British Championship: Playoff

by Macauley Peterson

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8/6/2017 – Games and commentary from the 4-way playoff at the 104th British Championship in Llandudno, July 28th – August 6th, 2017 | Photo: Phil Makepeace

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Playoff at 17:00 CEST (15:00 GMT)

Games and commentary

Playoff

Commentary by IM Michael Rahal

Standings after nine rounds (Top 20)

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.
1	1	GM	Howell David Wl			2702	4ncl Cheddleton	7,0
	2	GM	Jones Gawain Cb			2660	4ncl Guildford	7,0
	3	GM	Mcshane Luke J			2644	None	7,0
	15	IM	Hanley Craig A			2441	None	7,0
5	8	GM	Emms John M	S50		2468	Wood Green	6,5
	10	IM	Ghasi Ameet K			2467	4ncl Grantham Sharks	6,5
	21	IM	Palliser Richard Jd			2408	4ncl White Rose	6,5
8	4	GM	Hawkins Jonathan			2582	4ncl Cheddleton	6,0
	5	GM	Pert Nicholas			2558	4ncl Guildford	6,0
	6	IM	Adair James R			2481	4ncl White Rose	6,0
	7	GM	Hebden Mark L	S50		2477	4ncl Guildford	6,0
	9	IM	Zhou Yang-Fan			2468	4ncl Guildford	6,0
	11	GM	Gormally Daniel W			2462	4ncl Blackthorne Russia	6,0
	12	IM	Trent Lawrence			2445	None	6,0
	16	GM	Wells Peter K	S50		2434	4ncl White Rose	6,0
	20	FM	Haria Ravi	U18		2417	Wood Green Hk	6,0
	24	IM	Eggleston David J			2394	4ncl Cheddleton	6,0
	29	FM	Horton Andrew P	U21		2324	3cs	6,0
19	13	GM	Williams Simon K			2442	4ncl Cheddleton	5,5
	17	IM	Merry Alan B	U21		2427	Barbican 4ncl	5,5

Commentary on rounds 1-9

Commentary by IM Michael Rahal, IM Daniel Fernandez (rounds 3-7) and GM Ilja Zaragatski (rounds 1-2)

Game of the Day

IM Andrew Martin brings you highlights from prior rounds | Source: English Chess Federation

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Macauley Peterson Macauley served as the Editor in Chief of ChessBase News from July 2017 to March 2020. He is the producer of The Full English Breakfast chess podcast, and was an Associate Producer of the 2016 feature documentary, Magnus.

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