2026 English Chess Championships

[Christopher Kreuzer]

The 2026 English Chess Championships concluded today.

https://s1.chess-results.com/tnr1519584 ... 0&SNode=S0

Congratulations to Gawain Maroroa Jones who won the Open title and to Elmira Mirzoeva who won the Women's event (both scored 7.5/9).

Mickey Adams came second and dropped a couple more rating points. The twilight of his career compared to Short is interesting to observe. Both Adams and Gormally avoiding the Seniors for now...

Over 50 won by Phil Crocker (6/7).

Over 65 won by Ian Snape (7/7).

Anyone spot any good games from the live boards?

[Thomas Rendle]

The last round game in Roberson-Merry is worth a look.

[Roger de Coverly]

Anyone spot any good games from the live boards?

I wouldn't call it a good game, but I did see one game in the Over 65 where a player resigned thinking he had blundered. There was however a most satisfactory move available. It's possible that the DGT boards misreported the sequence of moves.

[Christopher Kreuzer]

The last round game in Roberson-Merry is worth a look.

Thanks:

https://lichess.org/broadcast/english-c ... T/CIcT0woI

[Graham Borrowdale]

As a French Defence addict I enjoyed this win from Jonah Willow against Brandon Clarke.

https://lichess.org/broadcast/english-c ... S/9xagc9mJ

[Christopher Kreuzer]

Thanks, Graham. I liked the way the black knight went from d6 to d3 via e4 and c5.

[Tim Spanton]

Anyone spot any good games from the live boards?

I wouldn't call it a good game, but I did see one game in the Over 65 where a player resigned thinking he had blundered. There was however a most satisfactory move available. It's possible that the DGT boards misreported the sequence of moves.

That sounds like a game Erdoğan Hassan was telling me about - not sure which round.