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John Townsend · Post by **John Townsend** » Wed Nov 02, 2022 4:14 pm

I knew Ron slightly in the 1970s. I would say he was a strong natural player, fairly corpulent, fair hair, sports jacket, spectacles. I recall having a friendly game with him and learning about the variation: 1. e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nxe4 4.Nc3.

Gerard Killoran · Post by **Gerard Killoran** » Wed Nov 02, 2022 5:07 pm

Last one - I think...

John Saunders · Post by **John Saunders** » Fri Nov 04, 2022 7:32 pm

Gerard Killoran wrote: ↑
Wed Nov 02, 2022 5:07 pm
Last one - I think...
[Event "GBR-ch49 Major Open"] [Site "Whitby"] [Date "1962.08.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Bradley, Ian R."] [Black "Hardy, Otto Henry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A84"] [Opening "Dutch defence"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 b6 5. Ne2 Bb7 6. O-O c5 7. Nbc3 Qc7 8. f3 Nc6 9. d5 Ne5 10. Nb5 Qb8 11. e4 a6 12. Nbc3 Bd6 13. g3 O-O 14. b3 Qe8 15. Bc2 Rd8 16. f4 Neg4 17. e5 Qh5 18. h4 Be7 19. d6 Bxd6 20. Qxd6 Nxe5 21. Qxe5 Qg4 22. Rf2 Rfe8 23. Nd5 exd5 24. Qxf5 Rxe2 25. Qxg4 Re1+ 26. Rf1 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Nxg4 28. cxd5 Bxd5 29. Bb2 Ne3+ {Crewe Chronicle - Saturday 13 October 1962 p.21} 0-1your web browser and/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard

I have now uploaded this and the five other games from the 1962 BCF Major Open upthread to BritBase. I think I have resolved the specific crosstable error alluded to above though I suspect others remain from the inaccurate table given in the 1962/63 BCF Yearbook. Many thanks to Gerard for contributing them.

Gerard Killoran · Post by **Gerard Killoran** » Fri Nov 11, 2022 11:03 am

As promised

John Saunders · Post by **John Saunders** » Fri Nov 11, 2022 7:44 pm

Many thanks, Gerard - I have added this game to the BritBase collection of 1964 British Championship games. I shall have to ask Graham Chesters for his other games from this event.

Gerard Killoran · Post by **Gerard Killoran** » Mon Nov 14, 2022 11:35 pm

John Saunders wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 11, 2022 7:44 pm
Many thanks, Gerard - I have added this game to the BritBase collection of 1964 British Championship games. I shall have to ask Graham Chesters for his other games from this event.

No need to ask, here they are...

Roger de Coverly · Post by **Roger de Coverly** » Tue Nov 15, 2022 12:28 am

John Saunders wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 11, 2022 7:44 pm
Many thanks, Gerard - I have added this game to the BritBase collection of1964 British Championship games.

Viewing the material on the site, I had not previously realised quite how convincingly Haygarth had won.

His score was 9/11. Second place were Hindle, Cafferty, Norman Littlewood and Golombek on 7.

Penrose made 6.5, scoring 4/6 in the first week and halving out in the second. Admittedly that was against Golombek, Cafferty, Hindle, Norman Littlewood and Haygarth, but perhaps you have to beat these people to become British Champion.

Lower down in the Junior events, I see the names of some of my future university contemporaries, colleagues and rivals. That incudes Bruce Birchall finishing 23rd in the under 18 with 7/13 (equal with George Botterill). Bruce was someone notorious at Cambridge as a radical playwright and activist rather than chess player.

I also see a potential local rival who retired before I was in a position to challenge him or play on an adjacent board, namely Martin Myant, equal first with 8/11 in the Under 14.

MJMcCready · Post by **MJMcCready** » Tue Nov 15, 2022 3:10 am

I wonder how many non-Brits follow the site?

NickFaulks · Post by **NickFaulks** » Tue Nov 15, 2022 10:14 am

MJMcCready wrote: ↑
Tue Nov 15, 2022 3:10 am
I wonder how many non-Brits follow the site?

Have you considered setting up a Foreigners Chess Forum?

MJMcCready · Post by **MJMcCready** » Tue Nov 15, 2022 10:22 am

There are more than enough along those lines already and none of them seem worth bothering with. Chesspub, is a waste of time and others like it aren't much better. I thought this was just about the only chess forum on the internet actually worth bothering with.

John Saunders · Post by **John Saunders** » Tue Nov 15, 2022 3:44 pm

Roger de Coverly wrote: ↑
Tue Nov 15, 2022 12:28 am
I also see a potential local rival who retired before I was in a position to challenge him or play on an adjacent board, namely Martin Myant, equal first with 8/11 in the Under 14.

Martin Myant is about a year older than you, Roger. Our paths didn't cross at RGS High Wycombe as I didn't join the school chess club until about October 1967 and I guess he left at Xmas 1966, having won a place at Churchill College, Cambridge (though not starting there until the Michaelmas term of 1968 if the school mag is to be believed). His later career as an academic and author specialising in eastern European (particularly Czech) economics is readily discoverable online.

Myant's last chess before giving up was probably a British Championship Zonal qualifier (Middlesex, Oxfordshire, Bucks, Berks) in the early part of 1967 in which the final scores were M Macdonald-Ross 4½/6, MV Lambshire & MR Myant 4, S Reuben & PSN Kendall 2½, RH Watson 2, H Israel 1½. Two were due to qualify from this group to the British Championship but the SCCU Bulletin tells us that Myant withdrew after the Zonal so Lambshire took the second place unchallenged. An online search revealed that Myant has returned to chess in his retirement, playing league chess in Glasgow in 2022.

Thanks for the Graham Chesters games, Gerard. I have now added them to the BritBase collection.

Gerard Killoran · Post by **Gerard Killoran** » Tue Nov 22, 2022 6:42 pm

Games from Cheshire - not just Chester.

Part 1.

John Saunders · Post by **John Saunders** » Thu Nov 24, 2022 2:01 pm

Gerard Killoran wrote: ↑
Tue Nov 22, 2022 6:42 pm
Games from Cheshire - not just Chester.

Part 1.

Many thanks, Gerard. All now posted at BritBase: 1960, 1961 and 1962 British Championships.

Gerard Killoran · Post by **Gerard Killoran** » Mon Dec 05, 2022 10:48 pm

Games from Cheshire - not just Chester.

Part 2.

Gerard Killoran · Post by **Gerard Killoran** » Mon Dec 05, 2022 10:51 pm

Games from Cheshire - not just Chester.

Part 3.

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