British Chess Championships 2010

[Adam Raoof]

Entrants : 401 @ 1st July. Ratings from FIDE 1st July 2010.

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BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIP (48 players)

ADAMS, Michael, 2706g; GORDON, Stephen J, 2534g; WILLIAMS, Simon K, 2511g; WELLS, Peter K, 2488g; ARKELL, Keith C, 2465g; PERT, Richard G, 2460m; GREET, Andrew N, 2451m; HOUSKA, Jovanka, 2433m; SLAVIN, Alexei, 2417f; HUNT, Adam C, 2414m; BATES, Richard A, 2382m; LITTLEWOOD, Paul E, 2361m; BAKER, Christopher W, 2307m; CONSTANTINOU, Peter, 2302f; TYMRAKIEWICZ, Rafal, 2301f; EAMES, Robert S, 2287f; DORRINGTON, Christopher J, 2255; CHAPMAN, Terry PD, 2251; GRIFFITHS, Ryan-Rhys, 2249; RUDD, Jack, 2236m; ADDISON, Bret, 2235; SNAPE, Ian L, 2233; MASON, Donald J, 2219; RICH, Mark C, 2166c; HELBIG, Paul D, 2165; PADILLA CABERO, Pablo, 2149; ALMOND, Richard J, 2148; WILLIAMS, Peter A, 2145; JACKSON, James P, 2135; JOSSE, Mark, 2128; GOODGER, Martyn, 2123; HENDERSON, Ian R, 2108; BROWN, Martin, 2093; MAKEPEACE, Philip J, 2074; SENIOR, Gary, 2069; FREEMAN, Richard CP, 2056; FEGAN, Chris, 2051; JAMESON, David, 2047; PLEASANTS, Allan J, 2032; McCULLOUGH, Simon L, 2030; MACKLE, Dominic, 2021; VRUBL, Jaroslav, 2019; COMBIE, Alexander B, 2018; BUCHER, Grant W, 2012; VAN KEMENADE, Rudy, 1995; CUMMING, Rhys, 1986; DINES, Sheila J, 1931; DORAN, Christopher, 1870;


British Senior Championship (31 players)

JAMES, Geoffrey H, 2211; NORMAN, Kenneth I, 2165; ASHBY, Anthony C, 2147; TIMSON, Paul F, 2143; COLLIER, David O, 2135; PRIZANT, Michael, 2134; DODGSON, John A, 2125; WESTRA, Roelof D, 2108; VICKERY, Jim E, 2107; DICKSON, George, 2105; HABERSHON, Paul F, 2089; ELLISON, D George, 2084; HUTCHINSON, Norman A, 2076; COLLINS, Peter M, 2061; KENDALL, Paul SN, 2059; GAMBLE, Raymond J, 2033; DOYE, Peter C, 2027; PRICE, Andrew, 2014; PHILLIPS, William, 1993; DONAGHAY, Richard H, 1968; BRYANT, Richard BE, 1957; NICOLSON, Jim R, 1930; CORISH, Aidan T, 1920; EWART, Brian R, 1888; FLOCKHART, Hugh S, 1856; ANNETTS, Ivor S, 1848; MOORE, Gillian A, 1837; MACRAE, James S, 1756; TIDMARSH, David, 1696; MITCHELL, Robert, 1688; DEAN, Michael, 1642;

British U180 Championship (15 players)
BRYANT, Richard BE, 178A; WHITE, Graham A, 177A; ARCHER-LOCK, Christopher J, 176B; BOULTON, William JK, 176A; THYNNE, Trefor, 173A; PALMER, Keith J, 171C; LIVESEY, R Nigel, 168B; O'GORMAN, Brendan, 166A; TOLL, Alec J, 165B; PATRICK, David A, 163A; PRIDE, Stephen C, 160A; STOTHARD, David, 156C; BUSH, Martin, 153A; MCCORMICK, Graeme S, 151D; GARTSIDE, Carl, 146A;


British U160 Championship (23 players)
STOTHARD, David, 156C; BUSH, Martin, 153A; PHILPOTT, John A, 153A; REDDIE, Michael J, 153B; MCCORMICK, Graeme S, 151D; DESMEDT, Richard E, 151A; WIGGINS, Andrew S, 149A; NORMAN, Dinah, 148A; WRIGHT, John, 147A; REYNOLDS, Mark A, 147E; GARTSIDE, Carl, 146A; RADFORD, Mark SR, 145A; CORNES, David J, 143A; NICKALS, Peter A, 141A; MITCHELL, Robert, 140A; PEARCE, Neville R, 140A; MITCHELL, Robert, 138*; MARSH, Charles, 131*; JOHNSON, Stanley, 126A; CROUCH, Timothy J, 126A; STONE, Mark, 125A; STRATFORD, Christopher J, 125A; BOZTAS, Lana, 121A;

British U140 Championship (24 players)
NORMAN, Nigel, 139A; JARAH, Edward W, 138C; SANDERCOCK, E Barry, 138A; HORLOCK, Peter J, 137A; TAYLOR, Jonathan, 135D; GILBERT, David J, 134A; ALLEN, Timothy, 132A; MARSH, Charles, 131*; GARDINER, Colin J, 128A; FRASER, Susan, 126C; JOHNSON, Stanley, 126A; CROUCH, Timothy J, 126A; STONE, Mark, 125A; STRATFORD, Christopher J, 125A; EVERITT, David, 123A; LETTINGTON, David, 122B; BOZTAS, Lana, 121A; BILLETT, Stephen J, 115A; SMITH, Mark J, 114A; ADAMS, Michael J, 109A; ENGLISH, Andrew, 107A; BARBER, Gregory, 97*; THORPE, Thomas, 85C; GERGELOVA, Monika,;


British U120 Championship (11 players)
BULLOCK, Alfred, 117A; WADSWORTH, James, 116D; HOLLANDS, George, 115B; SMITH, Mark J, 114A; ARCHER, David, 111A; MORRISON, Joseph G, 108A; COX, Marian, 98A; BAKER, Guy, 96E; COX, Reginald, 94A; CHAPMAN, John R, 59A; MASKELL, James, 45D;

British Under 16 Championship (12 players)
WALKER, Samuel A, 1930; CLEMENTS, Thomas A, 1917; FREELAND, Alex, 1851; ARCHER-LOCK, Adrian, 1827; MENON, Davin, 1804; WANG, Maria, 1730; EHR, Jennifer, 1656; BILLINGS, Alexander J, 1576; SPICER, Jonathan, 1574; PETTIT, Michael, 1544; SUGDEN, Freddie, 1512; LEWIS, Dominic, 1448;


British Under 14 Championship (8 players)
HARVEY, Marcus R, 177A; WANG, Maria, 167A; NOEL, Daniel, 153A; CLANCHY, Nicholas, 151A; EDWARDS-WRIGHT, Miles D, 134A; RAO, Raunak, 126A; LIP, Philomena, 124B; SUTTON, Daniel, 121A;

British Under 13 Championship (5 players)
ZHANG, Roy, 165A; WOOD-ROBINSON, Max, 131A; HEAD, Louise, 93D; TAYLOR, Adam C, 73E; EHR, Claire, 65D;


British Under 12 Championship (11 players)
WADSWORTH, Matthew, 146A; WANG, X Anna, 131A; GRAFF, Barnaby, 119A; ROSE, Marcus, 110A; FLETCHER, Michael JW, 108*; JOHNSON, Rory JS, 103A; WONG, Ryan, 97B; WONG, Alfred, 95D; WEN, Jessica, 94*; TAYLOR, Adam C, 73E; GREEN, Michael, 40*;


British Under 11 Championship (12 players)

CLARIDGE-HANSEN, William, 131A; WANG, X Anna, 131A; LEWIS, Jordan, 128A; SELWAY, Alexander, 115*; CROASDALE, Harry J, 108A; MUIR, Daniel M, 108B; TWIGGE-MOLESEY, Billy, 101B; CROASDALE, John A, 88*; GARLAND HOFF, Florian, 86*; HUSSAIN, Zara A, 72E; BENNETT, Owen, ; BENNETT, Rhys,;

British Under 10 Championship (15 players)
ZHANG, Zheming, 123*; LIP, Aloysius, 93B; GILBERT, Michael J, 93*; LIU, David, 90D; SMAILES, Andrew, 86A; GARLAND HOFF, Florian, 86*; GRIEVE, Harry, 84*; ZHANG, Anthony Y, 77*; ASHCROFT, Ned, 76E; HORSFALL, Ethan, 61E; WEN, Jackson, 56*; STEELE, Beatrice, 55*; POWER, Johann, 51*; GRAFF, Coby, 50C; GILBERT, Isabelle F, 20*;


British Under 9 Championship (13 players)
ZHANG, Zheming, 123*; CROASDALE, John A, 88*; SMAILES, Andrew, 86A; GARLAND HOFF, Florian, 86*; GRIEVE, Harry, 84*; ANIL-KUMAR, Anantha, 81E; ZHANG, Anthony Y, 77*; WEN, Jackson, 56*; SUTTON, Hannah, 47*; RAJA, Alisha, 43*; GREEN, Emily, ; DU TOIT, Stephanie M, ; LUTCHMAN-SINGH, Karanvir,;

British Under 8 Championship (10 players)
ZHANG, Zheming, 123*; CROASDALE, John A, 88*; ANIL-KUMAR, Anantha, 81E; ZHANG, Anthony Y, 77*; AVERBUKH, Adam W, 65*; GILBERT, Isabelle F, 20*; NASON, Dashiel, ; ARCHER-LOCK, Helen, ; DU TOIT, Stephanie M, ; LUTCHMAN-SINGH, Karanvir,;

MAJOR OPEN (21 players)
TALSMA, Paul, 2250; WARMAN, Simon M, 2153y; VARNAM, Liam D, 2138; HAGESAETHER, Arne, 2112; WATERS, Clive L, 2107; DE COVERLEY, Roger D, 2084; FALLOWFIELD, Jeremy R, 2074; WILLIAMS, J Stuart, 2048; GARNETT, John S, 2026; CALVERT, David I, 2025; SALMON, Andrew N, 2014; STAYT, James N, 1996; STEWART, Ashley, 1976; RAMBALDI, Francesco, 1958; CAMPBELL, Eoin S, 1915; HOARE, Amy, 1904; PAYNE, Matthew J, 1874; WADSWORTH, Matthew, 1865; SENIOR, Thomas, 1863; DALE, Hannah J, 1759; MARSH, Charles, 1650;


5 Day Open AM Week 1 (10 players)
ORTON, Stephen, 189A; TALBOT, Nathan L, 182A; KENNEDY, Craig, 176B; BIELBY, Paul R, 172A; TALBOT, Mark A, 168A; SELWAY, Richard P, 162*; MUIR, Martin J, 154C; NARASIMHAN, Aaginey, 140*; MATTHEW, Ian G, 133A; WINTER, Malcolm J, 120*;


5 Day Open PM Week 1 (15 players)

BRYANT, Richard BE, 178A; ESSINGER, James, 178B; KENNEDY, Craig, 176B; FALLOWFIELD, Nicholas K, 171A; PRICE, Andrew, 160A; PRIDE, Stephen C, 160A; GARTSIDE, Carl, 146A; NARASIMHAN, Aaginey, 140*; NORMAN, Nigel, 139A; HORLOCK, Peter J, 137A; MATTHEW, Ian G, 133A; STONE, Mark, 125A; WINTER, Malcolm J, 120*; BILLETT, Stephen J, 115A; CALVERT, John C, 108C;

5 Day Open AM Week 2 (17 players)
CUTMORE, Martin, 181A; BRYANT, Richard BE, 178A; HYDE, Keith G, 176D; MERCS, Peter, 174A; THYNNE, Trefor, 173A; BIELBY, Paul R, 172A; TOLL, Alec J, 165B; ZHANG, Roy, 165A; WATERS, Andrew C, 161A; BLOWERS, Graham K, 161A; PRIDE, Stephen C, 160A; EDNEY, Richard H, 158B; NARASIMHAN, Aaginey, 140*; SELLICK, Simon C, 124A; EVERITT, David, 123A; JAMES, David, 70A; LIP, Quinton,;

5 Day Open PM Week 2 (17 players)

FOULGER, John G, 190*; TALBOT, Nathan L, 182A; TALBOT, Mark A, 168A; TWITCHELL, Neville H, 167A; O'GORMAN, Brendan, 166A; PRIDE, Stephen C, 160A; EDNEY, Richard H, 158B; GARTSIDE, Carl, 146A; CORNES, David J, 143A; MITCHELL, Robert, 140A; NARASIMHAN, Aaginey, 140*; STONE, Mark, 125A; STRATFORD, Christopher J, 125A; EVERITT, David, 123A; CALVERT, John C, 108C; SPICER, Jonathan, 100E; JAMES, David, 70A;


Weekender Atkins - Open (11 players)
PEAT, Matthew, 179E; ESKINAZI, Anthony, 175*; MERCS, Peter, 174A; FALLOWFIELD, Nicholas K, 171A; TWITCHELL, Neville H, 167A; O'GORMAN, Brendan, 166A; MARCHANT, Geoffrey, 164A; PATRICK, David A, 163A; BLOWERS, Graham K, 161A; PRIDE, Stephen C, 160A; RADFORD, Mark SR, 145A;


Weekender Soanes - U150 (16 players)
WIGGINS, Andrew S, 149A; NORMAN, Dinah, 148A; WRIGHT, John, 147A; CORNES, David J, 143A; MITCHELL, Robert, 140A; DRENNAN, William B, 140B; NORMAN, Nigel, 139A; BAILEY, Alan M, 139A; HORLOCK, Peter J, 137A; GILBERT, David J, 134A; SHARP, David R, 133D; MATTHEW, Ian G, 133A; ALLEN, Timothy, 132A; OSBORNE, Keith, 131A; CROUCH, Timothy J, 126A; STONE, Mark, 125A;


Weekender Yates - U125 (14 players)

DAVIS, John G, 124A; EVERITT, David, 123A; BILLINGS, Alex, 122A; NETTLETON, Charlie B, 121A; BILLETT, Stephen J, 115A; SUGDEN, Freddie, 114A; SMITH, Mark J, 114A; CROASDALE, Harry J, 108A; COLLICOTT, Peter, 108D; ARCHER-LOCK, Phillip A, 106A; SULLIVAN, Kenneth, 101B; MCDONNELL, Alan, 100*; HARDWICK, Alexander M, 99E; CHAPMAN, John R, 59A;


1st Rapidplay Sunday 25th July (28 players)

GREET, Andrew N, 225Em; BROWN, Martin, 192B; ARCHER-LOCK, Adrian, 187B; CUMMING, Rhys, 185B; JAMESON, David, 184D; COMBIE, Alexander, 183B; TALBOT, Mark A, 182C; THYNNE, Trefor, 180D; BLOWERS, Graham K, 180D; TALBOT, Nathan L, 180C; BRYANT, Richard BE, 174D; CLEMENTS, Thomas, 173C; STEWART, Ashley, 171X; ARCHER-LOCK, Christopher J, 167C; PAYNE, Matthew J, 166A; HOARE, Amy, 162X; CAMPBELL, Eoin S, 161*; STOTHARD, David, 156C; BOZTAS, Lana, 137X; SUGDEN, Freddie, 131C; MARSH, Charles, 131*; WINTER, Malcolm J, 113A; EVERITT, David, 112X; SMITH, Mark J, 109E; BILLINGS, Alex, 106D; SPICER, Jonathan, 100*; CHANDRAMOHAN, Shamaka, 90*; GERGELOVA, Monika,;


2nd Rapidplay Sunday 1st August (14 players)

MACKLE, Dominic, 189D; ARCHER-LOCK, Adrian, 187B; GARNETT, John S, 174B; STEWART, Ashley, 171X; ARCHER-LOCK, Christopher J, 167C; CAMPBELL, Eoin S, 161*; STOTHARD, David, 156C; NASH, Richard, 138E; BOZTAS, Lana, 137X; MARSH, Charles, 131*; ADAMS, Michael J, 124A; LIP, Aloysius, 106D; CHANDRAMOHAN, Shamaka, 90*; LIP, Quinton,;

[Mark Josse]

Things are starting to shape up a few more GM`s Steve Gordon and Keith Arkell there is still a month to go of course and the field will continue to improve. I agree with the others Adams must be favourite to win on paper by some margin but you never know .

[Richard Bates]

Things are starting to shape up a few more GM`s Steve Gordon and Keith Arkell there is still a month to go of course and the field will continue to improve. I agree with the others Adams must be favourite to win on paper by some margin but you never know .

I'm just pleased that it looks as if i'm going to be able to maintain my standard 50%/+1 target, thereby avoiding the need to get unjustifiably ambitious! Perhaps an outside chance of avoiding embarrassing myself as usual on the demo boards as well

[IM Jack Rudd]

Well, I'm just about in the top half. Can I make it four appearances in the main prize list in six years? Possibly.

[Richard Bates]

Well, I'm just about in the top half. Can I make it four appearances in the main prize list in six years? Possibly.

Hope so. That could enable me to complete the set and avoid embarrassing myself against you

[Alex Holowczak]

Being in the top half isn't that advantageous, I'd have thought, because using an Accelerated Swiss you have to play a top quarter player. Being in quarter three is probably a better starting place. This year also seemingly makes it easier for a 2200ish to get to 6.5/11 than usual, and hence get a half price entry for 2011.

[Carl Hibbard]

Well, I'm just about in the top half. Can I make it four appearances in the main prize list in six years? Possibly.

How is the first round draw done then, have you a good chance for board one in the first round being half way?

[Richard Bates]

Being in the top half isn't that advantageous, I'd have thought, because using an Accelerated Swiss you have to play a top quarter player. Being in quarter three is probably a better starting place. This year also seemingly makes it easier for a 2200ish to get to 6.5/11 than usual, and hence get a half price entry for 2011.

Don't be silly - if it's accelerated (can't see a justification on this sort of entry) then there's a strong chance Jack will be playing me.

[Alex Holowczak]

Well, I'm just about in the top half. Can I make it four appearances in the main prize list in six years? Possibly.

How is the first round draw done then, have you a good chance for board one in the first round being half way?

Divide the entries into four even quarters. Quarter 1 (which I'll call A) plays quarter 2 (B) and quarter 3 (C) plays quarter 4 (D). As long as size(A) = size(B), and size(C) = size(D), then it works.

So, A1 v B1, B2 v A2, A3 v B3 etc. and C1 v D1, D2 v C2, C3 v D3 etc. I might have the colours the wrong way around, the number 1 seed alternates between white and black in round 1 each year.

So if Jack is the top of the second quarter, he'll be on board 1 in round 1.

I haven't the faintest idea how you do the pairings after round 1 though.

I'm pretty sure I've missed some of the finer points too...

[Adam Raoof]

And don't forget, before you start your preparation, that there are a few more entries in the pipeline!

[IM Jack Rudd]

The round 2 pairings will then have "winners from pools A and B play each other; winners from pools C and D play non-winners from pools A and B". The exact mechanism depends on what form of acceleration you use.

[Alex Holowczak]

The round 2 pairings will then have "winners from pools A and B play each other; winners from pools C and D play non-winners from pools A and B". The exact mechanism depends on what form of acceleration you use.

Technical question: How do floats work though? You'd be pretty lucky to have the winners from C and D equal to the non-winners from A and B. So what happens in that case?

[Richard Bates]

The round 2 pairings will then have "winners from pools A and B play each other; winners from pools C and D play non-winners from pools A and B". The exact mechanism depends on what form of acceleration you use.

Technical question: How do floats work though? You'd be pretty lucky to have the winners from C and D equal to the non-winners from A and B. So what happens in that case?

By definition you can't have more winners in C and D, than non-winners in A and B. The left overs are paired conventionally.

[IM Jack Rudd]

The round 2 pairings will then have "winners from pools A and B play each other; winners from pools C and D play non-winners from pools A and B". The exact mechanism depends on what form of acceleration you use.

Technical question: How do floats work though? You'd be pretty lucky to have the winners from C and D equal to the non-winners from A and B. So what happens in that case?

Winners from C and D will nearly always be a smaller set than non-winners from A and B; think about it. What you do with surplus non-winners from A and B depends on whether you're using an accelerated method that includes a "draws from C and D play losers from A and B" mechanism. In general, though, players not used for "chopping" (playing bottom-half players in higher scoregroups) will be paired normally.

Note: "chopping" pairings do not count as floats for the purposes of pairings in later rounds; other floats in round 2 do. This can cause headaches for computers.

[Alex Holowczak]

Note: "chopping" pairings do not count as floats for the purposes of pairings in later rounds; other floats in round 2 do. This can cause headaches for computers.

Causes headaches for me, let alone computers.