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Usually the British Championships are big chess festivals with many tournaments that cover all ages and rating groups. However, in 2020 such a festival was not possible. Therefore, the chess federations of England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Ulster, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man decided to go online and the various British Championships were played virtually from December 18, 2020 to January 3, 2021.
The championship tournament was a 9 round Swiss open, in which the field, however, was not particularly strong. 37 players took part, six of them grandmasters. With a rating of 2716 Michael Adams was the number one seed and clear favourite to win tournament and title as he was more than 200 Elo-points ahead of second seed Matthew Turner, who started with a rating of 2509.
Adams lived up to his role as favourite and started with 5.0/5.
In round six Adams played his first draw, against Bogdan Lalic. Then Adams also drew the three remaining games, which allowed IM Ameet Ghasi to catch up to Adams. Now, the two had to play a two-game tiebreak match for the title. In the first game Adams was in trouble, but he managed to turn the tables and won the game. With a draw in the second game he then secured the title and became first British Online Champion.
| No. | Name | FED | Rtg | ||
| 1 |
|
GM | Adams Michael | ENG | 2716 |
| 2 |
|
GM | Turner Matthew J | SCO | 2509 |
| 3 |
|
IM | Ghasi Ameet K | ENG | 2485 |
| 4 |
|
GM | Gormally Daniel W | ENG | 2479 |
| 5 |
|
GM | Fernandez Daniel H | ENG | 2466 |
| 6 |
|
GM | Hebden Mark L | ENG | 2453 |
| 7 |
|
IM | Wadsworth Matthew J | ENG | 2416 |
| 8 |
|
GM | Lalic Bogdan | CRO | 2402 |
| 9 |
|
FM | O'gorman Tom | IRL | 2368 |
| 10 |
|
FM | Grieve Harry | ENG | 2351 |
| 11 |
|
FM | Tate Alan | SCO | 2342 |
| 12 |
|
FM | Claridge-Hansen William | ENG | 2290 |
| 13 |
|
WGM | Toma Katarzyna | ENG | 2289 |
| 14 |
|
Chopra Tanmay | IND | 2273 | |
| 15 |
|
FM | Toczek Grzegorz | WLS | 2271 |
| 16 |
|
FM | Blackburn Jonathan Lb | WLS | 2235 |
| 17 |
|
CM | Balaji Aaravamudhan | ENG | 2206 |
| 18 |
|
Shafi Declan | SCO | 2166 | |
| 19 |
|
CM | Villiers Thomas | ENG | 2161 |
| 20 |
|
Cox Tristan A | ENG | 2141 | |
| 21 |
|
Wills Thomas | ENG | 1994 | |
| 22 |
|
Evans Harry G | ENG | 1985 | |
| 23 |
|
Finn Peter | ENG | 1959 | |
| 24 |
|
Rathbone-Jones Ifan | WLS | 1941 | |
| 25 |
|
Varney Zoe | ENG | 1917 | |
| 26 |
|
Gordon Sean | ENG | 1909 | |
| 27 |
|
Stubbs Oliver | ENG | 1905 | |
| 28 |
|
Finn Chris | ENG | 1886 | |
| 29 |
|
Goss Alex | IRL | 1833 | |
| 30 |
|
Gurner Jem | JCI | 1800 | |
| 31 |
|
Arora Tashika | ENG | 1744 | |
| 32 |
|
Idle Oscar J | ENG | 1722 | |
| 33 |
|
Ismail Mohammed Aayan | ENG | 1719 | |
| 34 |
|
Volovich Julia | ENG | 1674 | |
| 35 |
|
Shearsby Jude | ENG | 1673 | |
| 36 |
|
Oh Julie | ENG | 1168 | |
| 37 |
|
Greenwood Mark | ENG | 0 |
The Women's Championship was more one-sided: Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant won with 7.0/7.
| No. | Name | FED | Rtg | ||
| 1 |
|
GM | Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan E | SCO | 2380 |
| 2 |
|
IM | Ciuksyte Dagne | ENG | 2294 |
| 3 |
|
WIM | Kanyamarala Trisha | IRL | 2180 |
| 4 |
|
WFM | Emelianova Maria | ENG | 2113 |
| 5 |
|
WFM | Smith Olivia | WLS | 2012 |
| 6 |
|
Putar Lara | IRL | 1930 | |
| 7 |
|
Varney Zoe | ENG | 1917 | |
| 8 |
|
Lampard Alice | SCO | 1763 | |
| 9 |
|
Arora Tashika | ENG | 1744 | |
| 10 |
|
WFM | Lowry-O'reilly Hannah | IRL | 1708 |
| 11 |
|
Posadas Rayelynn | ENG | 1703 | |
| 12 |
|
Rida Ruqayyah | ENG | 1661 | |
| 13 |
|
Dicen Imogen | ENG | 1630 | |
| 14 |
|
Walker Kate | ENG | 1596 | |
| 15 |
|
Headlong Georgia | ENG | 1584 | |
| 16 |
|
Pert Nina P | ENG | 1537 | |
| 17 |
|
Barry Suzanne | IRL | 1375 | |
| 18 |
|
Wilson Florence | SCO | 1360 | |
| 19 |
|
Catabay Mae C | ENG | 1215 | |
| 20 |
|
Oh Julie | ENG | 1168 |
