British Championships (again)
#18 "Rookie": Irish News 3rd September 1983
Grandmaster Jonathan Mestel became British Chess Champion at Southport recently.
While Mestel was put on the pedestal, our local players put up a good show. More than a dozen made the journey from the North, with Roger Beckett finishing joint third in the under-11's and Niall Carton joint seventh in the under-14's.
Below is an earlier win from Roger, which helped him clinch the Newcastle Minor Tournament. Though a one-day event, it took "Four Knights"
British Championship
- M. Smyth (Bangor) 4 pts from 11
First Class Tournament
- A Pinkerton (Fisherwick) 6 pts from 11
5-day Tournament
- T. Broome (Fisherwick) 4pts from 10
Under 21s
- K Allen (Belfast) 5 pts from 11
Under 18s
- N Greer (Fisherwick) 6½pts from 11
Under 16s
- K Greer (Fisherwick) 6½ pts from 11
Under 14s
- N Carton (Newcastle) 7 pts from 11
- D Simpson (Antrim) 5½ pts
- P Carton (Newcastle) 4½ pts
- G McIlroy (Fisherwick) 4 pts
Under 11s
- R Beckett (Fisherwick) 6 pts from 8
- H Ball (Fisherwick) 3½ pts
- D Carton (Newcastle) 2½ pts
