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http://www.chessblog.com/2010/08/houska-is-2010-british-womens-chess.html

http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/4-tournaments/4683-british-chess-championships-2010.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/chess/7935441/Taking-on-the-champion.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/aug/07/michael-adams-british-championship

http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/british-championships-2010

 

King of the Chessboard

AN EIGHT-year-old boy hopes to become a world chess champion after finishing runner-up in a British youth competition.

 

Samir Samadov began to play chess when he was five years old, in his home country in Eastern Europe, where the game is very popular with young children.

 

He moved to the UK in 2008 and never lost his enthusiasm and has been playing chess at a Atherton Chess Club, which meets in the Atherton Arms pub.

 

With the support of the local community and adult chess players, he entered the British Under Eight Chess Championship in Canterbury and finished runner-up.

 

He also finished fifth in the Under Nine Championship.

 

His mum, Samira, said: “We are very proud of him and so happy for him."

 

“He says he wants to be a world champion. We will do everything we can for him to be a world champion."

 

“From five years old, Samir said he was interested in chess, so we took him to a club and his teacher said he had abilities and he could be a champion in the future."

 

“When we moved to this country, he was crying because he wanted to play chess but we couldn’t find anywhere to play."

 

See the full story at:

http://www.wigantoday.net/news/king_of_the_chess_board_1_1158366

 

 

British Under 13 Chess Champion 2010

		Eleven year old Ravi Haria has secured the title of British Under 13 Champion, at the British Chess Championship in Canterbury earlier this month.   Ravi is a pupil at Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys School in Elstree and plays regularly for the school, where chess is very popular.   Ravi has also been selected to represent England in October at the World Youth Chess Championship in Halkidiki, Greece.   Ravi will compete with chess players from all over the world in the Under 12 age section. In July this year Ravi also won an Under 12 prize in an international tournament in Rethymno, Crete.
		Ravi during round 2 of the Under 13's Championship Results and Final Crosstable
Ravi Haria British Under 13 Chess Champion 2010

 

 

 

 

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Adams is King

England’s No 1, Michael Adams, is the King of British Chess again. The 38 year old Cornishman won his third title at the 97th British Chess Championships, which have been taking place at the University of Kent, Canterbury over the last fortnight.

 

Adams gave a masterly performance, seeing off his grandmaster and international master rivals one after another. He collects the title and the £5000 first prize with a score of eight wins and three draws from eleven games. His 9½ points is just half-a-point short of the record set by former champion Julian Hodgson in 1992.

 

The mild mannered Adams doesn’t look too fearsome across the board, but he’s put up one of the most domineering performances ever seen at the British Championships. Finishing 1½ points clear, he never appeared under pressure and constantly created problems for his rivals. His progress being slowed by draws against grandmasters Nick Pert and Peter Wells, and international master Adam Hunt.

 

Even at the highest level Adams makes chess look simple. There are few flashy moves, just relentless exploitation of small advantages, such as a knight outpost in front of a backward pawn, or manoeuvring his forces to isolate and then capture one of his rival’s vulnerable pieces.

 

Adams remains one of the world’s ‘super grandmasters’ and he’s been at the top of his game for the last two weeks. His performance at Canterbury was no fluke and follows victory at an international grandmaster event in Gibraltar earlier this year.

 

Plain sailing for Michael Adams

August 2 2010 | By Malcolm Pein | Culture

Michael Adams recorded another trivial win to reach 5/5 and take a full point lead at the British Championships being played at the University of Kent in Canterbury.

 

Michael Adams takes centre stage at British Championship

Michael Adams will be odds on when the British Championship starts in Canterbury on Monday

 

 

BRAIN POWER - British Championships 2010

 

Kent on Saturday (Mid North Kent Edition) - July 24 2010 page 21