1954 Bognor Regis: Stevenson Memorial, Wednesday 21 April - Saturday 1 May • 1953 «»1955
Venue: Southdean Sports Club, Middleton-on-Sea

1954 Stevenson Memorial, Bognor Regis		Resid.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	Leonard W Barden	Croydon	♦ ½/5	◊ 1/16	♦ ½/6	◊ 1/17	♦ ½/7	◊ 1/3	◊ 0/2	♦ 1/10	◊ 1/4	◊ 1/9	7½
2	Alberic O'Kelly de Galway	Belgium	◊ ½/4	◊ 1/5	♦ ½/17	◊ ½/6	♦ 1/16	◊ ½/7	♦ 1/1	◊ 1/3	♦ ½/9	♦ 1/11	7½
3	Miroslav Radojcic	Yugoslavia	◊ 1/18	◊ ½/8	♦ 1/4	♦ 1/10	◊ ½/11	♦ 0/1	◊ 1/14	♦ 0/2	◊ 1/6	♦ ½/5	6½
4	Jan Hein Donner	Netherlands	♦ ½/2	♦ 1/21	◊ 0/3	♦ 1/8	◊ ½/12	♦ ½/9	♦ 1/7	◊ 1/5	♦ 0/1	◊ 1/13	6½
5	Donald G Mackay	Balham	♦ ½/1	♦ 0/2	◊ 1/15	♦ 1/26	◊ 1/9	♦ 1/10	◊ ½/6	♦ 0/4	♦ 1/16	◊ ½/3	6½
6	Robert Graham Wade	Ilford / NZL	◊ ½/21	♦ 1/22	◊ ½/1	♦ ½/2	◊ 1/8	♦ 1/11	♦ ½/5	◊ ½/9	♦ 0/3	◊ ½/7	6
7	Otto Friedman	London	◊ 1/20	♦ 1/26	◊ ½/10	♦ ½/9	◊½/1	♦ ½/2	◊ 0/4	♦ 1/14	◊ ½/11	♦ ½/6	6
8	Baruch H Wood	Sutton Coldfield	◊ 1/14	♦ ½/3	◊ ½/12	◊ 0/4	♦ 0/6	◊ 1/13	♦ 1/18	◊ 0/11	♦ 1/17	◊ 1/16	6
9	Peter Hugh Clarke	Ilford	♦ ½/11	◊ 1/27	♦ 1/13	◊ ½/7	♦ 0/5	◊ ½/4	◊ 1/16	♦ ½/6	◊ ½/2	♦ 0/1	5½
10	Dr Stefan Fazekas	Buckhurst Hill	♦ 1/19	◊ 1/13	♦ ½/7	◊ 0/3	♦ 1/18	◊ 0/5	♦ ½/11	◊ 0/1	♦ ½/12	◊ 1/17	5½
11	Jonathan Penrose	Hampstead	◊ ½/9	♦ 1/24	◊ 1/26	♦ ½/12	♦ ½/3	◊ 0/6	◊ ½/10	♦ 1/8	♦ ½/7	◊ 0/2	5½
12	John G Brogden	Wakefield	♦ 1/23	◊ ½/17	♦ ½/8	◊ ½/11	♦ ½/4	♦ 0/14	◊ ½/15	♦ ½/13	◊ ½/10	◊ ½/18	5
13	Reginald William Stevenson	Redhill	♦ 1/15	♦ 0/10	◊ 0/9	♦ ½/20	◊ 1/24	♦ 0/8	♦ 1/22	◊ ½/12	◊ 1/14	♦ 0/4	5
14	Wilfred Evans	Chorleywood	♦ 0/8	◊ 1/20	♦ 1/23	◊ 0/16	♦ 1/17	◊ 1/12	♦ 0/3	◊ 0/7	♦ 0/13	◊ 1/25	5
15	Percival Arthur Cooke	Mitcham	♦ 0/13	♦ ½/19	♦ 0/5	♦ ½/21	◊ 1/25	◊ 1/23	♦ ½/12	◊ 0/16	♦ ½/18	◊ 1/22	5
16	Arthur R Spiller	USA	◊ ½/24	♦ 0/1	◊ 1/22	♦ 1/14	◊ 0/2	◊ 1/18	♦ 0/9	♦ 1/15	◊ 0/5	♦ 0/8	4½
17	W Wanner	Austria	◊ 1/25	♦ ½/12	◊ ½/2	♦ 0/1	◊ 0/14	♦ ½/19	◊ 1/24	♦ 1/23	◊ 0/8	♦ 0/10	4½
18	Harry Gethin Thorp Matchett	Birmingham	♦ 0/3	1/bye	◊ ½/24	♦ 1/19	◊ 0/10	♦ 0/16	◊ 0/8	♦ 1/20	◊ ½/15	♦ ½/12	4½
19	Oliver Cordery Gardiner	Dover	◊ 0/10	♦ ½/15	◊ 1/21	◊ 0/18	♦ ½/22	◊ ½/17	♦ 0/23	◊ ½/26	♦ 1/25	♦ ½/20	4½
20	M Biggs	London	♦ 0/7	♦ 0/14	◊ ½/25	◊ ½/13	♦ 0/23	◊ 1/21	♦ 1/26	◊ 0/18	♦ ½/22	◊ ½/19	4
21	Bryan J Benjamin	Barnet	♦ ½/6	◊ 0/4	♦ 0/19	◊ ½/15	♦ ½/26	♦ 0/20	◊ 1/25	◊ ½/22	◊ ½/23	♦ ½/24	4
22	B W Barrett	Rustington	♦ ½/27	◊ 0/6	♦ 0/16	♦ ½/25	◊ ½/19	♦ 1/24	◊ 0/13	♦ ½/21	◊ ½/20	♦ 0/15	3½
23	John Crittenden Thompson	Oxford	◊ 0/12	♦ 1/25	◊ 0/14	♦ 0/24	◊ 1/20	♦ 0/15	◊ 1/19	◊ 0/17	♦ ½/21	♦ 0/26	3½
24	Brian Gluss	London	♦ ½/16	◊ 0/11	♦ ½/18	◊ 1/23	♦ 0/13	◊ 0/22	♦ 0/17	♦ 0/25	◊ 1/26	◊ ½/21	3½
25	W Partington	Stroud	♦ 0/17	◊ 0/23	♦ ½/20	◊ ½/22	♦ 0/15	◊ 1/26	♦ 0/21	◊ 1/24	◊ 0/19	♦ 0/14	3
26	Arthur T Watson	Brighton	1/bye	◊ 0/7	♦ 0/11	◊ 0/5	◊ ½/21	♦ 0/25	◊ 0/20	♦ ½/19	♦ 0/24	◊ 1/23	3
27	P Hamburger	London	◊ ½/22	♦ 0/9	withdrew								½ / 2

Ugo Cala (Italy) did not appear. Defaults were entered against him in rounds 1 and 2 only. Full results in CHESS, June 1954, ppn 134-135.

BCM, June 1954, p196 (with corrections from the July issue, p214)

BOGNOR REGIS, 1954

Mr. Meek, the Southern Counties’ controller, truly spoke of this congress as “a sparkling success.” Mr. J. N. Lomax organized for success and thoroughly achieved his aim. In the main event, the Stevenson Memorial Tournament, there was a strong foreign entry in spite of the late withdrawals of Simonovitch (Yugoslavia) and Cala (Italy) owing to visa troubles.

It was a triumph for Barden to come out equal first with O’Kelly de Galway, the Belgian Champion. It made Barden, as leading home competitor, the S.C.C.U. Champion, and promises well for his prospects as member of the British team in the coming Olympics at Buenos Aires. Donner seemed tired after his recent Dutch Championship victory ahead of Euwe. Thus, against Radojcic he relaxed when he had a winning game with three united passed pawns on the Queen’s side, and allowed his opponent to carry out a mating attack. Barden, in a Ruy Lopez, sacrificed a Knight for a pawn to expose the Black King. Donner defended well, retaining the piece, when he blundered away the exchange and another pawn, to lose the ending. Wade had moments which recalled his best form, as in a crisp win in 28 moves over Wood. Penrose can readily show better results. He made a speculative Rook sacrifice on the 9th move against Wade, underestimating his opponent’s defence resources, and succumbed. Mackay’s meritorious position in such company was noteworthy and deserved. There was the usual time-trouble, but Fazekas and Friedman, in their game, combined in a successful attack on the clock provided. The social and the informal gatherings, the simultaneous displays, the lightning tournaments—all contributed to the enjoyableness of a delightful congress.

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1954 SCCU [Southern Counties’ Chess Union] Boys’ Championship: (1-2) [Michael?] McDonald Ross (London), Michael Edward Ventham (Southampton) 7; (3) W Turner (Shoreham) 5½; (4-5) John A Henley (Taunton), B G Turrell (Shoreham) [no score given]; (6-7) Keith E Stanley, P W Haddock (both Ilford) 4 ; (8-9) S Harding (Ipswich), D W Greig (London) 3; (10) (Rex) Frank T Wood (Bognor) 1½.

1954 SCCU [Southern Counties Chess Union] Girls’ Championship.—(1) Margaret Eileen Elizabeth Wood (Sutton Coldfield) 3½; (2) Margaret Wood (Bicester) 1½ (only competitors - they played a five-game match).

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10-day Major: (1) James E Pattle (Guildford) 7; (2-4) A F Mitchell (Wimbledon), George Arthur Peck (Rugby), Patrick Humphreys Sullivan (Dartford) 6; (5-7) William Nicholas Savile Calvert (Ockley), D Gould (Leicester), John James O'Hanlon (Dublin) 5½; (8) C R Purley (Bognor) 5; (9-10) E A Dubois (Bognor), T E Barnett (London); (11) S Clegg (Bognor) 4; (12-13) Gregory Owen J Melitus (London), John Spedan Lewis (Stockbridge) 3½; (14) J D Sayle (Epsom) 2½; (15) C G Homan (Ockley) 2.

J Spedan Lewis, Chairman of the John Lewis Partnership, etc., played all his games at his hotel, conveying opponents there and back in his chauffeured Rolls-Royce He donated £25 to the Congress funds.

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7-day Premier: (1) Ronald A Fuller 5½; (2) Alan Edgar Nield 4½; (3-4) D M Polley, Lionel James Dent 4. The last-round game Polley v Nield which started at 9-30 a.m on the last day of the congress, finished at 9-30 p.m., 6½ hours after the prize-giving!

7-day Major: (1) George Harold Foster Tredinnick 6; (2-3) Alexander Schofield, Arthur Leonard Levitt Winters 5; (4) Joseph John Lauder 4; (5) William Thomas Sugg 3; (6-7) F E Tanner, P H Newing 2; (8) R E Martin 1.

7-day First-class: (1) C M Hales 6½; (2-3) H B Howard, A C Cubey 4; (4-5) G H Green, F W Appleby 3½; (6) Harry Starbuck Littlechild 3; (7) D F Chandler 2; (8) J Collins 1½.

7-day Second Class: (1) J W Godfrey 6; (2) F Curtis 5½; (3) D E Russell 4; (4) E L Bowring 3½; (5-6) Miss Cicely Grace Snead, H F Stevens 2½; (7-8) L Vollum, L W Grumbley 2.

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5-day Premier: (1-2) Alan Edgar Nield, Harold Dobson Wells 4½.

5-day Major: (1) D J Groen/D G Green 5 (the only 100% score in the congress); (2-3) Edward Frank Fairbrother, G W Smith 3.

Results from CHESS, June 1954.

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File Updated

Date	Notes
3 June 2022	First upload, with five games from the Stevenson Memorial and 1 from a subsidiary section.
15 May 2023	The game Donner-Radojcic already appeared here but with only 35 moves. The complete 45-move game score is now available. The crosstable is now complete as regards colours.
20 May 2024	Added the game R.Fuller 1-0 R.E.James (7-Day Premier)