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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 3 of 12; games 51-75 of 287  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 51. D Kolbus vs J N Sugden   1-0 73 2018 British Championship A20 English 52. J Jarmany vs A Ghasi   0-1 55 2018 British Championship D79 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O, Main line 53. J Houska vs M Waddington   1-0 47 2018 British Championship A04 Reti Opening 54. S Maroroa vs A Zapolskis   1-0 90 2018 British Championship B30 Sicilian 55. M Abdulla vs A Verma   ½-½ 58 2018 British Championship B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 56. P Krzyzanowski vs K Kalavannan   ½-½ 57 2018 British Championship E61 King's Indian 57. C Pritchett vs S Jackson   1-0 51 2018 British Championship A15 English 58. Ranesh Ratnesan vs K Toma   0-1 58 2018 British Championship D76 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6 59. R Britton vs W McDougall   0-1 35 2018 British Championship B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 60. K Thurlow vs R J McMichael   0-1 42 2018 British Championship A84 Dutch 61. I Iyengar vs T Wall   0-1 31 2018 British Championship B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 62. M R Burke vs P Tozer   ½-½ 28 2018 British Championship A02 Bird's Opening 63. A Kalaiyalahan vs D Miller   1-0 30 2018 British Championship D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 64. R D de Coverly vs S N Longson   0-1 31 2018 British Championship C78 Ruy Lopez 65. T Fodor Jr vs Adams 0-1 61 2018 British Championship E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation 66. D Howell vs J R Adair   1-0 33 2018 British Championship E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 67. D H Fernandez vs G Jones   0-1 65 2018 British Championship B54 Sicilian 68. M Hebden vs J Hawkins   ½-½ 30 2018 British Championship D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 69. N Pert vs D Eggleston   ½-½ 133 2018 British Championship E12 Queen's Indian 70. J Emms vs D Zakarian   1-0 22 2018 British Championship B30 Sicilian 71. C E Murphy vs J Tan 0-1 15 2018 British Championship D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 72. D Gormally vs D Kolbus   ½-½ 43 2018 British Championship C02 French, Advance 73. C Ward vs B Derakhshani   ½-½ 52 2018 British Championship D90 Grunfeld 74. L Webb vs P K Wells   0-1 27 2018 British Championship C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange 75. G Price vs R Palliser   0-1 32 2018 British Championship B12 Caro-Kann Defense  page 3 of 12; games 51-75 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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