1992 Midland Counties Chess Union Congress (Forrest Cup), Darwin Suite, Assembly Rooms, Derby, 20-22 March

1992 Midland Championship		Grade	Club	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	Andrew J Ledger	211	Bedford	1/bye	◊ 1/15	♦ 1/12	◊ 1/7	♦ ½/5	◊ ½/2	5
2	Simon N Gilmore	163	Belper	◊ 1/10	♦ 1/11	◊ ½/5	♦ ½/4	◊ 1/18	♦ ½/1	4½
3	Dave J Ledger	195	Bedford	◊ 1/13	♦ 0/5	◊ 1/27	♦ 1/18	◊ ½/4	♦ 1/9	4½
4	Christopher J Archer-Lock	184	Nott. Univ. Staff	♦ 1/28	◊ 1/19	♦ ½/7	◊ ½/2	♦ ½/3	◊ ½/8	4
5	Stephen Mario Joseph	190j	Gambit	♦ 1/24	◊ 1/3	♦ ½/2	½/bye	◊ ½/1	◊ ½/7	4
6	Raymond J Gamble	179	Courtaulds	◊ ½/17	♦ ½/9	◊ 1/11	♦ 0/10	◊ 1/15	◊ 1/12	4
7	Paul C Raynes	190	Sheffield	◊ 1/21	♦ 1/20	◊ ½/4	♦ 0/1	◊ 1/19	♦ ½/5	4
8	Lawrence Cooper	207	Stafford	◊ ½/9	♦ 1/16	◊ 0/18	♦ 1/17	◊ 1/10	♦ ½/4	4
9	Michael W Alcock	180	Sutton-in-Ash	♦ ½/8	◊ ½/6	♦ 1/15	◊ 1/14	♦ ½/12	◊ 0/3	3½
10	Stephen C Ledger	189	Bedford	♦ 0/2	◊ 1/25	♦ ½/13	◊ 1/6	♦ 0/8	◊ 1/21	3½
11	Michael H Barnes	194	Braunstone	♦ 1/14	◊ 0/2	♦ 0/6	◊ ½/13	♦ 1/26	◊ 1/18	3½
12	Robert S Eames	178	Hackney	◊ 1/27	♦ 1/17	◊ 0/1	♦ 1/20	◊ ½/9	♦ 0/6	3½
13	Joe W Vere	177j	Courtaulds	♦ 0/3	◊ 1/28	◊ ½/10	♦ ½/11	◊ ½/16	♦ 1/17	3½
14	Graham J Cole	174	Loughborough	◊ 0/11	♦ 1/21	◊ 1/22	♦ 0/9	◊ 1/20	♦ ½/16	3½
15	John Toscano	156	Eccleshall	◊ 1/22	♦ 0/1	◊ 0/9	♦ 1/21	♦ 0/6	◊ 1/20	3
16	Michael J Gibbons	160	Ilford	½/bye	◊ 0/8	♦ ½/23	♦ 1/22	♦ ½/13	◊ ½/14	3
17	John Naylor	196	Rugby	♦ ½/6	◊ 0/12	♦ 1/26	◊ 0/8	♦ 1/23	◊ 0/13	2½
18	Paul Stimpson	153	Ilford	½/bye	◊ 1/26	♦ 1/8	◊ 0/3	♦ 0/2	♦ 0/11	2½
19	Ian R Dutton	191	Warwickshire	◊ 1/25	♦ 0/4	◊ 0/20	♦ 1/27	♦ 0/7	◊ ½/23	2½
20	Alan M Rogerson	160	Solihull	♦ 1/23	◊ 0/7	♦ 1/19	◊ 0/12	♦ 0/14	♦ 0/15	2
21	Peter J Mercs	170	Oxclose	♦ 0/7	◊ 0/14	♦ 1/28	◊ 0/15	♦ 1/24	♦ 0/10	2
22	John K Robinson	187	Leicester	♦ 0/15	◊ 1/24	♦ 0/14	◊ 0/16	♦ ½/27	◊ ½/25	2
23	Nicholas J Rutter	186	Newport	◊ 0/20	♦ 0/27	◊ ½/16	♦ 1/25	◊ 0/17	♦ ½/19	2
24	David M Cooper	167	Warley Quinborne	◊ 0/5	♦ 0/22	♦ ½/25	◊ ½/26	◊ 0/21	♦ 1/28	2
25	Steven J Burke	170	Sutton-in-Ash	♦ 0/19	♦ 0/10	◊ ½/24	◊ 0/23	◊ 1/28	♦ ½/22	2
26	Nigel AP McSheehy	175	St James	½/bye	♦ 0/18	◊ 0/17	♦ ½/24	◊ 0/11	◊ 1/27	2
27	Alex Richardson	163	Loughborough	♦ 0/12	◊ 1/23	♦ 0/3	◊ 0/19	◊ ½/22	♦ 0/26	1½
28	George E Cammack	99	Derby	◊ 0/4	♦ 0/13	◊ 0/21	1/bye	♦ 0/25	◊ 0/24	1

For the PGN file I have converted BCF grades to four-figure Elo ratings using the then current conversion formula Elo = (BCF x 8) + 600.

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Prizewinners:

U21 Champion: J Naylor
U18 Champion: S M Joseph
U16 Champion: J W Vere

Major: (1-2) L A Grinsell (Bushbury), J W Simpson (Academy) 5/6; (3-5) C E W Barber ((Alton), S D Sheahan (Academy), R J Simpson (Radcliffe & Bingham) 4½.

Minor: (1) K Bowman (Northampton) 5½/6; (2-3) N W Parkin (Belper), V Naan (Gambit) 5; (4-8) P Broomhall (Wolverhampton), B Lever (Clay Cross), C Blackburn (Northampton), R M Jones (Warley Quinborne), R Thomas (Worcester St J) 4½.

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File Updated

Date	Notes
29 November 2022	First upload. From a bulletin lent by Mike Alderson.