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British Chess Magazine - News Archive for 2003Archive Keyword Search FacilityYear: 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 20082003British Rapidplay Championship 2003 [23/11/03]GM Peter Wells of Abingdon retained his title of British Rapidplay Champion
at the 11-round swiss event held in Halifax, 15-16 November. He finished
strongly, defeating Nicholas Pert in the final round to end with a score
of 9/11. The runner-up was was Bogdan Lalic with 8½. Nigel Davies
and Nicholas Pert finished 3rd= with 8. Robert Gwaze of Zimbabwe scored
7½. Download
35 games in PGN • Play
through 35 games in java window • for details of other prizewinners,
etc, see the official website: www.british-rapidplay.org.uk. 29th Guernsey International Chess Festival, 19-25 Oct [26/10/03]A delightfully discursive account of the annual Guernsey International
from BCM's roving reporter Kevin Thurlow. Latest:
GM Tiger Hillarp Persson (SWE) took a quick draw with Krunal Kahar in
the last round to finish first with 6/7. 2nd= were K Kahar (ENG), R
Bellin, (ENG) M van Herck (BEL) 5½. A few of the games now available:
Java
• PGN
Close Encounters of the Short Kind ... [09/10/03]Or should that be Short Encounters of the Close Kind? I promised
you further details of what happened when celebrity grandmaster Nigel
Short withdrew from the Monarch Assurance tournament in the Isle of
Man on 27 September. Well, here is the real inside story, of a tired
Short and an emotional prizegiving. Don't miss the excellent advice
to grandmasters from tournament winner Simen Agdestein... JS Major Awards for the Monarch Assurance's Sponsor & Director [07/10/03]The Managing Director of Monarch Assurance, Patrick Taylor, has been
presented with the Isle of Man's Department of Tourism's "Merit
Award" for 2003. This is a richly-deserved award for the sponsor
of the Monarch Assurance International, of which the 12th just took
place in Port Erin. The presentation was made at the prize-giving on
5 October. Full
story on the www.manxradio.com
website. At the same time tournament director Dennis Hemsley was awarded
the BCF's President's Award for his huge contribution to chess in Britain
by the BCF President Gerry Walsh. Our heartiest congratulations to both!
We'll be reviewing the big Manx tournament here when we get our breath
back... I flew home today after being given a seat on the plane next
to ... Monarch Assurance MD Mr Patrick Taylor! A happy coincidence.
JS 12th Monarch Assurance International, 27 Sept - 5 Oct 2003 [13/01/03]A galaxy of top players took part in the 12th Monarch Assurance Isle of Man International (27 Sept - 5 October), the strongest international swiss event held in the British Isles. Nine rounds, 26 GMs, 16 IMs and 2 WGMs, representing 30 countries were attracted by the generous £16,750 prize fund. Click here to see the official website, results, games in java and PGN, reports. Final: S Agdestein (NOR) and S Lputian (ARM) finished with 7/9 - Agdestein first on SPS (Sum of Progressive Scores) BCF Book of the Year 2003 - Short List [04/09/03]The British Chess Federation's judges have short-listed four books
for this year's Book of the Year award. Click on the above link for
full details of the books chosen and the judges' assessments. Latest:
Kasparov's book is the winner. Staunton Memorial Tournament, Simpsons, 25-31 Aug [01/09/03]Grandmaster chess has returned to its most famous historical venue
with the Staunton Memorial Tournament being played at Simpsons in
the Strand, London. This four-player, double-cycle, event is organised
by GM Ray Keene and Barry Martin and features grandmaster Jon Speelman,
former world championship candidate; grandmaster John Emms,
captain of the English 2002 olympiad team; grandmaster Daniel King,
well-known TV commentator on chess; and England's most promising young
player, FIDE Master David Howell, aged 12. Latest:
Final Round results: both games were drawn (Howell ½-½
King, Emms ½-½ Speelman), which means that Jon Speelman
made sure of undisputed first place with a draw. Final Scores:
Speelman 4½/6, King 3½, Emms 3, Howell 1. The postponed
round 5 King-Emms game was played off on Monday, and ended in a draw.
Click on the above link for the official website, with full
details, photos, PGN file, reports by GM Ray Keene and the games in
java windows. UK Chess Challenge Matches, 20 Aug [25/08/03]On 20 August, the 2002 US Women's Chess Champion, Jennifer Shahade
took on two UK Chess Challenge champions, 18-year-old Lorin D'Costa
and 17-year-old Aly Wilson, and won. Jennifer played two 15m rapidplay
games against each player on a giant chessboard in London's Broadgate.
Lancashire Chess Festival, 4-9 Aug [25/08/03]Bill O'Rourke reports: Two international tournaments
took place at the Blackpool Hilton. The Hilton Premier was
a category 8 10 player all-play-all, featuring the newly-crowned British
champion Abhijit Kunte, and fellow GMs Nigel Davies and Colin McNab,
while the Ron Banwell Masters was a category 2 all-play-all
features three IMs plus the UK's top prodigy David Howell. Smith & Williamson BCF Congress 2003, Edinburgh [02/08/03]This year's BCF Congress started on 21 July at George Heriot's School,
Edinburgh. The championship tournament is not very representative
of British chess, there being very few top English grandmasters in
the field and a great number of Commonwealth players. However,
the congress as a whole has proved very popular with amateur players,
topping 1,007 competitors - a notable achievement for congress director
Neil Graham and his team. Click on the title link for commentary on
the controversial structure of the BCF Championship, plus reader's
feedback. The powers-that-be have finally bowed to widespread opinion.
A meeting of national federation representatives was held on 21 July
in Edinburgh and agreed that, as from 2004, the British Chess Championship
would be open only to citizens or permanent residents of British Isles
countries (click
here for details).
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