The tournament was held May 26 - June 1, 1997, in celebration of the centenary of the first women's international tournament. With a line-up of five men and five women, it was a Category 6 event with an average rating of 2372, so an IM norm could be obtained with a score of 5.5/9.

The closely matched field led to a tight race ending in a tirple tie for first between Dunnington, McShane, and Kachiani-Gersinska, with Forster and Stefanove just one-half point behind.

Agency International  1997

Agency International  1997

                                               1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 
1   Angus Dunnington               2445    +3  * = = 1 = 1 = = = 1   6.0/9  25.25
2   Luke McShane                   2400   +53  = * = 0 = 1 1 = 1 1   6.0/9  23.25
3   Ketino Kachiani-Gersinska      2375   +81  = = * = = = = 1 1 1   6.0/9  23.00
4   Richard Forster                2365   +49  0 1 = * 1 = 1 1 = 0   5.5/9  25.50
5   Antoaneta Stefanova            xxxx        = = = 0 * = = 1 1 1   5.5/9  20.50
6   Susan Arkell Lalic             xxxx        0 0 = = = * 1 0 1 1   4.5/9  17.00
7   John R Richardson              2360   -27  = 0 = 0 = 0 * 1 1 1   4.5/9  15.75
8   Harriet Hunt                   2330  -119  = = 0 0 0 1 0 * 0 1   3.0/9
9   Richard Tozer                  2380  -222  = 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 * =   2.5/9
10  Marina Martsynovskaya          2300  -253  0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 = *   1.5/9
Average elo: 2335 <=> Category: 4 

Prizes

1st-3rd: Dunnington, McShane, Kachiani-Gersinska: 400 pounds each) 4th: Forster, Stfanova (50 poiunds)

Forster also achieved a IM norm

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Progressive Scores

                       1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9
1  Dunnington         0.5 1.5 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5,5 6.0
2  McShane            1.0 1.5 2.0 3.0 3,5 4.0 4.0 5.0 6.0
3  Kachiani-Gersinska 1.0 1.5 2.0 3.0 4,0 4.5 5.0 5.5 6.0
4  Forster            0.0 1.0 1.5 2.5 3.0 4.0 5.0 5.0 5.5
5  Stevanova          0.5 1.5 2.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 4,5 5.0 5.5
6  Arkell Lalic       0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 4.5
7  Richardson         0.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 2.5 3.0 3,5 3.5 4.5
8  Hunt               0.0 0.0 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 3,0
9  Tozer              0.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 2,5
10 Martsynovskaya     1.0 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1,5 1,5 1,5 1,5

Women vs. Men

                                  --------------  Kachiani-Gersinska,Ketino  2375     3.0/5
                                    |  -----------  Stefanova,Antoaneta        2415     2.5/5
                                    |  |  --------  Arkell Lalic,Susan         2405     2.5/5
                                    |  |  |  -----  Martsynovskaya,Marina      2300     1.5/5
                                    |  |  |  |  --  Hunt,Harriet               2330     1.0/5
                                    |  |  |  |  |  
 1 Dunnington,Angus           2445 1 =  =  1  1  =     3.5/5
 2 McShane,Luke               2400  =  =  1  1  =     3.5/5
 3 Richardson,John R          2360  =  =  0  1  1     3.0/5
 4 Forster,Richard            2365  =  1  =  0  1     3.0/5
 5 Tozer,Richard              2380  0  0  0  =  1     1.5/5

Men vs. Men

             1 2 3 4 5 
1 Dunnington * 1 = = = 2.5
2 Forter     0 * 1 1 = 2.5
3 McShane    = 0 * 1 1 2.5
4 Richardson = 0 0 * 1 1.5
5 Tozer      = = 0 0 * 1.0

Women vs Women

                     1 2 3 4 5 
1 Kachiani-Gersinska * = = 1 1 3.0
2 Stefanova          = * = 1 1 3.0
4 Arkell Lalic       = = * 0 1 2.0
4 Hunt               0 0 1 * 1 2.0
5 Martsynovskaya     0 0 0 0 * 0.0