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| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Adams vs A Dunnington |
| ½-½ | 65 | 1988 | British Championship | B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening |
| 2. Hodgson vs G Morrison |
| ½-½ | 30 | 1988 | British Championship | A47 Queen's Indian |
| 3. W N Watson vs M Hennigan |
| ½-½ | 19 | 1988 | British Championship | B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack |
| 4. G Flear vs A Mortazavi |
| ½-½ | 24 | 1988 | British Championship | A57 Benko Gambit |
| 5. A Muir vs M Pein |
| ½-½ | 31 | 1988 | British Championship | A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) |
| 6. G Oswald vs S Bell |
| ½-½ | 60 | 1988 | British Championship | A00 Uncommon Opening |
| 7. M Orr vs S Singh |
| ½-½ | 27 | 1988 | British Championship | A61 Benoni |
| 8. R Freeman vs N McDonald |
| ½-½ | 15 | 1988 | British Championship | C00 French Defense |
| 9. S Lalic vs D Knox |
 | ½-½ | 66 | 1988 | British Championship | C45 Scotch Game |
| 10. J Poulton vs A L Mack |
| ½-½ | 14 | 1988 | British Championship | D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch |
| 11. C Pritchett vs S Jackson |
| ½-½ | 28 | 1988 | British Championship | A20 English |
| 12. G Morrison vs W N Watson |
| ½-½ | 53 | 1988 | British Championship | B39 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation |
| 13. M Hennigan vs Hodgson |
| ½-½ | 45 | 1988 | British Championship | B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange |
| 14. C Beaumont vs J Howell |
| ½-½ | 22 | 1988 | British Championship | E97 King's Indian |
| 15. D King vs G Crawley |
| ½-½ | 46 | 1988 | British Championship | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 16. L Cooper vs M Lyell |
| ½-½ | 18 | 1988 | British Championship | A25 English |
| 17. I Rogers vs J Cooper |
| ½-½ | 29 | 1988 | British Championship | B82 Sicilian, Scheveningen |
| 18. A Kosten vs R Bellin |
| ½-½ | 66 | 1988 | British Championship | C55 Two Knights Defense |
| 19. F J Kwiatkowski vs M Pein |
| ½-½ | 46 | 1988 | British Championship | C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 20. R Bellin vs D King |
| ½-½ | 13 | 1988 | British Championship | B50 Sicilian |
| 21. J Howell vs D Knox |
| ½-½ | 88 | 1988 | British Championship | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 22. P K Wells vs D B Lund |
| ½-½ | 27 | 1988 | British Championship | A04 Reti Opening |
| 23. P Large vs S Singh |
| ½-½ | 23 | 1988 | British Championship | B72 Sicilian, Dragon |
| 24. S Jackson vs L Cooper |
| ½-½ | 30 | 1988 | British Championship | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 25. J Gallagher vs G Morrison |
| ½-½ | 25 | 1988 | British Championship | B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation |
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| May-07-24 | | Olavi: When Mestel won the British in 1988, in his victory speech he thanked the Hastings town council for their hospitality. Nice of him, except he had just spent two weeks playing in Blackpool. As reported by Danny King in New in Chess 7/1989. |
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| May-07-24 | | Olavi: In 1988 Mestel wrote the report for NIC himself. He did not consider it necessary to mention that. Next year King did it on his behalf. |
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| May-07-24 | | Muttley101: Olavi, do you know the reason Mestel was deselected from The Glorney Cup England team? It's another British ch story. |
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| May-07-24 | | Olavi: <Muttley101> No, I do not know. He was not a professional player. Perhaps they wanted to give the pros preference? |
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| May-07-24 | | Olavi: He had a teaching job at the uni. In Germany such things happened in the earlier years - but this is pure speculation. |
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May-08-24
 | | Sally Simpson: The only thing I have close to Mestel is planning to go to a tournament in Motherwell (about 40 miles from Edinburgh) I took the wrong train and ended up in Newcastle, a completely different country. And once as captain I dragged 5 players including myself to an away league match on the other side of the city when we should have been playing at home. We lost 6-0 by default. Also...I organised a weekend tournament. I gave out the wrong date. On the Friday night there was me, two controllers and two players to play a five round tournament. The two players played one game that night. The winner got the trophy and I had the weekend off to watch the football. |
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| May-29-24 | | Muttley101: <Olavi> The Glorney Cup was a junior event (I don't know if it still in existence), with teams of juniors from different nations playing each other. So, no pros, no professional obligations. Another time- the story is hilarious but probably not for Chessgames pages :D Sorry for the teaser :D |
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May-29-24
 | | perfidious: <Muttley101>, you are most welcome to post your tale of Mestel at my home page; sounds as though it would be interesting. |
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