1993 (1st) Morecambe Spring Congress, Morecambe Town Hall, 29-31 May

1993 Morecambe Open (crosstable generated from games - not definitive)

1993 Morecambe Open		Fed	Grade	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	James C Howell	ENG	233	b11+	w29+	b9+	w5+	w10+	b6+	6
2	Stephen H Berry	ENG	223	w34=	b16+	w28=	b19+	w9+	b5+	5
3	Keith C Arkell	ENG	236	w19+	b18+	w5-	b28+	w4=	b12+	4½
4	David A Knox	ENG	196	b37+	w20=	b36+	w6=	b3=	w10+	4½
5	Jeff Horner	ENG	221	b39+	w30+	b3+	b1-	w18+	w2-	4
6	D Brett Lund	ENG	207	w31+	b35=	w25+	b4=	w11+	w1-	4
7	Victor W Knox	ENG	206	w14+	b12=	w35+	b10-	w17+	b15=	4
8	Hakan Nohre	ENG	165	b9-	b13-	w41+	w34+	b28+	b18+	4
9	Robert S McFarland	ENG	192	w8+	b23+	w1-	b14+	b2-	w22=	3½
10	Charles H Storey	ENG	182	w41+	b15=	w12+	w7+	b1-	b4-	3½
11	Donald J Mason	ENG	180	w1-	b41+	w23+	b13+	b6-	w25=	3½
12	Malcolm R Peacock	ENG	183	b32+	w7=	b10-	w36+	b21+	w3-	3½
13	R Alan Barton	ENG	185	b20-	w8+	b30+	w11-	b14=	w24+	3½
14	Neil E Moss	ENG	165	b7-	w21+	b29+	w9-	w13=	b31+	3½
15	William TP Giblin	ENG	193		w10=	b22=	w31+	b25+	w7=	3½ / 5
16	Simon Woodcock	ENG	160		w2-	b39+	w22=	b26+	b19+	3½ / 5
17	Paul Isherwood	ENG	145	b29-	w39=	b24+	w35+	b7-	w28+	3½
18	Dale R James	ENG	191	b33+	w3-	b34+	w20+	b5-	w8-	3
19	Stephen C James	WLS	180	b3-	w33+	b40+	w2-	b20+	w16-	3
20	Ruth Sheldon	ENG	150	w13+	b4=	w38=	b18-	w19-	b35+	3
21	Harry Lamb	ENG	190	w23-	b14-	w33+	b27+	w12-	b32+	3
22	Derek George Ellison	ENG	177		b34=	w15=	b16=	w23+	b9=	3 / 5
23	Ron G Nixon	IRL	185	b21+	w9-	b11-	w30+	b22-	w26=	2½
24	James McDonald	ENG	145	w26=	b25-	w17-	w37+	b29+	b13-	2½
25	Jason P McKenna	ENG	175		w24+	b6-	b38+	w15-	b11=	2½ / 5
26	Raymond J Gamble	ENG	180	b24=	w36-	b27=	w40+	w16-	b23=	2½
27	Otto Henry Hardy	ENG	164		b28-	w26=	w21-	b36+	w40+	2½ / 5
28	Paul Edwards	ENG	184	b36=	w27+	b2=	w3-	w8-	b17-	2
29	John F Turnock	ENG	183	w17+	b1-	w14-		w24-	b36+	2 / 5
30	Mark Davey	ENG	163	w38+	b5-	w13-	b23-	w32-	b39+	2
31	Robert Newton	ENG	169	b6-	w32+		b15-	b35+	w14-	2 / 5
32	Richard J Gaughan	ENG	153	w12-	b31-	b37=	w39=	b30+	w21-	2
33	Raymond Pearson	WLS	158	w18-	b19-	b21-	w41+	b34+		2 / 5
34	Philip T Seery	ENG	175	b2=	w22=	w18-	b8-	w33-	b37=	1½
35	Graham Lilley	ENG	182	w40+	w6=	b7-	b17-	w31-	w20-	1½
36	Ben S Clissold	ENG	160	w28=	b26+	w4-	b12-	w27-	w29-	1½
37	Nicholas MS Barnaby	ENG	162	w4-	b38-	w32=	b24-	b41=	w34=	1½
38	Oliver A Jackson	ENG	203	b30-	w37+	b20=	w25-	w/d		1½ / 4
39	H Barry Sanders	ENG	173	w5-	b17=	w16-	b32=	b40-	w30-	1
40	John Beckett	ENG	138	b35-		w19-	b26-	w39+	b27-	1 / 5
41	Denis Hellewell	ENG	147	b10-	w11-	b8-	b33-	w37=		½ / 5

1993 Morecambe Major (Under 160 BCF Grade) (crosstable generated from games - not definitive)

1993 Morecambe Major		Fed	Grade	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	Jeff Glass	ENG	152	b24+	w15=	b18+	w6+	w3+	b4+	5½
2	Carl S Portman	ENG	155	w19=	b25+	w20+	b14=	w16+	b7=	4½
3	Edward P Dodds	ENG	158	b23+	w26+	b10=	w5+	b1-	w15=	4
4	Simon Myles	ENG	159	b18=		b15+	w10=	b14+	w1-	3 / 5
5	Phillip N Austin	ENG	150			b19+	b3-	w11+	w12+	3 / 4
6	David K Bryan	ENG	159	w27+	b14=	w16+	b1-	w8-		2½ / 5
7	Christopher J Beckett	ENG	128				w9+	b10+	w2=	2½ / 3
8	David J Bull	ENG	141				w13=	b6+	w10+	2½ / 3
9	M Juned		156	w21=	b20=	w28+	b7-		b22=	2½ / 5
10	Paul E Robson	ENG	152		b21+	w3=	b4=	w7-	b8-	2 / 5
11	Mark A Whitehead	ENG	150			b13=	w23+	b5-	w14=	2 / 4
12	Neil Howie		158	w30+	b16-			w22+	b5-	2 / 4
13	John S M Lysons	ENG	132	w29+		w11=	b8=			2 / 3
14	Andrew J Calderwood		147		w6=		w2=	w4-	b11=	1½ / 4
15	Stewart G Haslinger	ENG	141		b1=	w4-			b3=	1 / 3
16	Greg F Dyett	ENG	142		w12+	b6-		b2-		1 / 3
17	Paul J Kelly	WLS	154						w23+	1 / 1
18	A David Fidler		134	w4=		w1-				½ / 2
19	Roy C Fisher		132	b2=		w5-				½ / 2
20	John Stephen Calvert		118		w9=	b2-				½ / 2
21	Brian S Mackay		133	b9=	w10-					½ / 2
22	David Eisen	USA	147					b12-	w9=	½ / 2
23	Alan Angus		133	w3-			b11-		b17-	0 / 3
24	Bernard Shaw		127	w1-						0 / 1
25	M Formani		138		w2-					0 / 1
26	John A McBride	SCO	146		b3-					0 / 1
27	J Smith	ENG		b6-						0 / 1
28	Warren Archibald		126			b9-				0 / 1
29	Michael S Kobylka	SCO	156	b13-						0 / 1
30	James S Ridgway		137	b12-						0 / 1

This was the first Morecambe Spring Bank Holiday Congress. It was a six round event from Saturday 29th to Monday 31st of May 1993. The venue was Morecambe Town Hall.

The two highest place players in the Open were entitled to play in the British Chess Championship in Dundee [12-14/8/93]

The Fred Turner open prizes were £250, £125, £75 plus two grading prizes of £30 each.

The Major was for players under 160BCF. The prizes were £200, £100, £50 plus two grading prizes of £25 each.

The Minor was for players under 120BCF. The prizes were £200, 100, £50 plus two grading prizes of £25 each.

Entry fees were: Open £14 Major & Minor £12

Free entry for: GMs, IMs, WGMs, WIMs

A team prize of £40 was available for the highest scoring team of four players [any three to count] from the same club regardless of tournament. Clubs may enter any number of teams. There were two other sections a Major and Minor. Each section played two rounds per day. The opening ceremony was on the Saturday at 9.15 am. The timetable was: Morning session 9.30am - 2.30pm Afternoon Session 2.45pm - 7.45pm

The time control was 48 moves in 2 hours then 30 minutes for the rest of the game.

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Date	Notes
3 February 2026	First upload. Many thanks to Sean Parker for inputting and sending the games.