Official site: http://www.britishchess09.com/
BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIP (75 players)
Here are some of the top seeds:
HOWELL, David W L, 2614g; CONQUEST, Stuart, 2572g; JONES, Gawain C, 2554g; GORDON, Stephen, 2537g; WILLIAMS, Simon K, 2527g; ARKELL, Keith C, 2521g; WELLS, Peter, 2498g; GORMALLY, Daniel, 2490g; TRENT, Lawrence, 2471m; HEBDEN, Mark, 2468g; SUMMERSCALE, Aaron, 2454g; GREET, Andrew N, 2443m; COBB, James, 2432m (WLS); PALLISER, Richard JD, 2413m; BUCKLEY, Graeme, 2398m; HOUSKA, Jovanka, 2392m; KOLBUS, Dietmar, 2383m (GER); LANE, Gary, 2379m (AUS); etc.
The 96th British Chess Championships will take place on July 26 – August 8, 2009 at Torquay.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Who’s the strongest British player today?
Susan wheres the short guy? oh well i guess Britians got talent! Can they sing?
Why aren’t participating Nigel Short,Michael Adams and Luke J McShane,?
Not enough prize money. They used to play when first prize was £10000 ($15000) but now its half that