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Tournament: 21st CHESS Festival • 44 games, plus 5 from other events
Venue: Teesside • Dates: 23 July - 3 August 1973 • Download PGN • updated: Sunday February 1, 2026 8:54 AM

1973 (21st) CHESS Festival, Thornaby Pavilion, Teesside, 23 July - 3 August

1973 CHESS Open
Teesside		 Residence 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Others SOS  Total 
1 Andras Adorjan Hungary
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½ 1 ½   ½ ½   ½ 1 1                   1         11 78 8½
2 Ladislav Alster Czechoslovakia ½
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  ½   ½ 1   0           1       1             1111 74 8½
3 David Parr Reading 0  
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    ½     1     1 0   1 1 1                 1½1 71½ 8
4 Craig W Pritchett Scotland ½ ½  
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  ½   ½ ½             1 ½                 1111 71 8
5 Carlos Cuartas Colombia        
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      1 ½         ½ ½   ½ 1 ½       1   1½1 66½ 8
6 André Lombard Switzerland ½ ½ ½ ½  
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1   0           ½     1         1     11 77 7½
7 Richard A Beach Stoke-on-Tr ½ 0       0
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1 ½           1   ½                 1111 72 7½
8 Bozidar Gasic Yugoslavia       ½     0
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½     ½ ½ ½                       11111 70½ 7½
9 Ronald Thomas Middlesbrough ½ 1 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½
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1     1                         1 82 7
10 Helmut Kaulfuss German 0       ½       0
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1 ½ ½ 1     ½     1           11 72 7
11 Brian R Smith Stockton-on-T 0                 0
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  1 ½   1   0 ½ 1           111 70½ 7
12 F Norman Stephenson Middlesbrough     0         ½   ½  
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½     0           ½     1 1111 70½ 7
13 John G Cockcroft Saltburn     1         ½ 0 ½ 0 ½
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                  ½     1111 67½ 7
14 Wlady'w Litmanowicz Poland               ½   0 ½    
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  ½   1               ½1½11½ 67 7
15 Vladimir Raicevic Yugoslavia   0 0   ½ ½ 0              
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    ½ 1 1           111 73½ 6½
16 Zahiruddin Farooqui Pakistan     0 0 ½           0 1   ½  
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    1     ½       11 71½ 6½
17 Michael J Donnelly Billingham     0 ½     ½     ½            
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        ½ ½     1½1½1 71 6½
18 F Prada Bengoa Spain         ½ 0         1     0 ½    
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        ½     1½1½1 66½ 6½
19 Sigfred From Denmark   0     0           ½       0 0    
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            111111 65 6½
20 Alan P Ashby Manchester         ½         0 0       0        
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    ½     ½11111 64½ 6½
21 Brian R Eley Bolton on D 0                             0        
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    0   1110½111 63½ 6½
22 D W Smit Netherlands                       ½       ½ ½        
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½ ½   ½011½1 62 6½
23 Mike J Conroy Burnley           0             ½       ½ ½   ½   ½
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    ½11½1 61½ 6½
24 Craig N Barnes USA         0                               1 ½  
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  ½1001½11 60½ 6½
25 Peter R Kitson Cambridge                       0                        
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110001½11 52 6½

Other players:

  Residence   1      2      3      4       5       6       7       8       9     10     11   SOS  Total 
26 Stewart Reuben Sutton                       66½ 6
27 Louis de Veauce Manchester         w20-             66½ 6
28 Thomas H Wise Middlesbrough                       65 6
29 Harry Schussler Sweden                     b12- 64 6
30 James P Simpson Seaham             b24-         60 6
31 Roger D W Marsh Marlow                       55 6
32 Leon Konings Netherlands b24-                     54½ 6
33 John L Watson USA         b12-             69½ 5½
34 I L G Baart Netherlands         b24-             66½ 5½
35 Tim Parkes Winchmore Hill           w24=           64 5½
36 David Loft USA                       59½ 5½
37 L Lievaart Netherlands                       58½ 5½
38 John Wolstenholme Manchester                       58 5½
39 Sunil Weeramantry Sri Lanka                       55 5½
40 Peter Morrey Reading                       53 5½
41 Richard L Smith Barry               w24-       64½ 5
42 Stewart K Fishburne Middlesbrough w24=                     62 5
43 Otto H Hardy Loughborough                 b12-     60½ 5
44 W A van Veen Netherlands                       60 5
45 David Wise Middlesbrough                       59 5
46 Dirk Sikkel Netherlands                       57½ 5
47 C L Pielaet Netherlands b12-   b10+                 55 5
48 R Wiktor West Germany                       55 5
49 P Robinson Keighley                       52½ 5
50 L Fawcett Stockton-on-Tees                       49½ 5
51 R J Starkie Burnley                       62 4½
52 Dr Reinhard Cherubim West Germany                       58 4½
53 James P R Kleboe Mauchline, Ayr                       58 4½
54 Robert G Monk Derby       w20-               56½ 4½
55 S Whitehead Burnley                       55 4½
56 John Vestergaard Denmark                       54 4½
57 Hans Pitters Denmark                       53 4½
58 Hilary C Thomas Blackheath                       51 4½
59 Christine Hendrickson USA                       44 4½
60 M Todd Teesside                       42½ 4½
61 R Mierenet Netherlands                       61½ 4
62 A W Binks London       b24+               52 4
63 Stuart Fancy Charlton                       51 4
64 Andrew M McCaig Sheffield                       49½ 4
65 A F Hughes Castleford                       43½ 4
66 H MacArthur Newton Aycliffe     b20-                 51 3½
67 Christa Kaulfuss West Germany                       47½ 3½
68 L Ellison St Helens                       40½ 3½
69 Jacques Baucher France                       46½ 3
70 Thomas Vance Melrose Middlesbrough                       42 3
71 E S Smith Glenrothes                       44½ 2½
72 E Bouaziz Tunisia     w24+   withdrew 24½ 2½ / 4
73 G Gupta London               withdrew 30½ 2 / 7
74 C Makarewicz Dundee             withdrew 31 1½ / 6

 

Other Events

PREMIER FIRST WEEK: (1-2) Roger Emerson (Merton Park), Nikola Karaklaic (Yugoslavia) 4½/5; (3-4) Oliver A Jackson (Stockport), Gerald H Bennett (Bournemouth) 4; (5) Philip James Meade (Cheltenham) 3½; (6-9) Gerald Homer (West Bromwich), B Howard (Billingham), Kenneth W C Stewart (Coatbridge), P Gregory (Stockton) 3. 24 competed.

PREMIER SECOND WEEK: (1) Oliver A Jackson (Stockport) 4½/5; (2-4) V Gregory (Middlesbrough), Chely Abravanel (France), C Lagane (France) 4; (5-7) R Brownsord (Kendal), James Steedman (N. Shields), Robert P Ross Hull 3½. 31 competed.

MAJOR FULL FORTNIGHT: (1) R P Moore (Addlestone) 8/11; (2-3) A J Bramhall, H Plaat (Bradford) 7½; (4) A J Bagley (East Barnett) 7. 16 competed.

MAJOR FIRST WEEK: (1) David O Vaughan (Cwmbran) 4/5; (2-3) K Hemmings (Bracknell), J M Naylor (Walton-le-Dale) 3½. 11 competed.

MAJOR SECOND WEEK: (1) K Hemmings (Bracknell) 4½/5; (2-4) R A Rigby (Sale), K T Rose (Chorley), P M Walker (Bookham) 4; (5) K M Brown (Whitley Bay) 3½; (6-12) J M Finlay (Durham), B Hodgson (Cranbrook), Andrew D Martin (East Ham), M Micklethwaite (Herne Bay), M J Warden (Talbot Green), C Wentworth (West Kirby) 3. 30 competed.

FIRST CLASS FULL FORTNIGHT: (1) R J Thompson (Stevenage) 8½/11; (2) J S Clarke (Wood Green) 7; (3-4) Kim L Harris (Manchester), S J Dilworth (Manchester) 6½. 7 competed.

SECOND CLASS FULL FORTNIGHT: (1) L Hardy London 6½/11; (2-3) G Burnett (Worcester), R Basterfield (Stockton) 4; (4) M McCaig Sheffield 3. 7 competed.

FIRST CLASS FIRST WEEK: (1-3) P J R Oliver (Stockton-on-Tees), S Szalanczi (Lancaster), C Hanson (Burnley) 4/5; (2-5) R W Oates (Hurworth-on-Tees), S Hibble (Bradford) 3½. 13 competed.

SECOND CLASS FIRST WEEK: (1-3) M Cansdale (Tunbridge Wells), P Logan (Todmorden), D G Otter (Accrington) 3/5. 9 competed.

FIRST CLASS SECOND WEEK: (1) M Wentworth (Sandbach) 4/5; (2) K A J Francis (West Bromwich) 3½; (3-6) P A Baldwin (London), D Heath (Northfleet), I Nelson (Kendal), G Stokes-Roberts (Wolverhampton) 2½. 8 competed.

SECOND CLASS SECOND WEEK: (1-2) A J Aslett (Camberley), J N Mills (Baildon) 4/5; (3-4) P D Klemperer (Birmingham), W Lawton (Stoke-on-Trent) 3½. 14 competed.

JUNIOR FULL FORTNIGHT: (1-2) Mark Orr (Co. Down), Daniel Shuttleworth (Ashton-under-Lyme) 8½/11; (3) Simon R Gillam (Edinburgh) 3; (4) K Shaw (Denton) 6. 6 competed.

JUNIOR FIRST WEEK: (1) D Richmond (Stockton) 4/5; (2-3) J J Bell (Hartlepool), M Harrison (Northallerton) 3½; (4) A McDonagh (Thurso) 3. 10 competed.

JUNIOR SECOND WEEK: (1-2) M Coward (Birmingham), D Richmond (Stockton) 4½/5. 7 competed.

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Date Notes
31 January 2026 Initial upload. 44 games from the Open, 5 from other events. Many thanks to Norman Stephenson, Mike Donnelly and Andy Ansel for making games available.