Under 1800 Championship

Round 1

Bd White Total Result Black Total
1 Stephen SMITH   0-1 Simon BATE  
2 Keith HOBAN   0-1 Donald HERON  
3 Gary McPHEATOR   1-0 Dick HEATHWOOD  
4 Paul CONNELLY   0-1 Derek McCORMACK  
5 Gordon DAVIES   1-0 Craig PETRIE  
6 John McBRIDE   1-0 Bye  
7 William CLINTON   .5 Bye  

Round 2

Bd White Total Result Black Total
1 Derek McCORMACK 1 .5-.5 John McBRIDE 1
2 Donald HERON 1 .5-.5 Gordon DAVIES 1
3 Simon BATE 1 0-1 Gary McPHEATOR 1
4 William CLINTON .5 .5-.5 Stephen SMITH .5
5 Craig PETRIE 0 0-1 Keith HOBAN 0
6 Dick HEATHWOOD 0 0-1 Paul CONNELLY 0

Round 3

Bd White Total Result Black Total
1 Gary McPHEATOR 2 1-0 Donald HERON 1.5
2 Gordon DAVIES 1.5 1-0 Derek McCORMACK 1.5
3 John McBRIDE 1.5 .5-.5 William CLINTON 1
4 Paul CONNELLY 1 0-1 Simon BATE 1
5 Keith HOBAN 1 0-1 Stephen SMITH .5
6 Craig PETRIE 0 .5-.5 Dick HEATHWOOD 0

Round 4

Bd White Total Result Black Total
1 John McBRIDE 2.5 1-0 Gary McPHEATOR 3
2 Simon BATE 2 1-0 Gordon DAVIES 2.5
3 Stephen SMITH 1.5 .5-.5 Derek McCORMACK 1.5
4 Donald HERON 1.5 1-0 Paul CONNELLY 1
5 William CLINTON 1 1-0 Craig PETRIE .5
6 Richard HEATHWOOD .5 .5-.5 Keith HOBAN 1

John McBride - Gary McPheator [D90]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 g6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.h3 Bg7 6.Bf4 0-0 7.e3 Nbd7 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Nxd5 cxd5 10.Qd2 a6 11.Rc1 Kh8 12.Bd3 f6 13.0-0 e5 14.dxe5 fxe5 15.Bg5 Qb6 16.e4 d4 17.Rc2 Nc5 18.Be7 Nxe4 19.Bxe4 Rf7 20.Qb4 Qxb4 21.Bxb4 Bf5 22.Ng5 Rd7 23.Rfc1 Bf6 24.Rc8+ Rxc8 25.Rxc8+ Rd8 26.Nf7+ Kg7 27.Nxd8 Bxc8 28.Nxb7 h6 29.Kf1 g5 30.g4 h5 31.f3 hxg4 32.hxg4 Bd7 33.Ke1 Kf7 34.Nd6+ Kg7 35.Nf5+ Kf7 36.Bd5+ Ke8 37.Nd6+ Kd8 38.Ne4 Be7 39.Bxe7+ Kxe7 40.Nxg5 Kd6 41.Bc4 Bb5 42.Nf7+ 1-0

Round 5

Bd White Total Result Black Total
1 Simon BATE 3 1-0 John McBRIDE 3.5
2 Gary McPHEATOR 3 0-1 Gordon DAVIES 2.5
3 Stephen SMITH 2 .5-.5 Donald HERON 2.5
4 Keith HOBAN 1.5 .5-.5 William CLINTON 2
5 Derek McCORMACK 2 1-0 Richard HEATHWOOD 1
6 Paul CONNELLY 1 1-0 Craig PETRIE .5

S Bate - J McBride [D37]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Qa5 7.Nd2 Bb4 8.Qc2 0-0 9.Bd3 dxc4 10.Nxc4 Qd5 11.0-0 Bxc3 12.Qxc3 c5 13.Rad1 cxd4 14.exd4 b5 15.Ne3 Qb7 16.Rfe1 Nb6 17.Be5 Nbd5 18.Qc2 Nb4 19.Qe2 Nxd3 20.Rxd3 Nd5 21.Nxd5 Qxd5 22.Bxg7 Kxg7 23.Qg4+ Kf6 24.Re5 Ke7 25.Rxd5 exd5 26.Qg5+ Kd6 27.Qe5+ Kc6 28.Rc3+ Kb6 29.Qd6+ 1-0

Round 6

Bd White Total Result Black Total
1 Donald HERON 3 .5-.5 Simon BATE 4
2 Gordon DAVIES 3.5 0-1 John McBRIDE 3.5
3 Derek McCORMACK 3 1-0 Gary McPHEATOR 3
4 Richard HEATHWOOD  1 1-0 William CLINTON 2.5
5 Craig PETRIE .5 0-1 Stephen SMITH 2.5
6 Paul CONNELLY 2 .5-.5 Keith HOBAN 2

Round 7

Bd White Total Result Black Total
1 Simon BATE  4.5 1-0 Derek McCORMACK 4
2 John McBRIDE 4.5 0-1 Donald HERON 3.5
3 Keith HOBAN 2.5 .5-.5 Gordon DAVIES 3.5
4 Stephen SMITH 3.5 1-0 Richard HEATHWOOD 2
5 Gary McPHEATOR 3 1-0 Craig PETRIE .5
6 William CLINTON 2.5 1-0 Paul CONNELLY 2.5

Simon Bate - Derek McCormack [A80]
1.d4 f5 2.Bg5 Nf6 3.Nf3 Ne4 4.e3 Nxg5 5.Nxg5 e6 6.h4 b6 7.d5 Be7 8.dxe6 Bxg5 9.exd7+ Bxd7 10.hxg5 Qxg5 11.Nc3 Be6 12.Qf3 c6 13.Nb5 Qe7 14.Nd4 0-0 15.Nxe6 Qxe6 16.b3 b5 17.Bxb5 Qf6 18.Bc4+ Kh8 19.Ke2 h6 20.Rad1 a5 21.Rd4 Na6 22.Qf4 Ra7 23.Rd6 1-0

Under 1800 Championship

Champion: Simon Bate 5½/7; 2nd= John McBride, Stephen Smith, Donald Heron 4½; 5th= Gary McPheator, Derek McCormack, Gordon Davies 4; 8th William Clinton 3½, 9th Keith Hoban 3; 10th Paul Connelly; 11th Dick Heathwood; 12th Craig Petrie ½.