Round 2 top board results Table White Score Fed. Rating Black Score Fed. Rating Result 1 IM Hawkins, Jonathan 1.0 ENG 2457 GM Adams, Michael 1.0 ENG 2715 ½-½ 2 GM Short, Nigel D 1.0 ENG 2687 IM Ledger, Andrew J 1.0 ENG 2435 ½-½ 3 IM Buckley, Graeme N 1.0 ENG 2380 GM Howell, […]
British Championship 2011
Round 1 top board results Table White Score Fed. Rating Black Score Fed. Rating Result 1 GM Adams, Michael 0.0 ENG 2715 IM Kolbus, Dietmar 0.0 GER 2335 1-0 2 FM Eggleston, David J 0.0 ENG 2318 GM Short, Nigel D 0.0 ENG 2687 0-1 3 GM Howell, David W L 0.0 ENG 2625 IM […]
1,000 chess players making their way to Sheffield
1,000 chess players make the right move to citySunday 24 July 2011 SHEFFIELD hosts the biggest annual chess festival in the UK over the next two weeks, attracting more than 1,000 players, from novice to grandmaster. The British Chess Championship, which opens at Ponds Forge Leisure Centre on Sunday, centres on the competition for the […]
Howell wins British Rapidplay Championship
Tournament ReportsOver 300 chess players gathered in the NBLC in Halifax for the big chess rapidplay weekend. A good preparation plus a good turnout saw a fine day of chess. ECF president and TV personality CJ De Mooi was in attendance along with the ECF’s Director of Home Chess, Adam Raoof. Both guests are playing […]
Growth of chess in Gibraltar
Gibraltar Represented At The British Chess Championships In Canterbury21 August 2010 The Minister for Sport and Leisure, the Hon Edwin J Reyes, is pleased to announce that as part of the support Government is providing to Chess in Gibraltar, and the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival in particular, it was arranged for a representative of the […]
Adams dominates British Championship
Final top 10 standings: Rk Name Score Fed. M/F Rating TPR W-We 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 GM Adams, Michael 9.5 ENG M 2706 2757 +0.62 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 2 GM Pert, Nicholas 8.0 ENG M 2551 2612 +0.95 1 […]
Adams wins British Championship with 1 round to spare
Leaders after 10 rounds: Rank Name Score Fed. M/F Rating TPR W-We 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 GM Adams, Michael 9.0 ENG M 2706 2810 +0.90 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 2 GM Gordon, Stephen 7.0 ENG M 2534 2503 -0.14 ½ 1 0 […]
Adams dominates British Championship
Leaders after 9 rounds: Rank Name Score Fed. M/F Rating TPR W-We 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 GM Adams, Michael 8.0 ENG M 2706 2788 +0.65 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 2 GM Gordon, Stephen 6.5 ENG M 2534 2514 +0.03 ½ 1 0 1 1 […]
Adams maintains full point lead at British Championship
Leaders after 7 rounds: Rank Name Score Fed. M/F Rating TPR W-We 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 GM Adams, Michael 6.5 ENG M 2706 2865 +0.80 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 2 GM Conquest, Stuart 5.5 ENG M 2523 2612 +0.71 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 3 GM […]
Adams retains British Championship lead
Leaders after 6 rounds: Rank Name Score Fed. M/F Rating TPR W-We 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 GM Adams, Michael 5.5 ENG M 2706 2829 +0.53 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 2 GM Pert, Nicholas 4.5 ENG M 2551 2611 +0.54 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 3 GM Gordon, Stephen J […]