British Championship: Four co-leaders

by Carlos Alberto Colodro
7/30/2024 – After three rounds, four players still have perfect scores at the British Championship in Hull. The leading group includes two of the big favourites to take the title, David Howell (pictured) and Gawain Jones, who are joined by 15-year-old Shreyas Royal and Matthew Wadsworth - the latter obtained an upset victory over Luke McShane on Monday. A 9-player chasing group stands a half point back. | Photo: Dennis Dicen / English Chess Fedearation

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Wadsworth stuns McShane

Two players seeded among the top-10 players at the British Championship have already conceded a full point each in the first three rounds of the event. While ninth seed Harry Grieve was defeated by FM Alex Golding in round 2, fourth seed Luke McShane lost to IM Matthew Wadsworth in round 3. Grieve and McShane now stand a full point behind the four players who still have a perfect score in Hull.

The four co-leaders are David Howell, Gawain Jones, Shreyas Royal and Wadsworth. Round 4 will see Howell playing white against Royal and Jones playing white against Wadsworth.

Standing a half point behind the leaders are nine players, including defending champion Michael Adams, who is set to face Dutch IM Yichen Han in round 4. The chasing pack also includes Stuart Conquest, the long-time tournament director of the Gibraltar Chess Festival, which was one of the biggest and most successful chess events between 2003 and 2020.

The race to clinch the title of British women's champion is led by Lan Yao, who won the two previous editions of the event.

Lutsko 0 - 1 Howell

Standings after round 3

Rk. Name  TB1 
1 Howell, David Wl 3
Jones, Gawain Cb 3
Royal, Shreyas 3
Wadsworth, Matthew J 3
5 Adams, Michael 2,5
Conquest, Stuart C 2,5
Ghasi, Ameet K 2,5
Bazakutsa, Svyatoslav 2,5
Gasanov, Eldar 2,5
Han, Yichen 2,5
Wells, Peter K 2,5
Derakhshani, Borna 2,5
Salmons, Calum 2,5
14 Mcshane, Luke J 2
Grieve, Harry 2
Williams, Simon K 2
Merry, Alan B 2
Willow, Jonah B 2
Pert, Richard G 2
Lutsko, Artem 2

...86 players

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Topics: British Championship 2024, David Howell, Gawain Jones
Carlos Colodro is a Hispanic Philologist from Bolivia. He works as a freelance translator and writer since 2012. A lot of his work is done in chess-related texts, as the game is one of his biggest interests, along with literature and music.
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