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FM Harry Grieve claims Chessable British Chess Championship 2022

27 Aug, 2022by gprevenasΣκακιστικά νέα

The Chessable British Chess Championship 2022 was held at the Riviera International Centre in Torquay from 8th to 21st August 2022. This was the 108th British Chess Championship in a series that has run almost unbroken since 1904, with Torquay having previously hosted the Championships on six occasions, most recently in 2019.

The 2022 Championship was the main event, sponsored by Chessable, and took place concurrently with the Major Open, Under 8, Under 10, Under 12, Under 14, and Under 16 events.

The 16th seed on the starting rank list, 21-year-old FM Harry Grieve, made a sensation at the Chessable British Chess Championship 2022, winning the event with unbeaten 7.5/9 points. Grieve earned 59 ELO points, his final IM norm and his first GM norm. GM Nicholas Pert clinched silver with 7 points, while IM James Jackson and IM David Eggleston tied for bronze with 6.5 points, each. Jackson had better tiebreaks to be in the third place on the final rankings.

FM Harry Grieve – Chessable British Chess Champion 2022; Photo by: Brendan O’Gorman

The Chessable English Women’s Chess Champion WIM Lan Yao added the title of the Chessable British Women’s Chess Champion 2022 to her collection as she came the best ranked female player of the event with 5/9 points. Kata Toma came second with 4.5 points and Sheila Jackson came third with 3.5 points. Scroll down for the final standings

WIM Lan Yao – Chessable British Women’s Chess Champion 2022; Photo by: Brendan O’Gorman

Final standings – Chessable British Chess Championship 2022:


Rk.   Name FED Rtg TB1
1 FM Grieve Harry  ENG 2390 7.5
2 GM Pert Nicholas  ENG 2537 7
3 IM Jackson James P  ENG 2406 6.5
  IM Eggleston David J  ENG 2331 6.5
5 GM Gormally Daniel W  ENG 2466 6
  IM Wadsworth Matthew J  ENG 2418 6
  GM Arkell Keith C  ENG 2409 6
  FM Claridge-Hansen William  ENG 2345 6
  CM Balaji Aaravamudhan  ENG 2194 6
10 GM Emms John M  ENG 2474 5.5
  IM Clarke Brandon G I  ENG 2474 5.5
  IM Kirk Ezra  ENG 2442 5.5
  GM Davies Nigel R  ENG 2425 5.5
  IM Pert Richard G  ENG 2411 5.5
    Taylor Adam A  ENG 2204 5.5
16 GM Ward Chris G  ENG 2402 5
  FM Willow Jonah B  ENG 2393 5
  IM Rudd Jack  ENG 2318 5
  FM Merriman John  ENG 2297 5
  WIM Yao Lan  ENG 2274 5
  IM Kolbus Dietmar  IOM 2272 5
  FM Dishman Stephen  ENG 2248 5
  CM Turner Max N  ENG 2247 5
    Lentzos Ioanis  GRE 2097 5
25 GM Hebden Mark L  ENG 2476 4.5
  IM Milchev Nikolay  BUL 2408 4.5
  GM Wells Peter K  ENG 2396 4.5
  IM Lane Gary W  AUS 2328 4.5
  WGM Toma Katarzyna  ENG 2303 4.5
    Domenech Vianney  FRA 2258 4.5
  IM Bradbury Neil H  ENG 2211 4.5
  CM Villiers Thomas  ENG 2170 4.5
  FM Storey Charles H  ENG 2167 4.5
    Birtwistle Nigel  ENG 2151 4.5
    Pollack Oscar  ENG 2020 4.5
    Salmons Calum  ENG 1944 4.5
37 FM Richardson John R  ENG 2296 4
  IM Zapolskis Antanas  LTU 2266 4
    Stoyanov Viktor  ENG 2246 4
    Brewer Callum D  ENG 2159 4
    Okhai Shabir  ENG 2137 4
  FM Eames Robert S  ENG 2112 4
    Burrows Martin P  ENG 2064 4
    Forster Matthew  ENG 2058 4
45 FM Derakhshani Borna  ENG 2374 3.5
  FM Walker Martin G  ENG 2135 3.5
    Price Gwilym  ENG 2129 3.5
  WGM Jackson Sheila  ENG 2070 3.5
    Ashworth Michael  ENG 2039 3.5
    Finn Peter  ENG 2033 3.5
51   Payne Matthew J  ENG 2155 3
    Horton Justin  ENG 2058 3
    Ethelontis Alexandros N  ENG 2055 3
    Donaldson Thomas  ENG 1982 3
55   Jones Steven A  ENG 2210 2.5
  FM Waddington Mike P  ENG 2066 2.5
    Mulay Partha  ENG 1822 2.5
58   Modi Shyam Jagdish  ENG 2148 2
    Rathbone-Jones Ifan  WLS 2006 2
60   Onslow Alfie  ENG 2111 1

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