Smith & Williamson British Championships (2004)

PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games) Gawain Jones, David Howell, Jonathan Rowson, Mark Hebden, Daniel Gormally, Stewart Haslinger, Stephen Gordon, Simon Kim Williams, Peter K Wells, John Emms, Christopher Ward, Aaron Summerscale, Paul Motwani, Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant, Richard J Palliser, Robert Gwaze, Andrew Greet, Craig A Hanley, Andrew Ledger, Jovanka Houska, Eddie Dearing, Thomas E Rendle, James T Sherwin, Mark Quinn, Simon J B Knott, Jack Rudd, Stephen R Burns-Mannion, Jovica Radovanovic, Peter John Sowray, Adam Ashton, Andrew J Muir, Martin R Taylor, Desmond Tan, Graham Lee, Rafe Martyn, Andrew J Bigg, David Ledger, Mark Lyell, Charles H Storey, Ian Snape, David Spence, Francis Rayner, Stephen Ledger, Mike J Surtees, Alan J Walton, Peter W Hempson, David M Adams, Christopher Briscoe, Martin Burrows, Jesper Sisask, Thomas Nixon, Thomas Clarke, Richard Mycroft, Graeme Kafka, Stephen J Gregory, Graham Smith, Philip Almond, Norman Hutchinson, Thomas Pym, Richard D Westwood, Richard Bryant, P Hutchinson

page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 81  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. G Smith vs M Surtees 0-1 46 2004 Smith & Williamson British Championships B10 Caro-Kann 2. E Dearing vs A Greet   0-1 43 2004 Smith & Williamson British Championships A30 English, Symmetrical 3. M Taylor vs Hebden   0-1 36 2004 Smith & Williamson British Championships A45 Queen's Pawn Game 4. R Martyn vs S Gordon   0-1 53 2004 Smith & Williamson British Championships A62 Benoni, Fianchetto Variation 5. D M Adams vs T Rendle   0-1 60 2004 Smith & Williamson British Championships C03 French, Tarrasch 6. F Rayner vs N Hutchinson   0-1 39 2004 Smith & Williamson British Championships A04 Reti Opening 7. R Westwood vs I Snape   0-1 40 2004 Smith & Williamson British Championships E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 8. G Smith vs S Ledger   0-1 34 2004 Smith & Williamson British Championships B01 Scandinavian 9. S Gordon vs S Haslinger   0-1 34 2004 Smith & Williamson British Championships D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 10. A Summerscale vs J Houska   0-1 42 2004 Smith & Williamson British Championships D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 11. S Williams vs P Wells   0-1 28 2004 Smith & Williamson British Championships D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 12. A Ashton vs S Burns-Mannion   0-1 28 2004 Smith & Williamson British Championships C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed 13. P Almond vs J Rudd 0-1 40 2004 Smith & Williamson British Championships A10 English 14. P Hutchinson vs J Radovanovic   0-1 40 2004 Smith & Williamson British Championships A45 Queen's Pawn Game 15. M Lyell vs M Taylor   0-1 33 2004 Smith & Williamson British Championships C45 Scotch Game 16. G Lee vs D M Adams   0-1 43 2004 Smith & Williamson British Championships C43 Petrov, Modern Attack 17. M Surtees vs T Nixon   0-1 50 2004 Smith & Williamson British Championships C20 King's Pawn Game 18. S Ledger vs T Clarke   0-1 60 2004 Smith & Williamson British Championships A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) 19. D Gormally vs J Rowson 0-1 48 2004 Smith & Williamson British Championships B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 20. J Rudd vs E Dearing 0-1 38 2004 Smith & Williamson British Championships B40 Sicilian 21. A Bigg vs R Gwaze   0-1 30 2004 Smith & Williamson British Championships B06 Robatsch 22. G Jones vs S Williams   0-1 38 2004 Smith & Williamson British Championships C04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line 23. J Houska vs R Gwaze 0-1 43 2004 Smith & Williamson British Championships C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed 24. N Hutchinson vs M Quinn 0-1 40 2004 Smith & Williamson British Championships B22 Sicilian, Alapin 25. A Muir vs J Radovanovic   0-1 94 2004 Smith & Williamson British Championships E84 King's Indian, Samisch, Panno Main line  page 1 of 4; games 1-25 of 81    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

Aug-15-04    nikolaas: Wow! Scottish and brittish champion in the same year! Aug-15-04    Everett: He's taking over this enchanted isle! Aug-16-04    shr0pshire: Not to take away from GM Rowson's victory, but the top British GMs did not show. Out of the top 10 ranked British players, only Mark Hebden played. Still congrats to Rowson for back to back championships! Aug-16-04    Lawrence: <shr0pshire>, how much was first prize? Is it just that there's not enough money in it to attract the really top players? Aug-16-04    tomh72000: Adams was set to play, but withdrew at the last moment for some reason. Aug-16-04    shr0pshire: I actually don't know <Lawrence> I just saw Short's and Adams' names missing from the list of partiicpants so I went on Fide's website and found out 9 out of the top ten english players did not play in their championship. Aug-16-04    acirce: <Out of the top 10 ranked British players, only Mark Hebden played.> < 9 out of the top ten english players did not play in their championship.> Britain and England is not the same! Both Rowson and Motwani are higher rated than England's #10 and they played. Aug-17-04    Rowson: Go! Rowson i dont care if adams didn't play Rowson is still number 1 for me! Aug-17-04    NoodleHead: The 1st prize was £10,000. Aug-18-04    Lawrence: <NoodleHead>, thanks, and I see that there were some other juicy prizes too. Guess they just don't need the money. http://www.bcf.org.uk/events/bcf200... Aug-18-04    Everett: Andrew Greet had an excellent tournament considering his rating. 7.5/11 is very good, and he had a nice attacking game against Rowson, ending in a draw. Aug-19-04    NoodleHead: <Lawrence> You are very much welcome Aug-19-04    GBKnight: There was a change in the rules this year, to prevent British Commonwealth subjects playing (specifically, Indian players won the British Championship the two previous years). This does not seem to have improved the overall strength.

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