22nd Blackpool Chess Conference - 6th to 8th March 1998

Held at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool (over five rounds).

Blackpool Open

1 GM M Hebden    
2 A Cherniaev   4  
3= D Bisby    
  G Buckley    
  W Giblin    
  GM J Hodgson    
  J Horner    
  B Lund    
  A Muir    
  R Phillips    

Blackpool Centenary

1 I Pendlebury    
2= R Bryant   4  
  G Chisango   4  
  R de Coverly   4  
  I Debrange   4  
  D Horsman   4  
  P Pugh   4  
  R Taylor   4  
  M Whitehead   4  

Blackpool Major

1= I Abuleela    
  D Hartley    
  I Johnson    
  A Legge    

Blackpool Intermediate (sponsored by Southbank Hotel)

1 P Howarth   5  
2= A Ashton    
  P Ramsey    

Blackpool Minor

1 S Webster   5  
2= S Fanning    
  P Gardiner    
  I O'Brien    

Blackpool Standard

1= R Hinsley   5  
  B Shorter   5  
3 G Moore    

Best Performance by a Junior Player

  D Wood   4  

Sharon Furlong Trophy Winner

  C Lusher