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TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
British Championship Tournament

David Howell7/9(+6 -1 =2)[games]
Gawain Jones7/9(+5 -0 =4)[games]
Luke McShane7/9(+5 -0 =4)[games]
Craig A Hanley7/9(+5 -0 =4)[games]
John M Emms6.5/9(+5 -1 =3)[games]
Ameet Ghasi6.5/9(+5 -1 =3)[games]
Richard Palliser6.5/9(+5 -1 =3)[games]
Jonathan Hawkins6/9(+4 -1 =4)[games]
Nicholas Pert6/9(+5 -2 =2)[games]
James R Adair6/9(+5 -2 =2)[games]
Mark Hebden6/9(+4 -1 =4)[games]
Yang-Fan Zhou6/9(+5 -2 =2)[games]
Daniel Gormally6/9(+4 -1 =4)[games]
Lawrence Trent6/9(+5 -2 =2)[games]
Peter K Wells6/9(+5 -2 =2)[games]
Ravi Haria6/7(+5 -0 =2)[games]
David J Eggleston6/9(+3 -0 =6)[games]
Andrew P Horton6/9(+5 -2 =2)[games]
Simon Kim Williams5.5/9(+4 -2 =3)[games]
Alan B Merry5.5/9(+5 -3 =1)[games]
Keith Arkell5.5/9(+4 -2 =3)[games]
Adam Hunt5.5/9(+3 -1 =5)[games]
Jovanka Houska5.5/9(+5 -3 =1)[games]
Joseph McPhillips5.5/9(+4 -2 =3)[games]
Alexander Longson5.5/9(+5 -3 =1)[games]
Peter J Batchelor5.5/9(+4 -2 =3)[games]
Dietmar Kolbus5.5/9(+3 -1 =5)[games]
William Claridge-Hansen5.5/9(+5 -3 =1)[games]
Graham J Moore5.5/9(+5 -3 =1)[games]
Conor E Murphy5.5/9(+4 -2 =3)[games]
Chris Ward5/9(+3 -2 =4)[games]
David Zakarian5/9(+4 -3 =2)[games]
* (103 players total; 71 players not shown. Click here for longer list.)

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
British Championship (2017)

The 104th British Chess Championships took place in Llandudno, Wales, 29th July to 6th August 2017. In the British Championship (Tiebreaks) (2017), Gawain Jones beat Craig Hanley in the first round and Luke McShane in the final to take the title.

Official Site: http://www.britishchesschampionship...

Live Games: http://www.britishchesschampionship...

TWIC: http://theweekinchess.com/chessnews...

Crosstable: http://chess-results.com/tnr293939..... Results playoff semifinals: http://chess-results.com/tnr295942..... Results playoff final: http://chess-results.com/tnr295951....

Previous edition: British Championship (2016). Next: British Championship (2018)

 page 1 of 19; games 1-25 of 454  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. R Dineley vs B Hewson  1-0272017British ChampionshipB13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
2. D Howell vs G J Moore 1-01082017British ChampionshipB07 Pirc
3. C E Murphy vs G Jones 0-1652017British ChampionshipA05 Reti Opening
4. McShane vs R Coathup  1-0462017British ChampionshipA00 Uncommon Opening
5. J Moreby vs J Hawkins  0-1402017British ChampionshipC53 Giuoco Piano
6. N Pert vs D Gallagher 1-0152017British ChampionshipE10 Queen's Pawn Game
7. A Richardson vs J R Adair  0-1322017British ChampionshipD02 Queen's Pawn Game
8. M Hebden vs A P Smith  1-0302017British ChampionshipA48 King's Indian
9. D Coleman vs J Emms  0-1392017British ChampionshipB30 Sicilian
10. Y Zhou vs B Ogunshola  1-0592017British ChampionshipB07 Pirc
11. Sun Xinyue vs A Ghasi  0-1552017British ChampionshipB06 Robatsch
12. D Gormally vs A Kalaiyalahan  1-0622017British ChampionshipB27 Sicilian
13. S Jackson vs L Trent  0-1412017British ChampionshipB08 Pirc, Classical
14. S Williams vs S Maroroa 1-0322017British ChampionshipA16 English
15. M Burrows vs C Ward  0-1602017British ChampionshipC11 French
16. C Hanley vs P G M Lam  1-0532017British ChampionshipA01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack
17. S Okhai vs P K Wells  0-1392017British ChampionshipB30 Sicilian
18. A Merry vs A Stewart  1-0262017British ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
19. A Pleasants vs K Arkell  ½-½462017British ChampionshipA45 Queen's Pawn Game
20. A Hunt vs P Shaw  ½-½292017British ChampionshipB27 Sicilian
21. S Brozel vs R Palliser  0-1262017British ChampionshipA15 English
22. J Houska vs J B Willow  1-0552017British ChampionshipA70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3
23. S N Longson vs J McPhillips  0-1272017British ChampionshipC11 French
24. D Eggleston vs A Verma  1-0462017British ChampionshipB76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
25. M Waddington vs K Arakhamia-Grant  ½-½712017British ChampionshipA21 English
 page 1 of 19; games 1-25 of 454  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jul-30-17
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: Fun fact - this tournament began on my wife's and my wedding anniversary, and ends on my birthday.
Jul-30-17
Premium Chessgames Member
  chessgames.com: Well in that case, belated congratulations and early happy birthday!
Jul-30-17
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: <chessgames.com> Thank you!
Jul-31-17  PhilFeeley: Lots of familiar faces. This should be good!
Jul-31-17  morfishine: <FSR: Fun fact - this tournament began on my wife's and my wedding anniversary, and ends on my birthday> Are you lion?
Jul-31-17  morfishine: No Michael Adams?
Jul-31-17  PhilFeeley: Adams rarely plays this anymore. It's not a category 17+ event.
Jul-31-17  PhilFeeley: For some strange reason, some of the games are well underway, while others haven't even started. It would be interesting to find out why. I haven't seen the live coverage yet.
Jul-31-17
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: I have seen the players via webcam on Llandudno pier. The wind is billowing out of the seat of their breeches. John Emms looked up and said What am I doing here? He pointed to show us the deserted beaches.
Jul-31-17
Premium Chessgames Member
  keypusher: <offramp: I have seen the players via webcam on Llandudno pier. The wind is billowing out of the seat of their breeches. John Emms looked up and said What am I doing here? He pointed to show us the deserted beaches.>

Good stuff...reminds me of the end of <Prufrock>.

Happy birthday, FSR!

Jul-31-17
Premium Chessgames Member
  tamar: I love it. Gormally and Emms having to hold on to their breeches as well as their pawns. Have to find that webcam.

Prufrock, possibly, or maybe Emms was channeling Keats...

<Oh, ye! who have your eyeballs vexed and tired,

Feast them upon the wideness of the Sea;

Oh ye! whose ears are dinned with uproar rude,

Or fed too much with cloying melody---

Sit ye near some old Cavern's Mouth and brood,

Until ye start, as if the sea nymphs quired!>

1817

Jul-31-17
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: <keypusher> Thanks!

<morfishine> I am indeed a Leo.

Jul-31-17  tuttifrutty: Mc Shane will take the money and run...Bet your house on it...easy money...easier than playing the stock market...
Aug-02-17  PhilFeeley: I see our man Simon isn't doing so well. A little rusty from no play?

All those DVDs don't seem to be much help.

Aug-02-17
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: Is Howell still in the financial sector, chess is just a hobby? I certainly wouldn't give up Goldman Sachs or wherever it is he works, for tournament chess.
Aug-02-17
Premium Chessgames Member
  Troller: <HeMateMe: Is Howell still in the financial sector, chess is just a hobby?>

I think you are mixing him up with Luke McShane. Luke is in finance and plays chess "on the side".

Howell, McShane and Gawain Jones are obvious favourites here, and even if there are many strong players present it would be a surprise should anyone manage to get ahead of all those 3 mentioned. Among them, Howell is probably most consistent (at least has the highest rating which sort of suggests the same), but we know that McShane sometimes performs +2700. Meanwhile Gawain Jones - playing a lot of team games - is often capable of raking up many wins against lesser players, an ability that could prove decisive in this format.

Aug-02-17  tuttifrutty: <Is Howell still in the financial sector, chess is just a hobby? I certainly wouldn't give up Goldman Sachs or wherever it is he works, for tournament chess.>

Howell??? Lol a million times...

Stop drinking for a moment...so you can clear the foggy state of mind of yours.

Aug-02-17
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: Tooty--magnus is world champion, and your boy will probably never even win the Candidates and get a shot at MC and the WC.

Live with it.

Aug-02-17  tuttifrutty: There goes Luke, towering the British Championship...as a part time job...
Aug-06-17
Premium Chessgames Member
  ketchuplover: When are the tie-breaks? tyia
Aug-06-17  Imran Iskandar: Gawain Jones beats McShane in the final rapid match, with Jones defending a lost position to a draw in the final game to become the new British Champion.

Congratulations, Gawain!

Very well done to McShane too, who is generally considered the strongest chess amateur, as mentioned by others on this page.

Aug-06-17  JimNorCal: Howell, I believe, made it back into the top 4 but did not survive the tie breaks. He had a decent result and most wins.
Aug-06-17
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: I updated the standings table. There are a few missing games but only for the lower placed players. I found one duplicate game (slip sent), and no wrong game results! Sarah N Longson in rounds 2-9 is named Sarah N Hegarty in rd. 1. I requested Longson for rd. 1, but how to merge the two I don't know.
Aug-07-17  siggemannen: Nice work by Craig A Hanley, an IM, taking shared first price

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