1998 (85th) Smith & Williamson British Chess Championship, Torquay, 27 July - 7 August

1998 British Junior Championships

n.b. The U21 and U18 Championships were played as part of the Championship proper and Major Open.

1998 BRITISH U-16 CHAMPIONSHIP (21 competitors, 7 Round Swiss)

1998 British Under 16 Championship		Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
1	David M Edwards	1944	w13+	b8+	w3=	b6=	w9+	b2+	w4=	5½
2	Andrew J Bigg	1800	w20+	b5+	w6=	b9+	w3=	w1-	b8+	5
3	Jay Stockham	1856	w21+	b18+	b1=	w11=	b2=	w7=	w6+	5
4	Adam P O'Reilly	1632	w5-	b20+	w15+	b16+	w6-	b10+	b1=	4½
5	James M Parkin	2072	b4+	w2-	b11-	w20=	b15+	w19+	b12+	4½
6	Michael John R White	1872	b11+	w7+	b2=	w1=	b4+	w8=	b3-	4½
7	Dai John Carpenter	1728	w12+	b6-	w14=	b17=	w16+	b3=	w9=	4
8	Dafydd Steele	1824	b14+	w1-	b19=	w10+	b11+	b6=	w2-	4
9	Matthew D Basey	1784	b16=	w10+	b17+	w2-	b1-	w11=	b7=	3½
10	David W Bates	1656	w15=	b9-	w21+	b8-	b20+	w4-	b19+	3½
11	Mark T Flanagan	1584	w6-	b12+	w5+	b3=	w8-	b9=	w14=	3½
12	James P A Kent	1576	b7-	w11-	w13+	b21+	w14=	b17+	w5-	3½
13	Roger Knight	1616	b1-	w19-	b12-	bye+	w18+	b14=	bye+	3½
14	Tim Praill	1584	w8-	bye+	b7=	w19=	b12=	w13=	b11=	3½
15	Sean Ariss	1304	b10=	w17-	b4-	b18+	w5-	w16=	bye+	3
16	Ian G Gallagher	1576	w9=	b21=	w18+	w4-	b7-	b15=	w17=	3
17	Ivana P Houska	1680	bye=	b15+	w9-	w7=	b19=	w12-	b16=	3
18	Mark Stockton	1640	b19+	w3-	b16-	w15-	b13-	bye+	w20+	3
19	Hayden Lossock	1576	w18-	b13+	w8=	b14=	w17=	b5-	w10-	2½
20	William M Elworthy	1576	b2-	w4-	bye+	b5=	w10-	w21=	b18-	2
21	Ben Grainger	1584	b3-	w16=	b10-	w12-	bye+	b20=	def-	2

Elo equivalents calculated from the published BCF grades using (BCF × 8) + 600. Round notation: w/b = colour; + = win; = = draw; − = loss.

(1) David M Edwards 5½/7; (2-3) Andrew J Bigg (Hayes, Kent), Jay Stockham (Middlesbrough) 5; (4-6) Adam O'Reilly, James Parkin, Michael White 4½

1998 British Girls Under-16 Champion: Ivana P Houska 3/7

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1998 BRITISH U-15 CHAMPIONSHIP (Played as part of the U-16 Championship)

Boys Champion: (1) David M Edwards (Richmond) 5½/7; (2) Andrew J Bigg (Hayes, Kent) 5

1998 British Girls Under-15 Champion: Ivana P Houska (Maidenhead)

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1998 BRITISH U-14 CHAMPIONSHIP (34 competitors, 7 Round Swiss)

1998 British Under 14 Championship		Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
1	Lorin D'Costa	1976	b12+	w21+	b24+	w7=	b2=	b4+	w11+	6
2	Murugan Thiruchelvam	1856	w17+	b30+	w11+	b4=	w1=	b7+	w5=	5½
3	James A Murphy	1784	w27=	b25+	w7-	b17+	w15+	b11=	w10+	5
4	Philip J Peck	1816	b20+	w19+	b6+	w2=	b7+	w1-	b8=	5
5	David Alan Shaw	1856	b26+	w24-	b12+	w14+	b10=	w21+	b2=	5
6	Kumardip Chakraborty	1904	w33+	b15+	w4-	b11-	w18=	w24+	b21+	4½
7	Ameet K Ghasi	1848	b22+	w14+	b3+	b1=	w4-	w2-	b15+	4½
8	Ninad R Konakanchi	2080	w16+	b11-	w30+	b10-	w12+	b22+	w4=	4½
9	Robbie Scott	1744	w25=	b23=	w17=	b18=	w31+	w10=	b24+	4½
10	Andrew J Hughes	1792	b19-	w13+	b29+	w8+	w5=	b9=	b3-	4
11	Koichi B Nicholas	1808	b13+	w8+	b2-	w6+	b21=	w3=	b1-	4
12	Dominic Allen	1584	w1-	b32+	w5-	b25+	b8-	w20+	w18=	3½
13	Alexander Barnes	1480	w11-	b10-	w28+	b31-	w25+	b30=	w27+	3½
14	Stephen Bough	1656	w34+	b7-	w27+	b5-	w17=	b15-	w28+	3½
15	Oliver J N Cooley	1768	b18+	w6-	b19+	w24=	b3-	w14+	w7-	3½
16	Mark S Gray	1600	b8-	w20+	b21-	w22-	b29+	w31+	b19=	3½
17	Adam Hall	1528	b2-	w31+	b9=	w3-	b14=	w29+	b22=	3½
18	Robert J Hansell	1392	w15-	b33+	w23=	w9=	b6=	w19=	b12=	3½
19	Marieanne Howard	1472	w10+	b4-	w15-	b28=	w23+	b18=	w16=	3½
20	John Sneesby	1520	w4-	b16-	w32=	b34+	w27+	b12-	w30+	3½
21	John Tompson	1808	w32+	b1-	w16+	b23+	w11=	b5-	w6-	3½
22	Caius A W Turner	1656	w7-	b28=	w34+	b16+	b24=	w8-	w17=	3½
23	Stephen P Clark	1728	b29=	w9=	b18=	w21-	b19-	w32=	b26+	3
24	Bernhard M Klein	1808	w28+	b5+	w1-	b15=	w22=	b6-	w9-	3
25	Adam Wiseman	1328	b9=	w3-	b26=	w12-	b13-	w34+	b32+	3
26	Victoria L Kowalkowski	1560	w5-	b34=	w25=	b27=	w30=	b28=	w23-	2½
27	Edward Lamb	1408	b3=	w29=	b14-	w26=	b20-	w33+	b13-	2½
28	Graham Walker	1496	b24-	w22=	b13-	w19=	b33+	w26=	b14-	2½
29	Jan Wasserman-Fry	1408	w23=	b27=	w10-	b30=	w16-	b17-	b31+	2½
30	Simon A Williams	1608	b31+	w2-	b8-	w29=	b26=	w13=	b20-	2½
31	Tristan Cox	1232	w30-	b17-	w33+	w13+	b9-	b16-	w29-	2
32	Paul A Holmes	1472	b21-	w12-	b20=	w33-	b34+	b23=	w25-	2
33	David Zoubaida	1584	b6-	w18-	b31-	b32+	w28-	b27-	w34+	2
34	Sam Wingrove	1312	b14-	w26=	b22-	w20-	w32-	b25-	b33-	½

Elo equivalents calculated from the published BCF grades using (BCF × 8) + 600. Round notation: w/b = colour; + = win; = = draw; − = loss.

(1) Lorin D'Costa (Royston) 6/7; (2) Murugan Thiruchelvam (Richmond) 5½; (3-5) James A Murphy, Philip J Peck, David A Shaw 5

1998 British Girls Under-14 Champion: Marieanne Howard 3½/7

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1998 BRITISH U-13 CHAMPIONSHIP (45 competitors, 7 Round Swiss)

1998 British Under 13 Championship		Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
1	Lorin D'Costa	1976	bye+	b14+	w19+	w2+	b8+	w5=	b6+	6½
2	Kumardip Chakraborty	1904	w34+	b24+	w3+	b1-	w7+	b4+	w10+	6
3	Thomas C M Nixon	1648	b31+	w33+	b2-	w16+	b29+	w10=	b5=	5
4	David Alan Shaw	1856	b26+	w10+	b7-	w20+	b15+	w2-	b13+	5
5	Lawrence Trent	1808	w21=	b9+	w39+	b6=	w13+	b1=	w3=	5
6	Christopher Hansell	1648	w25+	b42=	w35+	w5=	b14=	b9+	w1-	4½
7	Michael W Healey	1632	w27+	b35=	w4+	w8=	b2-	b32+	w11=	4½
8	Krunal Kahar	1720	w30+	b39=	w42+	b7=	w1-	b21=	w12+	4½
9	Thomas Kneafsey	1568	b38=	w5-	b23+	w42+	b24+	w6-	b21+	4½
10	John Rennie	1560	w43+	b4-	w31+	b11+	w19+	b3=	b2-	4½
11	Peter Titmas	1768	b23+	w17=	b16=	w10-	b37+	w29+	b7=	4½
12	Kenan Boztas	1696	b22+	w16=	b17=	w29-	b31+	w15+	b8-	4
13	Baisakhi Das	1600	b33-	w36+	b37+	w38+	b5-	w18+	w4-	4
14	Andrew Martin Farley	1544	b36+	w1-	b32+	w18+	w6=	b19=	def-	4
15	Lydia Goodwin	1616	b32=	w38=	b22+	w33+	w4-	b12-	b29+	4
16	Paul Grist	1528	w44+	b12=	w11=	b3-	w43+	b25=	w19=	4
17	Timothy Manton	1552	w40+	b11=	w12=	b19-	w32-	b27+	w30+	4
18	Christopher Rawlinson	1696	w42-	b25+	w21+	b14-	w30+	b13-	w34+	4
19	Joseph Redpath	1640	b37+	w29+	b1-	w17+	b10-	w14=	b16=	4
20	David Bareham	1576	w35-	b27+	w30+	b4-	w25=	w24=	b23=	3½
21	James Buchanan	1488	b5=	w32=	b18-	w27+	b33+	w8=	w9-	3½
22	Marieanne Howard	1472	w12-	b44+	w15-	b43-	w45+	b38=	w39+	3½
23	Craig Morrison	1488	w11-	b40=	w9-	b36=	w28+	b43+	w20=	3½
24	Paul Richards	1528	b28+	w2-	b38=	w35+	w9-	b20=	w25=	3½
25	Jonathan S Somekh	1432	b6-	w18-	b28+	w26+	b20=	w16=	b24=	3½
26	Graham Walker	1496	w4-	b43-	w41+	b25-	w40+	b35=	w38+	3½
27	James Berlin	1408	b7-	w20-	b45+	b21-	w36+	w17-	b44+	3
28	Heather Coupe	1280	w24-	b34-	w25-	b41+	b23-	bye+	w43+	3
29	Catherine David	1520	w41+	b19-	w43+	b12+	w3-	b11-	w15-	3
30	Christopher Dixon	1464	b8-	w45+	b20-	w44+	b18-	w33+	b17-	3
31	Raymond Gosden	1440	w3-	bye+	b10-	b40+	w12-	b39=	w35=	3
32	Alexandra Kelly	1400	w15=	b21=	w14-	b34+	b17+	w7-	def-	3
33	Anna G Partington	1328	w13+	b3-	w34+	b15-	w21-	b30-	w42+	3
34	Adam Swersky	1496	b2-	w28+	b33-	w32-	b44+	w37+	b18-	3
35	Alison Winston	1352	b20+	w7=	b6-	b24-	w39=	w26=	b31=	3
36	Edward Green	1288	w14-	b13-	w40=	w23=	b27-	b45=	bye+	2½
37	Gareth Mitchell	1376	w19-	b41+	w13-	b39+	w11-	b34-	w40=	2½
38	Ben Purton	1336	w9=	b15=	w24=	b13-	b42=	w22=	b26-	2½
39	John Sneesby	1520	b45+	w8=	b5-	w37-	b35=	w31=	b22-	2½
40	James West	1328	b17-	w23=	b36=	w31-	b26-	w41+	b37=	2½
41	Louise Ariss	1184	b29-	w37-	b26-	w28-	bye+	b40-	w45+	2
42	Daniel Atherton	1456	b18+	w6=	b8-	b9-	w38=	w44-	b33-	2
43	Jo Harbour	1328	b10-	w26+	b29-	w22+	b16-	w23-	b28-	2
44	Lucy Styles	1288	b16-	w22-	bye+	b30-	w34-	b42+	w27-	2
45	Andrew Daftern	1144	w39-	b30-	w27-	bye+	b22-	w36=	b41-	1½

Elo equivalents calculated from the published BCF grades using (BCF × 8) + 600. Round notation: w/b = colour; + = win; = = draw; − = loss.

(1) Lorin D'Costa (Royston) 6½/7; (2) Kumardip Chakaborty 6

1998 British Girls Under-13 Champions: Lydia Goodwin (High Wycombe), Baisaskhi Das (India) 4/7

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1998 BRITISH U-12 CHAMPIONSHIP (50 competitors, 7 Round Swiss)

1998 British Under 12 Championship		Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
1	Chetan Deva	1736	b49+	w10+	b19=	w8=	b7+	w6+	w3=	5½
2	Thomas C M Nixon	1648	w29+	b15=	w23+	b6-	w20+	w19+	b8+	5½
3	Lawrence Trent	1808	b35+	w8-	b22+	w30+	b14+	w11+	b1=	5½
4	Jonathan Fish	1632	b31=	w21+	b26+	w7=	b11-	w29+	b14+	5
5	Christopher Hansell	1648	b32+	w36+	b7=	w11=	b10=	w17+	b6=	5
6	Krunal Kahar	1720	b34+	w30+	b8=	w2+	w12+	b1-	w5=	5
7	Rafe Martyn	1736	w27+	b13+	w5=	b4=	w1-	b23+	w12+	5
8	Michael W Healey	1632	w39+	b3+	w6=	b1=	w16+	b12=	w2-	4½
9	Ezra Lutton	1536	b25=	w45+	b14-	w42+	b19-	w26+	b30+	4½
10	Robert Payne	1592	w40+	b1-	w34+	b17=	w5=	b38+	b11=	4½
11	Peter Titmas	1768	w23=	b28+	w20+	b5=	w4+	b3-	w10=	4½
12	Michael Zoubaida	1680	b22+	w46+	b37+	w19+	b6-	w8=	b7-	4½
13	David Bareham	1576	b41+	w7-	b42=	w26+	b22=	w14-	b39+	4
14	Kenan Boztas	1696	w18+	b20=	w9+	b16=	w3-	b13+	w4-	4
15	Oliver Coddington	1528	b45=	w2=	b32=	w31=	b21=	w25+	b19=	4
16	Baisakhi Das	1552	b26=	w25+	b46+	w14=	b8-	w20=	b22=	4
17	Sumeet Ghasi	1528	b44+	w19-	b36+	w10=	w24+	b5-	w27=	4
18	Rohan F Hartley	1432	b14-	w43=	b25=	w36+	b28=	w21=	b38+	4
19	Christopher M Jones	1664	w42+	b17+	w1=	b12-	w9+	b2-	w15=	4
20	Graham Morris	1536	w38+	w14=	b11-	w32+	b2-	b16=	w31+	4
21	Alexandra F V Wilson	1392	w24=	b4-	w47+	b23=	w15=	b18=	w35+	4
22	Tony Winston	1432	w12-	b38+	w3-	b44+	w13=	b40+	w16=	4
23	Michael Bridger	1496	b11=	w33+	b2-	w21=	b31+	w7-	b28=	3½
24	Lydia Goodwin	1616	b21=	w26-	b43+	w49+	b17-	w39=	b29=	3½
25	Edward Green	1288	w9=	b16-	w18=	b27=	w48+	b15-	w42+	3½
26	Michael Green	1424	w16=	b24+	w4-	b13-	w44+	b9-	w40+	3½
27	Stephen Jessel	1440	b7-	w41+	b31-	w25=	b32+	w28=	b17=	3½
28	Teresa Khoo	1296	b37=	w11-	b33+	w35=	w18=	b27=	w23=	3½
29	Alexander O'Neill	1416	b2-	w50+	b30-	w46+	b37+	b4-	w24=	3½
30	Douglas Spencer	1560	w43+	b6-	w29+	b3-	w39=	b42+	w9-	3½
31	James Berlin	1408	w4=	b34-	w27+	b15=	w23-	bye+	b20-	3
32	Neil Currah	1416	w5-	b47+	w15=	b20-	w27-	b48+	w41=	3
33	Alastair Finlay	1528	w48=	b23-	w28-	b43+	w40-	b47+	w36=	3
34	Tom W Fuller	1432	w6-	w31+	b10-	b38-	w46-	b44+	w48+	3
35	David Jackson	1512	w3-	b39=	w40+	b28=	w38-	w37+	b21-	3
36	Lowri Johnston	1072	w50+	b5-	w17-	b18-	b47=	w49+	b33=	3
37	Timothy Manton	1552	w28=	b48+	w12-	b39=	w29-	b35-	w43+	3
38	Heather Walker	1288	b20-	w22-	b50+	w34+	b35+	w10-	w18-	3
39	Julian Winkworth	1400	b8-	w35=	b45+	w37=	b30=	b24=	w13-	3
40	Benjamin McNamee	1368	b10-	w49=	b35-	w45+	b33+	w22-	b26-	2½
41	Ben Purton	1336	w13-	b27-	w44-	b48-	b50+	w45+	b32=	2½
42	Timothy P Wonnacott	1432	b19-	w44+	w13=	b9-	b49+	w30-	b25-	2½
43	Vanessa Aarons	1328	b30-	b18=	w24-	w33-	b45=	w50+	b37-	2
44	Sarah Al-Turki	1208	w17-	b42-	b41+	w22-	b26-	w34-	b50+	2
45	Nathan Gauge	1256	w15=	b9-	w39-	b40-	w43=	b41-	w47+	2
46	Jessie L C Gilbert	1528	w47+	b12-	w16-	b29-	b34+	def-	def-	2
47	Nicholas Oldham	1152	b46-	w32-	b21-	bye+	w36=	w33-	b45-	1½
48	Samuel Parkes	1248	b33=	w37-	b49-	w41+	b25-	w32-	b34-	1½
49	Sophie C Payne	1496	w1-	b40=	w48+	b24-	w42-	b36-	def-	1½
50	Jason Linsdell	1064	b36-	b29-	w38-	def-	w41-	b43-	w44-	0

Elo equivalents calculated from the published BCF grades using (BCF × 8) + 600. Round notation: w/b = colour; + = win; = = draw; − = loss.

(1-3) Chetan Deva (Weybridge), Thomas C M Nixon (Richmond), Lawrence Trent 5½/7

1998 British Girls Under-12 Champions: Alexandra F V Wilson (Surrey), Baisakhi Das (India) 4/7

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1998 BRITISH U-11 CHAMPIONSHIP (41 competitors, 7 Round Swiss)

1998 British Under 11 Championship		Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
1	Chetan Deva	1736	b4-	w22+	b32+	w8+	b12+	w2+	w3+	6
2	David W Howell	1432	w29+	b31+	w3=	b30+	w5+	b1-	w11+	5½
3	Patrick Reid	1568	b13+	w19+	b2=	w15+	b4+	w5+	b1-	5½
4	Sabrina L Chevannes	1304	w1+	b14+	b9=	w28+	w3-	b6=	w16+	5
5	Josiah Lutton	1472	b24+	w32+	b7+	w9+	b2-	b3-	w14+	5
6	Robert Payne	1592	w35+	b8=	w20=	b25=	w13+	w4=	b7+	5
7	William Bennett	1504	w18+	b25+	w5-	b20=	w21+	b14+	w6-	4½
8	Samuel B Buckley	1408	b11+	w6=	b10=	b1-	w22=	b21+	w15+	4½
9	Daniel J Diamond	1488	w26+	b34+	w4=	b5-	w25+	b11-	w24+	4½
10	Christopher Dorrington	1440	w31=	b36+	w8=	b18-	w27+	b24-	w20+	4½
11	Matthew R Marquis	1216	w8-	b35=	w31+	b17+	w30+	w9+	b2-	4½
12	Tony Winston	1432	b16+	w21=	b15=	w24+	w1-	b20=	b25+	4½
13	Matthew P Dignam	1288	w3-	b33+	w17=	b23+	b6-	w30=	b28+	4
14	Tom Eckersley-Waites	1432	b22+	w4-	b27+	w19+	b18+	w7-	b5-	4
15	Jonathan C T Lappage	1472	w23+	b39+	w12=	b3-	w20=	w18+	b8-	4
16	Elizabeth Roberts	1224	w12-	b17-	w37+	b34+	b32+	w19+	b4-	4
17	Stewart Trent	1504	b21-	w16+	b13=	w11-	b31+	w23=	b32+	4
18	Heather Walker	1288	b7-	w41+	b35+	w10+	w14-	b15-	b30+	4
19	Sagar Deva	1392	w33+	b3-	w39+	b14-	w29+	b16-	b23=	3½
20	Adam Eckersley-Waites	1376	w38+	b30=	b6=	w7=	b15=	w12=	b10-	3½
21	Cory S Hazlehurst	1288	w17+	b12=	w30-	b26+	b7-	w8-	b34+	3½
22	Andrew B Murphy	1256	w14-	b1-	w38+	b39+	b8=	w25-	w35+	3½
23	Kenji Nicholas	1280	b15-	w28=	b36+	w13-	b38+	b17=	w19=	3½
24	Barnaby Stannard	1280	w5-	b37+	w34+	b12-	b28+	w10=	b9-	3½
25	Alex West	1392	b40+	w7-	b29+	w6=	b9-	b22+	w12-	3½
26	Douglas Cooke	1280	b9-	w40+	b28-	w21-	b37+	w34=	b31=	3
27	John Emanuel	1280	w30-	b38+	w14-	b40+	b10-	w28-	b37+	3
28	Ashley Ferguson	1416	w36=	b23=	w26+	b4-	w24-	b27+	w13-	3
29	William Foster	1240	b2-	bye+	w25-	w36+	b19-	w32-	b38+	3
30	Lee Gold	1488	b27+	w20=	b21+	w2-	b11-	b13=	w18-	3
31	Mark Goodwin	1256	b10=	w2-	b11-	w35+	w17-	b41+	w26=	3
32	Philip Hayward	1352	w37+	b5-	w1-	b33+	w16-	b29+	w17-	3
33	Duncan Morrison	1184	b19-	w13-	b41+	w32-	w39+	b35-	bye+	3
34	Daniel Goldhill	1368	b41+	w9-	b24-	w16-	w40+	b26=	w21-	2½
35	Pradeep Gundabolu	1296	b6-	w11=	w18-	b31-	w36+	w33+	b22-	2½
36	Andrew Yau	1224	b28=	w10-	w23-	b29-	b35-	bye+	w40+	2½
37	Emma Atkins	984	b32-	w24-	b16-	bye+	w26-	b40+	w27-	2
38	Sophie Harbour	1064	b20-	w27-	b22-	w41+	w23-	b39+	w29-	2
39	Richard Westwood	960	bye+	w15-	b19-	w22-	b33-	w38-	w41+	2
40	Francesca Berlin	1072	w25-	b26-	bye+	w27-	b34-	w37-	b36-	1
41	Judith Rawlings	1016	w34-	b18-	w33-	b38-	bye+	w31-	b39-	1

Elo equivalents calculated from the published BCF grades using (BCF × 8) + 600. Round notation: w/b = colour; + = win; = = draw; − = loss.

(1) Chetan Deva (Weybridge) 6/7; (2-3) David Howell (Seaford), Patrick Reid (Daventry) 5½

1998 British Girls Under-11 Champion: Sabrina L Chevannes (Sutton Coldfield) 5

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1998 BRITISH U-10 CHAMPIONSHIP (61 competitors, 7 Round Swiss)

1998 British Under 10 Championship		Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
1	Lee Gold	1488	b52+	w44+	b29+	w15+	b3+	b4=	w9+	6½
2	Mark K Goodwin	1256	w48-	b42+	w53+	b13+	w16=	w15+	b14+	5½
3	Colin P Hall	1368	w34+	b48+	w6=	b27+	w1-	b16+	w4+	5½
4	Stewart Trent	1504	b56+	w26+	b5+	w14+	b12+	w1=	b3-	5½
5	Sagar Deva	1392	w61+	b39+	w4-	b21=	w41+	b33+	w6=	5
6	Daniel J Diamond	1488	bye+	w32+	b3=	w8=	b29+	w12=	b5=	5
7	David J Eggleston	1168	w20-	b41+	w36+	b10-	w38+	b27+	w23+	5
8	Amir Habibi	1592	w40+	b38=	w11+	b6=	w10-	b42+	w20+	5
9	David W Howell	1432	w24+	b21-	w43+	b25+	w30+	w19+	b1-	5
10	Christopher Macdonald	1392	b57+	w28+	b19-	w7+	b8+	w14=	b12=	5
11	Paul R Plant	1288	b59+	w15-	b8-	w18+	b53+	w29+	b19+	5
12	Thomas M Sharp	1456	b46+	w22+	b50+	w19+	w4-	b6=	w10=	5
13	Jonathan Zoubaida	1592	b28-	w57+	b37+	w2-	b40+	w22+	b25+	5
14	Andrew T L Foster-Yeow	1480	w30+	b27+	w21+	b4-	w23+	b10=	w2-	4½
15	James Heppell	1456	w43+	b11+	w25+	b1-	w33=	b2-	w30+	4½
16	E Josiah Lutton	1472	b37+	w29-	b28+	w22+	b2=	w3-	b33+	4½
17	Adel Al-Turki	1248	b50-	w49=	b35+	w23-	b61+	w51+	b26=	4
18	Shaun Alley	1136	w36-	b51+	w27-	b11-	b37+	w53+	w41+	4
19	William Bennet	1504	w51+	b36+	w10+	b12-	w20+	b9-	w11-	4
20	Samuel B Buckley	1408	b7+	w25-	b61+	w24+	b19-	w28+	b8-	4
21	Henry G Duncanson	1224	b58+	w9+	b14-	w5=	b26-	w31=	b44+	4
22	William Foster	1240	w60+	b12-	w38+	b16-	w48+	b13-	w45+	4
23	James L Hanley	1296	w27-	b34+	w48+	b17+	b14-	w26+	b7-	4
24	Charles Heppell	1176	b9-	w55+	w45+	b20-	w36-	b54+	w38+	4
25	Gruffydd Johnston	1224	w53+	b20+	b15-	w9-	w50+	b36+	w13-	4
26	Alexander Mapletoft	1352	w33+	b4-	w54+	b30=	w21+	b23-	w17=	4
27	Claire H Morris	1304	b23+	w14-	b18+	w3-	b47+	w7-	b39+	4
28	Stephan Wasserman-Fry	1224	w13+	b10-	w16-	b39+	w45+	b20-	w36+	4
29	Andrew J Weston	1312	w47+	b16+	w1-	b50+	w6-	b11-	w42+	4
30	Poppy J Aarons	1200	b14-	w59+	b52+	w26=	b9-	w32+	b15-	3½
31	Matthew P Dignam	1288	w39-	b33-	w34+	b42-	w35+	b21=	b51+	3½
32	Edward Morris	1336	w42+	b6-	w33-	b54+	w51=	b30-	w43+	3½
33	Andrew J Moxley	1152	b26-	w31+	b32+	w44+	b15=	w5-	w16-	3½
34	Peter D H Armstrong	1152	b3-	w23-	b31-	w56+	b59-	w49+	b58+	3
35	Ali-Reza Bazrcar	1144	w38-	b40=	w17-	w52=	b31-	w57+	b53+	3
36	William Cox	1328	b18+	w19-	b7-	w46+	b24+	w25-	b28-	3
37	Zachary Gauge	1184	w16-	b60+	w13-	b48-	w18-	b61+	b59+	3
38	Sarah N Hegarty [»Longson]	1336	b35+	w8=	b22-	w40=	b7-	w59+	b24-	3
39	Chris Martin	1216	b31+	w5-	b44-	w28-	b46+	w40+	w27-	3
40	Elizabeth Roberts	1224	b8-	w35=	b55+	b38=	w13-	b39-	w54+	3
41	J Stuart Robertson	1312	b55=	w7-	b49+	w47=	b5-	w58+	b18-	3
42	Tejas Shankar	1144	b32-	w2-	b56+	w31+	b44+	w8-	b29-	3
43	Alexander Skotnicki	1184	b15-	w58+	b9-	w53-	b49+	w50+	b32-	3
44	Rico Wong	1328	w54+	b1-	w39+	b33-	w42-	b48+	w21-	3
45	Justin Yau	1360	b49+	w50-	b24-	w61+	b28-	w47+	b22-	3
46	Kathryn Barnes	1176	w12-	b53-	w60+	b36-	w39-	b55+	b50=	2½
47	David Barraclough	1136	b29-	w52=	b57+	b41=	w27-	b45-	w55=	2½
48	Francesca Berlin	1072	b2+	w3-	b23-	w37+	b22-	w44-	b52=	2½
49	David A Clark	1152	w45-	b17=	w41-	b55+	w43-	b34-	w61+	2½
50	Thomas Eggleston	1064	w17+	b45+	w12-	w29-	b25-	b43-	w46=	2½
51	Samuel Gilding	1208	b19-	w18-	b58+	w59+	b32=	b17-	w31-	2½
52	Thomas Winkworth	1208	w1-	b47=	w30-	b35=	w54-	b60+	w48=	2½
53	Andrew J Clark	880	b25-	w46+	b2-	b43+	w11-	b18-	w35-	2
54	Sebastian J Elliott	1128	b44-	w56+	b26-	w32-	b52+	w24-	b40-	2
55	Danielle Gross	1120	w41=	b24-	w40-	w49-	b56+	w46-	b47=	2
56	Karim Habibi	1208	w4-	b54-	w42-	b34-	w55-	bye+	w60+	2
57	Lee Upham	1160	w10-	b13-	w47-	b60+	w58-	b35-	bye+	2
58	Laura Weatherhead	952	w21-	b43-	w51-	bye+	b57+	b41-	w34-	2
59	Benjamin Wilson	960	w11-	b30-	bye+	b51-	w34+	b38-	w37-	2
60	Jennifer L Hansell	1000	b22-	w37-	b46-	w57-	bye+	w52-	b56-	1
61	Naomi Scott	1160	b5-	bye+	w20-	b45-	w17-	w37-	b49-	1

Elo equivalents calculated from the published BCF grades using (BCF × 8) + 600. Round notation: w/b = colour; + = win; = = draw; − = loss.

(1) Lee Gold (NW London) 6½/7; (2-4) Mark K Goodwin (High Wycombe), Colin P Hall (Crieff), Stewart Trent (Loughton) 5½

1998 British Girls Under-10 Champion: Claire H Morris (Abingdon) 4

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1998 BRITISH U-9 CHAMPIONSHIP (63 competitors, 7 Round Swiss)

1998 British Under 9 Championship		Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
1	Samuel B Buckley	1408	b23+	w22+	b9-	w13+	b37+	w18+	b10+	6
2	Matthew D Elstrop	1328	w19+	b13+	w39+	w3=	b4+	w5=	b9+	6
3	Thomas M Sharp	1456	w49+	b37+	w8+	b2=	b17+	w10+	b5=	6
4	David W Howell	1432	w24+	b20+	w17=	b6+	w2-	b27+	w12+	5½
5	Andrew J Weston	1312	w48+	b21+	w35+	b12=	w26+	b2=	w3=	5½
6	Jacob Bigio	1304	b30=	w42+	b46+	w4-	b19+	w15+	b11=	5
7	Alexei Chernikov	1304	w25+	b39-	w24-	b29+	w23+	b46+	w20+	5
8	James L Hanley	1296	b43+	w28+	b3-	w21+	b20+	w9-	b22+	5
9	Kasim Khorasanee	1176	w16+	b47+	w1+	w10-	b11+	b8+	w2-	5
10	Christopher Macdonald	1392	w38+	b27+	w26+	b9+	w12+	b3-	w1-	5
11	Chris Anguelov	1264	w63+	b44+	w12-	b39+	w9-	b24+	w6=	4½
12	Giles T O Berry	1432	b32+	w15+	b11+	w5=	b10-	w16+	b4-	4½
13	Simon Fowler	1152	w58+	w2-	b50+	b1-	w25+	b26=	w39+	4½
14	Karim Habibi	1208	w35-	b63=	w34+	b19-	w52+	b21+	w27+	4½
15	Tom Harbour	1256	w34+	b12-	w48+	b25+	w27=	b6-	w35+	4½
16	Peter S Poobalasingham	1336	b9-	w23+	b28=	w45+	w36+	b12-	w26+	4½
17	Peter T Roberson	1368	b40+	w33+	b4=	b36+	w3-	w22-	b32+	4½
18	Tom Robinson	1280	w29+	b35-	w19=	b52+	w42+	b1-	w34+	4½
19	Richard J Willis	1096	b2-	w55+	b18=	w14+	w6-	b36+	w37+	4½
20	Poppy J Aarons	1200	b51+	w4-	b40+	w43+	w8-	b39+	b7-	4
21	Yasmin Ball	1144	b50+	w5-	b51+	b8-	w40+	w14-	b42+	4
22	Anton Chernikov	1200	w56+	b1-	w25-	b62+	w43+	b17+	w8-	4
23	Alex Gilmore	1104	w1-	b16-	w56+	b53+	b7-	w44+	w46+	4
24	Colleen Halpin	1112	b4-	w57+	b7+	b26-	w31+	w11-	b40+	4
25	Sebastian Pozzo	1048	b7-	w61+	b22+	w15-	b13-	w47+	b45+	4
26	Arjunan Ahilan	1256	b57+	w62+	b10-	w24+	b5-	w13=	b16-	3½
27	Peter D H Armstrong	1152	b55+	w10-	b62+	w44+	b15=	w4-	b14-	3½
28	James Asquith	1136	w53+	b8-	w16=	b46=	w35=	b34-	w50+	3½
29	Daniel Batten	1128	b18-	bye+	w37-	w7-	b63+	b59+	w31=	3½
30	Grant Bucher	1056	w6=	b36-	w41+	b31-	w34-	b48+	w51+	3½
31	Rebecca H Gilbert	1168	b60=	w46-	b32+	w30+	b24-	w42=	b29=	3½
32	Daniel Hitchens	1120	w12-	b56+	w31-	b55+	w50+	b37=	w17-	3½
33	Jeremy P Kneebone	1136	w54+	b17-	w44-	b57+	w46-	b50=	w49+	3½
34	Katie Martin	1144	b15-	w45=	b14-	w58+	b30+	w28+	b18-	3½
35	Richard Pope	1200	b14+	w18+	b5-	w37-	b28=	w41+	b15-	3½
36	J Stuart Robertson	1312	b42=	w30+	b59+	w17-	b16-	w19-	b52+	3½
37	Lakshman Ruthirapathy	1240	bye+	w3-	b29+	b35+	w1-	w32=	b19-	3½
38	Stephanie Barraclough	880	b10-	w51-	b61+	w50-	w55+	b40-	b54+	3
39	Freddie Chalke	1136	b61+	w7+	b2-	w11-	b44+	w20-	b13-	3
40	Francesca Ciavarella	1104	w17-	b49+	w20-	b47+	b21-	w38+	w24-	3
41	Raymond T Cooke	888	b62-	w50-	b30-	w54+	w53+	b35-	w55+	3
42	Matthew C Evans-Young	1080	w36=	b6-	w58+	w59+	b18-	b31=	w21-	3
43	Rebecca R Faulks	1064	w8-	b54+	w47+	b20-	b22-	w45-	b58+	3
44	William A Faulks	1104	b45+	w11-	b33+	b27-	w39-	b23-	w59+	3
45	Thomas Marsden	1160	w44-	b34=	w63+	b16-	w48=	b43+	w25-	3
46	William J R Morgan	984	w59=	b31+	w6-	w28=	b33+	w7-	b23-	3
47	James Peet	1032	b52+	w9-	b43-	w40-	w57+	b25-	w60+	3
48	Tom Shillingford	1064	b5-	w53+	b15-	w51=	b45=	w30-	b57+	3
49	Sebastian J Elliott	1128	b3-	w40-	b53-	w61+	b56+	w51=	b33-	2½
50	Aram Karakashian	896	w21-	b41+	w13-	b38+	b32-	w33=	b28-	2½
51	Charles Regester-Cowan	984	w20-	b38+	w21-	b48=	w59=	b49=	b30-	2½
52	Farhan C Wallace	1096	w47-	b58=	w60+	w18-	b14-	b63+	w36-	2½
53	David Coupe	856	b28-	b48-	w49+	w23-	b41-	w57-	bye+	2
54	Mia Day	704	b33-	w43-	b57-	b41-	bye+	w56+	w38-	2
55	Arran Drew-Dixon	760	w27-	b19-	bye+	w32-	b38-	w62+	b41-	2
56	Charlotte Hughes	776	b22-	w32-	b23-	bye+	w49-	b54-	w63+	2
57	Joshua Lowles	848	w26-	b24-	w54+	w33-	b47-	b53+	w48-	2
58	F Nathanael Lutton	912	b13-	w52=	b42-	b34-	w62+	b60=	w43-	2
59	Lucy Oldham	912	b46=	w60+	w36-	b42-	b51=	w29-	b44-	2
60	Briony A Price	976	w31=	b59-	b52-	w63-	b61+	w58=	b47-	2
61	Lloyd Drew-Dixon	760	w39-	b25-	w38-	b49-	w60-	bye+	b62=	1½
62	Robby Gee	760	w41+	b26-	w27-	w22-	b58-	b55-	w61=	1½
63	Karla Houska	856	b11-	w14=	b45-	b60+	w29-	w52-	b56-	1½

Elo equivalents calculated from the published BCF grades using (BCF × 8) + 600. Round notation: w/b = colour; + = win; = = draw; − = loss.

(1-3) Samuel Buckley (Bath), Matthew Elstrop (Fleet), Thomas Sharp (Lamberhurst) 6/7

1998 British Girls Under-9 Champions: Poppy Aarons (London), Yasmin Ball (Crowthorne), Colleen Halpin (Liverpool) 4

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1998 BRITISH U-8 CHAMPIONSHIP (43 competitors, 6 Round Swiss)

1998 British Under 8 Championship		Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	David W Howell	1432	bye=	b14+	w30+	w16+	b3+	w5+	5½
2	Daniel J Hall	1176	w24+	b35+	w23+	w3-	b26+	w11+	5
3	James L Hanley	1296	w4+	b7+	w9+	b2+	w1-	b18+	5
4	Peter S Poobalasingham	976	b3-	w38+	b28+	w25+	b20+	w10+	5
5	Poppy J Aarons	1200	w14=	b34+	w12+	b9+	w6+	b1-	4½
6	Andrew Alexandrou	1224	b41+	w18+	b16=	w20+	b5-	w14+	4½
7	Grant Butcher	1056	b28+	w3-	b31+	w27+	b10-	w25+	4
8	Abigail E Flint	984	w35-	b11-	w43+	b37+	w40+	b23+	4
9	Alex Gilmore	1104	b31+	w10+	b3-	w5-	b36+	w20+	4
10	James Peet	1376	w32+	b9-	w40+	b21+	w7+	b4-	4
11	James Snowden	960	b16-	w8+	b13+	w17+	w12+	b2-	4
12	Yasmin Ball	1144	b38+	w26+	b5-	w36+	b11-	w13=	3½
13	Jessica Dodson	1096	w43+	b23-	w11-	b35+	w21+	b12=	3½
14	William A Faulks	960	b5=	w1-	b39+	b30+	w19+	b6-	3½
15	Selina Khoo	1040	b33+	w20-	b26-	w41=	b27+	w34+	3½
16	Jeremy P Kneebone	1136	w11+	b19+	w6=	b1-	w18-	b31+	3½
17	Naomi Miller	1080	w36-	b24+	w37+	b11-	w31=	b30+	3½
18	Sebastian Pozzo	1048	w37+	b6-	w35+	b19=	b16+	w3-	3½
19	Tom Robinson	1280	b39+	w16-	b41+	w18=	b14-	w26+	3½
20	Chris Anguelov	1264	w21+	b15+	w36+	b6-	w4-	b9-	3
21	Andrew Cooke	960	b20-	w33+	b42+	w10-	b13-	w35+	3
22	Mia Day	960	w23-	bye+	b25-	w31-	b37+	b36+	3
23	Tom Harbour	1256	b22+	w13+	b2-	w26-	b24+	w8-	3
24	Steffan Rees	960	b2-	w17-	bye+	b29+	w23-	b32+	3
25	Geoffrey Walters	1240	w40+	b36-	w22+	b4-	w32+	b7-	3
26	Erroll Wood	960	w29+	b12-	w15+	b23+	w2-	b19-	3
27	Alex Cook	1352	b42=	w30-	b34+	b7-	w15-	w41+	2½
28	Luke Emanuel	920	w7-	b43+	w4-	b32-	w29=	b40+	2½
29	Simon Payne	1096	b26-	w41-	b38+	w24-	b28=	w39+	2½
30	Thomas W Pym	960	w34=	b27+	b1-	w14-	b41+	w17-	2½
31	Peter Sirl	960	w9-	b32+	w7-	b22+	b17=	w16-	2½
32	Stephanie Barraclough	960	b10-	w31-	b33+	w28+	b25-	w24-	2
33	David Coupe	856	w15-	b21-	w32-	w39=	b42=	b43+	2
34	Hannah Dale	1192	b30=	w5-	w27-	b40=	w43+	b15-	2
35	Amelia Duncanson	736	b8+	w2-	b18-	w13-	w38+	b21-	2
36	Reza Khorasanee	928	b17+	w25+	b20-	b12-	w9-	w22-	2
37	F Nathanael Lutton	912	b18-	w39+	b17-	w8-	w22-	bye+	2
38	Martin Roberson	960	w12-	b4-	w29-	bye+	b35-	w42+	2
39	Ashley Batten	960	w19-	b37-	w14-	b33=	bye+	b29-	1½
40	Arran Drew-Dixon	960	b25-	w42+	b10-	w34=	b8-	w28-	1½
41	Stuart Graham	960	w6-	b29+	w19-	b15=	w30-	b27-	1½
42	Ibrahim Al-Turki	960	w27=	b40-	w21-	b43-	w33=	b38-	1
43	Jennifer Wilson	960	b13-	w28-	b8-	w42+	b34-	w33-	1

Elo equivalents calculated from the published BCF grades using (BCF × 8) + 600. Round notation: w/b = colour; + = win; = = draw; − = loss.

(1) David Howell (Seaford) 5½/6; (2-4) Daniel Hall (Swindon), James L Hanley (Lancaster), Peter S Poobalasingham 5

1998 British Girls Under-8 Champion: Poppy Aarons (London) 4½

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Arbiters: Peter Purland, Alec Webster, Ian Cowan, Tony Corfe, Alex McFarlane, John Turnock, Roger Edwards

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Date	Notes
3 October 2026	First uploaded to BritBase. 148 games. For the first time at BritBase, games and crosstables were input and formatted by AI from the tournament bulletin prepared by Richard O'Brien.