British Chess Championship Liverpool 2008
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Sunday 27th
July – Saturday 9th
August, St. George’s Hall, Liverpool
Organised by the English Chess Federation
Celebrating the contribution Mike O’Hara made to British chess administration
Congress Manager: Stewart Reuben
See the full list
of 2008 prize winners
Originally drafted for the BCF website, BCM
Editor John Saunders has published an updated
and splendid
historical list of British Champions in
all categories. Feedback to if you spot anything wrong.
Congratulations to GM Stuart Conquest British
Champion 2008
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Standing l
to r: GM's Keith Arkell
and Stuart Conquest
joint winners of the
Tony Miles English
Championship 2008.
Stuart is also British
Champion 2008.
Seated: IM Jovanka Houska
British Ladies Champion
2008 and also English
Ladies Champion 2008.
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St George's Hall is one of the finest neo-classical buildings in Europe designed by Harvey Lonsdale Elmes. Building commenced in 1842 with a grand opening in September 1854. With its splendid
chandeliers and gilded plasterwork it is one of the best assembly halls in Britain, overlooking Lime Street and St. Johns Lane and Gardens.
St. George's Hall interior showing the famous Minton floor.
It was reopened on April 23rd 2007 by HRH The Prince of Wales, after the completion of a £23m restoration. Carefully restored to its original glory with a new Heritage
Centre created to provide a dynamic and exciting introduction to St George’s Hall and its place in Liverpool’s history. Throughout the Heritage Centre, imaginative exhibitions, reconstructions and hands-on activities vividly bring the
story of St George’s Hall alive.
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Central Plateau |
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Heritage Centre and Information Reception |
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War memorial |
St George's Hall represents the prosperity in Liverpool in the 19th century. A regular visitor to the hall
was Charles Dickens who held many of his readings in the 'Small Concert Hall'. The interior is dominated by the main hall 169 feet long with a floor of Minton tiles which is normally protected from the feet of the day to day users, but
opened to viewing usually once a year. St George's Hall is unique in terms of its architecture, function and history ... more
See panoramic views and
virtual tours of the playing hall
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