CONTENTS Board & Officers 1 - 5 Review of the Year 6 – 12 FIDE Honours List 12 – 16 Awards - President’s Award, Club, Player & Book of the Year etc. 17 – 18 Chess Service Providers - Arbiters, Accredited Coaches & Journalists 18 - 30 English Titled Players 30 – 31 BCF/ECF Congresses & Champions 31 - 55 ECF Master Points System 55 – 56 British Chess Championships 56 – 62 Results and Tournaments 63 – 84 Junior Championships & Results 85 - 103 Senior Championships 104 - 105 Junior Directory 106 - 114 Correspondence Chess 114 - 120 Chess Problem News 120 - 123 Directory 124 PRESIDENTS OF THE BRITISH CHESS FEDERATION (1904 - 2005) & ENGLISH CHESS FEDERATION (2005 - present) 1904-05 F G Naumann 1976-78 C E Williams 1905-20 Sir J O S Thursby, Bt 1978-79 W A Cordon 1921-38 Canon A G Gordon Ross, MA 1979-82 D W Anderton, OBE 1938-41 The Hon F G Hamilton-Russell 1982-85 P M Shaw 1942-50 J N Derbyshire, JP 1985-89 D C Jarrett 1950-53 Sir R Robinson 1989-93 J Poole 1953-56 G S A Wheatcroft 1993-96 A C Martin 1956-59 Sir L S Swinnerton Dyer, Bt 1996-2001 S Davis, OBE 1959-61 Sir C Sadd, CBE, JP 2001-09 G F Walsh 1961-64 V J R Soanes 2009-12 CJ de Mooi 1964-67 Sir F A Hoare, Bt. 2012-13 R J Edwards 1967-70 Dr C G Addingley 2013-14 A Paulson 1970-73 P S Milner-Barry, CB, OBE 2014 --- D Lawson 1973-76 J Rushton CHAIRMEN OF THE BRITISH CHESS FEDERATION (1996 – 2001) & NON- EXECUTIVE CHAIRMEN OF THE ENGLISH CHESS FEDERATION (2009 – 2013) 1993-96 Alan Martin 2009-10 John Paines 1996-99 Stewart Reuben 2010-13 Mike Gunn 1999-2001 Gerry Walsh 2016 --- Julian Clissold CHIEF EXECUTIVES OF THE BRITISH CHESS FEDERATION (2001 - 2005) & ENGLISH CHESS FEDERATION (2005 - present) 2001 Chris Majer 2008-2010 Chris Majer 2001-2002 Mrs Susan Richards 2010-2012 Andrew Farthing 2003-2006 Roy Heppinstall 2013-2015 Phil Ehr 2006-2008 Martin Regan 2016 --- Mike Truran ECF BOARD Dominic Lawson, Mike Truran, David Eustace, Malcolm Pein, Dave Thomas, Alex Holowczak, Traci Whitfield, Stephen Woodhouse, Julie Denning, Julian Clissold First published 2018 © English Chess Federation | All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced by any means without prior permission from the English Chess Federation Compiled by Andrew Walker | Printed in Great Britain by Charlesworth Press Cover photographs of Niamh Bridgeman and Alan Fraser by Brendan O’Gorman 2017 1 ENGLISH CHESS FEDERATION OFFICE The Watch Oak, Chain Lane, Battle, East Sussex TN33 0YD Tel: 01424 775222 Email: [email protected] Website: www.englishchess.org.uk OFFICE STAFF Gary Willson (Office Manager); Christine Carcas (Membership Secretary, part-time); Andrew Walker (Webmaster) PRESIDENT Dominic Lawson HONORARY LIFE VICE-PRESIDENTS D W Anderton OBE, R J Edwards, A Farthing, B A Fewell, N Graham, D C Jarrett, A C Martin, C E Majer, R Moore, J Poole, P Purland, S Reuben, G Turner, P Turner, G F Walsh, D Welch, J Wickham HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS T Bristow, B Callaghan OBE, M Foster MP, P C Gibbs, J M Glendinning, N A Grant, C M Gurney, J Humphreys, M Johnson, C J A Jones, A F Kent, J A Leake, C R Moore, A Mothersill, G Pearce, A Philpott, Sir T Rice COUNCIL The Board The President: Dominic Lawson Email: [email protected] Chief Executive: Mike Truran Email: [email protected] Director of Finance: David Eustace Email: [email protected] Director of International Chess: Malcolm Pein Email: [email protected] Director of Membership: Dave Thomas Email: [email protected] Director of Home Chess: Alex Holowczak Email: [email protected] Director of Junior Chess & Education: Traci Whitfield Email: [email protected] Director of Women’s Chess: Vacancy Email: [email protected] Non-Executive Directors: Julie Denning / Stephen Woodhouse Julie: [email protected]; Stephen: [email protected] Non-Executive Chairman: Julian Clissold Email: [email protected] Officers who are members of Council Chairman of the Council: Mike Gunn Email: [email protected] Delegate to FIDE: Malcolm Pein Email: [email protected] Chairman of the Finance Committee: Tim Herring Email: [email protected] Other Council Members Representatives of Member Organisations Representatives of Constituent Units In accordance with Articles 3 and 5.1 - one Representative Member of each Unit: London Chess League Manchester Chess Federation; East Anglian Chess Union; Midland Counties Chess Union; Northern Counties Chess Union; Southern Counties Chess Union; West of England Chess Union; Northern Counties Chess Union; Southern Counties Chess Union; West of England Chess Union County Associations, Leagues, Congresses and Other Organisations In accordance with Articles 3 and 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5 One Representative Member of each Organisation 2 Direct Members’ Representatives Honorary Life Vice Presidents, Vice Presidents, Corporate Vice Presidents, Honorary Life Members, Life Members Stewart Reuben Email: [email protected]; John Wickham Email: [email protected] Platinum Members Francis Bowers Email: [email protected]; Adrian Elwin Email: [email protected] Gold Members Ben Edgell Email: [email protected]; Roger Emerson Email: [email protected] Silver Members Michael Farthing Email: [email protected]; John Reyes Email: [email protected] Bronze Members Angus French Email: [email protected] ; Gareth Ellis Email: [email protected] Officers Reporting to the Board, President or Chief Executive Company Secretary: Bruce Wallis Associates Ltd Email: [email protected] Voting Register Office: Michael Farthing Email: [email protected] ECF Data Controller: Gary Willson (as above) Strategic Advisor: Vacancy Manager of ICT: Vacancy Sport & Recreation Alliance Representatives: Mike Gunn & Phil Ehr Email: [email protected] Office Manager & Minutes Secretary: Gary Willson (as above) Auditor: Goatcher Chandler Home Chess Officers Manager of the British Chess Championships: Kevin Staveley Email: [email protected] Manager of Prisons Chess: Carl Portman Email: [email protected] Controller of the Grand Prix: Vacancy Email: [email protected] Controller, Counties Championship: Andrew Zigmond Email: [email protected] Chief Arbiter: Lara Barnes Email: [email protected] Curator of Equipment: David Welch Email: [email protected] Manager of the National Club Championship: Guy Greenland Email: [email protected] Manager for Disabled Chess: Lewis Martin Email: [email protected] Manager of Arbiters: Geoff Gammon Email: [email protected] International Chess Officers Manager of Senior Chess: Stewart Reuben (as above) Finance Officers Financial Controller: Vacancy Email: [email protected] Finance and Taxation Consultant: Chris Mattos Email: [email protected] Membership Officers Membership Secretary: Christine Carcas Email: [email protected] 3 International Rating Officer : Gary Willson Email: [email protected] Manager of Grading: Brian Valentine Email: [email protected] Grading Website Officer: Jon Griffith Email: [email protected] Grading Administrator: Matthew Carr Email: [email protected] Junior Chess and Education Officers Manager of Coaches – Andrew Davies Email: [email protected] Manager of Girls’ Chess – Vacancy ECF Chess Academy Head – Andrew Martin Email: [email protected] Manager of ECF Chess Academy – Vacancy ECF Chess Academy Administrator – Vacancy Manager of Junior Home Chess – Vacancy Manager of Junior International Chess – Vacancy Safeguarding Officer – Phillip Beckett Email: [email protected] Manager of School Chess – Neill Cooper Email: [email protected] National Secondary Schools Co-ordinator – Neill Cooper (as above) Deputy National Secondary Schools Co-ordinator – Phillip Beckett Email: [email protected] National Primary Schools Controller – Julian Clissold Email: [email protected] Deputy National Primary Schools Controller – Vacancy Junior Directorate Finance Manager – Christelle Hafstad Email: [email protected] Junior Trip Co-ordinators John Higgs Email: [email protected]; Jay Atara Email: [email protected]; Mike McLaren Email: [email protected]; Debbie Taylor Email: [email protected]; Bernard Klingher Email: [email protected]; Simon Metcalfe Email: [email protected]; Glafcos Tombolis Email: [email protected]; Anand Verma Email: [email protected]; Controllers, English Youth Grand Prix – Charles Golding & Christine Golding Email: [email protected] Manager, Certificate of Excellence – Peter Turner Email: [email protected] Publicity Officers Publicity Manager: Mark Rivlin Email: [email protected] Social Media Manager: Phil Makepeace Email: [email protected] Webmaster: Andrew Walker Email: [email protected] Committees International Selection Committee Opens: Malcolm Pein (Chairman), David Openshaw, Jonathan Parker, Jonathan Speelman Womens: Malcolm Pein (Chairman), David Openshaw, Natasha