British Chess Championships 2008

St. George's Hall, Liverpool

 

 

 

 

 British Chess Championship Liverpool 2008

 

British Championships 2008 Prize Winners

 

 

British Champion: Stuart Conquest (4NCL Guildford)

 

British Lady Champion: Jovanka Houska (4NCL Hillsmark Kingfisher)

 

English Champion: Keith Arkell (Long Eaton); Stuart Conquest (4NCL Guildford)

 

English Lady Champion: Jovanka Houska (4NCL Hillsmark Kingfisher)

 

British Senior Champion: John Littlewood (Liverpool), George Dickson (Metropolitan)

 

Under 175: Paul Evans (Lancs), Derek Horseman (Southport)

 

Under 150: David Pearcey (Aigburth), Keith Palmer (Louth)

 

Under 125: Stephen Lloyd (Chester)

 

Under 100: Richard Fox (Bolton), Stanley Johnson (South Shields)

 

Under 21: Stephen Gordon (3C’s)               

 

Under 18: James Hanley (Lancaster RGS), Yang-Fan Zhou (Richmond Juniors)

 

Under 18 Girl: Sheila Dines (Surrey)

 

Under 16: Sam Osborne (Ireland)                

 

Under 16 Girl: Lateefah Messam-Sparks (West Nottingham)

 

Under 15: James Foster (Cowley)

 

Under 15 Girl: Sheila Dines (Surrey)

 

Under 14: Saravanan Sathyanandha (Haberdashers), Sam Walker (Wycombe & Hazelmere)

 

Under 14 Girl’s: Astghik Stepanyan (Sutton Coldfield),

 

Under 13: Felix Ynojosa (Reading)

 

Under 13 Girl’s: Jennifer Ehr (Barnet Knights), Ali Roy (Scotland)

 

Under 12: Felix Ynojosa (Reading)              

 

Under 12 Girl: Radha Jain (Pinner)

 

Under 11: James Bowler (Copperworks), Megan Cleeves (Thamesdown), Isaac Sanders (The Hall)

 

Under 11 Girl: Megan Cleeves (Thamesdown)

 

Under 10: Joseph McPhillips (Bolton)

 

Under 10 Girl’s: Katherine Shepherd (Ashtead)

 

Under 9: Ravi Haria (Barnet Knights)

 

Under 9 Girl: Yasmin Giles (Kent)

 

Under 8: William Claridge-Hansen (Aylesbury), Mark Kenyon (Nottingham), Rohan Shiatis (Kent)

 

Under 8 Girl: Rebecca Swetsun (Essex)

 

Major Open: John Sugden (Hastings & St Leonards)

 

5 Day Open Morning (Week 1): David Pearcey (Merseyside)

 

5 Day Open Morning (Week 2): Richard Lobo (Petts Wood & Orpington)

 

5 Day Open Afternoon (Week 1): Anthony Hynes (Birmingham), Stephen Mulligan (Penketh)

 

5 Day Open Afternoon (Week 2): Richard Bryant (Oswestry), John Quinn (Ealing)

 

5 Day Open Junior (Week 1): Mihai-Tiberiu Dima (Birkenhead)             

 

5 Day Open Junior (Week 2): Florence Mitchell (Berkshire) 

 

Weekender - Atkins: John Merriman (Cavendish), Robert Newton (Heywood), Stephen Orton (Norfolk & Norwich), Darryl Wolstencroft (Blackpool)

 

Weekender - Soanes: Robert Clegg (Huddersfield), Robert Frith (Prescot), Matthew Shaw (Southend)

 

Weekender - Yates: Timothy Allen (Battersea), Andrew Costello (Muswell Hill), Barry Miles (South Norwood)

 

Rapidplay 27th July: Keith Arkell (Long Eaton)

 

Rapidplay 3rd August: Keith Arkell (Long Eaton), Bogdan Lalic (Sutton)

 

 

 

 Prizes 2008

 

See details of new (additional) prizes here

 

British Championship

 £5,000; £2,500; £1,500; £1,200; £900; £700; £500; £300.

British Lady Champion: - £500.

British Under 21 Champion: - £250. British Under 18 Champion: - £250.
An Under 18 player is not eligible for the Under 21 Prize
 
English Champion: - £1,500. English Lady Champion: - £500

Most Improved Rating Performances Below 2150 £250; 2151-2299 £250.

Alexander Best Game Prize for the Best Game in the Championship £100.

The Champion’s prize includes the Sims Prize (currently approximately £80); the Lady Champion’s prize includes the Lander Prize (currently £50).

 

British Seniors Championship

£250; £120; £60.

 

British Graded Championships

Juniors (Under-18) may not enter these graded championships.

£225; £110; £60.

 

British Junior Championships

Dates of birth relate to age on 1st September 2007 in all cases.

£225; £110; £60

 

British Junior Championship - U9

£100; £60; £40

 

British Junior Championship - U8

£75; £50; £30

 

5  Day Junior Open Tournaments

£30; £20; £10

 

Major Open

Open to all players except those entitled to play in the British Championship or rated above 2349

£1000; £500; £250; £150; £100

 

5 Day Open Mornings

£150; £75

 

5 Day Open Afternoons

£150; £75

 

Rapidplays

Prizes: - £140; £70; Best Under 130 - £40

 

Weekenders

Prizes: - £140; £70; £40 Grading Prize £50

 

 

 

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