British Championship: Royal and Jones share the lead

by Carlos Alberto Colodro
7/31/2024 – Two players still have a perfect score after four rounds at the British Championship in Hull: 2017 British champion Gawain Jones and 15-year-old Shreyas Royal. While Jones defeated Matthew Wadsworth with white, Royal stunned top seed David Howell with the black pieces. Stuart Conquest, Ameet Ghasi and Svyatoslav Bazakutsa stand a half point behind the leaders. | Photo: Melinda Wilde
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Royal takes down Howell

Already twice this year, 15-year-old Shreyas Royal fell just short of grabbing his third GM norm, first at the Hastings Congress and then at a 10-round tournament in Tenerife. Now, after four rounds, he is sharing the lead at the British Championship in Hull. Royal still has a perfect score after achieving a memorable victory with black over top seed David Howell.

Sharing the lead with the youngster is Gawain Jones, the third seed in the traditional event. Jones defeated Matthew Wadsworth on Tuesday, the player who had stunned Luke McShane - one of the favourites to take the title - in the previous round. At 36, Jones is looking to win the British Championship for a third time in his career, as he has already won the event in 2012 and 2017. The man from Keighley won the English Championship earlier this year.

Standing a half point behind the leaders are Stuart Conquest, Ameet Ghasi and Svyatoslav Bazakutsa, ranked 5th, 6th and 7th in the tournament, respectively. A half point further back, still with good chances of catching up with the leaders, is an 8-player group which includes Howell, Wadsworth and defending champion Michael Adams.

The top scorers among the women are Lan Yao, Elmira Mirzoeva and Tirsha Kanyamarala, with 2½/4 points each.

Shreyas Royal

Shreyas Royal | Photo: Dennis Dicen / English Chess Fedearation

Howell 0 - 1 Royal

Standings after round 4

Rk. Name  TB1 
1 Jones, Gawain Cb 4
Royal, Shreyas 4
3 Conquest, Stuart C 3,5
Ghasi, Ameet K 3,5
Bazakutsa, Svyatoslav 3,5
6 Howell, David Wl 3
Adams, Michael 3
Wadsworth, Matthew J 3
Han, Yichen 3
Hebden, Mark L 3
Kanyamarala, Tarun 3
Golding, Alex 3
Salmons, Calum 3
14 Mcshane, Luke J 2,5
Grieve, Harry 2,5
Gasanov, Eldar 2,5
Williams, Simon K 2,5
Willow, Jonah B 2,5
Pert, Richard G 2,5
Motwani, Paul 2,5

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1.e4 2 c5 11 2.Nf3 8 e6 22 3.d4 34 cxd4 18 4.Nxd4 5 Nc6 23 5.Nc3 16 Qc7 24 6.f4 15 a6 1:16 7.Nxc6 21 bxc6 50 8.Qf3 24 d5 53 9.Be3 1:31       Nf6 39 10.Bd4 2:33 Be7 3:14 11.0-0-0 2:41 0-0 2:09 12.Bd3 2:32 Bb7 3:18 13.Rhe1 11:09 c5 3:39 Black should try 13...Nd7= 14.Be5 1:29 Qb6 4:09 15.exd5 6:49 exd5 2:00 16.Qh3 2:26 g6 1:42 17.f5 6:12 Rfe8 8:31 18.fxg6 9:22 18.Rf1!? Bd8 19.Rde1= 18...hxg6 1:41 18...fxg6 19.Qg3 Nh5 19.Rf1!± 4:54 Nh5 5:25 ...Bg5+ would now be deadly. 20.g4 2:21 White is much more active. Bg5+ 32 21.Kb1 6 Nf6 2:44 22.Na4 6:43 Really sharp! Qc6 2:19 23.Bxf6 1:33 Bxf6 8 24.Qf3! 48 24.Nxc5?! Re7 24...Bxb2 25.Rxf7 Bg7 26.Rxb7= 24...Re6 1:38
25.g5! 53       Qxa4= 12:55 25...Bxg5 26.Qxf7+ Kh8 27.Rf3 27.Nxc5 Re7+- 27...Bh4 28.Rh3 Qxa4 29.Bxg6 29.Qxe6 Rg8 30.Rf1 Qd4 31.Bxg6 Bc8 32.Rxh4+ Qxh4 33.Qe5+ Qf6 34.Qh5+ Kg7 35.Qh7+ Kf8 36.Rxf6# 29...Rxg6 30.Qxg6 25...c4? 26.Bxg6 fxg6 27.gxf6+- 26.gxf6 12 Qh4 28 27.b3 4:19 c4 59
28.Bxc4 4:52 dxc4 28 29.Qxb7 7 Rae8 1:17 30.Qf3 1:57 Re2 2:58 30...a5= remains equal. 31.h3 1:52 31.Rg1± 31...cxb3 55 32.axb3 8 R2e3 11 33.Qf4 7:44 33.Qg2 simplifies Qxh3 34.Qxh3 Rxh3 35.Rd6 33...Qxh3 35 Strongly threatening ...Rxb3+! 33...Qxf4 simplifies 34.Rxf4 Rxh3 35.Rd7 Rh2 34.Kb2 2:29 Black must now prevent Rh1. R3e4 52 35.Qc7 7:43 Re2 3:46 36.Rf4 3:12 Qc8 5:17 37.Rd7 1:50 37.Qc3 is interesting. Qe6 38.Rg1 Re3 39.Qc7 37...Qxc7 29 38.Rxc7 2       Endgame. KRR-KRR g5 30 39.Rd4 2:01 R2e6 3:38 40.Rd5 12 Rxf6 17 41.Rxg5+ 30:07 Kf8 30:08 42.Rd5 5:03 Kg7 2:54 43.b4 0 Ree6 0 44.Kb3 0 Kg6 0 45.c3 0 Rc6 0 The position is equal. 46.Rcd7 0 Rfe6 0 47.Rd8 0 f5 0       48.Rg8+ 0 Kf7 0 49.Rg3 0 49.Rxf5+? perishes. Kxg8 50.Rf3 Re1-+ 49...f4 0 50.Rf3 0 Re4 0 51.Kc2 0 Weighted Error Value: White=0.13 (very precise) /Black=0.13 (very precise) . Mistake: White=2 Black=3 Inaccurate: White=4 Black=3 OK: White=11 Black=18 Best: White=3 Black=6 Strong: White=2 --- Brilliant: White=1 --- ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Adams,M2670Villiers,T2229½–½2024B47BritishChessChampionships 20241.1
Boswell,J2274Howell,D26750–12024E15BritishChessChampionships 20241.2
Shafi,D2222Jones,G26330–12024A58BritishChessChampionships 20241.3
McShane,L2617Pang,E21641–02024B31BritishChessChampionships 20241.4
Ledger,D2201Conquest,S25100–12024B67BritishChessChampionships 20241.5
Ghasi,A2496Southcott-Moyers,I21821–02024E04BritishChessChampionships 20241.6
Beaumont,C2198Bazakutsa,S24700–12024E63BritishChessChampionships 20241.7
Royal,S2483Sivanandan,B21101–02024B12BritishChessChampionships 20241.8
Brewer,C2161Grieve,H24700–12024B47BritishChessChampionships 20241.9
Gasanov,E2469Hryshchenko,K21611–02024E70BritishChessChampionships 20241.10
Larchikov,M2181Wadsworth,M24670–12024D19BritishChessChampionships 20241.11
Williams,S2450Badacsonyi,S21321–02024A36BritishChessChampionships 20241.12
Kanyamarala,T2219Merry,A2429½–½2024D24BritishChessChampionships 20241.13
Willow,J2422Banerjee,S21151–02024B12BritishChessChampionships 20241.14
Mitchell,M2159Pert,R2415½–½2024D02BritishChessChampionships 20241.15
Motwani,P2414Bradbury,N21531–02024B10BritishChessChampionships 20241.16
Stubbs,O2146Han,Y24140–12024A43BritishChessChampionships 20241.17
Lutsko,A2414Mannion,S-1–02024C79BritishChessChampionships 20241.18
Kalaiyalahan,A2140Hebden,M23980–12024E66BritishChessChampionships 20241.19
Palliser,R-Shearsby,J20920–12024D31BritishChessChampionships 20241.20
Murawski,J2134Wells,P23540–12024E21BritishChessChampionships 20241.21
Czopor,M2361Lentzos,I2119½–½2024B41BritishChessChampionships 20241.22
Verma,A2118Derakhshani,B23550–12024B51BritishChessChampionships 20241.23
Kanyamarala,T2333Khoury,T20571–02024D32BritishChessChampionships 20241.24
Saunders,A2105Eggleston,D23351–02024B51BritishChessChampionships 20241.25
Ledger,A2334Verma,S21021–02024D20BritishChessChampionships 20241.26
Arnott,J2104Wu,L23280–12024B12BritishChessChampionships 20241.27
Davies,N2325Pal,R20971–02024D35BritishChessChampionships 20241.28
Verbytski,O2008Yao,L23250–12024B92BritishChessChampionships 20241.29
Balaji,A2346Rida,R19621–02024E61BritishChessChampionships 20241.30
Dicen,E2073Richardson,J22991–02024D36BritishChessChampionships 20241.31
Golding,A2296Subramanian,A20501–02024B12BritishChessChampionships 20241.32
Starley,R2017Mirzoeva,E22600–12024B12BritishChessChampionships 20241.33
Taylor,A2281Sanger,J20260–12024D32BritishChessChampionships 20241.34
Rathbone-Jones,I2014Pein,J22791–02024C41BritishChessChampionships 20241.35
Pein,M2274Atako,C20031–02024D12BritishChessChampionships 20241.36
Raju,S-Lewis,A22720–12024B26BritishChessChampionships 20241.37
Hobson,K2227Salmons,C1999½–½2024B51BritishChessChampionships 20241.38
Merriman,J1974Kalavannan,K22650–12024A57BritishChessChampionships 20241.39
Merriman,J2251Sachdeva,R1907½–½2024D10BritishChessChampionships 20241.40
Evans,R-Van Zyl-Rudd,J22920–12024E12BritishChessChampionships 20241.41
Toma,K2220Larkin,B19521–02024B53BritishChessChampionships 20241.42
Howell,D2675Kanyamarala,T23331–02024B43BritishChessChampionships 20242.1
Jones,G2633Ledger,A23341–02024A07BritishChessChampionships 20242.2
Wu,L2328McShane,L26170–12024A30BritishChessChampionships 20242.3
Conquest,S2510Davies,N2325½–½2024A21BritishChessChampionships 20242.4
Yao,L2325Ghasi,A2496½–½2024B46BritishChessChampionships 20242.5
Bazakutsa,S2470Balaji,A2346½–½2024E71BritishChessChampionships 20242.6
Mirzoeva,E2260Royal,S24830–12024D38BritishChessChampionships 20242.7
Grieve,H2470Golding,A22960–12024C92BritishChessChampionships 20242.8
Lewis,A2272Gasanov,E24690–12024A09BritishChessChampionships 20242.9
Wadsworth,M2467Pein,M22741–02024A59BritishChessChampionships 20242.10
Kalavannan,K2265Williams,S2450½–½2024C01BritishChessChampionships 20242.11
Van Zyl-Rudd,J2292Willow,J24221–02024D35BritishChessChampionships 20242.12
Shearsby,J2092Motwani,P2414½–½2024C55BritishChessChampionships 20242.13
Han,Y2414Toma,K2220½–½2024A27BritishChessChampionships 20242.14
Sanger,J2026Lutsko,A24140–12024D55BritishChessChampionships 20242.15
Hebden,M2398Saunders,A21051–02024D15BritishChessChampionships 20242.16
Wells,P2354Dicen,E2073½–½2024D20BritishChessChampionships 20242.17
Derakhshani,B2355Madhavan,S19981–02024B12BritishChessChampionships 20242.18
Merry,A2429Rathbone-Jones,I20141–02024E64BritishChessChampionships 20242.19
Lentzos,I2119Adams,M26700–12024E11BritishChessChampionships 20242.20
Pert,R2415Kanyamarala,T22191–02024E14BritishChessChampionships 20242.21
Villiers,T2229Czopor,M23610–12024B45BritishChessChampionships 20242.22
Sachdeva,R1907Hobson,K22270–12024E04BritishChessChampionships 20242.23
Salmons,C1999Merriman,J22511–02024D02BritishChessChampionships 20242.24
Trent,L2416Mitchell,M21591–02024B09BritishChessChampionships 20242.25
Mannion,S-Palliser,R-½–½2024B93BritishChessChampionships 20242.26
Eggleston,D2335Stubbs,O21461–02024C07BritishChessChampionships 20242.27
Richardson,J2299Kalaiyalahan,A21401–02024D36BritishChessChampionships 20242.28
Khoury,T2057Taylor,A22811–02024B32BritishChessChampionships 20242.29
Pein,J2279Murawski,J2134½–½2024C47BritishChessChampionships 20242.30
Verma,S2102Boswell,J2274½–½2024A41BritishChessChampionships 20242.31
Pal,R2097Shafi,D2222½–½2024C28BritishChessChampionships 20242.32
Pang,E2164Verma,A21181–02024B55BritishChessChampionships 20242.33
Rida,R1962Ledger,D2201½–½2024C55BritishChessChampionships 20242.34
Southcott-Moyers,I2182Arnott,J21041–02024A85BritishChessChampionships 20242.35
Subramanian,A2050Beaumont,C21981–02024B38BritishChessChampionships 20242.36
Sivanandan,B2110Verbytski,O2008½–½2024B52BritishChessChampionships 20242.37
Atako,C2003Brewer,C2161½–½2024E36BritishChessChampionships 20242.38
Hryshchenko,K2161Starley,R20171–02024C50BritishChessChampionships 20242.39
Larkin,B1952Larchikov,M21811–02024B99BritishChessChampionships 20242.40
Badacsonyi,S2132Raju,S-1–02024A80BritishChessChampionships 20242.41
Banerjee,S2115Merriman,J19741–02024C02BritishChessChampionships 20242.42
Bradbury,N2153Evans,R-0–12024A59BritishChessChampionships 20242.43
Lutsko,A2414Howell,D26750–12024B15BritishChessChampionships 20243.1
Golding,A2296Jones,G26330–12024C70BritishChessChampionships 20243.2
McShane,L2617Wadsworth,M24670–12024B10BritishChessChampionships 20243.3
Royal,S2483Hebden,M23981–02024E71BritishChessChampionships 20243.4
Gasanov,E2469Derakhshani,B2355½–½2024E15BritishChessChampionships 20243.5
Adams,M2670Van Zyl-Rudd,J22921–02024B45BritishChessChampionships 20243.6
Czopor,M2361Conquest,S25100–12024B03BritishChessChampionships 20243.7
Ghasi,A2496Kalavannan,K22651–02024A37BritishChessChampionships 20243.8
Davies,N2325Bazakutsa,S24700–12024D04BritishChessChampionships 20243.9
Williams,S2450Yao,L2325½–½2024D00BritishChessChampionships 20243.10
Balaji,A2346Merry,A2429½–½2024E49BritishChessChampionships 20243.11
Hobson,K2227Pert,R2415½–½2024B13BritishChessChampionships 20243.12
Motwani,P2414Salmons,C19990–12024D40BritishChessChampionships 20243.13
Dicen,E2073Han,Y24140–12024C45BritishChessChampionships 20243.14
Toma,K2220Wells,P23540–12024C45BritishChessChampionships 20243.15
Grieve,H2470Shearsby,J20921–02024B72BritishChessChampionships 20243.16
Southcott-Moyers,I2182Trent,L2416½–½2024E69BritishChessChampionships 20243.17
Willow,J2422Hryshchenko,K21611–02024B06BritishChessChampionships 20243.18
Kanyamarala,T2333Badacsonyi,S21321–02024E73BritishChessChampionships 20243.19
Banerjee,S2115Eggleston,D23350–12024B22BritishChessChampionships 20243.20
Ledger,A2334Khoury,T2057½–½2024D36BritishChessChampionships 20243.21
Saunders,A2105Wu,L2328½–½2024B06BritishChessChampionships 20243.22
Subramanian,A2050Richardson,J22990–12024E25BritishChessChampionships 20243.23
Rathbone-Jones,I2014Mirzoeva,E2260½–½2024A45BritishChessChampionships 20243.24
Pein,M2274Sanger,J20261–02024D94BritishChessChampionships 20243.25
Evans,R-Lewis,A2272½–½2024E94BritishChessChampionships 20243.26
Madhavan,S1998Pang,E2164½–½2024B45BritishChessChampionships 20243.27
Palliser,R-Larkin,B19521–02024E60BritishChessChampionships 20243.28
Mitchell,M2159Pein,J2279½–½2024D02BritishChessChampionships 20243.29
Merriman,J2251Mannion,S-1–02024D28BritishChessChampionships 20243.30
Boswell,J2274Lentzos,I21191–02024B41BritishChessChampionships 20243.31
Verbytski,O2008Villiers,T2229½–½2024C08BritishChessChampionships 20243.32
Shafi,D2222Verma,S21021–02024D36BritishChessChampionships 20243.33
Ledger,D2201Pal,R2097½–½2024B47BritishChessChampionships 20243.34
Murawski,J2134Sivanandan,B2110½–½2024D52BritishChessChampionships 20243.35
Brewer,C2161Rida,R19621–02024C45BritishChessChampionships 20243.36
Kanyamarala,T2219Atako,C20031–02024D35BritishChessChampionships 20243.37
Taylor,A2281Sachdeva,R1907½–½2024A11BritishChessChampionships 20243.38
Beaumont,C2198Verma,A21180–12024E04BritishChessChampionships 20243.39
Larchikov,M2181Arnott,J2104½–½2024E11BritishChessChampionships 20243.40
Starley,R2017Bradbury,N2153½–½2024B12BritishChessChampionships 20243.41
Stubbs,O2146Raju,S-1–02024A48BritishChessChampionships 20243.42
Kalaiyalahan,A2140Merriman,J19741–02024A62BritishChessChampionships 20243.43
Howell,D2675Royal,S24830–12024C54BritishChessChampionships 20244.1
Jones,G2633Wadsworth,M24671–02024A07BritishChessChampionships 20244.2
Han,Y2414Adams,M2670½–½2024C47BritishChessChampionships 20244.3
Conquest,S2510Gasanov,E24691–02024B93BritishChessChampionships 20244.4
Wells,P2354Ghasi,A24960–12024B12BritishChessChampionships 20244.5
Bazakutsa,S2470Derakhshani,B23551–02024D10BritishChessChampionships 20244.6
Salmons,C1999McShane,L2617½–½2024A47BritishChessChampionships 20244.7
Eggleston,D2335Grieve,H2470½–½2024D37BritishChessChampionships 20244.8
Balaji,A2346Williams,S2450½–½2024A92BritishChessChampionships 20244.9
Merry,A2429Golding,A22960–12024E11BritishChessChampionships 20244.10
Yao,L2325Willow,J2422½–½2024C02BritishChessChampionships 20244.11
Pert,R2415Pein,M2274½–½2024D87BritishChessChampionships 20244.12
Richardson,J2299Lutsko,A2414½–½2024E46BritishChessChampionships 20244.13
Hebden,M2398Hobson,K22271–02024E51BritishChessChampionships 20244.14
Van Zyl-Rudd,J2292Kanyamarala,T23330–12024D35BritishChessChampionships 20244.15
Trent,L2416Boswell,J2274½–½2024E60BritishChessChampionships 20244.16
Shafi,D2222Motwani,P24140–12024A28BritishChessChampionships 20244.17
Pang,E2164Palliser,R-0–12024B50BritishChessChampionships 20244.18
Czopor,M2361Southcott-Moyers,I21821–02024A14BritishChessChampionships 20244.19
Brewer,C2161Ledger,A23340–12024B12BritishChessChampionships 20244.20
Wu,L2328Kanyamarala,T22190–12024D02BritishChessChampionships 20244.21
Shearsby,J2092Davies,N2325½–½2024B42BritishChessChampionships 20244.22
Mirzoeva,E2260Saunders,A21051–02024D17BritishChessChampionships 20244.23
Lewis,A2272Dicen,E20731–02024A28BritishChessChampionships 20244.24
Kalavannan,K2265Rathbone-Jones,I20140–12024E05BritishChessChampionships 20244.25
Khoury,T2057Merriman,J22510–12024C11BritishChessChampionships 20244.26
Madhavan,S1998Toma,K22201–02024B91BritishChessChampionships 20244.27
Pein,J2279Evans,R-1–02024C11BritishChessChampionships 20244.28
Villiers,T2229Kalaiyalahan,A2140½–½2024B36BritishChessChampionships 20244.29
Verma,A2118Ledger,D22010–12024C72BritishChessChampionships 20244.30
Sivanandan,B2110Subramanian,A20501–02024C47BritishChessChampionships 20244.31
Hryshchenko,K2161Murawski,J21341–02024C48BritishChessChampionships 20244.32
Badacsonyi,S2132Verbytski,O20081–02024D36BritishChessChampionships 20244.33
Pal,R2097Banerjee,S21150–12024D41BritishChessChampionships 20244.34
Sachdeva,R1907Mitchell,M2159½–½2024E04BritishChessChampionships 20244.35
Larkin,B1952Stubbs,O2146½–½2024C11BritishChessChampionships 20244.36
Sanger,J2026Larchikov,M21810–12024E05BritishChessChampionships 20244.37
Verma,S2102Taylor,A22810–12024E14BritishChessChampionships 20244.38
Arnott,J2104Bradbury,N2153½–½2024B15BritishChessChampionships 20244.39
Mannion,S-Rida,R1962½–½2024C78BritishChessChampionships 20244.40
Lentzos,I2119Starley,R20170–12024A50BritishChessChampionships 20244.41
Raju,S-Atako,C20031–02024C52BritishChessChampionships 20244.42
Merriman,J1974Beaumont,C21981–02024A65BritishChessChampionships 20244.43

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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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