| British Championship (2023) |
Name: British Championship
Event Date: Jul 22 - 30, 2023
Site: Leicester ENG
Format: 9-round swiss
Time Control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, then 30 more minutes will be added.
The players will have a 30 second increment from move 1.
Official Website: https://www.britishchesschampionshi...
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| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. D H Fernandez vs M A Ismail |
| 1-0 | 69 | 2023 | British Championship | D02 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 2. Adams vs S A Jones |
  | 1-0 | 38 | 2023 | British Championship | B30 Sicilian |
| 3. R Mitra vs N Pert |
| 0-1 | 23 | 2023 | British Championship | A15 English |
| 4. M P Unnikrishnan vs E Gasanov |
| 0-1 | 32 | 2023 | British Championship | A09 Reti Opening |
| 5. H Grieve vs J C Boswell |
| 1-0 | 42 | 2023 | British Championship | C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 6. S M Stoica vs M Hebden |
| ½-½ | 47 | 2023 | British Championship | E73 King's Indian |
| 7. M Wadsworth vs T Villiers |
| 1-0 | 32 | 2023 | British Championship | A37 English, Symmetrical |
| 8. A Mihalik vs R Pert |
| ½-½ | 40 | 2023 | British Championship | B12 Caro-Kann Defense |
| 9. J B Willow vs B Ogunshola |
| 1-0 | 55 | 2023 | British Championship | B07 Pirc |
| 10. A Saunders vs Y Han |
| ½-½ | 68 | 2023 | British Championship | C55 Two Knights Defense |
| 11. J Jackson vs M Payne |
| ½-½ | 36 | 2023 | British Championship | C11 French |
| 12. M Burrows vs T Chopra |
| 0-1 | 30 | 2023 | British Championship | B90 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 13. D Eggleston vs A Kueh |
| ½-½ | 32 | 2023 | British Championship | B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange |
| 14. O Pollack vs J C Pigott |
| 1-0 | 41 | 2023 | British Championship | B54 Sicilian |
| 15. T Kanyamarala vs S Chan |
| 1-0 | 34 | 2023 | British Championship | A05 Reti Opening |
| 16. J Shearsby vs T Kanyamarala |
| 0-1 | 28 | 2023 | British Championship | B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 |
| 17. B Derakhshani vs J Merriman |
| 1-0 | 49 | 2023 | British Championship | C11 French |
| 18. T Khoury vs A Balaji |
| 0-1 | 38 | 2023 | British Championship | B06 Robatsch |
| 19. W Claridge-Hansen vs P Shaw |
| ½-½ | 30 | 2023 | British Championship | A10 English |
| 20. R Starley vs B N Dong |
| 0-1 | 47 | 2023 | British Championship | C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd |
| 21. R Bates vs M Dignam |
| 1-0 | 40 | 2023 | British Championship | E64 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav System |
| 22. O Smith vs A G Ashton |
| 0-1 | 54 | 2023 | British Championship | B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 |
| 23. A Ledger vs N Pert |
| 1-0 | 54 | 2023 | British Championship | A14 English |
| 24. T Cox vs J Rudd |
| 0-1 | 61 | 2023 | British Championship | B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange |
| 25. A Khandelwal vs F Badacsonyi |
| 1-0 | 35 | 2023 | British Championship | B12 Caro-Kann Defense |
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Aug-03-23
 | | MissScarlett: <Indian 1800-Rated 17-Year-Old Scores Sensational Result In Spain> https://www.chess.com/news/view/ind... Suspicious? |
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Aug-03-23
 | | perfidious: That piece on the young lady had a noticeable lack of the aggro and vigour which was more than evident in the assault on Niemann last year from numerous fronts. An outstanding result for any player this side of GM. |
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| Aug-05-23 | | Overgod: Okay...
Here I am sitting at 6 in the morning CET, drinking my morning coffee, relaxed, while having several browser windows open, each containing one of Steve Jones' British Championship games. I am currently playing through his game versus Daniel Fernandez (who is White, mind you), rated close to 2500, and Steven is playing with ridiculous confidence, first sacrificing a pawn to ruin White's structure, then a Rook (the exchange), and is allowing White a huge center. Look at the moves! Just when you think White is about to roll over Black's position, he is activating his bishops and penetrating with his queen to form a deadly mating attack. In other words, Steven Jones, a lowly rated 2170, with Black, is not just beating a 2500; he is completely destroying him. He is not making any mistakes, playing like a cold, calculating machine. That's because it IS a machine that is playing. You will never in a MILLION years convince me, that this is how a 2100 plays versus a 2500. With Black! Look, I know what is is like to be rated 2100 and play versus a 2500. Especially with the Black pieces: you are conservative, you play extra careful, trying not to make any (serious) mistakes, and you hope against hope that your opponent may blunder... What you DON'T do, is sacrifice pawns and exchanges in the opening, and proceed to handily crush your 300 (to 400) points stronger opponent before even reaching time control. This simply does not happen. And it DID NOT happen. I am going on record and saying that (without at this time even having bothered looking at his other games), Steven Jones definitely cheated throughout that tournament. I am NOT claiming he cheated in every game. I AM claiming that he cheated in at least one of those games (if not more). This is an absolute disgrace! |
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| Aug-05-23 | | Overgod: Now I have managed to get through a second game, versus Tarun K., rated close to 2400, and it is even more ridiculous than the previous game I analyzed! Steven Jones (aka Chess Engine X) played a flawless tactical masterclass, sacrificing all over the board for yet another crushing mating attack!! More devastating than the previous one versus Fernandez!! This discussion is over. Steven should be stripped of his standing, prize money and banned from Chess Tournaments for the next 5 years. And remember, I am not going by Elo rating. Watching this game versus Tarun is like witnessing a Super GM ala Nakamura or Carlsen dismantle a 2100. I mean, you are seriously telling me, that a 2100 player like Steven Jones, is crushing 2400 and 2500 rated players with such ruthless technical efficiency, that he makes those players look 2100, and himself look like vintage prime Bobby Fischer executing a 10-0 US Chess Championship massacre?? Steven should be ashamed of himself! Give back the prize money and rank you stole from your fellow chess players! |
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Aug-05-23
| | perfidious: <otiose the omniscient> has decreed that there was cheating in the games he has reviewed. Let the judgment be entered into the record; Jones is thus a pariah who deserves the mark of Cain, or perhaps the scarlet letter 'C' against his name for good and all. Perhaps the extraordinary genius of <otiose> can render a verdict in the notorious case of Hans Niemann and either clear his name altogether, or consign him to perdition for the rest of time. |
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| Aug-05-23 | | Overgod: Addendum to my previous post about Steven Jones' game versus Tarun K.: What makes it clear to me that this is an engine playing and not a human being (rated below 2750 at least) is for example on move 26, white (aka Chess Engine X) already has black on the ropes positionally, and on top of that is forking Black's rooks. I mean, this is a dream scenario for White, and especially a 2100 versus a 2400. But what does our beloved Steven the Super GM do? With supreme confidence, tactical vision and Kramnik or Kasparov-level positional understanding, chooses to take a lowly vulnerable pawn, that is essentially useless in the grand scheme of things. That stupid unprotected pawn could have been taken at any moment. But the fork was right there for the grabbing. Nope, our Super GM Steven Jones decides to grab a pawn, because he wants to IGNORE the exchange win and instead focus on the center of the board, placing firmly his knight, and grabbing a pawn in the process. For God's sake people wake the f*** up! Look at the damn games. Not even your checkers playing grandma is gonna buy that untitled Steven Jones suddenly decides to become Kramnik at the British Championships! I ain't buying your snake oil, Steven! |
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| Aug-05-23 | | Overgod: Quote from Steven Jones' Chess Autobiography: <"You know guys, the truth is, I did not cheat at the British Championships. I just simply woke up one morning and decided to become Kramnik."> |
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| Aug-05-23 | | Overgod: For those guys who would argue "Yes but he did not win all his games. There was a draw and a couple of losses in there also..." One of his losses came at the hands of top British Super GM Michael Adams. Even though little Stevey Wonder (aka Chess Engine X) could have crushed him also, I believe he lost this one deliberately so as not to arouse too much suspicion. I mean, destroying no-name 2400s and 2500s is one thing. But beating Michael Adams, the strongest British GM of all time, would have caused too much unwanted attention and media controversy. So he let that one go. He obviously is not as dumb as Borislav Ivanov. I have just finished analyzing the draw he had versus 2400 player James Jackson: Stevey Wonder played exactly like you would expect from an engine programmed to draw: exchange as many pieces as possible, while maintaining a stable position. He played conservatively, harmlessly, and did not bother seeking any initiative. As FM Valeri Lilov already made clear in his Video Analysis of other cheaters: it is easy to program an engine to become a draw master. And doing so serves the purpose of adding some legitimacy to your cheating, by artificially creating variety in your games and results. But even this can be detected by simply looking at the games, as I am now. Steven no longer wanted to be Kramnik. He decided to become FM Drawmaster, so to add a 1/2 to his score sheet. I am shocked that there isn't already a media scandal going on. |
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| Aug-05-23 | | Overgod: I just completed viewing the other game he lost, versus 2200 rated player Ankush K.: in that game he obviously switched the engine off and decided to play according to his actual strength, with predictable results: several positional and tactical errors, as would be expected of a player with his actual strength in this scenario. Gone are the flawless tactical and positional decisions in complex positions against 2400+ rated opponents. This game versus Ankush looks like a routine Blitz game played by a decent club player, who has several weaknesses in his game. So does anyone believe Steven Jones has multiple personality disorder? In one game he plays like an amateur, the other like a solid drawmaster, and several others suddenly as a flawless tactical monster!? The jig is up. FIDE Ethics commission please handle this! |
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Aug-05-23
 | | Sally Simpson: Perhaps you should look at Steve going over his game v Daniel Fernandez. https://www.twitch.tv/videos/188549...
It appears in the vid around about 3:14:16. Then maybe come back and admit, as we have been saying all along that your are mistaken. . |
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Aug-05-23
 | | Teyss: <Overgod> I read your posts by coincidence (a funny comment from Troller on the WC page). You're making very strong and unfounded statements. D H Fernandez vs S A Jones, 2023
<Steven is playing with ridiculous confidence, first sacrificing a pawn to ruin White's structure...> Well, yes, immediate benefit: White then has doubled isolated Ps and an exposed K. Almost a no-brainer.
<...then a Rook (the exchange)> No, please review: at the end of the combination, Black has 2Bs vs 1R + 3Ps so Jones didn't sacrifice the exchange.
<you are conservative, you play extra careful, trying not to make any (serious) mistakes, and you hope against hope that your opponent may blunder...> Or you decide to give it all you have and take chances to avoid a long painful endgame where higher rated opponents are generally stronger. S A Jones vs T Kanyamarala, 2023
<Steven Jones (aka Chess Engine X) played a flawless tactical masterclass, sacrificing all over the board> Er... just one sac unless I missed something: 43.Rxe4 which is a Thursday level puzzle because if 43...fxe4 44.bxa6 and Black is in trouble.
And... that's it, you make no other "analysis" of this game. Truth is, his opponents played under par in both. I won't comment about what you say about the games he lost and drew since obviously you're trying everything to fit your purpose. He won = he cheated. He lost = he cheated. He drew = he cheated. He forfeited = he was scared his device would be found, hence he cheated. He drank a glass of water = he was sweating and nervous, hence he cheated. Etc. Just one point: <Stevey Wonder played exactly like you would expect from an engine programmed to draw: exchange as many pieces as possible, while maintaining a stable position. He played conservatively, harmlessly, and did not bother seeking any initiative.> is in complete contradiction with what you said above: <you are conservative, you play extra careful, trying not to make any (serious) mistakes, and you hope against hope that your opponent may blunder...> So conservative = engine or no engine? And you completely omit to address a technical "detail": saying hypothetically he could have had the benefit of an engine, how could he have accessed it during the games? Another toiletgate? Anal beads? Stating <Steven should be stripped of his standing, prize money and banned from Chess Tournaments for the next 5 years.> is as irrealistic as saying "Overgod should be banned from CG for voicing unfounded accusations." I agree with you on one item though: <This discussion is over.> PS: I read your bio. <I am a mathematician, physicist and philosopher currently working on the greatest scientific paper published in human history.> This is second degree humour, right? Or fourth. |
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Aug-05-23
| | Sally Simpson: Hi Overgod,
<and I ask that you refrain from further insulting me with your nonsensical claims...> Insults? I've tried to be polite as I can regarding your misguided insinuations that Steve cheated. I'm sorry if you read someone disagreeing with you as an insult. |
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| Aug-05-23 | | Overgod: You're insulting my intelligence by claiming that silly mumbling and bumbling chess amateur Steven "Pinocchio Nose" Jones is an honest and genuine recently enlightened Tactical Chess Monster rated 2170 and we should all collectively swallow his creamy snake oil named "Delusional Elixir." I watched the entire interview between him and the IM chess commentator, and it only convinced me even more of his cheating. Even the Interviewer told him that some of his moves were unintuitive yet the top engine suggestion. <Steven Jones: <Well it seemed quite obvious to me... White's position is collapsing and black is happy to wait and build his mating net... >> Yes Mr. Pinocchio... Spoken like a true cheater! |
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Aug-05-23
| | perfidious: <Geoff> 'insult' anyone? That has never happened. He is one of the most knowledgeable and temperate members we have. The, ah, poster making that accusation simply cannot tolerate disagreement of any sort; in his narcissistic universe, he is always right and that-a is that-a. |
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| Aug-05-23 | | goodevans: <Overgod> seems to have an extraordinary amount of time on his hands. Any suggestions how he might better use it? |
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Aug-05-23
| | perfidious: Go into analysis. |
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Aug-05-23
| | Sally Simpson: Hi Perfidious,
No problem.
My fault, I fed him by thinking he was simply blinded by the numbers. I think he has gone a wee bit too far and I'll not be surprised to see it all disappear. (In that case can you please add <the most knowledgeable and temperate members we have.> to my bio before it does. ) :) |
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Aug-05-23
| | perfidious: <Geoff....(In that case can you please add <the most knowledgeable and temperate members we have.> to my bio before it does. ) :)> Pffffft. |
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Aug-05-23
| | MissScarlett: I would value <Overgod>'s opinion on the unbeaten performance of FM Yichen Han at the British. Granted, he didn't beat a GM, but Grieve and Adams both agreed to short draws. Suspicious? I mention, only in passing, the following allegation: <polecateddy: Banished from the Netherlands junior team in the Glorney Gilbert Online International 2020 for suspected cheating.> Yichen Han (kibitz #2) |
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Aug-05-23
 | | offramp: David Howell has a regular chess column in The London Times, today August 5th 2023. TODAY HIS COLUMN has the subtitle <Lucky in Leicester>. He shows two games and a puzzle:
Adams vs S A Jones, 2023 D H Fernandez vs S A Jones, 2023
and the end of
H Grieve vs D H Fernandez, 2023. GM comments are copyright. |
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Aug-05-23
| | Sally Simpson: Hi Offramp,
David Howell the chess player is currently playing Wang in Baku (he is levelish in a 2 Rook 2 Bishop each game. Though it's move 24 and he only 8 minutes left.) so it must be the other David Howell
(the Taxi driver) writing in today's The London Times. |
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Aug-05-23
| | perfidious: Reviewing Jones' FIDE rating chart, he has experienced some fluctuation: twice in recent years he has got to 2250, then plummeted 100 or more points before rebounding, as he has at the championship. Lot of variance, and he appears to have a sharp style, which can certainly increase variance in the same way that the super loose-aggressive approach in poker will increase one's fluctuations. https://ratings.fide.com/profile/41... |
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Aug-05-23
| | Sally Simpson: Hi Perfidious,
I said something like that in my first post. Sometimes a player can play well above above their grade (Jones) and added the reverse that sometimes a player plays well below their rating (a couple of his opponents.) Yes Steve was a wee bit lucky, (though you make your own luck in this game.) maybe if it was an 11 rounder like it used to be his luck may have ran out. But his games are sound and I'm still waiting on an explaining how he did it. After the Magnus - Hans game security at these events has reached a terrorist level. (That is possibly the problem with overgod, he has never been to a post Magnus - Hans OTB event. ) |
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| Aug-05-23 | | goodevans: Never been? Surely as an 'Overgod' he's omnipresent! |
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Aug-06-23
| | Teyss: <perfidious: <Geoff> 'insult' anyone? That has never happened. He is one of the most knowledgeable and temperate members we have.> I'll second that. <goodevans: <Overgod> seems to have an extraordinary amount of time on his hands. Any suggestions how he might better use it?> He could create another Earth with atmosphere, plants, animals and humans. When He comes to that last part, He could remove the arrogance gene. Would only take Him seven days though. |
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