
The 101st British Chess Championships are taking place 19th to 30th July 2014 in Aberystwyth in West Wales. The event is open only to exempted or qualified players. There are a number of sections: Senior Championships; Major Open; Under 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16; Rapidplay Open, Weekenders, etc.

IM Andrew Martin's Game of the Day
British Championship 2014 in Aberystwyth: Game of the Day round five
British Championship 2014 in Aberystwyth: Game of the Day round six
Rankings after six rounds of play
Rank |
Name |
Score |
Rating |
TPR |
W-We |
1 |
IM Hawkins, Jonathan |
6.0 |
2516 |
3106 |
+1.50 |
2 |
GM Howell, David W L |
4.5 |
2650 |
2525 |
-0.64 |
3 |
GM Pert, Nicholas |
4.5 |
2564 |
2531 |
-0.05 |
4 |
GM Hebden, Mark L |
4.5 |
2554 |
2514 |
-0.12 |
5 |
IM Zhou, Yang-Fan |
4.5 |
2475 |
2380 |
-0.48 |
6 |
GM Williams, Simon K |
4.5 |
2462 |
2517 |
+0.58 |
7 |
GM Emms, John M |
4.5 |
2456 |
2481 |
+0.40 |
8 |
GM Ward, Chris G |
4.5 |
2422 |
2463 |
+0.52 |
9 |
IM Fernandez, Daniel Howard |
4.5 |
2396 |
2510 |
+1.04 |
10 |
GM Arkell, Keith C |
4.0 |
2433 |
2380 |
-0.19 |
11 |
IM Pert, Richard G |
4.0 |
2430 |
2424 |
+0.16 |
12 |
FM Storey, Charles H |
4.0 |
2241 |
2244 |
+0.09 |
13 |
FM Tan, Justin |
3.5 |
2375 |
2311 |
-0.22 |
14 |
Harvey, Marcus R |
3.5 |
2287 |
2309 |
+0.21 |
15 |
FM Lewis, Andrew P |
3.5 |
2286 |
2221 |
-0.35 |
16 |
IM Rudd, Jack |
3.5 |
2278 |
2419 |
+1.07 |
17 |
Wadsworth, Matthew J |
3.5 |
2221 |
2188 |
-0.23 |
18 |
McPhillips, Joseph |
3.5 |
2200 |
2170 |
-0.19 |
19 |
Brown, Martin |
3.5 |
2194 |
2324 |
+0.66 |
20 |
Willmoth, Robert F |
3.5 |
2159 |
2191 |
+0.37 |
21 |
Fernandez, Michael |
3.5 |
2029 |
2291 |
+2.03 |
22 |
Taylor, Adam A |
3.5 |
2021 |
2300 |
+2.11 |

No Kings Gambit today: GM Simon Williams

Not all went well for defending champion David Howell.
With a draw in round 3 and a loss in round 4 he comes to 4.5/6.

Justin Tan

Amy Hoare

IM Yang Fan Zhou

Chess is fun: Matthew Wadsworth
Photos: John Upham by courtesy of the offical tournament site