1965 Northern Open, Whitby, 26 July - 6 August

1965 Northern Open Whitby		Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
1	Bjorn Brinck Claussen	Denmark	◊ 1/42	♦ 1/5	◊ 1/4	♦ 1/3	◊ 1/15	◊ 1/14	♦ 1/27	♦ 1/16	◊ ½/2	♦ 1/11	◊ 1/12	10½
2	Harry Golombek	Chalfont St Giles	♦ ½/10	◊ 1/31	♦ ½/11	♦ 1/17	◊ ½/40	♦ ½/15	◊ ½/3	◊ 1/8	♦ ½/1	◊ 1/9	◊ 1/4	8
3	Peter Charles Griffiths	Birmingham	◊ 1/29	♦ 1/38	◊ 1/20	◊ 0/1	♦ 0/14	◊ 1/22	♦ ½/2	♦ 1/12	◊ 1/18	♦ ½/4	◊ ½/7	7½
4	F Norman Stephenson	Middlesbrough	♦ 1/46	◊ 1/12	♦ 0/1	♦ 1/43	◊ 1/19	♦ 1/5	◊ 0/16	♦ 1/15	◊ 1/14	◊ ½/3	♦ 0/2	7½
5	Peter W Hempson	London	♦ 1/30	◊ 0/1	♦ 1/39	◊ 1/10	♦ 1/28	◊ 0/4	♦ ½/14	◊ ½/9	♦ 0/11	◊ 1/22	♦ 1/8	7
6	William R Hartston	Enfield	◊ ½/41	♦ 0/11	◊ 1/23	♦ ½/25	♦ ½/9	◊ 1/32	♦ 1/13	◊ 0/14	♦ ½/10	◊ 1/24	♦ 1/15	7
7	Leslie S Tate	Morpeth	◊ 0/17	♦ 1/18	◊ ½/37	♦ 0/8	◊ 0/13	♦ 1/23	♦ 1/34	◊ 1/39	♦ 1/35	◊ 1/15	♦ ½/3	7
8	David Parr	London	◊ ½/19	♦ 1/13	◊ 0/40	◊ 1/7	♦ 1/36	♦ ½/16	◊ ½/12	♦ 0/2	◊ 1/25	♦ 1/14	◊ 0/5	6½
9	Michael J Conroy	Burnley	◊ 1/28	♦ 0/15	♦ 1/24	◊ ½/36	◊ ½/6	◊ 1/40	◊ ½/25	♦ ½/5	◊ 1/16	♦ 0/2	◊ ½/10	6½
10	Philip J Meade	Cheltenham	◊ ½/2	♦ 1/41	◊ ½/43	♦ 0/5	◊ 1/20	♦ ½/13	◊ 1/40	♦ 0/18	◊ ½/6	1	♦ ½/9	6½
11	John G Brogden	Wakefield	♦ ½/25	◊ 1/6	◊ ½/2	♦ 0/15	◊ 1/37	♦ 0/18	◊ 1/19	♦ 1/27	◊ 1/5	◊ 0/1	♦ ½/13	6½
12	James E Scholes	Sheffield	◊ 1/44	♦ 0/4	◊ ½/25	♦ 1/13	◊ ½/16	♦ 1/19	♦ ½/8	◊ 0/3	♦ 1/21	◊ 1/18	♦ 0/1	6½
13	Geoffrey Albert Gautrey	Northampton	♦ 1/21	◊ 0/8	♦ 1/33	◊ 0/12	♦ 1/7	◊ ½/10	◊ 0/6	♦ ½/36	◊ 1d/40	♦ 1/16	◊ ½/11	6½
14	Baruch H Wood	Sutton Coldfield	◊ 1/34	♦ 1/17	◊ ½/15	♦ ½/40	◊ 1/3	♦ 0/1	◊ ½/5	♦ 1/6	♦ 0/4	◊ 0/8	♦ ½/18	6
15	William Ritson Morry	Birmingham	♦ 1/27	◊ 1/9	♦ ½/14	◊ 1/11	♦ 0/1	◊ ½/2	♦ 1/21	◊ 0/4	♦ 1/17	♦ 0/7	◊ 0/6	6
16	R Gardner	Brighouse	♦ ½/35	◊ 1/30	♦ ½/36	◊ 1/32	♦ ½/12	◊ ½/8	♦ 1/4	◊ 0/1	♦ 0/9	◊ 0/13	◊ 1/28	6
17	Dr Reinhard Cherubim	Germany	♦ 1/7	◊ 0/14	♦ 1/22	◊ 0/2	♦ 1/30	◊ 0/27	◊ 1/20	♦ 1/28	◊ 0/15	♦ ½/19	◊ ½/21	6
18	Reuben Klugman	USA	♦ 0d/39	◊ 0/7	♦ 1/34	◊ 1/33	♦ ½/32	◊ 1/11	♦ 1/30	◊ 1/10	♦ 0/3	♦ 0/12	◊ ½/14	6
19	Colin I Moffat	Kingston-upon-Thames	♦ ½/8	◊ ½/25	♦ 1/45	◊ 1/27	♦ 0/4	◊ 0/12	♦ 0/11	♦ 1/26	◊ 1/36	◊ ½/17	♦ ½/23	6
20	Victor John A Russ	Harrogate	♦ 1/22	◊ 1/39	♦ 0/3	◊ 0/28	♦ 0/10	◊ 1/33	♦ 0/17	◊ 0/24	♦ 1/43	1	♦ 1/27	6
21	Peter R Hindley	Oxford University	◊ 0/13	♦ ½/29	◊ 1/41	♦ ½/37	◊ 1/24	♦ 1/28	◊ 0/15	♦ ½/25	◊ 0/12	1	♦ ½/17	6
22	Louis de Veauce	Windlesham	◊ 0/20	♦ 1/23	◊ 0/17	♦ 1/29	◊ 1/38	♦ 0/3	◊ 0/28	♦ 1/42	◊ 1/37	♦ 0/5	◊ 1/26	6
23	J Kraajeveld	Netherlands	♦ 0/36	◊ 0/22	♦ 0/6	◊ 1/46	♦ ½/39	◊ 0/7	♦ 1/33	◊ 1/31	♦ 1/32	1	◊ ½/19	6
24	Michael P Littlewood	Sheffield	◊ 0/40	♦ 1/44	◊ 0/9	◊ 1/31	♦ 0/21	♦ 0/38	◊ 1/43	♦ 1/20	◊ 1/27	♦ 0/6	◊ 1/35	6
25	David Lees	Bury	◊ ½/11	♦ ½/19	♦ ½/12	◊ ½/6	♦ ½/35	◊ 1/36	♦ ½/9	◊ ½/21	♦ 0/8	0	♦ 1/34	5½
26	Terry B Bennett	Hemel Hempstead	♦ ½/31	◊ ½/35	♦ 0/27	◊ 0/30	♦ 0/33	◊ 1/46	♦ 1/32	◊ 0/19	♦ 1/39	1	♦ 0/22	5
27	Sven Ove van Seelen	Denmark	◊ 0/15	♦ 1/34	◊ 1/26	♦ 0/19	◊ 1/43	♦ 1/17	◊ 0/1	◊ 0/11	♦ 0/24	1	◊ 0/20	5
28	E Jones	Llanllyfni	♦ 0/9	◊ 1/46	♦ 1/35	♦ 1/20	◊ 0/5	◊ 0/21	♦ 1/22	◊ 0/17	♦ 1/30	0	♦ 0/16	5
29	P Griffiths	London	♦ 0/3	◊ ½/21	♦ ½/31	◊ 0/22	♦ 1/45	◊ 0/30	◊ 0/42	♦ ½/46	◊ 1/44	½	◊ 1/38	5
30	Timothy S Wickens	Ilkley	◊ 0/5	♦ 0/16	◊ 1/44	♦ 1/26	◊ 0/17	♦ 1/29	◊ 0/18	♦ 1/38	◊ 0/28	0	◊ 1/37	5
31	M Durrant	Beccles	◊ ½/26	♦ 0/2	◊ ½/29	♦ 0/24	◊ ½/41	♦ 0/42	◊ 1/44	♦ 0/23	◊ 1/46	½	◊ 1/45	5
32	William A Linton	Sunderland	◊ ½/43	♦ ½/37	◊ 1/38	♦ 0/16	◊ ½/18	♦ 0/6	◊ 0/26	♦ 1/41	◊ 0/23	½	♦ 1/39	5
33	Stephen Welbourne	Scarborough	◊ 0/38	♦ 1/42	◊ 0/13	♦ 0/18	◊ 1/26	♦ 0/20	◊ 0/23	◊ ½/45	♦ 1/41	½	♦ 1/36	5
34	Robert P Ross	Hull	♦ 0/14	◊ 0/27	◊ 0/18	♦ 1/44	◊ 1/42	♦ ½/41	◊ 0/7	♦ 0/37	◊ 1/45	1	◊ 0/25	4½
35	Peter A Harris	Yateley	◊ ½/16	♦ ½/26	◊ 0/28	♦ 1/42	◊ ½/25	♦ ½/37	◊ 1/38	♦ ½/40	◊ 0/7	0	♦ 0/24	4½
36	Eileen B Tranmer	London	◊ 1/23	♦ ½/40	◊ ½/16	♦ ½/9	◊ 0/8	♦ 0/25	◊ 1/37	◊ ½/13	♦ 0/19	0	◊ 0/33	4
37	R Horner	Stockton	♦ ½/45	◊ ½/32	♦ ½/7	◊ ½/21	♦ 0/11	◊ ½/35	♦ 0/36	◊ 1/34	♦ 0/22	½	♦ 0/30	4
38	Geoffrey Vernon Spink	Scarborough	♦ 1/33	◊ 0/3	♦ 0/32	◊ 1/39	♦ 0/22	◊ 1/24	♦ 0/35	◊ 0/30	♦ 1/42	0	♦ 0/29	4
39	B Whitehouse	Oldbury	◊ 1d/18	♦ 0/20	◊ 0/5	♦ 0/38	◊ ½/23	♦ 1/43	◊ 1/41	♦ 0/7	◊ 0/26	½	◊ 0/32	4
40	David E Lloyd	London	♦ 1/24	◊ ½/36	♦ 1/8	◊ ½/14	♦ ½/2	♦ 0/9	♦ 0/10	◊ ½/35	♦ 0d/13	w/d		4 / 8
41	John M Ripley	Liverpool	♦ ½/6	◊ 0/10	♦ 0/21	◊ 1/45	♦ ½/31	◊ ½/34	♦ 0/39	◊ 0/32	◊ 0/33	0	◊ 1/46	3½
42	Michael J Meakin	Northwich	♦ 0/1	◊ 0/33	♦ 1/46	◊ 0/35	♦ 0/34	◊ 1/31	♦ 1/29	◊ 0/22	◊ 0/38	0	◊ ½/43	3½
43	P Lyons	Leeds	♦ ½/32	◊ 1/45	♦ ½/10	◊ 0/4	♦ 0/27	◊ 0/39	♦ 0/24	♦ 1/44	◊ 0/20	0	♦ ½/42	3½
44	G Pennells	Hemel Hempstead	♦ 0/12	◊ 0/24	♦ 0/30	◊ 0/34	♦ ½/46	◊ 1/45	♦ 0/31	◊ 0/43	♦ 0/29	1	1d	3½
45	K Eccles	Spondon	◊ ½/37	♦ 0/43	◊ 0/19	♦ 0/41	◊ 0/29	♦ 0/44	◊ 1/46	♦ ½/33	♦ 0/34	1	♦ 0/31	3
46	Charles Hatch	Southport	◊ 0/4	♦ 0/28	◊ 0/42	♦ 0/23	◊ ½/44	♦ 0/26	♦ 0/45	◊ ½/29	♦ 0/31	1d	♦ 0/41	2

Results gleaned from daily reports in the Times; unfortunately there was no report on round 10, so some of the pairings and colours not known.

CHESS, Vol.30/489-90, September 1965, p377

B. Brinck-Claussen ran amok at Whitby. This 23-year-old Danish student (his studies have still three years to go) certainly was not winning at every stage at every game but he was always able to pull out a little more than any of his opponents. His first three wins were rather chancey. After that he played better and better. His solitary draw against Golombek was a "grand master" affair in round nine when only a miracle could rob him of first place.

Presumably he had contracted to take part in the Northern Open before Denmark started to get together its team for the Students’ World Championship in Rumania. He would not have been top board, he confessed, for the present Danish champion is a student.

H. Golombek lingered contentedly way down the list to come up with 3½ points from his last 4 games. F. N. Stephenson did the opposite, being among the leaders most of the time. P. C. Griffiths played sound, realistic chess throughout.

W. R. Hartston (18) and L. S. Tate (16) shared the Northern Open junior Championship. Hartston might have hoped for more; for young Tate this was triumph.

Supremely well organised by Dr. and F. M. Akeroyd, the congress drew about 170 entries.

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BCM, September 1965, ppn 261-265

The Whitby Congress By W. RITSON MORRY

The popularity of Whitby increases year by year and with 120 entries for all events this year’s gathering proved a most interesting and enjoyable one.

The Northern Open Championship attracted an entry of forty-six and in addition to the holder, B. H. Wood, some very strong competitors were in the list. B. Brinck-Claussen, of Denmark, a rising young player who has already distinguished himself at Hastings, and international master Harry Golombek faced the challenge of some of the younger British players, headed by D. Parr and W. R. Hartston, whose recent performances have shown them to have great potentialities.

Play began on July 26th and continued until August 5th and the following is a summary of the highlights.

Round 1

None of the “favourites” were paired together in this round and there was little sign of tension in the play. Brinck-Claussen and Wood both won, though their respective opponents put up stubborn opposition for some time. An amusing brevity with a neat Queen-trap was among the first games finished— [Tate-Cherubim]

Round 2

The sorting out process began to show itself and only six clean scores remained at the end. F. N. Stephenson won a steadily played Knight ending against J. E. Scholes and gave notice that he could not be taken lightly. Hempson deserved a draw with Brinck-Claussen after holding him well for 38 moves, but in the diagrammed position he played 39 K—K 3, only to find that after 39 ..., PxP his intended 40 RxR could be met by 40 ..., Kt—B4 ch! He had to lose the pawn permanently with 40 R—Q Kt 1, Kt—B4 ch; 41 K—K 2, and the ending proved untenable.

Cherubim-Wood became interesting after the adjournment. [excerpt from game]

Round 3

As Wood and I drew our game in 29 moves, Brinck-Claussen and P. C. Griffiths were the only two players to reach 3 points. The last-named, who is Midland Open Champion, made excellent use of his powerful Bishops in the following game— [PC Griffiths - V Russ; also Brinck Claussen - Stephenson]

Round 4

Brinck-Claussen found his best form against P. C. Griffiths and his handling of the King’s-side attack left little to be desired—

[game score]

As I beat Brogden whilst D. E. Lloyd held Wood to a draw the leaders were Brinck-Claussen 4; Ritson Morry 3½; Gardner, Golombek, P. C. Griffiths, Hempson, Jones, Lloyd, Moffat, Stephenson, and Wood 3.

D. Parr won a neat little game as follows— [vs Tate]

Round 5

To my personal regret Brinck-Claussen continued his winning run in Round 5, playing the Exchange Variation of the Ruy Lopez to which I failed to find an effective counter, as had Meakin and Stephenson before me. Wood beat Griffiths in a game which had seemed to favour Griffiths before the adjournment. Lloyd held Golombek to a quick draw, Hempson beat Jones, and Stephenson beat Moffat in the following game—

Brinck-Claussen now led with 5, followed by Hempson, Stephenson, and Wood 4.

Round 6

At the end of a hard week the tension among the leaders was evident. Wood, with a difficult position against Brinck-Claussen, blundered a pawn away and resigned in 24 moves.

Hempson, at move 13, left Stephenson a Knight fork to win the Queen. In my own game with Golombek, after winning two Rooks and Bishop for the Queen, I saw a “mate in 2” in the diagrammed position with 64 B—Kt 8 ch, K—R1; 65 R—R 6, but on looking again noticed with horror that his Queen could take the Rook. Realization then dawned that a draw was inevitable for Black threatens 64 .... QxP mate and there is no time to organize a defence against perpetual check. By playing 64 R(Kt 6)—Kt 2, instead of the blunder 64 B—Kt 8 ch,

I could have won, for 64 .... QxP ch loses against 65 R—R 2, White (Ritson Morry) winning the Queen or mating, so White can rearrange his Rooks onto the King’s Bishop’s file thereafter securing safety for his King.

So the week ended with Brinck-Claussen 6; Stephenson 5; Conroy, Gardner, Golombek, Griffiths, Hempson, Hindley, Ritson Morry, Parr, Scholes, van Seelen, and Wood 4.

Round 7

Brinck-Claussen came very near to defeat in this round at the hands of his fellow countryman, van Seelen. [excerpt]

Stephenson was unceremoniously smashed by Gardner in 24 moves following weak opening play. Wood and Hempson came to a level Rook and pawn ending. Golombek missed his way against P. C. Griffiths after gaining an advantage. Hindley fell into a little combination I was able to discover which cost the exchange. Parr and Scholes agreed a draw in 14 moves although Parr had a substantial end-game advantage.

Brinck-Claussen now led with 7; whilst Gardner, Ritson Morry, and Stephenson had 5; and Golombek, Griffiths, Parr, Scholes, Conroy, Meade, Klugman, Hartston, Hempson, and Wood had 4½.

Round 8

Gardner gave up a pawn for a promising position against Brinck-Claussen but ruined it by an injudicious exchange and was gradually forced into a lost ending. I ran into a patch of bad form and lost in 29 moves to Stephenson, whilst Golombek played a good ending to beat Parr. Scholes had a fierce attack against Griffiths but the Birmingham player put up a remarkable defence and emerged with a won position.
[Tranmer-Gautrey]

Miss Tranmer, with a very dubious adjourned game, produced a most interesting ending: in the diagrammed position White played 52 P—R 6, PxP; 53 PxP, Kt—B3; 54 K—R 4, K—Q 2; 55 K—Kt 5, Kt—R 2 dis ch; 56 K—R 5, K—Q 3? (he should play 56 .... Kt—B 1 ; and if 57 Q—Kt 7, K—K 1, to be followed by 58 ..., Q—B2 ch; 59 K—Kt 5, Kt—R2 ch; 60 K—R 4, QxQ; 61 PxQ, K—B 2, winning); 57 Q—Kt 7, QxQ; 58 PxQ, Kt—B 3 ch ; 59 K—R 61, K—K 2; 60 K—Kt 6, Kt—Kt 1; 61 K—R 7, K—B 2; 62 K—R 8, Kt—B 3; 63 P—B 4! (without this spare move White would lose; but now the fact that a Knight cannot lose a tempo is used to secure the draw), PxP; 64 P—B 3, and a draw was agreed as the white King cannot be forced out of the corner without stalemate.

Round 9

Brinck-Claussen drew very quickly with Golombek in 11 moves, but Stevenson maintained his position by beating Wood with a fierce attack against the Dragon Variation. Griffiths also won well against Klugman. Conroy established a passed pawn on the seventh rank to beat Gardner.

The scores were now: Brinck-Claussen 8j; Stephenson 7; Griffiths 65; Brogden, Conroy, Golombek, and Ritson Morry 6.

Round 10

Brogden played solidly against Brinck-Claussen but was steadily outmanceuvred and the destination of first prize was decided with a round to spare. Stephenson built a strong position, but Griffiths managed to draw with careful play. Golombek outplayed Conroy with his English Opening, but Wood’s adoption of Bird’s Opening met with disaster at Parr’s hands. I had the misfortune to encounter Tate on one of his best days and he found a neat winning combination.

So the players reached the final round with the scores thus: Brinck-Claussen 9½; Stephenson 7½; Golombek and Griffiths 7; Parr, Scholes, and Tate 6½; Brogden, Conroy, Gautrey, Hartston, Hempson, and Ritson Morry 6.

Round 11

Brinck-Claussen completed the tournament with a win over Scholes who went astray in a fairly level middle-game. Golombek again used the English Opening to make sure of second prize— [Golombek-Stephenson]

Griffiths, who could have tied with Golombek, got into a terrible mess against Tate and should have lost but was allowed to struggle into an ending with Bishops of “opposite colour” a pawn down and scramble to safety. This put him into a tie for third and fourth prizes with Stephenson.

Parr ran into trouble against Hempson and reached a lost ending which cost him the chance for a high prize, whereas Hartston played very well against me and reached 7 points which put him in a tie with Tate for the title of Northern junior Open Champion.

The final scores were—

Northern Open Championship.—B. Brinck-Claussen 10½; H. Golombek 8; P. C. Griffiths and F. N. Stephenson 7½; W. R. Hartston, P. W. Hempson, and L. S. Tate 7; J. G. Brogden, M. J. Conroy, G. A. Gautry, P. J. Meade, D. Parr, and J. E. Scholes 6½; Dr. R. Cherubim, R. Gardner, P. R. Hindley, R. Klugman, J. Kraayeveld, M. P. Littlewood, C. I. Moffat, W. Ritson Morry, V. J. A. Russ, L. de Veauce, and B. H. Wood 6; D. Lees 5½; T. B. Bennett, M. Durrant, P. Griffiths, E. Jones, W. A. Linton, S. O. van Seelen, S. Welbourne, T. Wickens 5; P. A. Harris and R. P. Ross 44½; R. Horner, D. E. Lloyd, G. V. Spink, Miss E Tranmer, and B. Whitehouse 4; P. Lyons, M. J. Meakin, G. Pennells, and J. M. Ripley 3½; K. Eccles 3; and C. Hatch 2.

Winners in other tournaments—

Premier Fortnight.—D. R. Morris 9; A. G. Sayers 8½; B. Eley 7½.

Major Fortnight.—E. V. Foulds and T. Midgley 6½.

First Class Fortnight.—R. A. Davies 6-j; W. D. Johnson 5½; J. W. Hazel 4½.

Junior Fortnight.—J. N. Spencer 4½.

(The above four sections were played as one combined Swiss section.)

Premier First Week.—O. Hardy 4½; J. R. Mercy, E. Pein, and A. Schofield 3½.

Major First Week.—G. Wood 4; P. V. Wade 3½.

First Class First Week.—E. Hamilton 3½; O. Serck 3.

Junior First Week.—R. A. Clark 3.

(The above four sections were played as a combined five-round Swiss section.)

Week-end Tournament.—J. R. Mercy 4½; N. Cameron 4.

Premier Second Week.—H. Baxter 4½; B. C. Gould and L. J. Wheatley 4.

Major Second Week.—D. G. Ford 4: A. Goldsmith 3½.

First Class Second Week.—G. Davies and D. Wake 3.

Junior Second Week.—R. W. Howley 3½.

(The above second week tournaments were played as a combined five-round Swiss.)

Whitby Speciality First Week.—D. Parr and D. R. Morris 4; W. A. Linton, R. P. Ross, A. G. Sunderland, and P. V. Wade 3½.

Whitby Speciality Second Week.—D. Parr 4½; A. G. Sunderland 4; B. Eley and R. Horner 3½.

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