1992 Midland Counties Chess Union Congress (Forrest Cup), Darwin Suite, Assembly Rooms, Derby, 20-22 March

1992 Midland Championship		Grade	Club	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	Andrew J Ledger	211	Bedford	bye+	w15+	b12+	w7+	b5=	w2=	5
2	Simon N Gilmore	163	Belper	w10+	b11+	w5=	b4=	w18+	b1=	4½
3	Dave J Ledger	195	Bedford	w13+	b5-	w27+	b18+	w4=	b9+	4½
4	Christopher J Archer-Lock	184	Nott. Univ. Staff	b28+	w19+	b7=	w2=	b3=	w8=	4
5	Stephen Mario Joseph	190j	Gambit	b24+	w3+	b2=	bye=	w1=	w7=	4
6	Raymond J Gamble	179	Courtaulds	w17=	b9=	w11+	b10-	w15+	w12+	4
7	Paul C Raynes	190	Sheffield	w21+	b20+	w4=	b1-	w19+	b5=	4
8	Lawrence Cooper	207	Stafford	w9=	b16+	w18-	b17+	w10+	b4=	4
9	Michael W Alcock	180	Sutton-in-Ash	b8=	w6=	b15+	w14+	b12=	w3-	3½
10	Stephen C Ledger	189	Bedford	b2-	w25+	b13=	w6+	b8-	w21+	3½
11	Michael H Barnes	194	Braunstone	b14+	w2-	b6-	w13=	b26+	w18+	3½
12	Robert S Eames	178	Hackney	w27+	b17+	w1-	b20+	w9=	b6-	3½
13	Joe W Vere	177j	Courtaulds	b3-	w28+	w10=	b11=	w16=	b17+	3½
14	Graham J Cole	174	Loughborough	w11-	b21+	w22+	b9-	w20+	b16=	3½
15	John Toscano	156	Eccleshall	w22+	b1-	w9-	b21+	b6-	w20+	3
16	Michael J Gibbons	160	Ilford	bye=	w8-	b23=	b22+	b13=	w14=	3
17	John Naylor	196	Rugby	b6=	w12-	b26+	w8-	b23+	w13-	2½
18	Paul Stimpson	153	Ilford	bye=	w26+	b8+	w3-	b2-	b11-	2½
19	Ian R Dutton	191	Warwickshire	w25+	b4-	w20-	b27+	b7-	w23=	2½
20	Alan M Rogerson	160	Solihull	b23+	w7-	b19+	w12-	b14-	b15-	2
21	Peter J Mercs	170	Oxclose	b7-	w14-	b28+	w15-	b24+	b10-	2
22	John K Robinson	187	Leicester	b15-	w24+	b14-	w16-	b27=	w25=	2
23	Nicholas J Rutter	186	Newport	w20-	b27-	w16=	b25+	w17-	b19=	2
24	David M Cooper	167	Warley Quinborne	w5-	b22-	b25=	w26=	w21-	b28+	2
25	Steven J Burke	170	Sutton-in-Ash	b19-	b10-	w24=	w23-	w28+	b22=	2
26	Nigel A P McSheehy	175	St James	bye=	b18-	w17-	b24=	w11-	w27+	2
27	Alex Richardson	163	Loughborough	b12-	w23+	b3-	w19-	w22=	b26-	1½
28	George E Cammack	99	Derby	w4-	b13-	w21-	bye+	b25-	w24-	1

For the PGN file I have converted BCF grades to four-figure Elo ratings using the then current conversion formula Elo = (BCF x 8) + 600.

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Prizewinners:

U21 Champion: J Naylor
U18 Champion: S M Joseph
U16 Champion: J W Vere

Major: (1-2) L A Grinsell (Bushbury), J W Simpson (Academy) 5/6; (3-5) C E W Barber ((Alton), S D Sheahan (Academy), R J Simpson (Radcliffe & Bingham) 4½.

Minor: (1) K Bowman (Northampton) 5½/6; (2-3) N W Parkin (Belper), V Naan (Gambit) 5; (4-8) P Broomhall (Wolverhampton), B Lever (Clay Cross), C Blackburn (Northampton), R M Jones (Warley Quinborne), R Thomas (Worcester St J) 4½.

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File Updated

Date	Notes
29 November 2022	First upload. From a bulletin lent by Mike Alderson.