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31 July 2010 - Mickey Adams remains in first place on 5½/6 after his draw with Nick Pert who shares second place with Stephen Gordon, Stuart Conquest, Simon Williams, Danny Gormally, Jovanka Houska and Adam Hunt on 4½/6. Click to see details of their individual scores. Round 7 starts on Monday at 2.15pm.

 

30 July 2010 - The following events take place on Sunday 1 August

 

• Annual Cricket Match. Bring Whites and contact Andrew Martin or Alec Toll.

• Friends of Chess Meeting.

• Chess Arbiters Association AGM. Time and venue: K bar, Keynes Building.

• Quiz with Quizmaster Kevin Staveley. 8:00pm in the Gulbenkian Theatre.

 

29 July 2010 - Presentation by Sheffield. There was a presentation yesterday (Thurs) about the 98th British Chess Championships at Ponds Forge, Sheaf Street, SHEFFIELD, S1 2BP, 24th July to 6th August 2011. Leaflets and more information about next year is available in the analysis/bookstall area. Just pop in and ask someone there.

 

29 July 2010 - Mickey Adams has beaten Jack Rudd and moved into sole first place after 4 rounds. Mickey plays FM Alexei Slavin in round 5. http://www.britishchess2010.com/events/championship.htm

 

28 July 2010 - Round 3 Championship PGN games are now posted. http://www.britishchess2010.com/pgn_games.htm

 

28 July 2010 - Mickey Adams and Jack Rudd are in joint first place after 3 rounds. They will play against each other in round 4. http://www.britishchess2010.com/events/championship.htm

 

28 July 2010 - Round 2 Championship PGN games are now posted. http://www.britishchess2010.com/pgn_games.htm

 

27 July 2010 - Round 2 Championship PGN games are now posted. http://www.britishchess2010.com/pgn_games.htm

 

27 July 2010 - On-line booking for University accommodation.
On-line booking is still available for rooms at the University. College accommodation is available including Bed & Breakfast with prices from £24 per person/per night. Booking are are still being taken for the weekend and week 2 events.

 

27 July 2010 - LIVE Championship games. Click to see LIVE games (Tuesday 27th July - 14.15 start). The broadcast is delayed by about 5 minutes.  As always there are some initial on-site technical matters to overcome but the intention is to broadcast 20+ games.

 

27 July 2010 - Tuesday 27th pairings. These are now online for all morning events including the under 11, 13 and 16, the Championship, Major Open and Week 1 afternoon http://www.britishchess2010.com/results_pairings.htm

 

23 July 2010 - The latest list of entries is now posted; 780 @ 23rd July. FIDE ratings from 1st July 2010.

http://www.britishchess2010.com/entrants.htm 

 

13 July 2010 - Update: John Foley from Kingston Chess Club London and Allan Pleasants from Wessex have jointly won this year's quiz with an excellent score of 14/15. Congratulations to them and thank you to everyone who took part.

http://www.britishchess2010.com/quiz_2010.htm

 

6 July 2010 - The 2010 Championships Programme is now available. Click to download the full (27 page) or abridged (8 page) version. http://www.britishchess2010.com/programme.htm

 

24 June 2010 - The latest list of 2010 qualifiers showing how they qualified in alphabetical order, is now available.

http://www.britishchess2010.com/2010quals-6.htm 

 

08 June 2010 - Internet access during the Championships. The University of Kent will have internet services available during the Championships. http://www.kent.ac.uk/itservices/account/visitors.html

 

31 May 2010 - Click to see the Qualifying Regulations - 'How to Qualify' in 2011 (Sheffield).

http://www.britishchess2010.com/qualifying_regulations_2011.htm

 

25 May 2010 - Grandmaster Mickey Adams will be competing in this year's British Championship.

http://www.britishchess2010.com/#mickeyadams

 

6 May 2010 - British Championships Quiz 2010

 

You are invited to test your skill and knowledge with this year's Championship Quiz. Entry is free and open to all.

 

Prize: Free entry to the section in Canterbury 2010 of the player’s choice for which s/he is eligible. Where a player enters more than one section, the prize will be applied to the highest entry fee section entered. Where players have already entered, the fee will be returned to the player. The prize is non-transferable. Only one entry per player is permitted. Send your answers, numbered 1-15, to  before Monday 5 July.

 

14 Apr 2010 - The 'Special Events' page has been updated (the page is not yet fully complete).

http://www.britishchess2010.com/special_events.htm  

 

17 Mar 2010 - Click to see 'How to Get to Canterbury' for travel information and links.

http://www.britishchess2010.com/how_to_get_here.htm

 

12 Mar 2010 - The latest list of 2010 qualifiers showing how they qualified in alphabetical order, is now available.

http://www.britishchess2010.com/2010quals-5.htm