The 110th edition of the Championship
The English Chess Federation is the organiser of the 2024 British Championships, currently taking place at the Hull City Hall and the DoubleTree by Hilton in Hull City Centre. The main event is the 110th edition of the British Chess Championship, a tournament that was organised for the first time in 1904.
With 86 participants, the Championship is a 9-round Swiss tournament, with rounds taking place daily from 27 July to 4 August (there are no rest days). The action kicks off at 14.30 local time for the first 8 rounds, while next Sunday's final round will begin 4½ hours earlier, at 10.00 local time.
This video course features the ins-and-outs of the possible setups Black can choose. You’ll learn the key concepts and strategies needed to add this fantastic opening to your repertoire. An easy-to-learn and yet venomous weapon.
Four players rated 2600 or above are the clear favourites to take the title: David Howell, Michael Adams, Gawain Jones and Luke McShane. Out of the four, only McShane has not won the championship in the past. Jones is a 2-time champion, Howell is a 3-time champion, while Adams has won the event 8 times and is the defending champion. Adams is, in fact, one victory away from tying Henry Ernest Atkins' record of 9 wins - the great English amateur is best known for having achieved the record in only 11 attempts, from 1905 to 1925.
The women in the 86-player field are fighting for the title of British Women's Champion. Lan Yao, who won the last two editions, is the top seed among the women, followed by Elmira Mirzoeva and Katarzyna Toma. Bodhana Sivanandan, the 9-year-old prodigy who has been stunning the chess world the last few years, is also participating.

Bodhana Sivanandan | Photo: European Chess Union
Saturday's first round saw most rating favourites claiming full points. The huge exception was Adams, who was held to a 51-move draw by CM Thomas Villiers.
On board 8, Bodhana played black against other well-known youngster, Shreyas Royal, who won the game in 33 moves. At 15, Royal is looking to get his third GM norm in Hull. About a month ago, Royal crossed the 2500-rating mark in Tenerife.
After the success of the Typical Mistakes videos aimed at higher rated players, I have decided to focus on mistakes that are made by players rated from 1000-1600.
On boards 2 and 3, both Howell and Jones grabbed rather quick wins with black. Jones' victory was particularly flashy - out of a Benko Gambit, he out-calculated his opponent, untitled Scottish representative Declan Shafi.
22...Ra3 is a killer, good-looking blow. There is little White can do against the threat of ...Nd4+, with a discovered attack against the queen.
There followed 23.Ng5 gxh6 24.Ne6 Nd4+
This is already mate-in-11 for Black. Resignation came three moves later.
Standings after round 1
1 |
1 |
|
GM |
Howell, David Wl |
ENG |
2675 |
1 |
10 |
0,8 |
|
3 |
|
GM |
Jones, Gawain Cb |
ENG |
2640 |
1 |
10 |
0,8 |
|
4 |
|
GM |
Mcshane, Luke J |
ENG |
2617 |
1 |
10 |
0,8 |
|
5 |
|
GM |
Conquest, Stuart C |
ENG |
2510 |
1 |
10 |
1,4 |
|
6 |
|
IM |
Ghasi, Ameet K |
ENG |
2495 |
1 |
10 |
1,5 |
|
7 |
|
IM |
Bazakutsa, Svyatoslav |
UKR |
2490 |
1 |
10 |
1,5 |
|
8 |
|
IM |
Royal, Shreyas |
ENG |
2487 |
1 |
10 |
1,5 |
|
9 |
|
IM |
Grieve, Harry |
ENG |
2477 |
1 |
10 |
1,5 |
|
10 |
|
GM |
Gasanov, Eldar |
UKR |
2469 |
1 |
10 |
1,6 |
|
11 |
|
IM |
Wadsworth, Matthew J |
ENG |
2456 |
1 |
10 |
1,7 |
|
12 |
|
GM |
Williams, Simon K |
ENG |
2450 |
1 |
10 |
1,7 |
|
15 |
|
IM |
Willow, Jonah B |
ENG |
2416 |
1 |
10 |
1,9 |
|
17 |
|
GM |
Motwani, Paul |
SCO |
2414 |
1 |
10 |
1,8 |
|
18 |
|
IM |
Han, Yichen |
NED |
2414 |
1 |
10 |
1,7 |
|
19 |
|
IM |
Lutsko, Artem |
UKR |
2414 |
1 |
10 |
1,7 |
|
20 |
|
GM |
Hebden, Mark L |
ENG |
2385 |
1 |
10 |
1,9 |
...86 players
All games
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.f4 a6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Qf3 d5 9.Be3 Nf6 10.Bd4 Be7 11.0-0-0 0-0 12.Bd3 Bb7 13.Rhe1 c5 14.Be5 Qb6 15.exd5 exd5 16.Qh3 g6 17.f5 Rfe8 18.fxg6 hxg6 19.Rf1 Nh5 20.g4 Bg5+ 21.Kb1 Nf6 22.Na4 Qc6 23.Bxf6 Bxf6 24.Qf3 Re6 25.g5 Qxa4 26.gxf6 Qh4 27.b3 c4 28.Bxc4 dxc4 29.Qxb7 Rae8 30.Qf3 Re2 31.h3 cxb3 32.axb3 R2e3 33.Qf4 Qxh3 34.Kb2 R3e4 35.Qc7 Re2 36.Rf4 Qc8 37.Rd7 Qxc7 38.Rxc7 g5 39.Rd4 R2e6 40.Rd5 Rxf6 41.Rxg5+ Kf8 42.Rd5 Kg7 43.b4 Ree6 44.Kb3 Kg6 45.c3 Rc6 46.Rcd7 Rfe6 47.Rd8 f5 48.Rg8+ Kf7 49.Rg3 f4 50.Rf3 Re4 51.Kc2 ½–½
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Adams,M | 2672 | Villiers,T | 2229 | ½–½ | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 1 |
Boswell,J | 2241 | Howell,D | 2675 | 0–1 | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 1 |
Shafi,D | 2222 | Jones,G | 2640 | 0–1 | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 1 |
McShane,L | 2617 | Pang,E | 2212 | 1–0 | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 1 |
Ledger,D | 2201 | Conquest,S | 2510 | 0–1 | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 1 |
Ghasi,A | 2495 | Southcott-Moyers,I | 2200 | 1–0 | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 1 |
Beaumont,C | 2198 | Bazakutsa,S | 2490 | 0–1 | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 1 |
Royal,S | 2487 | Sivanandan,B | 2185 | 1–0 | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 1 |
Brewer,C | 2182 | Grieve,H | 2477 | 0–1 | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 1 |
Gasanov,E | 2469 | Hryshchenko,K | 2181 | 1–0 | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 1 |
Larchikov,M | 2181 | Wadsworth,M | 2456 | 0–1 | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 1 |
Williams,S | 2450 | Badacsonyi,S | 2178 | 1–0 | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 1 |
Kanyamarala,T | 2165 | Merry,A | 2423 | ½–½ | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 1 |
Willow,J | 2416 | Banerjee,S | 2161 | 1–0 | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 1 |
Mitchell,M | 2159 | Pert,R | 2415 | ½–½ | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 1 |
Motwani,P | 2414 | Bradbury,N | 2153 | 1–0 | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 1 |
Stubbs,O | 2146 | Han,Y | 2414 | 0–1 | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 1 |
Lutsko,A | 2414 | Mannion,S | 2139 | 1–0 | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 1 |
Kalaiyalahan,A | 2137 | Hebden,M | 2385 | 0–1 | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 1 |
Palliser,R | 2369 | Shearsby,J | 2130 | 0–1 | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 1 |
Murawski,J | 2121 | Wells,P | 2364 | 0–1 | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 1 |
Czopor,M | 2361 | Lentzos,I | 2119 | ½–½ | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 1 |
Verma,A | 2118 | Derakhshani,B | 2351 | 0–1 | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 1 |
Kanyamarala,T | 2337 | Khoury,T | 2113 | 1–0 | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 1 |
Saunders,A | 2105 | Eggleston,D | 2335 | 1–0 | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 1 |
Ledger,A | 2334 | Verma,S | 2102 | 1–0 | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 1 |
Arnott,J | 2089 | Wu,L | 2328 | 0–1 | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 1 |
Davies,N | 2325 | Pal,R | 2077 | 1–0 | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 1 |
Verbytski,O | 2076 | Yao,L | 2325 | 0–1 | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 1 |
Balaji,A | 2316 | Rida,R | 2064 | 1–0 | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 1 |
Dicen,E | 2060 | Richardson,J | 2299 | 1–0 | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 1 |
Golding,A | 2296 | Subramanian,A | 2033 | 1–0 | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 1 |
Starley,R | 2028 | Mirzoeva,E | 2282 | 0–1 | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 1 |
Taylor,A | 2281 | Sanger,J | 2026 | 0–1 | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 1 |
Rathbone-Jones,I | 2014 | Pein,J | 2279 | 1–0 | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 1 |
Pein,M | 2274 | Atako,C | 1999 | 1–0 | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 1 |
Sooraj M R | 1999 | Lewis,A | 2272 | 0–1 | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 1 |
Hobson,K | 2266 | Salmons,C | 1999 | ½–½ | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 1 |
Merriman,J | 1974 | Kalavannan,K | 2265 | 0–1 | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 1 |
Merriman,J | 2251 | Sachdeva,R | 1972 | ½–½ | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 1 |
Evans,R | 1954 | Rudd,J | 2243 | 0–1 | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 1 |
Toma,K | 2241 | Larkin,B | 1952 | 1–0 | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 1 |
Madhavan,S | 1950 | bye | - | 1–0 | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 1 |
Howell,D | 2675 | Kanyamarala,T | 2337 | | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 2 |
Jones,G | 2640 | Ledger,A | 2334 | | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 2 |
Wu,L | 2328 | McShane,L | 2617 | | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 2 |
Conquest,S | 2510 | Davies,N | 2325 | | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 2 |
Yao,L | 2325 | Ghasi,A | 2495 | | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 2 |
Bazakutsa,S | 2490 | Balaji,A | 2316 | | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 2 |
Mirzoeva,E | 2282 | Royal,S | 2487 | | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 2 |
Grieve,H | 2477 | Golding,A | 2296 | | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 2 |
Lewis,A | 2272 | Gasanov,E | 2469 | | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 2 |
Wadsworth,M | 2456 | Pein,M | 2274 | | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 2 |
Kalavannan,K | 2265 | Williams,S | 2450 | | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 2 |
Rudd,J | 2243 | Willow,J | 2416 | | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 2 |
Shearsby,J | 2130 | Motwani,P | 2414 | | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 2 |
Han,Y | 2414 | Toma,K | 2241 | | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 2 |
Sanger,J | 2026 | Lutsko,A | 2414 | | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 2 |
Hebden,M | 2385 | Saunders,A | 2105 | | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 2 |
Wells,P | 2364 | Dicen,E | 2060 | | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 2 |
Derakhshani,B | 2351 | Madhavan,S | 1950 | | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 2 |
Merry,A | 2423 | Rathbone-Jones,I | 2014 | | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 2 |
Lentzos,I | 2119 | Adams,M | 2672 | | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 2 |
Pert,R | 2415 | Kanyamarala,T | 2165 | | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 2 |
Villiers,T | 2229 | Czopor,M | 2361 | | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 2 |
Sachdeva,R | 1972 | Hobson,K | 2266 | | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 2 |
Salmons,C | 1999 | Merriman,J | 2251 | | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 2 |
Trent,L | 2416 | Mitchell,M | 2159 | | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 2 |
Mannion,S | 2139 | Palliser,R | 2369 | | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 2 |
Eggleston,D | 2335 | Stubbs,O | 2146 | | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 2 |
Richardson,J | 2299 | Kalaiyalahan,A | 2137 | | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 2 |
Khoury,T | 2113 | Taylor,A | 2281 | | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 2 |
Pein,J | 2279 | Murawski,J | 2121 | | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 2 |
Verma,S | 2102 | Boswell,J | 2241 | | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 2 |
Pal,R | 2077 | Shafi,D | 2222 | | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 2 |
Pang,E | 2212 | Verma,A | 2118 | | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 2 |
Rida,R | 2064 | Ledger,D | 2201 | | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 2 |
Southcott-Moyers,I | 2200 | Arnott,J | 2089 | | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 2 |
Subramanian,A | 2033 | Beaumont,C | 2198 | | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 2 |
Sivanandan,B | 2185 | Verbytski,O | 2076 | | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 2 |
Atako,C | 1999 | Brewer,C | 2182 | | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 2 |
Hryshchenko,K | 2181 | Starley,R | 2028 | | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 2 |
Larkin,B | 1952 | Larchikov,M | 2181 | | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 2 |
Badacsonyi,S | 2178 | Sooraj M R | 1999 | | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 2 |
Banerjee,S | 2161 | Merriman,J | 1974 | | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 2 |
Bradbury,N | 2153 | Evans,R | 1954 | | 2024 | | British Chess Championship | 2 |
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