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Event: 7th Bognor Regis Congress • 106 games • Last Edited:
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Venue: Rex Ballroom, Bognor Regis • Dates: 1-11 April 1959 • Download PGN
1959 (7th) Bognor Regis: Stevenson Memorial, Wednesday 1 April - Saturday 11 April 1959 • 1958«»1960
Venue: Rex Ballroom, Bognor Regis
| 1959 Stevenson Memorial, Bognor | Resid. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Erno Gereben | Stateless | ♦ 1/33 | ◊ 1/10 | ♦ 0/3 | ◊ 1/25 | ♦ 1/13 | ◊ 0/2 | ♦ 1/31 | ◊ 1/4 | ◊ 1/8 | ♦ 1/7 | 8 |
| 2 | Denis Victor Mardle | Cheltenham | ◊ 1/22 | ♦ 1/6 | ◊ 1/17 | ◊ 0/12 | ♦ ½/8 | ♦ 1/1 | ◊ 1/27 | ♦ 1/3 | ◊ ½/5 | ♦ 1/16 | 8 |
| 3 | Nikola Karaklajic | Yugoslavia | ♦ 1/40 | ◊ 1/25 | ◊ 1/1 | ♦ 1/7 | ◊ 1/12 | ♦ ½/4 | ♦ ½/8 | ◊ 0/2 | ♦ 1/10 | ◊ ½/6 | 7½ |
| 4 | Ljubomir Crepinsek | Yugoslavia | ◊ 1/21 | ♦ 1/14 | ◊ ½/7 | ♦ 1/24 | ◊ 1/27 | ◊ ½/3 | ♦ 0/5 | ♦ 0/1 | ◊ 1/25 | ♦ 1/8 | 7 |
| 5 | David Brine Pritchard (SCCU Champ) | Brampton | ◊ 1/16 | ♦ 0/12 | ◊ 1/11 | ♦ 1/17 | ◊ ½/6 | ♦ 1/19 | ◊ 1/4 | ♦ 0/8 | ♦ ½/2 | ◊ 1/9 | 7 |
| 6 | Robert Graham Wade | New Zealand | ♦ 1/42 | ◊ 0/2 | ♦ 1/39 | ◊ 1/34 | ♦ ½/5 | ◊ ½/10 | ♦ 1/9 | ◊ ½/15 | ◊ 1/17 | ♦ ½/3 | 7 |
| 7 | Bernard Cafferty | Nottingham | ♦ 1/38 | ◊ 1/20 | ♦ ½/4 | ◊ 0/3 | ♦ ½/34 | ◊ 1/41 | ◊ ½/17 | ♦ 1/27 | ◊ 1/12 | ◊ 0/1 | 6½ |
| 8 | Baruch Harold Wood | Sutton Coldfield | ◊ 1/30 | ♦ 1/31 | ◊ ½/27 | ♦ 1/19 | ◊ ½/2 | ♦ 1/12 | ◊ ½/3 | ◊ 1/5 | ♦ 0/1 | ◊ 0/4 | 6½ |
| 9 | Arnold Yorwarth Green | London | ♦ ½/10 | ◊ ½/18 | ◊ ½/38 | ♦ 1/53 | ◊ ½/14 | ♦ 1/21 | ◊ 0/6 | ♦ 1/31 | ◊ 1/27 | ♦ 0/5 | 6 |
| 10 | Norman George Hammond | London | ◊ ½/9 | ♦ 0/1 | ◊ 1/32 | ◊ 1/23 | ♦ 1/45 | ♦ ½/6 | ◊ 1/14 | ♦ ½/12 | ◊ 0/3 | ♦ ½/17 | 6 |
| 11 | Clifford George Hilton | Manchester | ♦ ½/32 | ◊ ½/56 | ♦ 0/5 | ◊ 1/40 | ♦ 1/26 | ◊ 0/35 | ♦ 0/13 | ◊ 1/45 | ◊ 1/34 | ♦ 1/30 | 6 |
| 12 | Owen M Hindle | Norfolk | ♦ 1/50 | ◊ 1/5 | ◊ 1/45 | ♦ 1/2 | ♦ 0/3 | ◊ 0/8 | ♦ 1/35 | ◊ ½/10 | ♦ 0/7 | ◊ ½/13 | 6 |
| 13 | Adrian Swayne Hollis | Oxford Univ | ♦ 0/20 | ◊ 1/37 | ♦ 1/50 | ◊ 1/26 | ◊ 0/1 | ♦ 0/17 | ◊ 1/11 | ♦ 1/33 | ◊ ½/14 | ♦ ½/12 | 6 |
| 14 | David Edward Lloyd | West Ham | ♦ 1/52 | ◊ 0/4 | ♦ ½/23 | ◊ 1/38 | ♦ ½/9 | ◊ 1/20 | ♦ 0/10 | ◊ 1/32 | ♦ ½/13 | ◊ ½/21 | 6 |
| 15 | Harry Gethin Thorp Matchett | Bexhill | ◊ ½/34 | ♦ 0/45 | ◊ 1/43 | ♦ 1/28 | ◊ 1/24 | ♦ 0/27 | ◊ 1/19 | ♦ ½/6 | ◊ 0/16 | ♦ 1/25 | 6 |
| 16 | Alan K May | Durham | ♦ 0/5 | ◊ 1/40 | ♦ 0/26 | ◊ 1/55 | ♦ ½/20 | ◊ 1/45 | ♦ ½/25 | ◊ 1/36 | ♦ 1/15 | ◊ 0/2 | 6 |
| 17 | Elaine Pritchard | Brampton | ♦ 1/55 | ◊ 1/39 | ♦ 0/2 | ◊ 0/5 | ♦ 1/46 | ◊ 1/13 | ♦ ½/7 | ◊ 1/30 | ♦ 0/6 | ◊ ½/10 | 6 |
| 18 | Herbert Gibson Rhodes | Southport | ◊ ½/35 | ♦ ½/9 | ♦ 0/47 | ◊ 1/44 | ♦ 1/42 | ◊ 0/31 | ♦ 0/32 | ◊ 1/41 | ◊ 1/28 | ♦ 1/37 | 6 |
| 19 | David Graham Wells | Bristol | ♦ 1/37 | ◊ 1/43 | ♦ ½/41 | ◊ 0/8 | ♦ 1/56 | ◊ 0/5 | ♦ 0/15 | ◊ 1/29 | ♦ ½/21 | ◊ 1/33 | 6 |
| 20 | Joaquim Durao | Portugal | ◊ 1/13 | ♦ 0/7 | ◊ ½/35 | ♦ ½/21 | ◊ ½/16 | ♦ 0/14 | ♦ 1/56 | ◊ 1/42 | ♦ ½/30 | ◊ ½/22 | 5½ |
| 21 | Donald Gilbertson | Wimbledon | ♦ 0/4 | ◊ 1/52 | ♦ ½/29 | ◊ ½/20 | ♦ 1/39 | ◊ 0/9 | ♦ ½/22 | ◊ 1/23 | ◊ ½/19 | ♦ ½/14 | 5½ |
| 22 | Wilfred Henry Pratten | Fareham | ♦ 0/2 | ◊ ½/47 | ♦½/46 | ◊ 0/42 | ♦ 1/40 | ◊ 1/38 | ◊ ½/21 | ♦ ½/26 | ◊ 1/35 | ♦ ½/20 | 5½ |
| 23 | David George Springgay | Brighton | ◊ 1/36 | ♦ 0/27 | ◊ ½/14 | ♦ 0/10 | ◊ 0/29 | ♦ 1/44 | ◊ 1/24 | ♦ 0/21 | ◊ 1/39 | ♦ 1/32 | 5½ |
| 24 | G Tanfield | ♦ ½/56 | ◊ 1/48 | ♦ 1/49 | ◊ 0/4 | ♦ 0/15 | ◊ 0/25 | ♦ 0/23 | ◊ 1/55 | ♦ 1/40 | ◊ 1/36 | 5½ | |
| 25 | Fred Clough | Birmingham | ◊ 1/53 | ♦ 0/3 | ◊ 1/31 | ♦ 0/1 | ◊ ½/30 | ♦ 1/24 | ◊ ½/16 | ♦ 1/35 | ♦ 0/4 | ◊ 0/15 | 5 |
| 26 | Hugh Edward Guy Courtney | Malvern | ◊ ½/45 | ♦ ½/34 | ◊ 1/16 | ♦ 0/13 | ◊ 0/11 | ♦ ½/49 | ◊ 1/37 | ◊ ½/22 | ♦ ½/36 | ♦ ½/27 | 5 |
| 27 | Michael Philip Furmston | Birmingham | ♦ 1/46 | ◊ 1/23 | ♦ ½/8 | ◊ 1/41 | ♦ 0/4 | ◊ 1/15 | ♦ 0/2 | ◊ 0/7 | ♦ 0/9 | ◊ ½/26 | 5 |
| 28 | Peter W Hempson | London/Spennymoor | ♦ 0/39 | ◊ 1/42 | ♦ ½/56 | ◊ 0/15 | ♦ 1/47 | ◊ 0/29 | ♦ ½/45 | ◊ 1/49 | ♦ 0/18 | ♦ 1/41 | 5 |
| 29 | Kenneth F H Inwood | Surrey | ◊ ½/49 | ♦ ½/35 | ◊ ½/21 | ◊ 0/56 | ♦ 1/23 | ♦ 1/28 | ◊ 0/30 | ♦ 0/19 | ♦ ½/38 | ◊ 1/43 | 5 |
| 30 | Peter R Kings | Weston-super-Mare | ♦ 0/8 | ◊ ½/46 | ♦ 1/48 | ◊ ½/49 | ♦ ½/25 | ◊ 1/56 | ♦ 1/29 | ♦ 0/17 | ◊ ½/20 | ◊ 0/11 | 5 |
| 31 | M Reuser1 | London | ♦ 1/54 | ◊ 0/8 | ♦ 0/25 | ◊ 1/50 | ♦ 1/49 | ♦ 1/18 | ◊ 0/1 | ◊ 0/9 | ♦ ½/33 | ◊ ½/38 | 5 |
| 32 | Paul Dean | ◊ ½/11 | ♦ 0/49 | ♦ 0/10 | ◊ 0/48 | ◊ 1/43 | ♦ 1/53 | ◊ 1/18 | ♦ 0/14 | ♦ 1/42 | ◊ 0/23 | 4½ | |
| 33 | Wilfred Evans1 | Bucks | ◊ 0/1 | ♦ 0/36 | ♦ 0/40 | ◊ 1/52 | ♦ 1/50 | ◊ 1/55 | ♦ 1/41 | ◊ 0/13 | ◊ ½/31 | ♦ 0/19 | 4½ |
| 34 | Philip James Meade | ♦ ½/15 | ◊ ½/26 | ♦ 1/44 | ♦ 0/4 | ◊ ½/7 | ♦ ½/48 | ◊ ½/42 | ◊ ½/38 | ♦ 0/11 | ♦ ½/35 | 4½ | |
| 35 | Stewart Reuben | London | ♦ ½/18 | ◊ ½/29 | ♦ ½/20 | ◊ 1/36 | ♦ ½/41 | ♦ 1/11 | ◊ 0/12 | ◊ 0/25 | ♦ 0/22 | ◊ ½/34 | 4½ |
| 36 | Ivor B N Smith | ♦ 0/23 | ◊ 1/33 | ◊ ½/53 | ♦ 0/35 | ♦ ½/38 | ◊ 1/46 | ◊ 1/48 | ♦ 0/16 | ◊ ½/26 | ♦ 0/24 | 4½ | |
| 37 | Patricia Anne Sunnucks | ◊ 0/19 | ♦ 0/13 | ♦ 0/55 | ◊ 1/54 | ♦ ½/44 | ◊ 1/47 | ♦ 0/26 | ◊ 1/56 | ♦ 1/45 | ◊ 0/18 | 4½ | |
| 38 | Charles L Tadiello | Berkshire | ◊ 0/7 | ◊ 1/55 | ♦ ½/9 | ♦ 0/14 | ◊ ½/36 | ♦ 0/22 | ◊ 1/46 | ♦ ½/34 | ◊ ½/29 | ♦ ½/31 | 4½ |
| 39 | Bernard Landon Wilkinson | Lancashire | ◊ 1/28 | ♦ 0/17 | ◊ 0/6 | ♦ 1/51 | ◊ 0/21 | ♦ 0/42 | ♦ ½/40 | ◊ 1/53 | ♦ 0/23 | ◊ 1/49 | 4½ |
| 40 | Wilfred G Attard | Malta | ◊ 0/3 | ♦ 0/16 | ◊ 1/33 | ♦ 0/11 | ◊ 0/22 | ♦ 1/51 | ◊ ½/39 | ♦ 1/48 | ◊ 0/24 | ◊ ½/42 | 4 |
| 41 | Michael Robert B Clarke | ♦ 1/47 | ◊ 1/44 | ◊ ½/19 | ♦ 0/27 | ◊ ½/35 | ♦ 0/7 | ◊ 0/33 | ♦ 0/18 | ♦ 1/56 | ◊ 0/28 | 4 | |
| 42 | Bertram Goulding Brown | Cambridge | ◊ 0/6 | ♦ 0/28 | ◊ 1/54 | ♦ 1/22 | ◊ 0/18 | ◊ 1/39 | ♦ ½/34 | ♦ 0/20 | ◊ 0/32 | ♦ ½/40 | 4 |
| 43 | Patrick John Peter Jiggins | ◊ ½/48 | ♦ 0/19 | ♦ 0/15 | ◊ 0/46 | ♦ 0/32 | ◊ 1/54 | ♦ 1/50 | ◊ ½/47 | ♦ 1/44 | ♦ 0/29 | 4 | |
| 44 | Eileen Betsy Tranmer | ◊ 1/51 | ♦ 0/41 | ◊ 0/34 | ♦ 0/18 | ◊ ½/37 | ◊ 0/23 | ♦ ½/47 | ♦ 1/52 | ◊ 0/43 | ♦ 1/48 | 4 | |
| 45 | Edmund George Ansell | ♦ ½/26 | ◊ 1/15 | ♦ 0/12 | ◊ 1/47 | ◊ 0/10 | ♦ 0/16 | ◊ ½/28 | ♦ 0/11 | ◊ 0/37 | ♦ ½/46 | 3½ | |
| 46 | Alan Lawrence Ayriss | ◊ 0/27 | ♦ ½/30 | ◊ ½/22 | ♦ 1/43 | ◊ 0/17 | ♦ 0/36 | ♦ 0/38 | ◊ ½/51 | ♦ ½/50 | ◊ ½/45 | 3½ | |
| 47 | C H Henshaw | ◊ 0/41 | ♦ ½/22 | ◊ 1/18 | ♦ 0/45 | ◊ 0/28 | ♦ 0/37 | ◊ ½/44 | ♦ ½/43 | ◊ ½/52 | ♦ ½/51 | 3½ | |
| 48 | Stanley Charles Love | ♦ ½/43 | ♦ 0/24 | ◊ 0/30 | ♦ 1/32 | ◊ 1/53 | ◊ ½/34 | ♦ 0/36 | ◊ 0/40 | ♦ ½/49 | ◊ 0/44 | 3½ | |
| 49 | Arnolds Mazitis | London | ♦ ½/29 | ◊ 1/32 | ◊ 0/24 | ♦ ½/30 | ◊ 0/31 | ◊ ½/26 | ♦ ½/55 | ♦ 0/28 | ◊ ½/48 | ♦ 0/39 | 3½ |
| 50 | Arthur T Watson | ◊ 0/12 | ♦ 1/51 | ◊ 0/13 | ♦ 0/31 | ◊ 0/33 | ♦ ½/52 | ◊ 0/43 | ♦ ½/54 | ◊ ½/46 | ♦ 1/53 | 3½ | |
| 51 | Ernest George Exell | ♦ 0/44 | ◊ 0/50 | ♦ 1/52 | ◊ 0/39 | ♦ 0/55 | ◊ 0/40 | ♦ ½/54 | ♦ ½/46 | ◊ ½/53 | ◊ ½/47 | 3 | |
| 52 | George William Henlen | ◊ 0/14 | ♦ 0/21 | ◊ 0/51 | ♦ 0/33 | ♦ 1/54 | ◊ ½/50 | ♦ 0/53 | ◊ 0/44 | ♦ ½/47 | ◊ 1d/55 | 3 | |
| 53 | Rodney E James | ♦ 0/25 | ◊ 1/54 | ♦ ½/36 | ◊ 0/9 | ♦ 0/48 | ◊ 0/32 | ◊ 1/52 | ♦ 0/39 | ♦ ½/51 | ◊ 0/50 | 3 | |
| 54 | Robert H Mellor | ◊ 0/31 | ♦ 0/53 | ♦ 0/42 | ♦ 0/37 | ◊ 0/52 | ♦ 0/43 | ◊ ½/51 | ◊ ½/50 | ♦ 1d/55 | ◊ 1/56 | 3 | |
| 55 | Kenneth George Percy Gunnell | ◊ 0/17 | ♦ 0/38 | ◊ 1/37 | ♦ 0/16 | ◊ 1/51 | ♦ 0/33 | ◊ ½/49 | ♦ 0/24 | ◊ 0d/54 | ♦ 0d/52 | 2½ | |
| 56 | Ivan Robert Napier | ◊ ½/24 | ♦ ½/11 | ◊ ½/28 | ♦ 1/29 | ◊ 0/19 | ♦ 0/30 | ◊ 0/20 | ♦ 0/37 | ◊ 0/41 | ♦ 0/54 | 2½ | |
The tables in both BCM (May 1959, p135) and CHESS (April 1959, Vol.28, no.337-8, p194) only record individual results down to the 5/10 score group, though BCM does identify sub-5/10 opponents where the other player has 5 or more. There were some errors in the BCM table. The Times published full results indicating colour.
1 The BCM and CHESS tables differ re the scores of two players: BCM shows M Reuser with 5 and W Evans with 4½ but CHESS shows them the other way around. BCM and the Times show them meeting in round 9 and the result a draw (with Reuser having Black). The SCCU Bulletin, July 1959 and accumulated scores from Times reports agree with BCM so I have concluded that the CHESS table has the scores wrong. Similarly, BCM shows P Jiggins with 4 as does the SCCU, while CHESS has 3½, though in that case there is no counterbalancing disparity amongst any of the other players' results. The Times, 13 April 1959, corroborates the scores given in BCM and has helped complete the rest of the crosstable.
1959 Southern Counties Chess Union Championships
1959 SCCU Ladies’ Championship: (1) Miss J Barker 4; (2) Miss Verina Horsnell (Woolwich) 3½; (3-4) Mrs L L Langley (Blockley), Mrs Van den Bergh 2½; (5) Miss E Whyte 2; (6) Mrs J Gunnell ½. [according to CHESS, April 1959, p195, Mrs LL Langley of Blockley won this title, with Miss V Horsnell second - JS]
1959 SCCU Junior Girls’ (Under-15) Championship: (1-2) Lynda Christine Biggs (Langbourne - later Lynda Cazeaux), Gillian A Moore (Southampton) 6; (3-4) P Mooney, M Sharp 5; (5) R Washington 4; (6-7) R I Mason, P M Stewart 3; (8) C Payne 2; (9) M J Kirby 1; (10) Pamela H Fishlock-Lomax 0.
1959 SCCU Boys’ (Under-18) Championship: (1) Julian I P Simpole (Brighton) 5½/7; (2-3) Norman Stockman, J R Wilkinson 5; (4) I W Allen 4½; (5-9) J Glenville, David C Jarrett, M Norman, John N Walker, Hugh Dowsett 4; (10-11) D T F Ewing, N J Hitchins 3½; (13) M J Taylor 3; (14-15) A De Caux, R C Syret 1½; (16) R J Richards 1.
1959 SCCU Junior Boys’ (Under-15) Championship: (1) M G Ford (Southampton) 5½/7; (2-4) Rudy Capildeo (Brighton), R J Castle (Wokingham), Andrew J Whiteley (Dragon School, Oxford, aged 11) 5; (5-8) Malcolm James Lester, G H Mason, Ronald A Harris (Whitgift), John A Miller (Whitgift) 4½; (9-13) D Bevan, P J Brown, A Firmin, Alan K Abel, G Wilmers 4; (14-15) L R Brown, R Denny 3½; (16-20) H Carver, A Le Miere, R Renourd, Stephen J Ridout, A Thornton 3; (21-23) R Le Louarn, D Pitt, C A Worrall 2½; (24) E Cooke 2; (25) K Tunnicliffe 1.
1959 SCCU Primary Boys’ Championship: (1-2) K Allen (Alleyns School), Nicholas J Patterson (Wimbledon) 6/7; (3-7) W Bach, M J Cooper, J Duffin, R B Mason, H Taylor 5; (8-10) R Heseltine, B Mallalieu, Brian Tombleson 4½; (11-15) R Errington, P Fayers, R Price, B Skinner, R Taylor 4; (16-19) J Crisp, T Davies, G J Luadaka, P Mylecreest 3½; (20-26) R A Dixon, B Edwards, J Freeman, Brian Jennings, J Olejnik, Q Phillippe, A Price 3; (27-28) S Auckland, J Bullough 2½; (29-32) J Charlton, G Debenham, D Parsons, M Ross 2; (33) D Howarth ½; (34) J Lee 0.
[Some of the above results sourced from the SCCU Bulletin, May 1959]
Other Sections
Championship Reserve: (1) Alan Edgar Nield (New Zealand) 7½/9; (2) Christopher Baruch Wood (Sutton Coldfield) 7; (3) T E Waits 6½; (4-5) Sydney Archer Gill, Gregory Owen J Melitus 4½; (6) S Roberts 4; (7) Patrick Humphrey Sullivan 3½; (8) P G Griffiths 3; (9) Albert S La Lond 2½; (10) Patric Kirtlan 2.
Ten-day Major: (1-2) George A Peck (Rugby), Ian Christopher Smart (Leatherhead) 7/9; (3) Anthony G Frish 6½; (4) Rev. Henry Middleton Blackett 6; (5) Frederick W Appleby 5½; (6-7) Charles Dennis Balding, S Clegg 3½; (8-9) J H Brown, J Henlen 2½; (10) William John Clare Hart Burges 1.
Seven-day Major (Morning): (1) W Woodhead (Liverpool) 6/7; (2-3) Terry De Buriatte, G H Green 5; (4-5) D E McNab, H W S Nichols 3½; (6) Harold Edward Druce 2; (7-8) John Daniel Sayle, Oscar William Serck 1½.
Seven-day Major (Afternoon): (1) David J Mabbs (Orpington) 7; (2) R E Serve 5; (3-4) W Langstaff, P B Sarson 4½; (5) J J Lauder 3; (6-7) C A Blaxey, G O Esher 2; (8) D Brown 0.
Seven-day First Class (Morning): (1) (Rex) Frank Talbot Wood (Sutton Coldfield) 5½; (2) Alfred Milner 5; (3) F E Tanner 4; (4-6) Harry Starbuck Littlechild, Leonard Shenfield, F G Shorter 3½; (7) H Clacy 2½; (8) Miss A Gammans 2.
Seven-day First Class (Afternoon): (1-3) Frank Thomas Comber (Rochester), B D Harding (Southampton), W H Mabbs (Orpington) 5½; (4) L N Weaver 4½; (5) Miss Elsie Grace Coulson 3; (6) Miss E Whyte 2; (7-8) Miss E Elliott, Lady Herbert 1.
Seven-day Second Class (Morning): (1) Philip R C Wood 6½; (2) R A Forrest 5; (3) A J Maber 4; (4-5) Miss Renwick, Mrs Van den Bergh 3½; (6) P Mylechreest 2½; (7) Mrs Grant 2; (8) Mrs Laura Ethel Amelia Start 1.
Seven-day Second Class (Afternoon): (1) Julian I P Simpole (Brighton) 6½; (2-3) A D Barnard, G Davidson 5; (4) R I Ross 4; (5) W G Daish 3; (6) Miss E S Mann 2½; (7) Mrs Gunnell1 1½; (8) Mrs R E James ½. 1 Possibly Jean Marjorie Gunnell, née Hawkins, Kenneth Gunnell's 3rd wife.
Open Swiss (five rounds): (1) David J Mabbs (Cedars School) 5/5; (2-3) Michael E Ventham, (Rex) Frank Talbot Wood (Sutton Coldfield) 3½; (4) R E Smith 3; (5) Robert Hugh Storr-Best 2½; (6-8) J Bate, P J Cross, F S Hulford 1.
Five-day Major: (1-2) Percival Arthur Cooke (East Grinstead), Alfred Milner (Manchester) 3½; (3-4) L M Jones, Oscar William Serck 2½; (5-6) Raymond Bott, C Nicole 1½.
First Class (Morning): (1) Harry Starbuck Littlechild (Wisbech) 4/5; (2-3) A E Blades (Newcastle), Philip R C Wood (Sutton Coldfield) 3½; (4) F C Shorter 2 (London); (5-6) H Clacy, J C McGregor 1.
First Class (Afternoon): (1) L West 4½/5; (2) Frank Thomas Comber (Rochester) 3½; (3) W H Mabbs 3; (4) (Rex) Frank Talbot Wood (Sutton Coldfield) 2; (5) A R Cave 1½; (6) Miss M Elliott ½.
Second Class (Morning): (1) David J Blackman (Southampton) 4½/5; (2) G Burnett (Worcester) 4; (3) J Curlett 3; (4) Mrs Laura Ethel Amelia Start 2½; (5) Mrs Evelyn Bott [née Glatt] 1; (6) Francis Marcus Mylechreest 0.
Second Class (Afternoon): (1-2) S Jackson (Southampton), B W Young (Brighton) 4; (3-4) J Garth-Andrews, A J Maber 3; (5) P M Hodgson 1; (6) Miss Northcroft 0.
Weekend Events
Major: (1) M S McBain 5; (2) B E Thomas 4 (Bromley); (3-4) C Gammons, L Winter 2; (5-6) Sydney Harold Cuzco Lucas, J Taylor 1.
Major Reserve: (1-2) Charles Reginald Purley (Bognor), Leonard Shenfield 4/5; (3) E Cowen 3; (4) F Duff 2½; (5) A Boshell 1½; (6) Lady Gwendolyn Herbert [née Quilter] 0.
Minor A: (1) R E Serve 4½; (2) B Barnes 3½/5; (3-4) A Miles, R Ross 2½; (5) R Warner 1½; (6) R J Nunn (Aldingbourne) ½. [according to CHESS, April 1959, p195, R J Nunn finished, not last, but first in this section! - JS]
Minor B: (1-2) Miss Elsie Grace Coulson, L Humphreys (Bognor) 4/5; (3) W Iveson 3; (4-5) B Page and M R Wigan 2; (6) R Balchin 0.
BCM, May 1959, ppn 133-134
Bognor Congress—April 1st to April 11th
Bv H. GOLOMBEK
THE Southern Counties Union again held its annual chess congress in that very pleasant resort, Bognor, in Sussex, at the beginning of April. The venue was the same as last year, the Rex Ballroom and for once there was ample space, not only for the stern business of tournament play but also for such more frivolous pursuits as skittles, kriegspiel, postmortems (if these can be called frivolous—sometimes they seem more important than the actual game). This is a congress that caters a great deal for the lighter side of chess and there are always a number of diversions that tend to make the Bognor Chess Congress much more of a holiday than most other congresses.
All this is reflected in the ever-increasing popularity of this event and 1959 proved a record year as regards numbers—288 competitors playing in some twenty-five events. In quality, however, the main event, the Stevenson Memorial, was inferior to some of its predecessors. The organizers had a stroke of bad luck when, on the eve of the opening they learnt that the strong West German master, Darga, had sprained his ankle and was unable to travel. Even if he had been able to come, however, the foreign entry would have been weaker than usual and certainly very few of the leading British players took part. For various reasons hardly any entered. One had hoped that some of the leading younger British players would have competed but they, from the British Champion downward, were noticeable for their absence only.
Next year, I understand matters should be much improved. Plans are already afoot to invite several grandmasters to come to Bognor and if these plans prove successful then I think we shall find the younger British players of the top class much more attracted to the idea of playing in the tournament.
Not that this lack of great or outstanding figures detracted to any noticeable extent from the drama of the competition. There was a bitter fight amongst the top half-dozen for the first place and towards the end of the tournament the lead changed hands from day to day.
Karaklaic, an ex-Champion of Yugoslavia, and a player who has already been highly successful in a number of international tournaments was the obvious favourite for first prize at the beginning of the tournament. His fellow-countryman, Crepinsek, had once been Junior Champion of Yugoslavia, but had done nothing apart from this and was clearly not in the same class as Karaklaic. Of the other foreign players, only Gereben was of master strength and he, though a talented attacking player, has always been very much overshadowed in Hungary by the two grandmasters Szabo and Barcza.
Hence, no one was surprised when Karaklaic started off with five wins in succession, including a defeat of Gereben in Round 3 that seemed almost enough by itself to settle the issue of first place. Then, however, Karaklaic seemed to relax his concentration and determination. He drew his next two games and then suffered his first loss at the hands of the Gloucestershire player, Denis Mardle, in Round 8.
So, by the end of this round Mardle was in the lead with 6½ points. Meanwhile, B. H. Wood, who was in excellent form, also had good chances for first place since he had 5½ points and one adjourned game against Pritchard that was clearly in his favour. Eventually he did win this game after it had gone through two adjournments and in the ninth round he had an exciting struggle against Gereben that was one of the chief turning points of the tournament For a long time the position was quite blocked until Gereben ventured everything on one chance and sacrificed a piece for two pawns. The game was adjourned in a highly critical state and due to be resumed at 8.30 that evening. But Gereben, who speaks only German and Hungarian failed to understand that the game was to be finished in the evening (adjournment sessions were normally in the morning), decided to have an early night and had to be roused out of bed to come and play. This he did to such effect that he won the ending thereby sending Wood several places down in the table and himself several places up.
When the last round was reached Karaklaic, Gereben, and Mardle were leading with 7 points. Gereben and Mardle duly scored easy wins but Karaklaic was very well held to a draw by Wade. Thus Gereben and Mardle tied for first place. How fiercely Gereben played for the win and nothing else throughout the event was shown by his score—eight wins, two losses, and no draws. Mardle was the steadier of the two, his only loss being to that promising young Norwich player, Hindle, and he has clearly made a considerable improvement in the last few years. One hopes to see him in action in more events in the future. Even though this year’s Bognor tournament was not quite up to standard his play here shows him approaching the top in British chess.
Karaklaic’s third prize must have been in the nature of a disappointment; but he bore it all extremely well and made a host of friends by the quiet and gallant way in which he took it.
The struggle for fourth place was complicated by a further issue—that of the Southern Counties Championship for which Mardle was not eligible as a West of England player. Nor was Crepinsek for that matter; but he soon made sure of a share for fourth prize by outplaying Wood in some lively middle-game complications. It was amongst the British players who were to join him in fourth place that the struggle lay as regards the title. The holder, Wade, seemed pretty certain to retain the championship. He also had 7 points and Green, who was obviously engaged in beating Pritchard, had an inferior Sonneborn-Berger count to Wade’s. But, unwisely, as it turned out, Green and Pritchard continued their game right through the hubbub of the prize-giving and the result was that Green threw away a Rook and lost. So Pritchard came up to equal fourth with Wade and Crepinsek. In a way, this was a just turn of the wheel since Pritchard had thrown away a simply won ending against Hindle in an earlier round by overlooking that a pawn can (and, indeed, must) capture diagonally. Still, it was hard luck on Green and even worse luck on Wade, since Pritchard's Sonneborn-Berger count was two points higher.
It seems a pity that this title has to be decided on a system which is not much more precise than tossing a coin and some of the dubiety could have been cleared up by playing eleven rounds instead of ten, which is a meagre total for a tournament of fifty-six contestants. A number of competitors were heard to comment on this and to put forward the suggestion that play might take place on the intervening Sunday. Here is a table showing the results of the leading eight players. Another round would have served to fill in some of the gaps that are noticeable in the lower half of this table. Mardle’s score of 4 out of 5 is particularly impressive.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Total | |||
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| 1 | Gereben |
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0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2 | Mardle | 1 |
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1 | - | ½ | 1 | - | ½ | 4 | |
| 3 | Karaklajic | 1 | 0 |
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½ | - | ½ | 1 | ½ | 3½ | |
| 4 | Crepinsek | 0 | - | ½ |
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0 | - | ½ | 1 | 2 | |
| 5 | Pritchard | - | ½ | - | 1 |
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½ | - | 0 | 2 | |
| 6 | Wade | - | 0 | ½ | - | ½ |
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- | - | 1 | |
| 7 | Cafferty | 0 | - | 0 | ½ | - | - |
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- | ½ | |
| 8 | Wood | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | - | - |
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CHESS, April 1959, Vol.24 no.337-8, ppn 193-195
Bognor Smashes All Records
Bognor Regis this year shattered all records. Entries totalled 290—a record. The actual number competing was a little less as some entered for two different events. There were 81 juniors—another record—and 20 ladies—yet another with, for the first time,'an all-ladies’ section. Lady Herbert1, wife of the famous Sir A.P., was a distinguished competitor and did not go home pointless. She is a member of West London C.C.
1 Gwendolyn Harriet Herbert, née Quilter (1892-1988) was a regular competition player of around 1450 strength in her old age and president of Hammersmith CC
The overseas contingent was weakened by K. Darga’s withdrawal. He injured his ankle entering a Berlin subway on the eve of the event. This left N. Karaklaic and L. Crepinsek (Yugoslavia), E. Gereben (Stateless), J. Durao (Portugal) and W. G. Attard (Malta) to face the onslaught of an exceptionally strong British contingent, the total entry 56 (reduced from 58 by withdrawals) setting up another record.
D. V. Mardle had the tournament of his life, beating Karaklaic and Gereben and finishing in a tie with the latter for first place. A Cheltenham Civil Servant, he has suffered for half his thirty years of life from the after effects of poliomyelitis. (The Daily Express erroneously made him a “youth” of twenty). His considerable weight cannot make it any easier for him to get about.
The Stevenson Memorial opened quietly, the huge field making clashes between strong players infrequent. Green arriving late, could only draw with Hammond and Tadiello. He had drawn his three concluding games at Southend a few days before.
As early as round two, Mardle showed he was fighting mad by beating Wade. Wade pressed him strongly on the queen's side but was confounded by a typically bold piece-sacrifice. In the ending, Mardle had six united passed pawns!
Round three confronted Karaklaic with Gereben. The Yugoslav had White and emerged with a won game from the opening.
Round four spotlighted nineteen-year-old Owen M. Hindle of Norwich as one of the most promising youngsters England has produced for many a decade. He recently beat Jonathan Penrose in a county match game which we give, with the winner’s notes, elsewhere in this issue. His play is characterised by fearless combinative offers and clear-cut plans. In looks and demeanour he is strongly reminiscent of Paul Keres at a similarly youthful stage. He adjourned against Mardle a pawn to the good and made no mistake the next morning.
In round five, however, Hindle proved no match for Karaklaic. In this round D. B. Pritchard and his wife (née Elaine Saunders) were paired against each other. There was no formal draw, but a bitter battle in which the former “effectively demonstrated that he was head of the family.”
Round six : Crepinsek v Karaklaic. This was a colourless draw. It was Mardle who provided the thunder, beating Gereben most convincingly. Gereben appeared to to be working up a useful king’s side attack but was rocked back by a totally unexpected sacrifice of a knight which forced a pawn to the seventh rank and thoroughly disorganised Gereben’s game.
Your editor [B. H. Wood] took the lead at the end of round eight, with five wins, and three draws in all of which he had finished with what advantage there was. It was the wrong moment for a notoriously poor “stayer", for on the Friday evening all outstanding games had to be completed. His Friday schedule was consequently : 9.30 a.m.— 12.45 continued game v Pritchard; 1.30— 6.30 played Gereben; (after writing and telephoning newspaper reports) 8.30—9.15, final session v Pritchard; 9.45 resumed against Gereben. Gereben had over-reached himself and at midnight Wood had a clearly won game but in another half-an-hour he had “folded up” for the remainder of the tournament.
Throughout most of the last three rounds, Mardle’s nose bled copiously. He spent about ten per cent of his total playing time applying lumps of ice and numerous handkerchiefs. Momentary inadvertence with his crutches led to a heavy fall in round eight. He remained, to outward seeming, completely unperturbed throughout.
The game D. B. Pritchard v A. Y. Green continued long after the prize-giving was over. By winning it, Pritchard secured the Southern Counties’ Championship ("popping” R. G. Wade, last year’s winner, with whom he tied on Sonneborn-Berger count) and, with it, a place in the British Championship at York in August.
A. Y. Green once again showed his remarkable talent for lightning play by winning the cup for the tournament 10-seconds-a-move championship open to all competitors.
In the lightning tournament for teams of four, two only are allowed to be Stevenson Memorial Tournament competitors. The rule was kindly waived for a ladies’ team, Mrs. Pritchard and Misses Sunnucks, Tranmer and Colmer; but a team consisting of Golombek, (P. H.) Clarke, Green and Pritchard was broken up though technically admissible because Golombek and Clarke, present to report the event only, were of S.M.T. [Stevenson Memorial Tournament] class. A team consisting of Karaklaic and B.H., C.B. and R.F.T. Wood won narrowly. [Magazine editor Baruch H and his two sons Christopher and (Rex) Frank Wood]
An entirely new event, a chess quiz, was put over superbly by its originator C. G. Hilton. An audience whose size was unworthy of the excellence of the entertainment tackled the job of recognising stock opening positions from which all the pieces or pawns had been removed, constructing stalemate positions from certain limited materials etc., etc. N. Karaklaic and “our own” P. W. Hempson made remarkable scores, each missing only one solitary point; Karaklaic was declared the winner on time. We hope to be able to reproduce Mr. Hilton’s excellent quiz questions in an early CHESS.
Wade filled in practically a whole crossword during one game, made all his moves (about forty) in 45 minutes — and won!
These “Cedars” players are certainly not “re-ceders”! D. J. Mabbs entered for two different tournaments at Bognor, playing twelve games in ten days—and won the lot! This, after winning his last three games at the Richmond congress. [Cedars was a chess club of young players based in Harrow, Middlesex, which included David Mabbs and David Rumens]
Hindle-Penrose (game referenced in the CHESS report)
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