Who is the best English all-rounder?

[John McKenna]

The following recently appeared on Chessbase News -

Players who are good in blitz and rapid chess are also often good in classical chess. The best example is Magnus Carlsen, who is World Champion in classical, rapid, and blitz chess. At the Icelandic Championship GM Hedinn Steingrimsson followed Carlsen's example. He won the tournament to become reigning Icelandic champion in all three disciplines...

http://en.chessbase.com/post/one-player-three-titles

If the best English players could ever be persuaded to play in a compendium of classical, rapid and blitz would anyone win all three, I wonder? (Should it be the case that no one player could achieve the treble, who'd do best overall in the three forms?)

[IM Jack Rudd]

Mickey, probably. On account of being significantly better than anyone else.

(Actual evidence: he's won Gibraltar via the rapidplay playoff before.)

[John McKenna]

You'd have good chance of coming high in the final overall rankings yourself, Jack.

[LawrenceCooper]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_R ... mpionships