English Chess Federation crowned the National Chess Champions in Kenilworth. The Chessable English Championship and Chessable English Women’s Championship 2022 took place on 19th-22nd May 2022, and two weeks earlier, the National Champions among Seniors were crowned in the same venue.
The Open event attracted 33 entries while the women’s Championship had 10 participants. Both events were played in 7 rounds, Swiss system. All information about Chessable English Chess Championships 2022 can be found here.
The top seed of the Open even, GM Mark Hebden, clinched the second English National champion title this year as he also won the Seniors 50+ Chessable English Chess Championship 2022 played a few weeks ago. Draw in the last round against GM Keith Arkell was enough for Hebden to secure the position on the top with the final score of 6/7 points. IM James Jackson followed with 5.5 points winning the silver medal, and IM Peter Roberson claimed bronze with 5 points. Replay the games here and scroll down for the final rankings
The favorite in the Women’s section, top-seeded WIM Lao Yan, won the Women’s event with 6/7 points. Despite the loss in the second round against Alaa Gamal, Lao Yan came back with five consecutive victories to be the sole Winner of the Chessable English Women’s Chess Championship 2022. Alaa Gamal came second with 5.5 points, while Nina Pert and Katelyn Rose Catabay Mae tied for bronze with 4.5 points. Tiebreaks criteria were in favor of Nina Pert who was third and Catabay Mae came fourth. Replay the games here and scroll down for the final rankings
Final rankings – Chessable English Chess Championship (Open section):
Rk.
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
TB1
TB2
TB3
TB4
1
GM
Hebden Mark L
ENG
2533
6
0
22
28
31
2
IM
Jackson James P
ENG
2439
5.5
0
19
25
28
3
IM
Roberson Peter T
ENG
2484
5
0
19
24
26
4
GM
Arkell Keith C
ENG
2437
4.5
0
21
27
30
5
IM
Harvey Marcus R
ENG
2530
4.5
0
20
26
28
6
FM
Ashton Adam G
ENG
2427
4.5
0
17
23
25
7
Hackner Oskar A
ENG
2425
4.5
0
16
20
22
8
Boswell Jacob Connor
ENG
2234
4
0
24
30
31
9
FM
Royal Shreyas
ENG
2385
4
0
22
27
30
10
FM
Willow Jonah B
ENG
2462
4
0
21
26
28
11
IM
Pert Richard G
ENG
2517
4
0
19
24
26
12
FM
Derakhshani Borna
ENG
2438
4
0
18
24
26
13
GM
Wells Peter K
ENG
2414
4
0
17
22
23
14
IM
Wadsworth Matthew J
ENG
2493
3.5
0
21
27
29
15
FM
Haydon David L
ENG
2373
3.5
0
21
26
28
16
Okhai Shabir
ENG
2262
3.5
0
19
25
27
17
Duncan Patrick C M
ENG
2125
3.5
0
16
21
23
18
Herring Samuel
ENG
1900
3.5
0
15
20
22
19
FM
Thompson Ian D
ENG
2201
3.5
0
15
19
21
20
Wells Daniel J
ENG
2057
3.5
0
13
18
19
21
Khoury Theo
ENG
2129
3.5
0
13
17
19
22
Southcott-Moyers Indy
ENG
2061
3
0
21
26
30
23
Shearsby Jude
ENG
2031
3
0
17
22
23
24
AFM
Kumar Soham
ENG
1947
3
0
16
20
22
25
Watson Jacob
ENG
1922
3
0
15
19
21
26
Ireland David J
ENG
2124
3
0
14
19
20
27
Shenbagakumar Gautham
ENG
1881
2.5
0
17
22
24
28
Hepworth Peter
ENG
2078
2.5
0
16
21
23
29
Zheng Harry Z
ENG
1971
2.5
0
16
21
23
30
Larkin Benjamin
ENG
2017
2.5
0
15
19
21
31
Pert Max
ENG
1957
1.5
0
18
22
25
32
FM
Macklin Paul
ENG
2366
1.5
0
16
20
22
33
Parker Keith
ENG
1815
1.5
0
15
19
21
.
Final rankings – Chessable English Chess Championship (Women’s section):
Rk.
SNo
Name
FED
Rtg
Pts.
TB1
TB2
TB3
TB4
1
1
WIM
Yao Lan
ENG
2276
6
0
18
23
25
2
4
Gamal Alaa
ENG
1866
5.5
0
20
26
28
3
3
Pert Nina
ENG
1919
4.5
0
18
24
24
6
Catabay Mae Katelyn Rose
ENG
1768
4.5
0
18
24
24
5
2
Dicen Elis Denele
ENG
1957
4
0
17
22
22
6
7
AIM
Subramanian Anusha
ENG
1671
3.5
0
21
27
27
7
5
Milewska Agnieszka
ENG
1820
3
0
19
25
25
8
8
Sengenberger Sara
ENG
1637
2
1
17
23
23
9
9
Oh Julie
ENG
1616
2
0
19
25
25
10
10
Mohan Meghana
ENG
1613
0
0
17
22
24
.
Photos by: Pictures by Adrian Elwin and Dennis Dicen