Essex at the British - Sheffield 2011

Essex entries to the British Championships at Sheffield, 24th July – 6th August, numbered 17 (those that we know about). These are listed below, with a synopsis of their scores. Apologies to anyone whose name has been overlooked - let us hear from you: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

You can access the British Championship 2011 website from the link below. Reports of Essex interest can be found on the essexchess blog, while the Essex Brits Table provides a snapshot of our players' performances.

Essex players' games from the Championship and the Major Open can be found in the Essex Brit Games 2011 database. These games in pgn format are published courtesy of the British Chess Championship Bulletin Team and have been published complete for the Championship and to R6 for the Major Open (at 5 Aug 2011). Further games will be added to the Essex Brit database id and when published by the BCC website. The games 'plug-in' below will enable you to play them through on screen. In addition to the Essex players' games, you can also find the Webmaster's Highlight of Week 1. You can download all the published games by going to the BCC website, link below.

Thanks to all those who have contributed to following Essex interests in the roller-coaster ride that is the British Chess Championships, whether they be contributors, Roving Reporters, proof-readers, or simply readers. We could have done it without you, but there wouldn't have been much point, would there?

Congratulations to the players, in particular to our British Champion, Aditya Verma British U8 Champion! And our most prolific player, Adam Taylor, 29 games in two weeks across four events!

Links: British Championship website | Chesster's essexchess blog | Essex Brits table

Essex Brit Games

Download: EatB 2011 Games Database

Essex Entries

British Championship - 25 July - 5 August (Rest day 31 July)

Richard Pert - 5/9 - Withdrawn

George O’Toole - 5/11

British Senior Championship - 30 July - 5 August

Ivan Myall - 5/7

Peter Doye - 3½/7

British U180 Championship - 25 July - 29 July

None

British U160 Championship - 1 August - 5 August

David Smith 2½/5

Peter Nickals 2½/5

British U140 Championship - 25 July - 29 July

Trevor Dickerson - 3½/5

British U120 Championship - 1 August - 5 August

John Jestico 2/5

British U13 Championship - 25 July - 30 July

Adam Taylor - 5/7

British U10 Championship - 1 August - 5 August

Dion Huang 4½/7

British U9 Championship - 30 July - 31 July

Aditya Verma - 4/7

British U8 Championship - 29 July

 Aditya Verma 5½/6 - BRITISH CHAMPION

There are also Junior sections at U16, U14, U12, U11, U10 and U9, but we don’t profess to be familiar with Essex junior names, so can’t answer for other sections.

Major Open - 25 July - 5 August (Rest day 31 July)

Howard Grist - 4/8 - Withdrawn

Adam Taylor - 4½/11

5 Day Open – AM Week 1 - 25 July - 29 July

None

5 Day Open – PM Week 1 - 25 July - 29 July

None

5 Day Open – AM Week 2 - 1 August - 5 August

Mark Murrell 2½/5

Colin Ramage 2/5

5 Day Open – PM Week 2 - 1 August - 5 August

Colin Ramage 3/5

Weekender Atkins - 29 July - 31 July

None

Weekender Soanes - 29 July - 31 July

None

Weekender Yates - 29 July - 31 July

None

1st Rapiplay - 24 July

Adam Taylor - 3/6

Nathalie Taylor - 1/6

Alan Riddoch - 1/6

2nd Rapidplay - 31 July

Mark Murrell - 3/6

Adam Taylor - 3/6

Brian Chan - 1/6