Aagaard wins British Championship

With the White pieces in round 10 while leading the tournament, Jacob Aagaard went all out and lost to IM Stephen Gordon. In the last round, IM Gordon had white against GM Kosten while IM Aagaard had black against GM Flear. Gordon drew and Aagard won, giving him the 2007 British Championship crown. He sure did not do it the easy way.

Here are the final standings:

1 Aagaard, Jacob SCO 2467 8.5

2 Gordon, Stephen ENG 2487 8.0
3 Rowson, Jonathan W SCO 2599 8.0

4 Haslinger, Steward G ENG 2468 7.5
5 Hebden, Mark ENG 2540 7.5
6 Howell, David W L ENG 2519 7.5
7 Kosten, Anthony FRA 2508 7.5

Here is the complete crosstable.