Jones beats Adams in rapid playoff
The two clear rating favourites in the open section of the English Championship reached the final round in first and second place. Michael Adams had 5½ points to Gawain Jones’ 5. Jones was tied for second place with Peter Wells, whom he was paired up against (with black) in the seventh round. Adams had white against Ameet Ghasi.
Adams decided to call it a day early on, as he signed a 21-move draw against Ghasi. Jones, on his part, fought hard until getting a 59-move victory from what was a tablebase draw in a rook endgame (see game analysis below). The top seeds thus finished the event with 6/7 scores, which meant a rapid tiebreaker would decide the Championship winner.
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Two 20+10 games followed, with Jones first prevailing in a queen endgame while playing black, and then drawing with white to win the Championship.
Wells 0 - 1 Jones
Analysis by Klaus Besenthal
Final standings
1 |
1 |
GM |
Adams, Michael |
ENG |
2750 |
4ncl Guildford |
6 |
0,5 |
34 |
30 |
2 |
2 |
GM |
Jones, Gawain Cb |
ENG |
2663 |
Guildford |
6 |
0,5 |
31 |
28 |
3 |
11 |
GM |
Wells, Peter K |
ENG |
2408 |
Witney |
5 |
0 |
33,5 |
30 |
4 |
4 |
IM |
Ghasi, Ameet K |
ENG |
2563 |
Richmond & Twickenham |
5 |
0 |
31 |
29 |
5 |
8 |
GM |
Gormally, Daniel W |
ENG |
2455 |
4ncl Blackthorne Russia |
5 |
0 |
31 |
28 |
6 |
7 |
IM |
Roberson, Peter T |
ENG |
2459 |
St Albans |
5 |
0 |
30 |
27 |
7 |
6 |
IM |
Wadsworth, Matthew J |
ENG |
2531 |
Maidenhead |
5 |
0 |
29,5 |
26,5 |
8 |
3 |
GM |
Fernandez, Daniel H |
ENG |
2605 |
4ncl Wood Green |
5 |
0 |
28 |
25,5 |
9 |
5 |
IM |
Willow, Jonah B |
ENG |
2536 |
4ncl Wood Green |
5 |
0 |
28 |
25 |
10 |
16 |
|
Bowcott-Terry, Finlay |
ENG |
2328 |
Halesowen |
5 |
0 |
27 |
24,5 |
11 |
14 |
IM |
Bates, Richard A |
ENG |
2373 |
Hackney |
5 |
0 |
26 |
24 |
12 |
17 |
CM |
Badacsonyi, Stanley |
ENG |
2316 |
Muswell Hill |
5 |
0 |
26 |
24 |
13 |
21 |
CM |
Hobson, Kenneth |
ENG |
2254 |
Cowley |
5 |
0 |
24 |
21,5 |
14 |
37 |
|
Savidge, Daniel |
ENG |
2157 |
Chester |
5 |
0 |
22 |
20,5 |
15 |
13 |
IM |
Jackson, James P |
ENG |
2391 |
Banbury |
4,5 |
0 |
33 |
29 |
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Mirzoeva also wins on demand before prevailing in playoffs
Curiously, both the open and the women’s sections saw the player who came from behind winning the Championship. In the women’s section, defending champion Katarzyna Toma — Adams was also the defending champion coincdentally — entered the final round with a ½-point lead. She also drew her game, allowing Elmira Mirzoeva to catch her in the standings thanks to a victory over Kamila Hryshchenko.
Mirzoeva, like Jones, had to work hard to win her round-7 encounter. In the ensuing rapid playoff, Mirzoeva also started with a win, but unlike in the open, Toma managed to even the score by winning the second encounter. Two more games were played to break the tie, with Mirzoeva scoring the deciding victory with the black pieces before signing a draw to become the new English Champion.
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Final standings
1 |
2 |
|
WGM |
Toma, Katarzyna |
ENG |
2355 |
4ncl Wood Green |
6 |
1 |
29 |
26 |
2 |
3 |
|
WGM |
Mirzoeva, Elmira |
ENG |
2260 |
West London |
6 |
0 |
30,5 |
27 |
3 |
4 |
|
|
Hryshchenko, Kamila |
ENG |
2257 |
West Sussex * |
4,5 |
1 |
30,5 |
28 |
4 |
8 |
|
|
Rida, Ruqayyah |
ENG |
2155 |
Essex Juniors |
4,5 |
0 |
26,5 |
25 |
5 |
5 |
|
WCM |
Dicen, Elis Denele |
ENG |
2194 |
Coventry Chess Academy |
4 |
0 |
29 |
26 |
6 |
6 |
|
WFM |
Varney, Zoe |
ENG |
2169 |
4ncl Blackthorne Russia |
4 |
0 |
26 |
24,5 |
7 |
10 |
|
|
Maton, Emily |
ENG |
2016 |
Hertfordshire Juniors |
4 |
0 |
22,5 |
21 |
8 |
7 |
|
|
Subramanian, Anusha |
ENG |
2165 |
Maidenhead |
3,5 |
0 |
31 |
28 |
9 |
11 |
|
|
Hariharan, Shambavi |
ENG |
1988 |
Oxford City |
3,5 |
0 |
26 |
24,5 |
10 |
12 |
|
AFM |
Latypova, Olga L |
ENG |
1868 |
Chelmsford |
3,5 |
0 |
26 |
23 |
11 |
9 |
|
WFM |
Longson, Sarah N |
ENG |
2064 |
Marple |
3,5 |
0 |
22,5 |
21 |
12 |
14 |
|
|
Hardwick, Alexandra |
ENG |
1813 |
Oxford University |
3,5 |
0 |
22 |
20 |
13 |
1 |
|
IM |
Hunt, Harriet V |
ENG |
2369 |
4ncl Blackthorne Russia |
3 |
0 |
30,5 |
27 |
14 |
13 |
|
|
Catabay, Mae C |
ENG |
1819 |
Colchester Junior |
3 |
0 |
25,5 |
24 |
15 |
18 |
|
|
Fernando, Manel |
ENG |
1725 |
4ncl The Pitstop |
3 |
0 |
21,5 |
20 |
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qb3 c5 6.d5 exd5 7.cxd5 d6 8.Nc3 Nbd7 9.e4 Bxf1 10.Kxf1 g6 11.Bf4 Nh5 12.Bg5 f6 13.Be3 Be7 14.Kg2 0-0 15.Rhe1 Ng7 16.Qc4 Kh8 17.Bh6 Qc8 18.a4 Rf7 19.b3 Ne5 20.Nxe5 fxe5 21.a5 Qg4 22.Qe2 Qc8 23.Ra2 Bf8 24.Rea1 Rb8 25.axb6 Rxb6 26.Rxa7 Rxa7 27.Rxa7 Rxb3 28.Qf3 Qe8 29.Qf6 Rxc3 30.Rxg7 1–0
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Mirzoeva,E | 2260 | Toma,K | 2220 | 1–0 | 2024 | | English Championship Women-TB 2024 | 1.1 |
Toma,K | 2220 | Mirzoeva,E | 2260 | 1–0 | 2024 | | English Championship Women-TB 2024 | 1.2 |
Mirzoeva,E | 2260 | Toma,K | 2220 | 0–1 | 2024 | | English Championship Women-TB 2024 | 1.3 |
Mirzoeva,E | 2260 | Toma,K | 2220 | ½–½ | 2024 | | English Championship Women-TB 2024 | 1.4 |
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