1996 Monarch Assurance Isle of Man International

1996 Monarch Assurance Isle of Man International		Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total
1	Vladislav Tkachiev	2620	b17+	w11+	b2=	w13+	b9=	w5=	b4=	w10+	w3+	7
2	Alexander Baburin	2545	b14+	w19+	w1=	b4=	w28=	b10+	w6+	b3-	w9+	6½
3	Andrew J Ledger (1st GM norm)	2415	w4-	w31+	b28+	w5=	w8+	b15+	w11+	w2+	b1-	6½
4	Julian M Hodgson	2550	b3+	w15+	b13=	w2=	b6=	w9+	w1=	b8-	w21+	6
5	Igor A Novikov	2585	w22+	b7=	w10=	b3=	w21+	b1=	w18+	b9=	w8=	6
6	Bjarke Sahl	2420	b20=	w29=	w35+	b28+	w4=	b7+	b2-	w12=	b14+	6
7	Mark L Hebden	2530	b27+	w5=	b9-	w28+	b12=	w6-	b28+	w23+	b17+	6
8	Michail Brodsky	2510	w16-	w26+	b25=	w28+	b3-	w31+	b32+	w4+	b5=	6
9	Keith C Arkell	2545	w21+	b10=	w7+	b20+	w1=	b4-	w24+	w5=	b2-	5½
10	John M Emms	2500	b12+	w9=	b5=	w25+	b11=	w2-	w20+	b1-	w22+	5½
11	Jonny Hector	2525	w24+	b1-	b29+	w14+	w10=	b18=	b3-	w27+	b12=	5½
12	Harriet Hunt	2315	w10-	w30=	b28+	b37+	w7=	b22+	w21=	b6=	w11=	5½
13	Leonid D Gofshtein	2545	w18+	b16+	w4=	b1-		b24-	w38+	b21-	w33+	4½ / 8
14	Andreas Tzermiadianos	2375	w2-	w33+		b11-	w39+	b20=	w15+	b16=	w6-	4 / 8
15	David Norwood	2520	b32+	b4-	w36+	w26+		w3-	b14-		w20+	4 / 7
16	Richard Forster	2320	b8+	w13-				w17=	b26+	w14=	b19=	3½ / 6
17	Jurij Markov	2420	w1-	b34+	w30+		w20=	b16=	w23=		w7-	3½ / 7
18	Graeme Buckley	2370	b13-	w40+			b19+	w11=	b5-		b36+	3½ / 6
19	Christopher Ward	2460	w23+	b2-	w34+		w18-			b24+	w16=	3½ / 6
20	Robert G Hartoch	2295	w6=		w23+	w9-	b17=	w14=	b10-		b15-	2½ / 7
21	Ilias Kourkounakis	2400	b9-	w25=			b5-		b12=	w13+	b4-	2 / 6
22	Albert Blees	2415	b5-	w35+	b31+			w12-			b10-	2 / 5
23	John R Richardson	2310	b19-		b20-			w27+	b17=	b7-		1½ / 5
24	Sekhar Chandra Sahu	2340	b11-					w13+	b9-	w19-		1 / 4
25	David R Sedgwick	2115		b21=	w8=	b10-						1 / 3
26	David Coleman	2280	w41+	b8-		b15-			w16-			1 / 4
27	Christer Hartman	2370	w7-				w34+	b23-		b11-		1 / 4
28	NN				w12-	b7-	b2=		w7-			½ / 7
29	Oliver Rosten	2215		b6=	w11-							½ / 2
30	(Derek) George Ellison	2100		b12=	b17-							½ / 2
31	John McLean	2130		b3-	w22-			b8-				0 / 3
32	Chris Beaumont	2330	w15-						w8-			0 / 2
33	Richard Palliser			b14-							b13-	0 / 2
34	Richard Farleigh	2200		w17-	b19-		b27-					0 / 3
35	Arseny Kargin			b22-	b6-							0 / 2
36	David Collier	2225			b15-						w18-	0 / 2
37	T Chamberlain					w12-						0 / 1
38	Stewart Haslinger	2195							b13-			0 / 1
39	David J Whitehead						b14-					0 / 1
40	Timothy Spanton	2050		b18-								0 / 1
41	Douglas Williams	2030	b26-									0 / 1

(Incomplete crosstable - first eight places show correct scores, and no one else reached a score of 6)

"The undoubted English success was IM Andrew Ledger's superb third place on 6½/9, a score which also gave him his first GM norm. After losing the first round to Tkachiev, Ledger scored 6½/7, including four consecutive victories over GMs Brodsky (Ukraine), Norwood (England), Hector (Sweden) and Baburin (Ireland)! Harriet Hunt achieved her final WGM norm by drawing with Hector in the final round." (BCM, Dec 1996, p645)

"Sedgwick king for a day: The British Chess Federation’s international director David Sedgwick, ranked only 334th in England, scored the upset of the Isle of Man’s Monarch Assurance Open when he drew with the Ukrainian grandmaster Mikhail Brodsky, writes Leonard Barden. Keith Arkell, the former Midlands champion, shares the lead with the top seed Vladimir Tkachiev from Kazakhstan after four rounds of the £10,000 event." (The Guardian, 9 Oct 1996, p25, Sport in Brief)

Other prizes:

Ladies: Harriet Hunt - 5½
Veterans: G. Ellison - 3½
Junior: D. Whitehead, S. Haslinger - 4½
Grading prizes: R. Forster - 5½, T. Spanton, D. Whitehead - 4½, R. Furness, P. Johnson - 4.

Major

1st P Botham 5½/7, 2nd= M. Cutmore, M. Kobylka, I. Stenhouse 5.
Veterans: J. Nicholson 4.

Minor

1st M. Huba 5/5, 2nd= W. Upton, P. Bird 4
Veterans: J. Luck 3½.
Junior: A. Ferguson 1

(source of info 1998 BCF Yearbook)