HDCA Junior Individual Championship 1970

It is now more than fifty years since I first entered an individual chess championship. The

Hull & District Chess Association Junior Individual Championship 1970 was organised by R.P. Ross and scheduled to take place on 4th and 11th December at Carron House, 78,

Beverley Road, Hull – at that time the home of Hull Chess Club. The building was either

owned or rented by the Amalgamated Engineering Union but is now residential

accommodation divided into flats. I cannot recall the number of entrants but assume that the figure was less than 16 as the event took the form of a 4 round Swiss tournament. To the best of my knowledge, all of the competitors were in the 16 to 18 years age range and attending local grammar schools or Hymers College. Each round lasted 1½ hours and my records suggest that a time control of 32 moves in ¾ hour was in operation. Unfinished games were adjudicated by the organiser...

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