After 25 years of being held at Torquay’s Riviera Centre, circumstances forced a change of venue for this year, reverting to the Toorak Hotel, just over the road.
The Open Section was contested right up to the very last minute, with Alan Brusey and Steve Homer on top board, battling it out in a game of swinging fortunes in an otherwise empty room. In a complex endgame, it came down to Homer’s rook & knight facing a rook and 4 pawns. He managed to give up the knight for 3 pawns, but the 4th proved too much. In the end his flag fell in a lost position.
Alan Brusey thus won the Open and accepted the offer of a place in the 2014 British Championship in Wales.
The full list of prizewinners is as follows:-
| Open | Name | Grd | Club | pts | |
| 1st | A. W. Brusey | 181 | Teignmouth | 4 | £250 |
| 2nd= | J. K. Stephens | 190 | Exmouth | 3½ | £125 |
| S. J. Homer | 188 | Newton Abbot | 3½ | £125 | |
| GPs | |||||
| U-186 | B. Macreamoinn | 178 | Salisbury | 3 | £30 |
| U-174 | M. Shaw | 172 | Exmouth | 3 | £15 |
| T. Slade | 162 | Barnstaple | 3 | £15 | |
| Major | |||||
| (U-170) | |||||
| 1st= | B. O’Gorman | 154 | DHSS | 4 | £74 |
| R. Greatorex | 155 | Llangollen | 4 | £74 | |
| D. Cordner | 168 | Cosham | 4 | £74 | |
| GPs | |||||
| U-159 | A. Dunn | 157 | Torquay | 3½ | £30 |
| U-149 | C. E. Keen | 140 | Exeter | 3½ | £30 |
| Inter | |||||
| (U-140) | |||||
| 1st | T. V. Greenaway | 130 | Torquay | 4½ | |
| 2nd= | P. Brackner | 135 | Dorchester | 3½ | £28 |
| M. Hill | 134 | Liskeard | 3½ | £28 | |
| S. Woolgar | 130 | Hanham | 3½ | £28 | |
| GPs | |||||
| (U-130 | K. Langmaid | 123 | Yate | 3½ | £28 |
| R Ludlow | 124 | Trowbridge | 3½ | £28 | |
| (U-123) | R. Whittington | 122 | Exeter Juniors | 3 | £30 |
| Minor | |||||
| (U-120) | |||||
| 1st= | C. Gardiner | 113 | Newmarket | 4 | £60 |
| W. Pope | 107 | Liseard | 4 | £60 | |
| P. McConnell | 107 | St. Albans | 4 | £60 | |
| D. Saint | u/g | Patchway | 4 | £60 | |
| GPs | |||||
| (U-108) | E. Kelly | 105 | Exeter Juniors | £30 | |
| (U-101) | D. Healey | 95 | Watford | £10 | |
| C. Bennett | 100 | Portsmouth | £10 | ||
| J. Carr | 79 | Berkhemsted | £10 | ||
The top 2 sections - Annetts V Wilby nearest.
Minor Section (l) & Intermediate
Bd. 1 in the Open - Brusey VS Homer. The game finished in an empty hall with a win for White, after many vicissitudes.
Stephens V Shaw - clubmates, but no other pairing options were available.
Thynne (r) got a winning position but failed to capitalise and Charlie Keen needed no encouragement to hit back and win.