The 95th British Championship is in the final stage. After round 8 (of 11), GMs Conquest, Lalic and IM Gordon are tied for the lead. Here are the leaders: 1 Conquest, Stuart ENG g 2536 62 Gordon, Stephen ENG m 2508 63 Lalic, Bogdan CRO g 2533 64 Arkell, Keith ENG g 2506 5½5 Eggleston, […]
Aagaard’s tournament

Speelman on ChessJonathan SpeelmanSunday August 19, 2007The Observer Many congratulations to the new British Champion: the Danish born Scottish IM Jacob Aagaard, who battled his way to tournament victory in Great Yarmouth last Friday, with the characteristically messy win as Black against Glenn Flear, below. I left you last week with just that final round […]
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 […]
LIVE games from the 2007 British Championship

With 2 rounds to go at the British Championship, GM-elect Aagaard leads by 1/2 point over IM Haslinger and a full point over the rest of the field. A win today will put him in a very strong position to win the championship. Click here to view the LIVE games. Chess Daily News from Susan […]
Aagaard leads 2007 British Championship

The 94th Championships of the British Isles is organised by the English Chess Federation. It is taking place from Sunday 29th July to Saturday 11th August – Great Yarmouth College, Great Yarmouth Standings after 9 rounds: 1. Aagaard 7½ points2. Haslinger 73-11. Rowson, Conquest, Hebden, Flear, Kosten, Williams, Pert, Rudd, Storey 6 Here is the […]
IM Aagaard leads British Championship

IM Jacob Aagaard scores 6.5 points in 7 games to lead the 2007 British Championship. His sole draw was against the defending champion GM Jonathan Rowson. 1 Aagaard, Jacob……….. SCO m 2467 6½ 2 Haslinger, Stewart G….. ENG m 2468 5½ 3 Flear, Glenn C……….. ENG g 2479 5 4 Gordon, Stephen………. ENG m 2487 […]
2007 British Championship

The 94th Championships of The British Isles is organised by the English Chess Federation. It is taking place from Sunday July 28 to Saturday August 11 at Great Yarmouth College in Great Yarmouth. After 4 rounds, there are only 2 perfect scores. Top Boards Round 5 Pairings: 1 Pert, Nicholas 2536 (4) – Aagaard, Jacob […]
2007 British Championship

The 2007 British Championship is taking place from July 29 to August 11 at Great Yarmouth College in Great Yarmouth. Click here to see LIVE games. Here is the website: http://www.bcfservices.org.uk/livechess/british/2007/championship.htm Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar