British Championship: Hawkins leads with 4.0/4

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.

Since the late 19th century Aberystwyth has also been a major Welsh educational centre, with the establishment of a university college there in 1872. The town's population is 16,000, with an influx of over 10,000 students during nine months of the year.

The Old University Buildings in Aberystwyth

Not exactly in mint condition: Aberystwyth Castle, an Edwardian fortress that was built
during the First Welsh War in the late 13th century

Aberystwyth Harbour from the Castle

North Beach and Cliffs

The town from Constitution Hill

IM Andrew Martin's Game of the Day

British Championship 2014 in Aberystwyth: Game of the Day round four

Rankings after four rounds of play

Rank	Name	Score	Rating	TPR	W-We
1	IM Hawkins, Jonathan	4.0	2516	2980	+0.74
2	GM Pert, Nicholas	3.5	2564	2590	+0.11
3	GM Williams, Simon K	3.5	2462	2599	+0.62
4	GM Emms, John M	3.5	2456	2520	+0.29
5	IM Fernandez, Daniel	3.5	2396	2602	+0.98
6	GM Hebden, Mark L	3.0	2554	2453	-0.34
7	GM Ward, Chris G	3.0	2422	2457	+0.39
8	FM Tan, Justin	3.0	2375	2452	+0.55
9	FM Jackson, James P	3.0	2320	2435	+0.59
10	Harvey, Marcus R	3.0	2287	2415	+0.65
11	IM Rudd, Jack	3.0	2278	2468	+0.98
12	GM Howell, David W L	2.5	2650	2461	-0.82
13	IM Zhou, Yang-Fan	2.5	2475	2282	-0.80
14	IM Pert, Richard G	2.5	2430	2386	-0.07
15	FM Lewis, Andrew P	2.5	2286	2330	+0.14
16	Wadsworth, Matthew J	2.5	2221	2168	-0.28
17	McPhillips, Joseph	2.5	2200	2148	-0.28
18	Brown, Martin	2.5	2194	2327	+0.44
19	Batchelor, Peter J	2.5	2177	2346	+0.76
20	Graham, David B	2.5	2155	2094	-0.24
21	Fernandez, Michael	2.5	2029	2280	+1.32
22	Taylor, Adam A	2.5	2021	2383	+1.76

Results and rankings of all 59 players here

Mr. 100% and leading with 4.0/4: IM Jonathan Hawkins (photo: John Saunders, Archive)

GM Keith Arkell and IM Jack Rudd preparing for the start of their game

Dion Huang and Oscar Pollack waiting for the start of round four

GM Nicholas Pert adjust his pieces before his game in round four

Jim Burnett from Doncaster in the British Championship

Amy Hoare on board 15 in the British Championship

Joshua Higgs on top board in the Major Open

GMs Chris Ward and Mark Hebden who met in the British Championship in round three

Competitors in the Senior Over 50 Championship

Photos by courtesy of the offical tournament site

Links

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