Howell and Adams leading at the 2019 British Championship

by Daniel Gormally
7/31/2019 – Have we already seen the last great British chess player? That's one of the questions GM DANIEL GORMALLY has been pondering as he provides commentary at the British Championship in Torquay, England. IM Ravi Haria (born in 1999) is making a run at the top dogs, as one of five players leading after four rounds. | Photos: Chris Stratford / britishchesschampionships.co.uk
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Five players start with 3½/5

The British championships at Torquay was the first time I have attended but without participating as a player, perhaps a sign that I am giving way to the fashion of the times, and got involved in the commentary instead. A few months ago IM Adam Hunt asked me if I liked to help him with the commentary, so I thought why not? Especially as there had been no indication recently (or perhaps ever) that I was ready to uproot the likes of David Howell and Michael Adams.

Indeed, such is the hegemony that the English players who are 2650 plus enjoy over most of the other players that take part in these events, that it is difficult to see anyone breaking out and joining their exclusive club even in the distant future, let alone soon. They simply remain a class apart, and anyone else hoping to win the British Championship has to get past, not just one, but two world-class players — a formidable task. 

Torquay is a seaside resort town in south-west England

Simon WilliamsI pretty much went straight from a tournament in Ghent, albeit with a brief stop in London. The bustling metropolis was dripping with a heat that seemed to not only be able to bust any thermometers that were lying about, but when venturing outside threatened to turn me into an ice lolly. The day I travelled to Torquay was allegedly the hottest ever. I wasn't surprised. I met up with Simon Williams, the Ginger GM, who was happy to give me a lift to Devon, and when opening his car door it was like stepping into a blast furnace. This was a heat that I had rarely encountered before.

Torquay was noticeably cooler, a welcome relief. One of the positive things about doing the commentary is that it's much less nerve-wracking than playing, and you can really watch the tournament develop in a way that is difficult to do as a player, when you are too wrapped up in your own games. Perhaps the game that stood out as being the most exciting in round one belonged to the aforementioned Simon Williams.

 
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1.Qb1! Crucially setting up a check on c8, this slows down Black's counterattack. Just before this in the commentary room, self-styled "chess personality of the year" Lee Bullock was happy to point out that his engine gave Qb1 as White's top move. The ball is passed back to Black. Rg3+? and he swipes it into the net. Resolute calculation was needed here, but John was already short of time. With 1...Qe8! he could have already forced a draw. 2.Rxd6 Rg3+‼ 3.Kxg3 3.Kh2 Qe2+ transposes 3...Qe3+ and remarkably, there is no good way for White to avoid the perpetual check. 4.Kg2 4.Kh4 Qg5+= 4...Qe2+ 5.Kh1 Qf3+ 6.Kg1 Qg3+ 7.Kf1 Qf3+ 8.Ke1 Qh1+ 9.Kd2 Qxb1 does not favour White as the Black queen is too active. 2.Kf2 Rxh3 3.Qf5! Now White covers the net, ready for any lobs. Qxf5+ 4.gxf5 Be5 4...Bc5 5.Rxc5 bxc5 6.d6 and the pawn makes a break for glory. 5.Rd1 Rh5 6.d6 Rxf5+ 7.Ke3 Bxd6 8.Rcxd6 Black has a few pawns for the rook, but Simon was able to safely steer the game towards victory. 1–0
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Simon Williams2468John Merriman22261–02019British Chess Championship1

Unfortunately after round one I went for a bit of a booze-up, which is an unusual situation for me now as I have more or less given up alcohol. As so often happens in these situations I felt emboldened by the liquid running through my system and decided to walk back to my hotel, a risky venture as it was situated up this rather large hill. (Normally I would get the bus back.)

Mickey AdamsThoughts soon turned to panic when I became hopelessly lost. Is it possible to be lost when you are completely surrounded by civilization? If so I managed it. The problem was I walked up too far, overestimating how high my hotel was. Eventually I began walking along this very dark and high road, with the lights of Torquay situated far below the only source of illumination, and not being particularly comfortable with heights I felt a panic attack coming on. Even stumbling across a couple who seemed equally lost didn't help as they were just as lost as I was, being out-of-towners, and were using a torch to navigate. I decided the only way I could get back to my hotel was to go back down and with some help from Google maps and locals I was finally able to get back to where I was staying. 

Meanwhile, Michael Adams was crunching through the field, looking worryingly as far as his opposition was concerned, like a chess automaton.

 
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1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Bc4 Qd8 7.Nb3 Nc6 8.Nbxd4 Nxd4 9.Nxd4 a6 10.Bf4 Bd6?
Perhaps I could be too critical of Pigott here, as I know how difficult it can be to play these guys on the top boards when all the attention is on you, but this is a real howler. White can now carry out a combination that leaves him with a clear advantage. 10...Nf6 was much more solid. 11.Nc6! Qc7 12.Qxd6 Qxd6 13.Bxd6 bxc6 14.0-0-0
as I said at the time on the commentary, White enjoys the better pawn structure, the two bishops and the Black king is stuck in the center, but apart from that... The other problem for Black is that moving the knight to d5 to try and place that piece as a blocker doesn't really work, as White can simply move his bishop from c4 and kick the knight away by playing c4, so we can already say that the opening is a disaster for Black. That doesn't seem to be much more I can say about this game, so I leave you with the rest of the moves without commentary. 14...Bb7 15.Rhe1 Rd8 16.Re3 Nf6 17.Rb3 Bc8 18.f3 Nd5 19.Bc5 h5 20.Rb8 h4 21.Bxd5 cxd5 22.Bb6 Ke7 23.Bxd8+ Kxd8 24.Rd3 Kc7 25.Rdb3 Rd8 26.Ra8 1–0
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Adams,M2690Pigott,J23841–02019C07British Chess Championship2

David Howell in the same round was involved in one of those titanic chess struggles that he is already becoming famous for.

 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 c5 5.d5 d6 6.e4 0-0 7.Nge2 a6 8.Ng3 b5 9.Bf4 exd5 10.cxd5 c4 11.a4 Ba5 12.Be2 Qb6 13.Qd2 Nbd7 14.Be3 Nc5 15.Bd4 Nfd7 16.Nf5!? Ne5 17.Ne7+ Kh8 18.Nc6!
White tries to set up a perpetual check. 18...b4 18...Nxc6 19.Bxg7+! Is already a draw, something David would not be happy with. Kxg7 20.Qg5+ Kh8 21.Qf6+= 19.Nd1 f5 20.Qg5 Bd7 21.Nxe5 dxe5 22.Bxe5 Rf7 23.Ne3 h6 24.Qf4 b3+ 25.Kf1
25...Bd2? David was already quite short of time, and starts to lose his way. Engines so often make fools of us all, and here it wants to uncork the sparkling sacrifice 25...Nxe4‼ 26.fxe4 Qg6‼ White would now have to find the far from obvious continuation 27.Bxg7+! the attempt to hang onto a larger advantage with 27.Kg1? fails miserably after fxe4 28.Qg3 Bb6! 27...Rxg7 28.e5 to maintain the balance, where the position would remain fiendishly unclear. 26.Bd4! establishing control, and preparing to push e5, where the two connected pawns are likely to wreak havoc within the Black camp. c3 27.bxc3 Qa5
28.Qxh6+?! 28.Nc4 Bxf4 29.Nxa5 was even stronger, when the Black bishop does not hit c3. The pawn on h6 is fairly irrelevant here. 28...Kg8 29.Nc4 b2 30.Rb1 gxh6 31.Nxa5 Nxa4 32.e5 Bb5 32...Bxc3 33.Bxc3 Nxc3 34.Rxb2 Nxd5 is beyond depressing, as White has an extra pawn with an overwhelming positional advantage as well. So understandably David chooses to keep as much tension in the position as possible, although here he is holding on for dear life. 33.c4 33.e6 Rff8 34.Bxb5 axb5 35.Nc6 was one crushing sequence. 33...Bxa5 34.cxb5 axb5
35.Bxb5? the calm 35.Kf2 was called for 35...Bc3! Black siezes his chance to create some confusion, although he still remains in some trouble. 36.Bxa4 Bxd4 37.e6 Rxa4 38.exf7+ Kxf7 39.Ke2 Ke7 40.Rhd1 Kd6 41.Rxd4 Rxd4 42.Rxb2 Rh4 43.Ke3 Rxh2 44.Kf4 Kxd5 45.Kxf5 The Black king is cut off so this is probably winning for White again h5 46.Rd2+ Kc5 47.Kf4 h4 48.Ke3 48.Kg4 Kc6 49.Rd8 Rxg2+ 50.Kxh4 seemed an easier win. 48...h3 49.gxh3 Rxh3 50.Ke4 Rh8
51.Rd5+?! David's resolute defence has forced Richard to find a narrow path to victory, and here he finally begins to crack. The win was still there with the natural 51.f4! Re8+ 52.Kf3 Rf8 53.Kg4 Rg8+ 54.Kh5 Rh8+ 55.Kg5 Rg8+ 56.Kh6! Rf8 57.Rf2 and as the Black rook will inevitably be tempoed by a King to g7 at some point, White is winning by force. I must admit this plan of putting the king on h6 looks somewhat strange, but it is the only winning one, as pointed out to me by endgame expert Jonathan Hawkins. 51...Kc6 52.f4? the only winning path still available was to retreat with 52.Rd3 52...Re8+! 53.Kd4 53.Re5 Kd7! was presumably what Richard had missed. 53...Re6 54.f5 Rd6 55.Rxd6+ Kxd6 56.f6 Ke6 57.Ke4 Kf7 58.Kd4 Kxf6 ½–½
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Palliser,R2399Howell,D2697½–½2019E20British Chess Championship2

In D'Costa vs Pert, Lorin made what seemed to me to be a shocking decision.

 
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1.♗xf6? I described this in the commentary move as one of the "worse moves I have ever seen" which is of course a gross exaggeration. Nevertheless as a commentator I wanted to stand out from the crowd, as there is an over-saturation of chess commentators and chess streamers these days (once people sense an easy buck they all gravitate there) so only by projecting myself as a chess "Mr. Nasty", complete with all the same camp mannerisms and snide put-downs that Simon Cowell employs, did I seem likely to separate myself.

1.♖d4 seemed a nice way to continue, perhaps getting ready for Qd2, followed by penetration on d6. 

Lorin D'CostaNevertheless, with ♗xf6 White seems to me to give up the main bulk of his advantage, and just before this he seemed to have a ideal situation that you want to have when playing one of the top seeds, in other words a nice edge where you can press and where there seems little danger of defeat.

I feel that with ♗xf6, Lorin, a talented player, gives up on his hopes of victory too easily. Perhaps I could even speculate that he wanted to offer a draw, but felt that by reducing his own advantage it would become easier to do so without looking in any way embarrassed?

If the goddess Caissa was indeed enraged by Lorin's decision to depart with his beautiful bishop, then her retribution came quickly, as he was swept aside in a blaze of strategic glory by the top seed in the very next round.

 
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1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e4 Bb7 5.Qe2 I haven't seen this way of playing before, but I guess it has some logic, as White is trying to dominate the center. c5 6.e5 Ng8 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6 9.Nxc6 Bxc6
10.h4!? Far-sighted. Given that Black eventually wants to play Ne7-f5, then this move makes sense, as by pushing the pawn to f5 White deprives the knight of any support with a later ...h5. it's also the prelude to a pawn storm, as we shall see later. Ne7 11.h5 Nf5 12.Bf4 Be7
13.Rh3! This is exactly the kind of deep-thinking that seems to separate players like David from lesser mortals like myself. In the commentary room myself and Adam were analysing a much more flat continuation like 13.0-0-0 Bg5 14.Qg4 and we overlooked the idea of storming your pawns forward on the kingside, completely. 13...Bg5 14.Bh2! White is now to some degree threatening to sweep aside Black with g4, followed by f4 etc, so already Lorin has practical problems to solve. You can see how difficult it is playing these guys like David and Mickey, as the game has barely begun, and already they are setting a serious examination. 0-0 15.h6 imaginative, but the machine feels this is unnecessary. 15.g4 Nh6 16.f4 Bh4+ 17.Kd2 and White is very much for preference. Once the king sits on c2, then it is totally safe. 15...Nxh6 16.f4 Bh4+ 17.g3 Be7 18.0-0-0 f5! 19.exf6
19...Rxf6? 19...Bxf6 20.g4 and now the slightly counter-intuitive capture Bxc3! 21.Rxc3 Qe8 would have lead to an unclear position- in fact the engine even slightly favours Black. 21...Qh4 which I suggested in the commentary room, is in fact a mistake because of 22.g5! 20.g4 Rf7 21.Qc2 Qf8 22.Bd3
22...Rxf4? this is premature. 22...g6! 23.Qe2 otherwise Black was threatening to take on g4 Rxf4 was a much improved version of the same sacrifice. 24.Bxf4 Qxf4+ 25.Kb1 Rf8 and now unlike in the game, Black in many variations can take on g4, where he doesn't have to worry about his h7 pawn hanging. 23.Bxf4 Qxf4+ 24.Kb1 Qxg4 25.Re3? 25.Bxh7+ Kh8 26.Qd3 would have maintained some element of control. 25...Kh8? 25...g6! was again better, pointed out by the machine of course, although to a human player this is not such an easy move to make as your natural reaction is to fear a later capture on g6. 26.Be4! Rf8 27.Bxc6 dxc6 28.Re4 Qg6 29.Rde1 Rf6 30.Qa4
30...Nf5 30...Ng4! 31.Qxa7 Bc5 was the most active way to play, but I think Lorin was already in desperate time trouble. 31.Qxa7 h5 32.a3 Bc5 33.Ka2 Bf2 34.Rd1 Kh7 35.Qa8 c5 36.Rd8 Qf7 37.Re2 Ng3 38.Ne4! Nxe4 38...Nxe2 39.Ng5+ 39.Rh8+ Kg6 40.Qxe4+ Kg5 41.Qg2+ 1–0
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Howell,D2697D'costa,L23961–02019A17British Chess Championship3

Ravi Haria

Adams was nicked for a draw in round 4 by up-and-comer IM Ravi Haria

Current standings (top 20)

Rk. Name Pts.
1 Howell David Wl 3,5
  Adams Michael 3,5
  Tan Justin Hy 3,5
  Haria Ravi 3,5
  Palliser Richard Jd 3,5
6 Williams Simon K 3,0
  Pert Richard G 3,0
  Wadsworth Matthew J 3,0
  Eggleston David J 3,0
  Smith Andrew P 3,0
11 Pert Nicholas 2,5
  Gordon Stephen J 2,5
  Emms John M 2,5
  Fernandez Daniel H 2,5
  Arkell Keith C 2,5
  Houska Jovanka 2,5
  D'costa Lorin Ar 2,5
  Pigott John C 2,5
  Ashton Adam G 2,5
  Toma Katarzyna 2,5

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Shrestha,A-Yadav,R-5.165531830
Ojha,N-Acharya,A-5.175531831
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Maharjan,R-Sainju,A16235.245531839
Ranjitkar,G-Singh,S17265.255531840
Shrestha,P-Maharjan,R-5.265531842
Maharjan,A-Ojha,S-5.275531843
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Lama,I-Aalam,S-5.305531847
Tomiello,L2308Liascovich,L24178.155520459
Hungaski,R2477Valdes Escobar,A23178.135520457
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1.d4 5 d5 0 2.Nf3 1:49 c6 0 3.Bf4 27 Nf6 3 4.e3 47 Bf5 2:35 5.c4 3:51 e6 3:47 6.Qb3 5:36 Qb6 10:02 7.c5 10:08 Qxb3 2:16 8.axb3 7 Bxb1 26 9.Rxb1 8 Nbd7 8 10.b4 4:41 a6 28 11.h3 2:11 Ne4 5:03 12.Bd3 2:57 Be7 9:22 13.Ke2 4:33 0-0 8:15 14.g4 1:13 f6 18 15.h4 7:41 e5 9:59 16.Bh2 4:54 f5 5:16 17.Nxe5 11:14 Nxe5 18 18.Bxe5 5 fxg4 25 19.Bxe4 6 dxe4 10 20.h5 5 a5 4:16 21.Rbg1 12:00 axb4 3:38 22.Rxg4 11 Bf6 17 23.Bxf6 38 Rxf6 10 24.Rxe4 6 Ra2 19 25.Rb1 6 Rf5 4:50 26.Re7 19 Rf7 8:01 27.Re8+ 9 Rf8 9 28.Re7 1:34 Rf7 8 29.Re5 11 Kf8 1:36 30.f4 5 Rf6 3:03 31.Kd3 11 g6 48 32.h6 3:31 Rf5 3:55 33.Rxf5+ 1:39 gxf5 8 34.Kc4 7 Ra8 11 35.Rg1 32 Re8 2:50 36.Rg5 1:15 Rxe3 56 37.Rxf5+ 7 Kg8 10 38.Rg5+ 11 Kh8 37 39.Re5 6 1–0
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Howell,D2697Zapolskis,A22901–02019D02106th British-ch 20191.1
Rudd,J2275Adams,M26900–12019C54106th British-ch 20191.2
Pert,N2563Moore,G22641–02019D37106th British-ch 20191.3
Storey,C2261Gordon,S25161–02019B95106th British-ch 20191.4
Tan,J2513Wall,T22461–02019B04106th British-ch 20191.5
Toma,K2229Emms,J24810–12019B30106th British-ch 20191.6
Williams,S2468Merriman,J22261–02019D53106th British-ch 20191.7
Villiers,T2218Fernandez,D2466½–½2019A40106th British-ch 20191.8
Arkell,K2461Player,E22021–02019A29106th British-ch 20191.9
Stoyanov,V2198Haria,R24300–12019A13106th British-ch 20191.10
Pert,R2430Crickmore,N2187½–½2019C06106th British-ch 20191.11
Ogunshola,O2172Houska,J2422½–½2019A13106th British-ch 20191.12
Ward,C2418Ledger,D21681–02019A25106th British-ch 20191.13
Rocco,F2157Wadsworth,M24181–02019B47106th British-ch 20191.14
Taylor,A2402Smith,A21470–12019A09106th British-ch 20191.15
Holland,C2143Eggleston,D23990–12019C13106th British-ch 20191.16
Palliser,R2399Hand,F21421–02019D26106th British-ch 20191.17
Jones,S2117D'costa,L23960–12019A46106th British-ch 20191.18
Pigott,J2384Krzyzanowski,P21141–02019B36106th British-ch 20191.19
Modi,S2098Lane,G23640–12019E07106th British-ch 20191.20
Bates,R2352Longson,S20951–02019D37106th British-ch 20191.21
Brewer,C2086Willow,J2343½–½2019B22106th British-ch 20191.22
Ashton,A2323Donaldson,T20651–02019C84106th British-ch 20191.23
Starley,R2058Bradbury,N2322½–½2019B49106th British-ch 20191.24
Pein,M2312Yoon,J1963½–½2019D30106th British-ch 20191.25
Jaufarally,N1944Derakhshani,B23000–12019B19106th British-ch 20191.26
Claridge-Hansen,W2297Khan,T19211–02019A26106th British-ch 20191.27
Palliser,R2399Howell,D2697½–½2019E20106th British-ch 20192.1
Adams,M2690Pigott,J23841–02019C07106th British-ch 20192.2
D'costa,L2396Pert,N2563½–½2019D23106th British-ch 20192.3
Lane,G2364Tan,J2513½–½2019B07106th British-ch 20192.4
Emms,J2481Bates,R2352½–½2019B22106th British-ch 20192.5
Ashton,A2323Williams,S24681–02019C11106th British-ch 20192.6
Derakhshani,B2300Arkell,K2461½–½2019A02106th British-ch 20192.7
Haria,R2430Claridge-Hansen,W22971–02019B01106th British-ch 20192.8
Smith,A2147Ward,C24181–02019B74106th British-ch 20192.9
Eggleston,D2399Storey,C22611–02019C10106th British-ch 20192.10
Fernandez,D2466Rocco,F21570–12019A14106th British-ch 20192.11
Yoon,J1963Pert,R24300–12019B15106th British-ch 20192.12
Houska,J2422Villiers,T22181–02019D02106th British-ch 20192.13
Willow,J2343Ogunshola,O21721–02019B06106th British-ch 20192.14
Bradbury,N2322Brewer,C2086½–½2019E05106th British-ch 20192.15
Crickmore,N2187Pein,M23120–12019D85106th British-ch 20192.16
Gordon,S2516Starley,R20581–02019A36106th British-ch 20192.17
Wadsworth,M2418Ledger,D21681–02019A20106th British-ch 20192.18
Hand,F2142Taylor,A2402½–½2019E25106th British-ch 20192.19
Zapolskis,A2290Holland,C21431–02019C08106th British-ch 20192.20
Krzyzanowski,P2114Rudd,J22750–12019A30106th British-ch 20192.21
Moore,G2264Jones,S21170–12019C45106th British-ch 20192.22
Wall,T2246Modi,S20980–12019A49106th British-ch 20192.23
Longson,S2095Toma,K22290–12019B40106th British-ch 20192.24
Merriman,J2226Donaldson,T20651–02019A65106th British-ch 20192.25
Player,E2202Jaufarally,N19441–02019B31106th British-ch 20192.26
Khan,T1921Stoyanov,V21980–12019A45106th British-ch 20192.27
Adams,M2690Ashton,A23231–02019C77106th British-ch 20193.1
Rocco,F2157Haria,R24300–12019B09106th British-ch 20193.2
Smith,A2147Eggleston,D23991–02019C00106th British-ch 20193.3
Howell,D2697D'costa,L23961–02019A17106th British-ch 20193.4
Pert,N2563Palliser,R23990–12019106th British-ch 20193.5
Tan,J2513Willow,J23431–02019B48106th British-ch 20193.6
Pein,M2312Emms,J2481½–½2019A37106th British-ch 20193.7
Arkell,K2461Lane,G23641–02019D25106th British-ch 20193.8
Pert,R2430Derakhshani,B23001–02019B10106th British-ch 20193.9
Bates,R2352Houska,J24220–12019D46106th British-ch 20193.10
Rudd,J2275Gordon,S2516½–½2019D35106th British-ch 20193.11
Williams,S2468Storey,C22611–02019A40106th British-ch 20193.12
Ward,C2418Toma,K22290–12019A29106th British-ch 20193.13
Stoyanov,V2198Wadsworth,M24180–12019A21106th British-ch 20193.14
Pigott,J2384Merriman,J2226½–½2019A37106th British-ch 20193.15
Jones,S2117Bradbury,N2322½–½2019A46106th British-ch 20193.16
Claridge-Hansen,W2297Player,E22021–02019A37106th British-ch 20193.17
Modi,S2098Zapolskis,A22900–12019C01106th British-ch 20193.18
Brewer,C2086Crickmore,N2187½–½2019B22106th British-ch 20193.19
Starley,R2058Fernandez,D24660–12019B96106th British-ch 20193.20
Taylor,A2402Yoon,J19631–02019A11106th British-ch 20193.21
Villiers,T2218Hand,F21420–12019C28106th British-ch 20193.22
Ogunshola,O2172Moore,G2264½–½2019A29106th British-ch 20193.23
Donaldson,T2065Wall,T2246½–½2019D56106th British-ch 20193.24
Ledger,D2168Longson,S20950–12019C78106th British-ch 20193.25
Holland,C2143Kahn,T19211–02019A85106th British-ch 20193.26
Jaufarally,N1944Krzyzanowski,P2114½–½2019B35106th British-ch 20193.27
Haria,R2430Adams,M2690½–½2019C47106th British-ch 20194.1
Howell,D2697Smith,A21471–02019A43106th British-ch 20194.2
Houska,J2422Tan,J25130–12019D48106th British-ch 20194.3
Arkell,K-Palliser,R-2019106th British-ch 20194.4
Emms,J2481Pert,R2430½–½2019C03106th British-ch 20194.5
Zapolskis,A2290Williams,S24680–12019B06106th British-ch 20194.6
Wadsworth,M2418Pein,M23121–02019A24106th British-ch 20194.7
Eggleston,D2399Rocco,F21571–02019B90106th British-ch 20194.8
Toma,K2229Ashton,A2323½–½2019C83106th British-ch 20194.9
D'costa,L2396Claridge-Hansen,W22971–02019A57106th British-ch 20194.10
Willow,J2343Pert,N25630–12019B32106th British-ch 20194.11
Gordon,S2516Jones,S21171–02019D20106th British-ch 20194.12
Fernandez,D2466Rudd,J22751–02019A30106th British-ch 20194.13
Bradbury,N2322Taylor,A2402½–½2019E05106th British-ch 20194.14
Derakhshani,B2300Pigott,J23840–12019A01106th British-ch 20194.15
Lane,G2364Brewer,C2086½–½2019B17106th British-ch 20194.16
Merriman,J2226Bates,R2352½–½2019E44106th British-ch 20194.17
Hand,F2142Ward,C2418½–½2019B07106th British-ch 20194.18
Storey,C2261Ogunshola,O21721–02019D03106th British-ch 20194.19
Player,E2202Holland,C21430–12019C06106th British-ch 20194.20
Longson,S2095Stoyanov,V2198½–½2019B14106th British-ch 20194.21
Crickmore,N2187Modi,S20980–12019A68106th British-ch 20194.22
Moore,G2264Donaldson,T20651–02019C31106th British-ch 20194.23
Wall,T2246Jaufarally,N19441–02019A49106th British-ch 20194.24
Yoon,J1963Villiers,T22181–02019B02106th British-ch 20194.25
Krzyzanowski,P2114Starley,R20581–02019E01106th British-ch 20194.26
Kahn,T1921Ledger,D21680–12019A45106th British-ch 20194.27
Tan,J2513Howell,D2697½–½2019C01106th British-ch 20195.1
Adams,M2690Palliser,R23991–02019B72106th British-ch 20195.2
Williams,S2468Haria,R24301–02019D05106th British-ch 20195.3
Pert,R2430Eggleston,D2399½–½2019B43106th British-ch 20195.4
Smith,A2147Wadsworth,M24180–12019C18106th British-ch 20195.5
Pert,N2563Houska,J2422½–½2019D37106th British-ch 20195.6
D'costa,L2396Gordon,S25160–12019B30106th British-ch 20195.7
Pigott,J2384Emms,J2481½–½2019A37106th British-ch 20195.8
Ashton,A2323Fernandez,D2466½–½2019B12106th British-ch 20195.9
Toma,K2229Arkell,K24611–02019B15106th British-ch 20195.10
Taylor,A2402Storey,C2261½–½2019B06106th British-ch 20195.11
Rocco,F2157Lane,G23640–12019C77106th British-ch 20195.12
Bates,R2352Holland,C21431–02019E62106th British-ch 20195.13
Modi,S2098Bradbury,N23220–12019E09106th British-ch 20195.14
Pein,M2312Merriman,J22261–02019A07106th British-ch 20195.15
Claridge-Hansen,W2297Hand,F21421–02019A11106th British-ch 20195.16
Brewer,C2086Zapolskis,A2290½–½2019B00106th British-ch 20195.17
Ward,C2418Wall,T22461–02019A57106th British-ch 20195.18
Stoyanov,V2198Willow,J2343½–½2019E14106th British-ch 20195.19
Jones,S2117Derakhshani,B23000–12019B12106th British-ch 20195.20
Rudd,J2275Longson,S20951–02019D37106th British-ch 20195.21
Krzyzanowski,P2114Moore,G2264½–½2019E04106th British-ch 20195.22
Ogunshola,O2172Yoon,J1963½–½2019A13106th British-ch 20195.23
Ledger,D2168Player,E2202½–½2019C54106th British-ch 20195.24
Villiers,T2218Crickmore,N21870–12019B35106th British-ch 20195.25
Donaldson,T2065Starley,R20580–12019E41106th British-ch 20195.26
Jaufarally,N1944Kahn,T19211–02019B42106th British-ch 20195.27
Tan,J2513Adams,M2690½–½2019C47106th British-ch 20196.1
Wadsworth,M2418Howell,D26970–12019A37106th British-ch 20196.2
Gordon,S2516Williams,S24681–02019A49106th British-ch 20196.3
Haria,R2430Pert,R2430½–½2019C06106th British-ch 20196.4
Eggleston,D2399Palliser,R23990–12019B81106th British-ch 20196.5
Pert,N2563Toma,K22291–02019D77106th British-ch 20196.6
Emms,J2481Ashton,A23231–02019C77106th British-ch 20196.7
Fernandez,D2466Bates,R23521–02019A30106th British-ch 20196.8
Houska,J2422Claridge-Hansen,W22971–02019E16106th British-ch 20196.9
Bradbury,N2322Pigott,J2384½–½2019D76106th British-ch 20196.10
Lane,G2364Smith,A21471–02019B06106th British-ch 20196.11
Arkell,K2461Pein,M23121–02019A16106th British-ch 20196.12
Zapolskis,A2290Ward,C24180–12019B27106th British-ch 20196.13
Rudd,J2275Taylor,A24021–02019D41106th British-ch 20196.14
Storey,C2261D'costa,L23961–02019A25106th British-ch 20196.15
Derakhshani,B2300Brewer,C20861–02019D02106th British-ch 20196.16
Willow,J2343Rocco,F21571–02019B55106th British-ch 20196.17
Moore,G2264Hand,F21421–02019A11106th British-ch 20196.18
Merriman,J2226Modi,S2098½–½2019E81106th British-ch 20196.19
Yoon,J1963Stoyanov,V21980–12019B15106th British-ch 20196.20
Crickmore,N2187Krzyzanowski,P21141–02019D74106th British-ch 20196.21
Holland,C2143Wall,T22461–02019A85106th British-ch 20196.22
Player,E2202Jones,S2117½–½2019C74106th British-ch 20196.23
Longson,S2095Ogunshola,O21720–12019B06106th British-ch 20196.24
Ledger,D2168Jaufarally,N1944½–½2019B38106th British-ch 20196.25
Starley,R2058Villiers,T22180–12019C02106th British-ch 20196.26
Kahn,T1921Donaldson,T2065½–½2019A45106th British-ch 20196.27
Howell,D2697Adams,M2690½–½2019E35106th British-ch 20197.1
Palliser,R2399Gordon,S2516½–½2019E36106th British-ch 20197.2
Emms,J2481Tan,J2513½–½2019C78106th British-ch 20197.3
Pert,R2430Pert,N25631–02019D15106th British-ch 20197.4
Williams,S2468Houska,J2422½–½2019D37106th British-ch 20197.5
Wadsworth,M2418Fernandez,D2466½–½2019A16106th British-ch 20197.6
Lane,G2364Haria,R24300–12019C03106th British-ch 20197.7
Bradbury,N2322Arkell,K24610–12019E11106th British-ch 20197.8
Ward,C2418Derakhshani,B23000–12019D70106th British-ch 20197.9
Toma,K2229Eggleston,D23990–12019C11106th British-ch 20197.10
Pigott,J2384Rudd,J22750–12019E63106th British-ch 20197.11
Bates,R2352Storey,C2261½–½2019A40106th British-ch 20197.12
Smith,A2147Willow,J23430–12019C02106th British-ch 20197.13
Ashton,A2323Moore,G2264½–½2019C11106th British-ch 20197.14
Pein,M2312Holland,C21431–02019E69106th British-ch 20197.15
Claridge-Hansen,W2297Crickmore,N2187½–½2019A37106th British-ch 20197.16
Stoyanov,V2198Zapolskis,A2290½–½2019C01106th British-ch 20197.17
Brewer,C2086Merriman,J22261–02019C03106th British-ch 20197.18
Ogunshola,O2172Modi,S20981–02019A24106th British-ch 20197.19
Hand,F2142Player,E22021–02019D20106th British-ch 20197.20
Jones,S2117Ledger,D2168½–½2019C88106th British-ch 20197.21
Rocco,F2157Yoon,J19631–02019B54106th British-ch 20197.22
Jaufarally,N1944Starley,R20580–12019B78106th British-ch 20197.23
Krzyzanowski,P2114Longson,S20950–12019D23106th British-ch 20197.24
Wall,T2246Kahn,T19211–02019B40106th British-ch 20197.25
Donaldson,T2065Villiers,T22180–12019A40106th British-ch 20197.26
Haria,R2430Howell,D2697½–½2019B11106th British-ch 20198.1
Adams,M2690Pert,R24301–02019B12106th British-ch 20198.2
Gordon,S2516Tan,J25131–02019D45106th British-ch 20198.3
Fernandez,D2466Palliser,R23990–12019A02106th British-ch 20198.4
Eggleston,D2399Emms,J24810–12019B36106th British-ch 20198.5
Derakhshani,B2300Williams,S2468½–½2019A01106th British-ch 20198.6
Arkell,K2461Wadsworth,M24181–02019A22106th British-ch 20198.7
Houska,J2422Rudd,J22751–02019A46106th British-ch 20198.8
Storey,C2261Lane,G23641–02019A26106th British-ch 20198.9
Willow,J2343Pein,M2312½–½2019B09106th British-ch 20198.10
Moore,G2264Ward,C24180–12019B76106th British-ch 20198.11
Pigott,J2384Toma,K22290–12019D76106th British-ch 20198.12
Stoyanov,V2198Bates,R2352½–½2019E62106th British-ch 20198.13
Crickmore,N2187Ashton,A23230–12019E04106th British-ch 20198.14
Ogunshola,O2172Bradbury,N23220–12019A29106th British-ch 20198.15
Brewer,C2086Claridge-Hansen,W2297½–½2019B01106th British-ch 20198.16
Zapolskis,A2290Hand,F21420–12019C56106th British-ch 20198.17
Holland,C2143Rocco,F21570–12019E48106th British-ch 20198.18
Starley,R2058Smith,A2147½–½2019B56106th British-ch 20198.19
Wall,T2246Jones,S21170–12019C84106th British-ch 20198.20
Merriman,J2226Longson,S2095½–½2019D45106th British-ch 20198.21
Modi,S2098Ledger,D21681–02019E04106th British-ch 20198.22
Villiers,T2218Jaufarally,N19441–02019B07106th British-ch 20198.23
Player,E2202Krzyzanowski,P21140–12019B36106th British-ch 20198.24
Yoon,J1963Donaldson,T20651–02019A45106th British-ch 20198.25
Adams,M2690Gordon,S25161–02019B51106th British-ch 20199.1
Howell,D2697Arkell,K24611–02019E38106th British-ch 20199.2
Palliser,R2399Houska,J2422½–½2019D36106th British-ch 20199.3
Emms,J2481Haria,R24300–12019C10106th British-ch 20199.4
Tan,J2513Williams,S24681–02019B51106th British-ch 20199.5
Storey,C2261Derakhshani,B2300½–½2019106th British-ch 20199.6
Bradbury,N2322Fernandez,D24661–02019A40106th British-ch 20199.7
Ashton,A2323Ward,C2418½–½2019B36106th British-ch 20199.8
Rudd,J2275Wadsworth,M24180–12019A64106th British-ch 20199.9
Pein,M2312Eggleston,D23990–12019E05106th British-ch 20199.10
Toma,K2229Willow,J23430–12019B42106th British-ch 20199.11
Lane,G2364Stoyanov,V2198½–½2019B06106th British-ch 20199.12
Bates,R2352Brewer,C2086½–½2019D38106th British-ch 20199.13
Claridge-Hansen,W2297Rocco,F21571–02019A20106th British-ch 20199.14
Hand,F2142Pigott,J2384½–½2019E60106th British-ch 20199.15
Smith,A2147Moore,G22640–12019C00106th British-ch 20199.16
Jones,S2117Crickmore,N2187½–½2019B07106th British-ch 20199.17
Starley,R2058Ogunshola,O2172½–½2019C66106th British-ch 20199.18
Krzyzanowski,P2114Zapolskis,A22900–12019A26106th British-ch 20199.20
Yoon,J1963Merriman,J2226½–½2019C03106th British-ch 20199.21
Longson,S2095Holland,C21430–12019C05106th British-ch 20199.22
Kahn,T1921Player,E22020–12019D00106th British-ch 20199.24
Donaldson,T2065Jaufarally,N19441–02019E97106th British-ch 20199.25

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Daniel is an English grandmaster with a FIDE rating of 2498 and a peak Elo of 2573. He became a Grandmaster in 2005, and played for England in Olympiad and European Championships. Author of Play Chess Like the Pros, Calculate Like a Grandmaster, Mating the Castled King and A Year in the Chess World, Gormally is also an established chess coach at St Mary’s School in Alnwick, England, where he lives.

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