Andrew Lewis is British Senior Champion!
This year’s British Chess Championships was held in Kingston upon Hull from 27th July to 5th August.
Andy Lewis (FM), who plays for the Manningtree Chess Club in the Suffolk League, managed to win the British Senior (50+) Championships by a clear point and unbeaten, scoring 6/7. Congratulations Andy!
Other Suffolk players competed in various events:
- Graham Moore (British Championship).
- Jonathan Collins (Major Open).
- John Feavyour (Senior (65+)).
- Andrew Donnelly (U2050).
Graham Moore, who plays for Ipswich Chess Club, performed very well throughout the majority of the main tournament, which was much stronger than in previous years due to stricter qualification regulations. Graham picked up some excellent results including a win against Scottish IM, Andrew Muir, and a draw against John Emms (GM), and although things slipped away a little in the final two rounds, he still managed to gain 5.8 rating points. However, the pick of the bunch was Jon Collins, who performed 160 points above is current international rating, gaining him 29.2 rating points!
Also, former Suffolk players, Justin Tan (GM elect) and Nicholas Pert (GM) competed in the main championship. Nick finished 5th= in the main event which was won by England’s highest rated player of all time, Michael Adams (GM), who beat Luke McShane (GM) 3-1 in a rapidplay playoff, after both players ended up tied on 7/9.
McShane beat David Howell (GM) in the final round which gave him the opportunity to play Adams for the prestigious title. Can you spot McShane’s nice finish?
Congratulations Andrew.
..and was very impressed with Graham's result early days.
T.L.
1…d6-d5 is fun – mate in all variations BUT one of them not for Black!