1985 Midland Counties Chess Union Forrest Cup Congress, Derby, 15-17 February • 1984« »1986

1985 MCCU Forrest Cup		Club	Grade	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	Chris W Baker	C E T	219	◊ 1/26	♦ ½/7	◊ 1/30	♦ 1/25	◊ 1/4	♦ ½/2	5
2	Simon W Small	Droitwich	194	♦ 1/27	◊ 1/10	♦ 1/8	♦ ½/4	◊ 1/7	◊ ½/1	5
3	Kenneth B Hills	Mercia	183	◊ 1/39	♦ ½/15	◊ ½/12	♦ 1/20	◊ 1/17	♦ ½/7	4½
4	Peter D Kemp (U21 ch)	Warwick University	189	◊ 1/24	♦ 1/19	♦ 1/5	◊ ½/2	♦ 0/1	◊ 1/16	4½
5	Norman A Lazonby	Nottingham Gambit	188	◊ 1/34	♦ 1/20	♦ 0/4	♦ ½/9	◊ 1/15	♦ 1/13	4½
6	Keith C Arkell	Rednal	216	♦ 1/18	◊ 0/8	♦ 1/23	◊ ½/14	♦ ½/11	◊ 1/22	4
7	R Alan Barton	Loughborough	188	♦ 1/32	◊ ½/1	♦ 1/27	◊ 1/11	♦ 0/2	◊ ½/3	4
8	Darren P Wheeler (U16 ch)	Walsall Kipping	177J	◊ 1/33	♦ 1/6	◊ 0/2	♦ ½/12	◊ ½/9	♦ 1/28	4
9	Michael Alcock	Sutton-in-Ashfield	181	♦ 1/36	◊ ½/14	♦ ½/17	◊ ½/5	♦ ½/8	◊ ½/11	3½
10	Stephen J Burke	Sutton-in-Ashfield	171	◊ 1/16	♦ 0/2	◊ ½/20	♦ ½/30	◊ 1/25	♦ ½/12	3½
11	Anthony C Dempsey	West Bridgford	198	◊ 1/21	♦ ½/30	◊ 1/13	♦ 0/7	◊ ½/6	♦ ½/9	3½
12	Chris N Dunworth (U18 ch)	West Bridgford	184J	♦ ½/22	◊ 1/35	♦ ½/3	◊ ½/8	♦ ½/14	◊ ½/10	3½
13	Robert S Eames	Stapleford	165J	♦ ½/17	◊ 1/22	♦ 0/11	♦ 1/33	◊ 1/30	◊ 0/5	3½
14	Raymond G Evans	Tamworth	191	◊ 1/23	♦ ½/9	◊ ½/15	♦ ½/6	◊ ½/12	♦ ½/17	3½
15	Alan A Smith	Cheddleton	205	♦ 1/37	◊ ½/3	♦ ½/14	◊ ½/18	♦ 0/5	◊ 1/27	3½
16	Andrew Toothill	Breadsall	199	♦ 0/10	◊ ½/29	♦ 1/35	◊ 1/38	♦ 1/18	♦ 0/4	3½
17	Graham A Waddingham	Bulwell	206	◊ ½/13	♦ 1/25	◊ ½/9	♦ 1/19	♦ 0/3	◊ ½/14	3½
18	John D Blore	Bushbury	178	◊ 0/6	♦ 1/34	◊ 1/26	♦ ½/15	◊ 0/16	♦ ½/20	3
19	Philip J Briggs	Tamworth	185	◊ 1/38	◊ 0/4	♦ 1/31	◊ 0/17	◊ 0/22	♦ 1/34	3
20	Isaac Garcia Iglesias	Belper	170	♦ 1/31	◊ 0/5	♦ ½/10	◊ 0/3	♦ 1/38	◊ ½/18	3
21	David W Gostelow	Olton	171	♦ 0/11	◊ ½/38	♦ ½/22	◊ ½/23	♦ ½/24	◊ 1/32	3
22	Glenn Halfpenny	Sutton-in-Ashfield	170	◊ ½/12	♦ 0/13	◊ ½/21	◊ 1/32	♦ 1/19	♦ 0/6	3
23	Duncan Dicks	Warwick University	165	♦ 0/14	◊ 1/36	◊ 0/6	♦ ½/21	◊ ½/26	♦ ½/25	2½
24	Russell Dicks	Sutton-in-Ashfield	151	♦ 0/4	◊ 0/31	♦ 0/37	♦ 1/39	◊ ½/21	◊ 1/38	2½
25	Keith L Escott	Sutton Coldfield	189	♦ 1/29	◊ 0/17	♦ 1/32	◊ 0/1	♦ 0/10	◊ ½/23	2½
26	Raymond J Gamble	Courtaulds	181	♦ 0/1	◊ 1/28	♦ 0/18	◊ ½/37	♦ ½/23	◊ ½/31	2½
27	A J Gilbert	Madeley	168	◊ 0/2	♦ 1/39	◊ 0/7	♦ ½/35	◊ 1/33	♦ 0/15	2½
28	Simon N Gilmore	Belper	148	◊ 0/30	♦ 0/26	1/bye	◊ ½/31	♦ 1d/37	◊ 0/8	2½
29	Otto Henry Hardy	Loughborough	161	◊ 0/25	♦ ½/16	◊ ½/33	◊ ½/36	♦ ½/31	♦ ½/30	2½
30	Robert E Maullin	Birmingham	177J	♦ 1/28	◊ ½/11	♦ 0/1	◊ ½/10	♦ 0/13	◊ ½/29	2½
31	John E Shannon	Derby	194	◊ 0/20	♦ 1/24	◊ 0/19	♦ ½/28	◊ ½/29	♦ ½/26	2½
32	P L Edwards	Derby	150e	◊ 0/7	1/bye	◊ 0/25	♦ 0/22	◊ 1/39	♦ 0/21	2
33	David W Heelan	Derby	146	♦ 0/8	◊ 1/37	♦½/29	◊ 0/13	♦ 0/27	◊ ½/35	2
34	Janos J Wagenbach	Sutton-in-Ashfield	149	♦ 0/5	◊ 0/18	♦ 0/38	1/bye	◊ 1/35	◊ 0/19	2
35	Lawrence Cooper	Stafford	150J	½/bye	♦ 0/12	◊ 0/16	◊ ½/27	♦ 0/34	♦ ½/33	1½
36	Oliver A Jackson	Sale	199	◊ 0/9	♦ 0/23	◊ 1/39	♦ ½/29	withdrew		1½ / 4
37	David J Nicholls	West Bridgford	173	◊ 0/15	♦ 0/33	◊ 1/24	♦ ½/26	◊ 0d/28	w/d	1½ / 4
38	C L Rhodes	Droitwich	112	♦ 0/19	♦ ½/21	◊ 1/34	♦ 0/16	◊ 0/20	♦ 0/24	1½
39	William Preston	Rotherham	83	♦ 0/3	◊ 0/27	♦ 0/36	◊ 0/24	♦ 0/32	1/bye	1

Under-21 Champion: Peter D Kemp; Under-18 Champion: Chris N Dunworth; Under 16 Champion: Darren P Wheeler
Best Game Prize: Alan A Smith (rd 1 v David J Nicholls)

Major (55 competitors): 1 Francis C W Chin (London Univ) 5½/6; 2-3 Geoff T Gibson (PN Wallis Rose Bowl as best Midland competitor), Glenn L House (Morecambe) 5; Grading Prizes - U155 - Alastair G Dawson (Coventry), Tim A Lane ( South Birmingham), R Mark Hann (Rushden), David E Shiers (Cheddleton), Rupert J Bowley (Sutton Coldfield) all 4/6; U140 - Nigel P Holroyd (Hull) 4½/6; Age prize - U14 - J P Beighton (Cheddleton) 3/6.

Minor (84 competitors): 1 (and Britannia Building Society Trophy) M W Thomas (Corby) 6/6; 2-4 A Dilley (Thurmaston), Dragoljub Sudar (Leicester Univ), Paul Williams (Clay Cross) 5; Grading Prizes - U110 - R Bonneau (Salford) 4½/6; U95 - Mick J Orridge (Tramways, Derby) 4/6; Ungraded - George K Heath (Chesterfield) 4½/6; Age Prize - U12 - Jason Crockett (Selston) 3/6.

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Date	Notes
21 August 2022	First uploaded here. I recently rediscovered an envelope containing four bulletins sent to me by Neil Graham with a covering letter dated 27 December 1998. Thanks to Neil for sending them and apologies for sitting on them for almost a quarter of a century!