Championship summary

The British Championships are over for another year and Jonathan Hawkins emerged as the outright winner following his sharing of the title last year.  Hawkins was the only winner from the top four boards in the last round to finish with 8½/11. The Best Game prize went to Glenn Flear for the second consecutive year, this time for his win against Mark Hebden.  It featured as Andrew Martin’s Game of the Day for round four and can be seen and heard here.  Alternatively, you can play it through yourself without Andrew’s comments.

White: Glenn Flear (2450)     Black:  Mark Hebden (2500)
2015 British Chess Championships (University of Warwick)

   1.d4  Nf6  2.c4  g6  3.Nc3  Bg7  4.e4  d6  5.Be2  O-O  6.Bg5  c6 7.Nf3  Na6  8.O-O  h6  9.Be3  Ng4  10.Bc1  e5  11.h3  exd4 12.Nxd4  Nf6  13.Re1  Re8  14.Bf3  Nd7  15.Be3  Ne5  16.Be2  Nc5 17.Qd2  Qh4  18.f4  Ned7  19.Bf3  a5  20.Bf2  Qe7  21.Rad1  Nb6 22.b3  a4  23.Qc2  axb3  24.axb3  Nbd7  25.b4  Na6  26.b5  Nb4 27.Qb3  c5  28.Nc2  Nxc2  29.Nd5  Qd8  30.Qxc2  Nb6  31.e5  Bf5 32.Qb3  dxe5  33.Bxc5  Nxd5  34.Bxd5  Qc7  35.Bd6  Qa5  36.fxe5 Be6  37.Bxe6  Rxe6  38.c5  Rae8  39.Rf1  Qd8  40.Qf3  Qd7  41.c6 bxc6  42.bxc6  Qa7+  43.Kh1  f5  44.c7  Bxe5  45.Bxe5  Rxe5 46.Qb3+  Kh8  47.Rd7  Qa6  48.Rg1   

For those curious to know, Broadstairs’ David Faldon scored 3/5 in the U180 section, losing his fourth game but winning in round five to finish 8=/36. Next year the championships move to Bournemouth – well worth a visit.