigh A Trangmar (Beckenham) 2½; (7-9) Nigel W Dennis (Henley), S C Hamilton (Ayr), P W Walsh (Dundee) 2; (10-11) Allen Chalfen (London), H Hubbard (London) 1½; (12) R Julian (Basildon) 1.

FIVE DAY - 2nd WEEK B TOURNAMENT: (1-2) J Dixon (Crewe), R Quaye (London) 3½; (3-5) T K Allsop (Southport), C Hanson (Burnley), D K Winter (London) 3; (6-7) M W Alcock (Birmingham), Miss M Little (Dundee) 2½; (8) Miss G Morgan (Stamford) 2; (9-10) D Bell (Blackpool), A A Wilson (Preston) 1

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There was a lightning tournament on the middle Sunday (15 August 1971) of which results are not available from any official source. According to my own notes, the leading results were (1) E J Holt 8½/9; (2-3) J G Nicholson, S J Lorber 7½; (4-7) A J Mestel, J P Sommerville, K J Wicker, M J Haygarth 7. However, this was only a sketchy scribble in a scorebook made sometime later and should not be treated as definitive - JS. I took part myself, scoring 6/9 (1 v R A Humphreys, 1 v A A Smith, 0 v A J Mestel, 0 v J P Sommerville, 1 v N E Povah, 1 v A J Stenton, 0 v S Balmer, 1 v R M R O'Kelly, 1 v A Chalfen)

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File Updated

Date	Notes
September 2017	First uploaded
15 April 2018	Added the game J.Speelman - J.Nunn (Rd 9, U21), from Jon Speelman's 1997 Batsford book 'Jon Speelman's Best Games'.
15 April 2018	Added the game Hershman-Nunn (Rd 11), kindly sent in by Andy Ansel.
30 September 2020	Revamped to show neater and more informative crosstables. Also added five games from the Under-21 played by Mike Donnelly.
1 October 2020	Brian Denman has kindly shared his 11 games from the 1971 Major Open which I have added to the file. Thanks, Brian.
19 September 2023	Added the part-game J.Speelman 1-0 M.O'Hara (U21, rd 6) in two parts.
27 December 2023	Added the game S.Lorber 0-1 A.Stoker (U16, rd 11), plus five games played by Paul Littlewood which already appear in his player file. Also, some minor cosmetic changes applied.
10 September 2024	Added the game P.Habershon 0-1 D.M.Denison (Major Open, rd 4), contributed by Paul Habershon via the English Chess Forum, 9 September, where there is an obituary of his opponent Mike (Denis Michael) Denison who played in a number of British Championship congresses.