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11 Aug 2011

- Champions 2011

 

U-180 Champion James M Foster
U-180 Champion Jasper Tambini
U-140 Champion Richard L Bowman
U-140 Champion Simon Watson
U-11 Champion Yang-Jian Zhou
U-11 Girl Champion Eva Ressel
U-11 Girl Champion Beatrice Steele
U-8 Champion Aditya Verma
U-8 Girl Champion Aishwarya Lutchman-Singh
U-13 Champion Ananthanarayan Balaji
U-13 Girl Champion Cosima C Keen
U-16 Champion Craig Whitfield
U-15 Champion Oskar A Hackner
U-15 Champion Marcus Harvey
U-16 Girl Champion Megan Owens
U-16 Girl Champion Ali Roy
U-15 Girl Champion Radha Jain
U-9 Champion Anthony Zhang
U-9 Girl Champion Stephanie du Toit
U-10 Champion Akshaya Kalaiyalahan
U-10 Boy Champion Anthony Zhang
U-12 Champion Matthew Wadsworth
U-12 Girl Champion Cosima C Keen
U-14 Champion Roy Zhang
U-14 Girl Champion Louise Head
U-14 Girl Champion Katherine Shepherd
U-160 Champion Roger Greatorex
U-160 Champion Mark A Reynolds
U-120 Champion Shirdel Khosroabadi
Senior Champion David Anderton
British Champion Michael Adams
British Woman Champion Jovanka Houska
U-21 Champion David Howell
U-18 Champion Yang-Fan Zhou
U-18 Girl Champion Sheila Dines
English Champion Michael Adams
English Champion Nigel Short
English Woman Champion Jovanka Houska

 

09 Aug 2011

- Winners 2011

 

Mickey Adams and Nigel Short shared first place on 8½/11 with Mickey winning the two game rapid play-off for the title 1½-½. Gawain Jones and Jonathan Hawkins (second GM norm) finished on 8 and Danny Gormally, David Howell and Nick Pert finished on 7½. Jovanka Houska became British and English Womens Champion with 7/11 whilst David Howell became British Under 21 Champion, Yang-Fan Zhou under 18 champion and Sheila Dines under 18 girls champion.

Results from other sections:

Seniors: 1st David Anderton 6½/7
Under 16: 1st Craig Whitfield 6/7
Under 14: 1st Roy Zhang 5½/7
Under 13: 1st Ananthanarayan Balaji 5½/7
Under 12: 1st Matthew Wadsworth 7/7
Under 11: 1st Yang-Jian Zhou 6/7
Under 10: 1st Akshaya Kalaiyalahan 6/7
Under 9: 1st Anthony Zhang 6/7
Under 8: 1st Aditya Verma 5½/6

In addition, the following prizes were awarded within the sections above:

Under 16 girl: Megan Owens & Ali Roy
Under 15 open: Oscar A Hackner & Marcus Harvey
Under 15 girl: Radha Jain
Under 14 girl: Louise Head & Katherine Shepherd
Under 13 girl: Cosima Keen
Under 12 girl: Cosima Keen
Under 11 girl: Eva Ressel & Beatrice Steele
Under 10 boy: Anthony Y Zhang
Under 9 girl: Stephanie du Toit
Under 8 girl: Aishwarya Lutchman-Singh

Major Open: 1st= Arne Hagesaether, John Sugden & Nicholas Tavoularis 8/11
5 Day Morning Week 1: 1st Akash Jain 4½/5
5 Day Afternoon Week 1: 1st Christopher Doran 4/5
5 Day Morning Week 2: 1st= David Graham, Stephen Mitchell & Andrew Smith 4/5
5 Day Afternoon Week 2: 1st Andrew Smith 5/5
Under 180: 1st= James M Foster & Jasper Tambini 4/5
Under 160: 1st= Roger Greatorex & Mark Reynolds 4½/5
Under 140: 1st= Richard Bowman & Simon Watson 4½/5.
Under 120: 1st= Shirdel Khosroabadi 4½/5
Weekend Atkins: 1st= John Carleton, Robert Newton & Stephen Orton 4/5
Weekend Soanes (U150/1700): 1st Richard Desmedt 5/5
Weekend Yates (U125/1450): 1st Pavan Murali 4½/5
Rapidplay 1: 1st Danny Gormally 5½/6
Rapidplay 2: 1st James Adair 5½/6

 

06 Aug 2011

- GM Mickey Adams is British Champion 2011. Mickey Adams and Nigel Short are joint winners of the Tony Miles English Championship 2011.

06 Aug 2011

- IM Jovanka Houska British Womens Champion 2011. Jovanka is also English Womens Champion 2011.

06 Aug 2011

- Mickey Adams has beaten Nigel Short 1½/½ in the Championship play-off.

04 Aug 2011

- Reminder: The main prizegiving will take place on Saturday morning at 9.30am in the Sports Hall.

04 Aug 2011

- A list of prizewinners from week 1 including the weekender events is here.

03 Aug 2011

- Rd9: wins Adams, Howell, Wells, Gordon, Summerscale  ... more results here.

02 Aug 2011

- Rd8: Short ½-½ Adams, Jones 1-0 Howell, Houska 0-1 Pert N, Hawkins 1-0 Conquest ... more results here.

02 Aug 2011

- MP Meg Munn visits the British Championships.

01 Aug 2011

- The final list of entries is here - 966 @ 1st August.

27 Jul 2011

- Wins today for Howell, Gordon, Adams, Hebden, Short, Williams ... full details.

27 Jul 2011

- Rds 1&2 PGN for the British are here.

25 Jul 2011

- You can keep up date with the pairings and results of all the active events here. Postings are made to the
    site as soon as details are made available.

25 Jul 2011

- Round 1 got off to a good start with ECF President CJ de Mooi making the ceremonial first move in the game
    between Mickey Adams and Deitar Kolbus on board 1. 

25 Jul 2011

- CJ de Mooi took part in a radio interview this morning all about Championships on BBC Radio Sheffield at
    8.35am. Click to listen (move the slider to 1:38.00) to hear the discussion (9 mins).

24 Jul 2011

- Round 1 pairings  for the British, Major Open, U180, 140 and 5 Day am events are now online.

24 Jul 2011

- The latest list of entries is here - 866 @ 24th July.

22 Jul 2011

- CJ de Mooi will be doing an early morning interview on Monday 25th July about the British Championships on BBC Radio Sheffield, 7.30-8.30am. Click to listen and see schedule.

12 Jul 2011

- A special documentary showing of 'Bobby Fischer against the World' has been arranged. [click for details]

12 Jul 2011

- Click to see the most recently published list of 2011 qualifiers - with thanks to Neville Belinfante.
28 Jun 2011   The £100 Littlewood prize for the most brilliant game played by an U18 Junior is available again this year.

31 May 2011

- Northern Lights. Britain’s top players will be turning out for the strongest domestic event for a decade.

28 Apr 2011

- Congress Secretary and Principal Arbiter Roger Edwards took part in Channel 4's Countdown Game Show.

22 Mar 2011

- Darwin Strategic have generously agreed to sponsor the 2011 British Chess Championships.

27 Feb 2011

- Marcus Harvey of Bicester Chess Club has secured his place in the British Championship.

17 Feb 2011

- The 2011 Schedule of Events is online.

16 Feb 2011

- The 2011 entry form is now available. Also see the conditions of entry which you should read.

10 Feb 2011

- Some new information is available about accommodation at Victoria Hall in Sheffield.

04 Jan 2011

- The official accommodation booking system for the Championships is now online.

27 Aug 2010

- The 2011 Qualifying Regulations - 'How to Qualify in 2011' (Sheffield) are available.

26 Aug 2010

- The website for 2011 is LIVE
     

 

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