1982 Knight Flight International, Brighton, 13-21 December (venue: Brighton Centre)

1982 Brighton 'Knight Flight'		Nat'y	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
1	Gudmundur Sigurjonsson	ISL	2470g	&;	½	1	½	1	0	½	½	½	½	1	6
2	Dmitry Gurevich	USA	2510m	½	&;	½	0	½	0	1	½	1	1	1	6
3	Jacob Murey	ISR	2500m	0	½	&;	1	½	½	0	½	1	1	1	6
4	Jon Loftur Arnason	ISL	2455m	½	1	0	&;	½	1	½	½	0	½	1	5½
5	Nigel D Short	ENG	2485m	0	½	½	½	&;	1	½	½	½	½	1	5½
6	Julian M Hodgson	ENG	2385f	1	1	½	0	0	&;	½	½	½	½	½	5
7	Heikki M J Westerinen	FIN	2410g	½	0	1	½	½	½	&;	½	½	½	½	5
8	Johann Hjartarson	ISL	2400	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	&;	0	½	½	4½
9	Leonid Shamkovich	USA	2490g	½	0	0	1	½	½	½	1	&;	½	0	4½
10	Jonathan D Tisdall	NOR	2435m	½	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	&;	0	3½
11	William N Watson	ENG	2370m	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	1	1	&;	3½

Average Elo: 2446 Category: 8 gm = 7½ m = 5½

n.b. Tournament Chess Vol.9 has wrong dates for this tournament (it gives 13-21 July 1982)

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BCM, March 1983, p122: "Unfortunately playing conditions at the Brighton Centre left a lot to be desired. Instead of the spacious room and executive suite which was available for the 1981 tournament at the Brighton Centre, the 1982 event was played in a small, stuffy and over-heated room with no room for the public (in fact, despite the posters in the foyer, your editor [Bernard Cafferty] was told at the Centre that the event was not open to the public). On windy days a slight gap in the double or treble glazing caused such a wild noise that one round had to be played at the players’ guest house.

"Add to this that there was an altercation with the management over some pop concert tickets which led to the chess equipment being temporarily impounded and one wonders how beneficial the 1982 tournament was for the reputation of British chess."

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File Updated

Date	Notes
24 December 2022	First uploaded to BritBase with all 55 games. 53 of the games have been available on the ChessBase Mega/Big Databases since 1999, but the two missing game scores have now been found and inserted, and round numbers and dates added. Also, two games have slightly different game scores: Murey 1-0 Tisdall (rd8) and Hjartarson ½-½ Hodgson (rd 11). I am grateful to Andy Ansel for comparing scores.