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The “British” Starts Tomorrow (27.07.2013.)
The British Championships at Torquay get under way tomorrow with a couple of “extra” features to whet the appetite. In the morning, titled players Keith Arkell and Gary Lane, will attempt a speed chess...
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100th British – the Preliminaries: Part 1.
As this is the 100th British, a number of extra events have been organised, some of them of a traditional nature, others being done for the 1st time. Bullet Chess Challenge: The first of these was the...
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100th British – Preliminaries Pt. 2
The simultaneous match on the Sunday before the big event get off the ground, is one of the traditional extra events. This year it was given by Grandmaster Nick Pert. As often as is possible, it is...
View Article100th British – Opening Ceremony.
As the clock wound down to 2 p.m. with players and dignitaries rapidly assembling, things took on a swan-like demeanour – relaxed and graceful on the outside, while paddling like fury beneath the...
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100th British – Rd. 2
There were no great suprises in yesterday’s 1st Rd. Among the titled players, just Glenn Flear and Richard Palliser dropped a half point, but that will probably be of little significance at the end of...
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100th British – Rd. 3
“Big Wheel turning…..” (From a lyric by ELO) The last time we came to Torquay, in 2009, the fun thing to do on the sea-front was a chess match in the helium balloon that was moored near the venue. This...
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100th British – Rd. 3 Pt. 2
What’s the problem? Another of Stewart Reuben’s bright ideas for this 100th event is to have a problem-solving competition. He has collected a set of 10 and Trefor Thynne, President of the Torbay Chess...
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100th British – Rd. 4
What do these reprobates all have in common? This gang of ne’er-do-wells was discovered lurking near the entrance to the venue shortly before the start of Rd. 4. Answer/s to the above question are:-...
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100th British – Rd. 5
The afternoon started with the announcement of Andrew Martin’s Rd. 4 Game of the Day, which went to Tony Kosten for his win over Danny Gormally, one of his less difficult decisions. Unlike yesterday,...
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100th British – Rd. 6
The Rd. 6 draw for the top 5 games on the demonstration boards was as follows:- Bd. White Black 1 Howell 4½ 1 0 Wells 4½ 2 Hebden 4½ .5 .5 Gordon 4½ 3 Williams 4 .5 .5 Hawkins 4 4 Mackle...
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100th British – Rd. 7
The round started with Howell in a clear lead, a half point ahead of Hebden and Gordon followed by 9 on 4.5. By this stage, the cream has risen to the top with 9 of the top 10 players having GM titles...
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100th British – Rd. 8
Old entry records smashed! Now well into the 2nd week and there will not be many last minute entries coming in, so it’s a good moment to take stock of the overall response to this 100th Championship....
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100th British – Rd. 9
Extra Commemorations: The Essex ckub, Wanstead & Woodford, have extra reasons to be in a commemorative mood, for not only is it the 100th British Championship, but it is also their Club’s 70th...
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100th British – Day 10
Junior Prizewinners: Here are some pleased-looking winners at their presentation last week. Srinidhi Dwaraknathan: British Girls' U-8 Champion. Chris Tombolis: British U-8 Champion (Joint) Haolin Zhao;...
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100th British – 11th & Final Day.
The top end of the Championship Rd. 11 draw looks like this. White Black 1 Howell (9) ½ ½ Jones (7½) 2 Wells (7) ½ ½ Hebden (7½) 3 Gordon (7) 1 0 Meszaros (7) 4 Zhou (7) ½ ½ Gormally...
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100th British – Prizegiving.
With all play finishing by the Friday evening, the prizegiving ceremony took place promptly at 09.30 the next morning. The Chairman of the Torbay Coucil, Cllr. Julien Parrott, and the Lib. Dem. MP for...
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British Chess Championships (03.08.2013.)
The 100th British Championships at Torquay reach the half-way stage this afternoon. In the main tournament there is a record 106 players of all ages and depths of experience, but by this stage it is...
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British Chess Championships (10.08.2013.)
The British Championships at Torquay finished last night, and the prizegiving will be held this morning. At the time of going to press, it looked very much as if David Howell was going to reclaim the...
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Paignton Congress 2013. Rd. 1
It’s the first week of September; it’s Torbay; so it must be time for the Paignton Congress. True enough, but this year there are fundamental changes. For the 1st time it’s not at Oldway Mansion – it’s...
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Paignton Congress 2013 Rd. 2.
The Monday may traditionally be Rd. 2 in the afternoon tournaments, but it’s the start of the 5-Rd. A.M. event. Today, started with the presentation of a Grand Prix award to Richard Desmedt, seen here,...
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