British Championships: Howell closer to the title

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8/8/2013 – David Howell defeated Danny Gromally, while his main rival Mark Hebden drew in round nine. That puts the younger GM a full point ahead of Hebden, with eight players following up half a point behind. With two rounds to go things are looking very good for David. In today's historical review we look at another very young champion, actiaööy the youngest ever. Recognise him in the thumbnail?

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A record-breaking number of over 1000 players are taking part in the 2013 British Championships, attracted by a combination of the beautiful venue and the fact that it’s the 100th in a series stretching right back to 1904. This year it is taking place in the Riviera International Centre in Torquay. There are 23 different sections at the 2013 British Championships, catering for all ages and abilities, but the main focus of interest is on the Championship itself. There are 106 players taking part, of whom 33 are titled players, including thirteen grandmasters. The Championship runs from 29th July to 10th August 2013.

Top results of round nine

No. White
Rating
Black
Rating
Result
1 GM Howell, David W L
2639
GM Gormally, Daniel W
2496
1-0
2 GM Lalic, Bogdan
2489
GM Hebden, Mark L
2555
½-½
3 GM Jones, Gawain C B
2643
IM Ghasi, Ameet K
2459
½-½
4 GM Gordon, Stephen J
2521
IM Palliser, Richard J D
2453
½-½
5 IM Meszaros, Gyula
2255
GM Williams, Simon K
2481
1-0
6 GM Wells, Peter K
2479
GM Flear, Glenn C
2456
½-½
7 IM Zhou, Yang-Fan
2469
FM Carr, Neil L
2290
1-0
8 GM Arkell, Keith C
2444
Mackle, Dominic
2216
1-0
9 IM Hawkins, Jonathan
2517
FM Storey, Charles
2214
1-0
10 Weaving, Richard
2196
GM Emms, John M
2469
½-½
11 Weller, Jean-Luc
2172
GM Kosten, Anthony C.
2458
½-½
12 GM Ward, Chris G
2432
Tambini, Jasper
1979
0-1
13 Purdon, Colin
2140
IM Fernandez, Daniel
2346
0-1
14 Foo, William J
2090
IM Kolbus, Dietmar
2288
½-½
15 Anderson, John
2189
IM Knott, Simon J B
2318
½-½
16 FM Chapman, Terry P D
2308
WFM Hegarty, Sarah N
2124
1-0
17 Yeo, Michael J
2170
Longson, Alexander
2279
0-1
18 Osborne, Marcus E
2269
Duff, Rufus
2157
1-0
19 Haria, Ravi
2133
FM Eames, Robert S
2244
1-0
20 Wadsworth, Matthew J
2136
Mason, Donald J
2204
1-0

Top rankings after round nine

Rnk Name
Score
Rating
TPR
W-We
1 GM Howell, David W L
8.0
2639
2790 +1.30
2 GM Hebden, Mark L
7.0
2555
2626 +0.93
3 GM Jones, Gawain C B
6.5
2643
2459 -1.45
4 GM Gordon, Stephen J
6.5
2521
2575 +0.81
5 GM Lalic, Bogdan
6.5
2489
2464 -0.07
6 IM Zhou, Yang-Fan
6.5
2469
2466 +0.16
7 IM Ghasi, Ameet K
6.5
2459
2544 +1.15
8 IM Palliser, Richard J D
6.5
2453
2472 +0.45
9 GM Arkell, Keith C
6.5
2444
2463 +0.42
10 IM Meszaros, Gyula
6.5
2255
2398 +1.78
11 IM Hawkins, Jonathan
6.0
2517
2416 -0.93
12 GM Gormally, Daniel W
6.0
2496
2461 -0.23
13 GM Wells, Peter K
6.0
2479
2453 -0.10
14 GM Flear, Glenn C
6.0
2456
2309 -1.32
15 IM Fernandez, Daniel
6.0
2346
2457 +1.40
16 Tambini, Jasper
6.0
1979
2341 +3.52

Selection of games from round nine

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1.e41,161,23254%2421---
1.d4943,61155%2434---
1.Nf3280,29556%2441---
1.c4181,39556%2442---
1.g319,64956%2427---
1.b314,14254%2427---
1.f45,86848%2376---
1.Nc33,74951%2385---
1.b41,73548%2378---
1.a31,18753%2403---
1.e31,06348%2408---
1.d394050%2378---
1.g465846%2359---
1.h444152%2372---
1.c341951%2423---
1.h327756%2416---
1.a410659%2469---
1.Nh38866%2510---
1.f38745%2429---
1.Na34063%2477---
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Bg7 7.Nc2 0-0 8.Be2 Re8 9.f3 d6 10.0-0 Ne5
10...Nh5!? 11.g4 Be5 12.Nd5 12.gxh5 Bxh2+ 12.Rf2 Nf4 12...Bxh2+ 13.Kxh2 Qh4+ 11.Be3 c6N 11...a6 12.a4 a5 13.Qd2 b6 14.b3 Bb7 15.Rac1 Ned7 16.Nd4 Nc5 17.Bd1 Qe7 18.Bc2 Qf8 19.Ndb5 Rac8 20.Rcd1 Red8 21.Nd5 Nxd5 22.exd5 Ba6 23.Nd4 Re8 24.Rde1 f5 25.g3 Qf7 26.Kg2 Sellars,M-Phillips,R/Bristol 1994 11...Be6 12.b3 Nc6 12...c6 13.Qd2 d5 14.exd5 cxd5 15.c5 a6 16.Rac1 Qe7 17.Rfe1 Rad8 18.Nd4 Bc8 19.Bf1 Qf8 20.Na4 Nc6 21.Nxc6 bxc6 22.Bf4 Nh5 23.Rxe8 Rxe8 24.Bd6 Bh6 25.f4 Qg7 26.Nb6 Bf5 27.Re1 David,V (2320)-Pel,B (2304)/France 2003 13.Qd2 Nh5 14.g4 Nf6 15.Rac1 Qd7 16.Nd5 Ne5 17.g5 Nxd5 18.cxd5 Bh3 19.Rf2 f5 20.gxf6 Bxf6 21.Bg5 Bg7 22.Nd4 a6 23.Bf1 Rac8 24.Rc3 Bxf1 25.Rxf1 Nf7 26.Be3 Pierandrei,C (1960)-Gregori,G (2023)/Palmi 2012 12.Qe1 Qe7 13.Rd1 a6 14.Qd2 Be6 15.b3 b5 16.cxb5 axb5 17.Qxd6 Qxd6 18.Rxd6 Bf8 19.Rd2 b4 20.Na4 Nc4 21.Bxc4 Bxc4 22.Rc1 Bb5 23.Nd4 Bxa4 24.bxa4 Nxe4 25.fxe4 Rxe4 26.Kf2 Rxa4 27.Rxc6 Rxe3 28.Kxe3 Bh6+ 29.Kd3 Bxd2 30.Kxd2 Rxa2+ 31.Rc2 Rxc2+ 32.Nxc2 b3 33.Nd4 b2 34.Kc2 Kg7 35.Kxb2 Kf6 36.Kc3 Ke5 37.Kd3 f5 38.Nf3+ Kf4 39.Ke2 g5 40.Kf2 Kg4 41.Ke3 Kh5 42.Ne5 Kh4 43.Kf3 h5 44.Ng6#
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
GM Howell,D2639GM Gormally,D-1–02013E94Boards 1-59.1
GM Jones,G-IM Ghasi,A-½–½2013B40Boards 1-59.3
GM Gordon,S2521IM Palliser,R-½–½2013A37Boards 1-59.4
IM Meszaros,G-GM Williams,S-1–02013D02Boards 1-59.5
IM Zhou,Y2469FM Carr,N22901–02013B75British Chess Championships9.2
IM Hawkins,J2517FM Storey,C22141–02013B06British Chess Championships9.4

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Game of the day by Andrew Martin

Rd 9 Game of the Day GB Ch Torquay 2013

Photos provided by Brendan O'Gorman and Keverel Chess


To really appreciate how far the event has come in its 100 years, one needs to take the opportunity to look back at some of the milestones on the way – the great characters, the champions and their games. To do this, IM Andrew Martin is using his computer skills to pick out some key games from the past and run his expert eye over them. Similarly, Bob Jones, local chess history writer, is compiling a set of ten pages, each on a past champion and one of his/her games. These will appear, one at a time, in the daily championship bulletins.

British Champions & Their Games - No. 9

1989 – Plymouth

The Penrose era of dominance ended in 1969, and even though he continued to play most years throughout the 1970s his par score was six points. The fact was that a new generation of players was rapidly emerging, inspired by the Fischer phenomenon; Keene, Hartston, Mestel, Speelman, Nunn, Miles, Short – all burst on to the scene, each winning the title once or twice. But none could dominate as Atkins and Penrose had done. Also, with the chess calendar exploding world-wide and their GM titles securing invitations to play abroad for bigger prize-money, it was more difficult to fit in “the British”.

And then came another, from the depths of rural Cornwall, who wasn’t even born when Ray Keene won in 1971, namely Michael Adams. After passing a number of chess milestones in his early teenage years, the event came to the borders of his home county. After some early draws, he finished WWW to come clear first, ahead of the 20-somethings, King, Mestel and Norwood. At 17 he was the youngest champion and his GM title was confirmed.

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1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.0-0 c5 6.c4 cxd4 7.Qxd4 Be7 8.Nc3 d6 9.Rd1 a6 10.e4 Nbd7 11.Qe3 Qc7 12.b3 0-0 13.Bb2 Rac8 14.Nd4 Rfe8 15.Rac1 My opponent has problems in selecting the best squares for his rooks. In this slow manoevring type of game I felt that I would be happier than my opponent as I had the clear cut plan of redeploying my black-square bishop. Bf8 16.h3 Qb8 17.Re1 g6 18.Rcd1 Bg7 19.f4 Opening up the game, which must be a mistake as my forces were better placed than his. He should continue manoevring e.g. 19.Qd2 In any case, my position was entirely successful and this was the reason for White deciding on direct action. 19...e5 20.fxe5 Nxe5 21.Rf1 Bc6 With the idea of ...b5. Althpough White can capture it, he is loath to do so, due to its ineffectual counterpart on g2. 22.a4 Ba8 23.Rf2 Nfd7 24.Rdf1 Correct is 24.Nd5 when Nc5 25.Nf6+ could not be played because of 24...Nc5 25.Rd1 Diagram
25...Nxb3 This simple but effective tactic allows me to make a decisive material gain. 26.Nxb3 Nxc4 27.Qf3 Nxb2 28.Qxf7+ Kh8 29.Rxb2 Rc7 29...Rxc3 was tempting but this accurate move driving White's queen from its advanced post is more effective. Although only a pawn up the powerful black square bishop makes it difficult for White to put up much resistance.. 30.Qf2 Rxc3 31.Nd2 Rf8 32.Qe1 Diagram
32...Bd4+ 33.Kh1 Re3 34.Qg1 Rd3 Diagram
The double attack on rook and queen decides the game.
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Plaskett,H-Adams,M-1989A30British Championship 198910

Adams won again in 1997 (with Sadler), 2010 and 2011.


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