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British Championship (2018) The 2018 British Chess Championship was a 9-round Swiss tournament taking place at Hull City Hall, Hull, England from 28 July to 5 August. In case of a tie for first, a rapid and blitz playoff would take place. The top prize was £10,000, with £1,000 for the British Women's Champion. The time control was 90 minutes for 40 moves then 30 minutes to the end, with a 30-second increment from move 1. (1) Michael Adams beat Luke McShane in the British Championship (Tiebreaks) (2018) and became British champion. Jovanka Houska in 22nd place was the best woman and became British women's champion. Official site: https://www.britishchesschampionshi... TWIC: http://theweekinchess.com/chessnews... Crosstable: http://chess-results.com/tnr367973.... Previous: British Championship (2017). Next: British Championship (2019) (1) Chess24: British Chess Championship 2018 https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-t...  page 1 of 12; games 1-25 of 287  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. A Zapolskis vs Adams   0-1 58 2018 British Championship C50 Giuoco Piano 2. D Howell vs M Abdulla   1-0 54 2018 British Championship B39 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation 3. K Kalavannan vs G Jones   0-1 58 2018 British Championship A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System 4. McShane vs C Pritchett 1-0 48 2018 British Championship D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 5. K Toma vs J Hawkins   0-1 25 2018 British Championship B12 Caro-Kann Defense 6. N Pert vs R Britton 1-0 36 2018 British Championship A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 7. R J McMichael vs T Fodor Jr   0-1 57 2018 British Championship A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack 8. A Ghasi vs J Rudd   0-1 43 2018 British Championship A05 Reti Opening 9. T Wall vs J R Adair   0-1 24 2018 British Championship B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 10. J Emms vs G J Moore   ½-½ 40 2018 British Championship C07 French, Tarrasch 11. P Tozer vs J Tan   0-1 37 2018 British Championship A37 English, Symmetrical 12. D Gormally vs A Kalaiyalahan   1-0 37 2018 British Championship B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 13. S N Longson vs D H Fernandez   0-1 39 2018 British Championship B06 Robatsch 14. C Ward vs M Payne   ½-½ 58 2018 British Championship E70 King's Indian 15. M Waddington vs P K Wells   0-1 44 2018 British Championship B23 Sicilian, Closed 16. M Hebden vs J Jarmany   1-0 64 2018 British Championship D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 17. J N Sugden vs R Palliser ½-½ 70 2018 British Championship B06 Robatsch 18. K Arkell vs P Krzyzanowski   1-0 62 2018 British Championship E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 19. G Price vs J Houska   1-0 42 2018 British Championship B12 Caro-Kann Defense 20. L Trent vs D Anderton   1-0 36 2018 British Championship C04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line 21. A Verma vs J McPhillips   0-1 35 2018 British Championship C01 French, Exchange 22. P Roberson vs Ranesh Ratnesan   1-0 23 2018 British Championship B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 23. S Jackson vs D Eggleston   0-1 42 2018 British Championship B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 24. P Macklin vs O Pollack   ½-½ 28 2018 British Championship C05 French, Tarrasch 25. W McDougall vs D Zakarian   0-1 45 2018 British Championship E11 Bogo-Indian Defense  page 1 of 12; games 1-25 of 287    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Oct-18-18    Sargon: 105th British Championship is now up, including the tiebreak. Oct-19-18    Check It Out: Nice work! Oct-19-18    JimNorCal: Very glad to see this! I followed along on another site at the time but there are lots of games I missed. Thanks, CG Oct-19-18    Check It Out: Congrats to Michael Adams. I met him in person once; a short fellow, also very nice and unassuming. Unlike that other stalwart of British chess, Short. Oct-19-18    perfidious: <CIO>, my impression the one time I met Short was the opposite: a father with his young son and I do not even recall us talking about chess at all, despite being at the New York Grand Prix (1994), with all sorts of high-powered names about. Oct-20-18    HeMateMe: is Howell the fellow that works in the securities industry (trader?), is not a full time chess professional? Oct-20-18    Troller: <HMM> That would be McShane. I believe Howell is full-time pro. Oct-20-18    Gudrun: who was the women's champ? Oct-20-18    HeMateMe: Adams used to own a condo in Florida, I think he sold it. Prescient on his part, get out ahead of the 21st century mega storms? Oct-20-18    Check It Out: <Gudrun>:Jovanka Houska Oct-21-18    JimNorCal: Yes, <HMM>, Adams must be more comfortable in England where "snowfalls are just a thing of the past". Oct-21-18    HeMateMe: well, you'd have to ask Mick why he sold his Florida property. I have no idea. Oct-21-18    Cibator: Just curious ..... how does a Hungarian get to play in the British Championship? Oct-21-18    JimNorCal: In past years, there's been complaints by the English that all kinds of folks get to play: Scots, Welsh, Cornish, Indians. I never heard of Hungarians though. Although some national championships let pretty much anyone play but reserve the title to the highest finishing person of that nationality. Oct-21-18    MissScarlett: The expression you're looking for is <hors concours>. Oct-21-18    JimNorCal: Well, maybe hors concours can be used as "not competing for a prize", but isn't it more frequently used to mean "unrivaled", iow no one competes with them because they are beyond compare, in another category altogther? In which case, a foreigner might take first prize and technically are hors concours for the national title but really, they are not THAT far above the other top finishers ... or they got lucky and won some sloppy games, etc. Well, pardon me while I finish my "freedom fries". Oct-22-18    Cibator: <JimNorCal>: Never heard "hors concours" (or horses' conkers, as some would have it) being used in the sense you mention. The usual French phrase/word for the latter is "sans pareil" or "nonpareil". NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! 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