2001 (88th) Smith & Williamson British Chess Championship, Scarborough, 30 July - 10 August • 2000« »2002

2001 British Chess Championship		Fed	Elo	BCF	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total
1	Joseph G Gallagher	SUI	2516g	237	◊ 1/41	♦ ½/22	◊ 1/62	♦ ½/43	◊ ½/2	♦ ½/19	◊ 1/21	♦ 1/14	◊ 1/10	♦ ½/3	◊ ½/4	8
2	Julian M Hodgson	ENG	2581g	255	◊ 1/33	♦ ½/4	◊ 1/19	◊ ½/10	♦ ½/1	◊ 1/13	♦ ½/5	◊ 1/12	♦ ½/6	♦ ½/14	◊ ½/3	7½
3	Peter K Wells	ENG	2510g	230	◊ 1/40	♦ 1/59	◊ 1/24	♦ ½/32	◊ ½/9	◊ ½/5	♦ ½/8	◊ ½/10	♦ 1/17	◊ ½/1	♦ ½/2	7½
4	Keith C Arkell	ENG	2431g	233	♦ 1/52	◊ ½/2	♦ ½/27	◊ 0/9	♦ 1/46	◊ ½/20	♦ 1/28	◊ 1/13	♦ ½/5	◊ 1/11	♦ ½/1	7½
5	John M Emms	ENG	2532g	242	◊ 1/66	♦ ½/21	◊ 1/22	♦ ½/15	◊ 1/43	♦ ½/3	◊ ½/2	♦ ½/19	◊ ½/4	♦ 1/10	◊ ½/6	7½
6	Bogdan Lalic	CRO	2528g	244	♦ ½/44	◊ ½/20	♦ 1/61	◊ 1/42	◊ 1/15	♦ ½/9	◊ ½/14	♦ ½/7	◊ ½/2	♦ 1/19	♦ ½/5	7½
7	Mark L Hebden	ENG	2550g	249	◊ 1/54	♦ ½/19	◊ ½/21	♦ ½/59	◊ 1/22	◊ 0/10	♦ 1/23	◊ ½/6	♦ 1/20	♦ 1/9	◊ ½/12	7½
8	Daniel W Gormally	ENG	2481m	238	◊ 1/38	♦ 0/24	◊ ½/51	♦ 1/29	◊ 1/30	♦ ½/32	◊ ½/3	♦ 1/22	◊ ½/9	♦ ½/25	◊ 1/14	7½
9	Chris G Ward	ENG	2493g	237	♦ 1/50	◊ 1/28	◊ ½/43	♦ 1/4	♦ ½/3	◊ ½/6	♦ 0/10	◊ 1/16	♦ ½/8	◊ 0/7	♦ 1/23	7
10	John K Shaw	SCO	2478m	240	♦ 1/68	◊ 1/45	◊ ½/32	♦ ½/2	◊ ½/14	♦ 1/7	◊ 1/9	♦ ½/3	♦ 0/1	◊ 0/5	◊ 1/19	7
11	Jonathan Rowson	SCO	2514g	249	♦ ½/34	◊ 1/44	♦ ½/16	◊ 1/27	◊ ½/32	♦ ½/25	◊ 0/19	♦ 1/43	◊ 1/15	♦ 0/4	◊ 1/20	7
12	Aaron Summerscale	ENG	2510g	244	♦ 1/46	◊ ½/16	♦ ½/42	◊ ½/31	♦ ½/23	◊ 1/45	◊ 1/43	♦ 0/2	◊ ½/19	♦ 1/22	♦ ½/7	7
13	Matthew J Turner	ENG	2511m	241	◊ 1/29	♦ ½/42	◊ ½/35	♦ ½/24	◊ 1/59	♦ 0/2	◊ 1/31	♦ 0/4	◊ ½/33	♦ 1/45	◊ 1/25	7
14	Murray G Chandler	ENG	2540g	246	♦ ½/20	◊ 1/34	♦ ½/23	◊ 1/16	♦ ½/10	◊ 1/28	♦ ½/6	◊ 0/1	♦ 1/26	◊ ½/2	♦ 0/8	6½
15	Nicholas Pert	ENG	2475m	230	◊ 1/51	♦ ½/35	◊ 1/37	◊ ½/5	♦ 0/6	◊ ½/23	♦ ½/20	◊ 1/42	♦ 0/11	◊ 1/17	♦ ½/18	6½
16	Richard J D Palliser	ENG	2337f	215	◊ 1/67	♦ ½/12	◊ ½/11	♦ 0/14	◊ 1/54	♦ 1/29	◊ ½/32	♦ 0/9	◊ ½/21	♦ ½/31	◊ 1/35	6½
17	Gary W Lane	AUS	2456m	228e	◊ 1/30	♦ 0/43	◊ ½/38	♦ ½/51	◊ 1/37	♦ ½/24	◊ 1/36	♦ 1/32	◊ 0/3	♦ 0/15	◊ 1/31	6½
18	Colin S Crouch	ENG	2407m	219	◊ ½/53	♦ 0/31	◊ 1/49	♦ 1/38	◊ ½/24	♦ 0/43	◊ 1/60	♦ 0/25	◊ 1/47	♦ 1/33	◊ ½/15	6½
19	Simon T Ansell	ENG	2376m	219	♦ 1/36	◊ ½/7	♦ 0/2	◊ 1/34	♦ 1/35	◊ ½/1	♦ 1/11	◊ ½/5	♦ ½/12	◊ 0/6	♦ 0/10	6
20	Richard G Pert	ENG	2245f	203	◊ ½/14	♦ ½/6	◊ ½/60	♦ 1/39	◊ ½/25	♦ ½/4	◊ ½/15	♦ 1/35	◊ 0/7	◊ 1/26	♦ 0/11	6
21	Simon JB Knott	ENG	2373m	220	◊ 1/55	◊ ½/5	♦ ½/7	♦ ½/30	◊ ½/31	◊ 1/27	♦ 0/1	◊ ½/26	♦ ½/16	◊ ½/29	♦ ½/28	6
22	Simon K Williams	ENG	2369m	217	♦ 1/61	◊ ½/1	♦ 0/5	◊ 1/47	♦ 0/7	◊ 1/48	♦ 1/41	◊ 0/8	♦ 1/27	◊ 0/12	♦ ½/29	6
23	Zhao Zong Yuan	AUS	2359m	224je	◊ ½/31	♦ 1/53	◊ ½/14	♦ ½/37	◊ ½/12	♦ ½/15	◊ 0/7	♦ 1/39	◊ ½/25	♦ 1/24	◊ 0/9	6
24	Craig A Hanley	ENG	2278	217	◊ 1/57	◊ 1/8	♦ 0/3	◊ ½/13	♦ ½/18	◊ ½/17	♦ 0/26	♦ ½/31	◊ 1/36	◊ 0/23	♦ 1/44	6
25	Brian Kelly	IRL	2458m	235	♦ 1/47	◊ ½/27	♦ ½/31	◊ ½/35	♦ ½/20	◊ ½/11	♦ ½/42	◊ 1/18	♦ ½/23	◊ ½/8	♦ 0/13	6
26	Andrew J Ledger	ENG	2418m	215	◊ 1/39	♦ 0/32	◊ 0/30	♦ 1/53	◊ 1/33	♦ ½/31	◊ 1/24	♦ ½/21	◊ 0/14	♦ 0/20	◊ 1/48	6
27	Ameet K Ghasi	ENG	2188	223j	◊ 1/63	♦ ½/25	◊ ½/4	♦ 0/11	◊ 1/62	♦ 0/21	◊ ½/33	♦ 1/38	◊ 0/22	♦ ½/37	◊ 1/45	6
28	Gurpreetpal Singh	IND	2302	213e	◊ 1/60	♦ 0/9	◊ ½/39	♦ 1/36	◊ 1/65	♦ 0/14	◊ 0/4	♦ ½/47	◊ 1/49	♦ ½/32	◊ ½/21	6
29	Martin J Simons	ENG	2215	185	♦ 0/13	◊ ½/48	♦ 1/46	◊ 0/8	♦ 1/64	◊ 0/16	♦ 1/55	◊ 1/52	◊ ½/32	♦ ½/21	◊ ½/22	6
30	Gerald Moore	ENG	2194	194	♦ 0/17	◊ 1/58	♦ 1/26	◊ ½/21	♦ 0/8	◊ 0/42	♦ ½/51	◊ ½/44	♦ 1/56	◊ ½/34	♦ 1/46	6
31	Lorin D'Costa	ENG	2155	200j	♦ ½/23	◊ 1/18	◊ ½/25	♦ ½/12	♦ ½/21	◊ ½/26	♦ 0/13	◊ ½/24	♦ 1/42	◊ ½/16	♦ 0/17	5½
32	Anthony J Miles	ENG	2565g	249	♦ 1/56	◊ 1/26	♦ ½/10	◊ ½/3	♦ ½/11	◊ ½/8	♦ ½/16	◊ 0/17	♦ ½/29	◊ ½/28		5½/10
33	Desmond Tan	ENG	2253	205	♦ 0/2	◊ ½/52	♦ ½/55	◊ 1/61	♦ 0/26	◊ 1/51	♦ ½/27	◊ 1/53	♦ ½/13	◊ 0/18	♦ ½/34	5½
34	Bret C Addison	ENG	2218	190	◊ ½/11	♦ 0/14	◊ 1/57	♦ 0/19	◊ 1/55	♦ ½/60	◊ ½/40	♦ ½/36	◊ ½/37	♦ ½/30	◊ ½/33	5½
35	Matthew Broomfield	ENG	2271	200	♦ 1/69	◊ ½/15	♦ ½/13	♦ ½/25	◊ 0/19	◊ ½/47	♦ 1/46	◊ 0/20	♦ ½/48	◊ 1/52	♦ 0/16	5½
36	Jonathan LB Blackburn	WLS	2115	191j	◊ 0/19	♦ 1/40	♦ ½/45	◊ 0/28	♦ 1/44	◊ 1/59	♦ 0/17	◊ ½/34	♦ 0/24	◊ 1/54	◊ ½/37	5½
37	Neil M Berry	SCO	2256	196	♦ ½/70	◊ 1/49	♦ 0/15	◊ ½/23	♦ 0/17	◊ ½/52	♦ ½/48	◊ 1/61	♦ ½/34	◊ ½/27	♦ ½/36	5½
38	Philip Briggs	ENG	2200	201	♦ 0/8	◊ 1/69	♦ ½/17	◊ 0/18	♦ 1/52	◊ 0/46	♦ 1/64	◊ 0/27	♦ ½/53	◊ ½/43	♦ 1/57	5½
39	Joseph Conlon	ENG	2191	198	♦ 0/26	◊ 1/56	♦ ½/28	◊ 0/20	♦ ½/68	◊ ½/65	♦ 1/59	◊ 0/23	♦ ½/44	◊ ½/42	♦ 1/63	5½
40	Jonathan Lappage	ENG	2208	194j	♦ 0/3	◊ 0/36	♦ 0/47	◊ 1/69	♦ 1/61	◊ ½/44	♦ ½/34	◊ 0/46	♦ 1/64	◊ ½/53	♦ 1/52	5½
41	Mark Lyell	ENG	2219	193	♦ 0/1	◊ 0/67	♦ 0/65	♦ 1/49	◊ 1/57	♦ 1/62	◊ 0/22	◊ 0/48	♦ ½/61	◊ 1/55	♦ 1/53	5½
42	Robert S Eames	ENG	2333	203	♦ 1/48	◊ ½/13	◊ ½/12	♦ 0/6	◊ ½/60	♦ 1/30	◊ ½/25	♦ 0/15	◊ 0/31	♦ ½/39	◊ ½/47	5
43	Martin G Walker	ENG	2109	199	◊ 1/72	◊ 1/17	♦ ½/9	◊ ½/1	♦ 0/5	◊ 1/18	♦ 0/12	◊ 0/11	♦ 0/45	♦ ½/38	◊ ½/50	5
44	Adrian Jackson	ENG	2230	194	◊ ½/6	♦ 0/11	◊ ½/53	♦ ½/55	◊ 0/36	♦ ½/40	◊ 1/62	♦ ½/30	◊ ½/39	♦ 1/49	◊ 0/24	5
45	Simon T Buckley	ENG	2268	216j	◊ 1/65	♦ 0/10	◊ ½/36	♦ ½/60	◊ 1/51	♦ 0/12	◊ ½/47	♦ ½/49	◊ 1/43	◊ 0/13	♦ 0/27	5
46	James Burnett	ENG	2209	196	◊ 0/12	♦ 1/64	◊ 0/29	♦ 1/70	◊ 0/4	♦ 1/38	◊ 0/35	♦ 1/40	◊ ½/54	♦ ½/48	◊ 0/30	5
47	Sam Collins	IRL	2194	204	◊ 0/25	♦ ½/63	◊ 1/40	♦ 0/22	◊ 1/66	♦ ½/35	♦ ½/45	◊ ½/28	♦ 0/18	◊ ½/58	♦ ½/42	5
48	Melanie Buckley	ENG	2118	174	◊ 0/42	♦ ½/29	◊ ½/54	♦ ½/66	◊ 1/63	♦ 0/22	◊ ½/37	♦ 1/41	◊ ½/35	◊ ½/46	♦ 0/26	5
49	Clive L Waters	ENG	2147	178	◊ ½/62	♦ 0/37	♦ 0/18	◊ 0/41	♦ 1/58	◊ 1/56	♦ 1/65	◊ ½/45	♦ 0/28	◊ 0/44	◊ 1/64	5
50	Gawain C B Jones	ENG	2206	200j	◊ 0/9	♦ 0/60	◊ ½/58	♦ 0/63	◊ 0/69	♦ ½/57	◊ 1/67	♦ ½/66	♦ 1/59	◊ 1/61	♦ ½/43	5
51	Graeme Oswald	ENG	2195	190e	♦ 0/15	◊ 1/65	♦ ½/8	◊ ½/17	♦ 0/45	♦ 0/33	◊ ½/30	◊ ½/58	♦ ½/63	◊ ½/56	♦ ½/54	4½
52	Jack Rudd	ENG	2193	205	◊ 0/4	♦ ½/33	◊ 1/63	♦ ½/62	◊ 0/38	♦ ½/37	◊ 1/54	♦ 0/29	◊ 1/65	♦ 0/35	◊ 0/40	4½
53	David E Buckley	ENG	2172	169	♦ ½/18	◊ 0/23	♦ ½/44	◊ 0/26	♦ 1/67	♦ ½/54	◊ 1/63	♦ 0/33	◊ ½/38	♦ ½/40	◊ 0/41	4½
54	F Norman Stephenson	ENG	2246	182	♦ 0/7	◊ ½/55	♦ ½/48	◊ 1/67	♦ 0/16	◊ ½/53	♦ 0/52	◊ 1/59	♦ ½/46	♦ 0/36	◊ ½/51	4½
55	John Anderson	ENG	2161	194	♦ 0/21	♦ ½/54	◊ ½/33	◊ ½/44	♦ 0/34	♦ 1/70	◊ 0/29	♦ ½/63	◊ ½/62	♦ 0/41	◊ 1/60	4½
56	Lawrence Trent	ENG	2249	193j	◊ 0/32	♦ 0/39	◊ ½/64	♦ ½/57	◊ ½/70	♦ 0/49	◊ 1/66	♦ 1/60	◊ 0/30	♦ ½/51	♦ ½/58	4½
57	Michael Steadman	NZL	2090	191	♦ 0/24	◊ ½/68	♦ 0/34	◊ ½/56	♦ 0/41	◊ ½/50	♦ 0/61	♦ 1/69	◊ 1/70	♦ 1/62	◊ 0/38	4½
58	David E Rumens	ENG	2255	204		♦ 0/30	♦ ½/50	◊ 0/64	◊ 0/49	♦ 1/69	◊ 1/70	♦ ½/51	◊ ½/60	♦ ½/47	◊ ½/56	4½/10
59	David J Ledger	ENG	2312f	209	◊ 1/64	◊ 0/3	♦ 1/67	◊ ½/7	♦ 0/13	♦ 0/36	◊ 0/39	♦ 0/54	◊ 0/50	♦ 1/65	◊ ½/66	4
60	Edmund Player	ENG	2115	182	♦ 0/28	◊ 1/50	♦ ½/20	◊ ½/45	♦ ½/42	◊ ½/34	♦ 0/18	◊ 0/56	♦ ½/58	◊ ½/63	♦ 0/55	4
61	Ian L Snape	ENG	2160	185	◊ 0/22	♦ 1/66	◊ 0/6	♦ 0/33	◊ 0/40	♦ 1/67	◊ 1/57	♦ 0/37	◊ ½/41	♦ 0/50	◊ ½/62	4
62	Michael Waddington	ENG	2353	197	♦ ½/49	◊ 1/70	♦ 0/1	◊ ½/52	♦ 0/27	◊ 0/41	♦ 0/44	◊ 1/68	♦ ½/55	◊ 0/57	♦ ½/61	4
63	Adam C Hunt	ENG	2408m	214	♦ 0/27	◊ ½/47	♦ 0/52	◊ 1/50	♦ 0/48	◊ 1/68	♦ 0/53	◊ ½/55	◊ ½/51	♦ ½/60	◊ 0/39	4
64	Elaine Rutherford	SCO	2117wf	178j	♦ 0/59	◊ 0/46	♦ ½/56	♦ 1/58	◊ 0/29	♦ 1/66	◊ 0/38	♦ ½/65	◊ 0/40	◊ 1/68	♦ 0/49	4
65	David M Adams	ENG	2090	207	♦ 0/45	♦ 0/51	◊ 1/41	◊ 1/68	♦ 0/28	♦ ½/39	◊ 0/49	◊ ½/64	♦ 0/52	◊ 0/59	♦ 1/69	4
66	Robert Willmoth	ENG	2239	206	♦ 0/5	◊ 0/61	♦ 1/69	◊ ½/48	♦ 0/47	◊ 0/64	♦ 0/56	◊ ½/50	♦ ½/68	◊ 1/67	♦ ½/59	4
67	Nicholas A Frost	ENG	2141f	192	♦ 0/16	♦ 1/41	◊ 0/59	♦ 0/54	◊ 0/53	◊ 0/61	♦ 0/50	♦ ½/70	◊ 1/69	♦ 0/66	◊ ½/68	3
68	Stephen C Ledger	ENG	2196	192	◊ 0/10	♦ ½/57	◊ ½/70	♦ 0/65	◊ ½/39	♦ 0/63	◊ ½/69	♦ 0/62	◊ ½/66	♦ 0/64	♦ ½/67	3
69	James J McDonnell	IRL	2047	173	◊ 0/35	♦ 0/38	◊ 0/66	♦ 0/40	♦ 1/50	◊ 0/58	♦ ½/68	◊ 0/57	♦ 0/67	◊ 1/70	◊ 0/65	2½
70	John Kennedy	IRL	2042	180e	◊ ½/37	♦ 0/62	♦ ½/68	◊ 0/46	♦ ½/56	◊ 0/55	♦ 0/58	◊ ½/67	♦ 0/57	♦ 0/69	◊ ½/71	2½
71	James M Parkin	SCO	2122	184											♦ ½/70	½/1
72	Stewart Reuben	ENG	2168c	176	♦ 0/43											0/1

2001 British Ladies' Champion: Melanie Buckley 5/11
2001 British Under-21 Champions: Richard Palliser (Hull), Nicholas Pert (Ipswich) 6½/11

Alexander Best Game Prize: John Emms & Bogdan Lalic (drawn game in rd 11)
IM norm achieved: Richard Pert 6/11
WIM norm achieved: Melanie Buckley 5/11

Rating Prize based on most improved performance: Lorin D'Costa (2151-2295) & Martin Walker (2001-2150)

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2001 BCF Major Open / 2001 British Under-18 Championship (11 round swiss, 112 players)

Ranking	2001 BCF Major Open / British Under-18 Championship	Total
1	Alexander Nosenko (Ukraine)	9/11
2	David A Shaw (British Under-18 Champion)	8½
3-7	Andrew J Bigg, Christopher Dorrington, Graham D Lee, Don Mason, Nicholas Thomas	8
8-12	Rohan Churm, David M Edwards, Jonathan B Mutton, Thomas CM Nixon, David Wise	7½
13-18	Stephen P Clark, Gavin R Lock, Petr Marusenko, John Naylor, Marcus Osborne, John N Sugden	7
19-29	Odion Aikhoje, Oliver JN Cooley, Philip Gregory, Stephen J Gregory, Oliver Jackson, Chris Jones, Stephen Mulligan, Robert Payne, Chris JA Rawlinson, David Spence, Craig A Young	6½
30-49	Philip Almond, Jonathan Beedle, Tristan Cox, Tom W Day, Roger D de Coverly, Chetan Deva, Matthew P Dignam, John A Feavyour, James J Foster, Sumeet K Ghasi, Robin W Haldane, Graeme Kafka, Teresa Khoo (British Under-18 Girls Champion), Timothy Lunn, Koichi B Nicholas, Robert Mark Taylor, John C Tompson, Rdy Van Kemenade, Samuel G Williams, Paul L Williamson	6
50-63	Terry Bean, William Bennet, Lucy J Broomfield, Paul Davies, Angus French, Tim Hebbes, Richard M Jones, Ian G Kelly, John C Moore, Richard Mycroft, Oliver Payne, Thomas Quilter, John C Rennie, Gordon Rigg	5½
64-79	R Alan Barton, David A Bennion, Stephen Casement, Stephen W Dauber, John S Garnett, James Heppell, E Josiah Lutton, Christopher Majer, Daniel McGowan, Philip J Peck, Paul R Plant, Annie Powell, Andrew Salmon, Thomas M Sharp, Claire E Summerscale, Liam Varnam	5
80-89	David Bareham, C Paul Botham, Samuel B Buckley, Gary Hinchcliffe, J Ezra Lutton, Anna Partington, David Robertson, Andrew Thake, Simon A Williams, Mel J Young	4½
90-102	Poppy J Aarons, Stevan J Anastasoff, Sabrina Chevannes, Daniel J Diamond, Eric Gardiner, Michael Healey, Sarah N Hegarty, Timothy Manton, David Parr, Ben Purton, Neville Twitchell, Glyn Ward, Jonathan Zoubaida	4
103-106	Sagar Deva, Ljubica Lazarevic, Robert Newton (8 rounds)	3½
107-109	Lowri Johnston, Sveta Kovalevskaya, Heather Walker	3
110	Gareth Mitchell (6 rounds)	2
111	J Nick Hawkins (4 rounds)	1½
112	Michael Ford (4 rounds)	0

2001 British Under 18 Championship (played as part of the Major Open)

(1) David Shaw (Flixton) 8/11
2001 British Girls Champion: Teresa Khoo (Weybridge) 6/11

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2001 British Senior Championship

(1) Neville Gill (Douglas, I of Man) 6/7, (2-3) D George Ellison (Poulton-le-Fylde), John Toothill (Kendall) 5

2001 British Under 16 Championship

(1) Ezra Lutton (Basildon) 6½/7; (2-3) Stephen Jessell (St. Germain), Chris Rawlinson (Godaiming) 5
2001 British Girls Under-16 Champion: Sabrina Chevannes (Sutton Coldfield) 3½/7

2001 British Under 15 Championship (played as part of the U16 above)

(1) Ezra Lutton (Basildon) 6½/7
2001 British Girls Under-15 Champion: Sabrina Chevannes (Sutton Coldfield) 3½/7

2001 British Under 14 Championship

(1) Sumeet Ghasi (Birmingham) 6/7; (2-5) Adam Eckersley-Waite (Saffron Walden), David Eggleston (Durham), Thomas Eggleston (Durham), Matthew Harborne (Camberley) 5
2001 British Girls Under 14 Champion: Suzie Blackburn (Stoke-on-Trent) 3½/7

2001 British Under 13 Championship

(1) William Bennet (Oakham) 6½/7; (2) Thomas Eggleston (Durham) 5½; (3-4) David Eggleston (Durham), Paul Lam (Coventry) 5
2001 British Girls Under-13 Champion: Sarah Hegarty (Woking) 3½/7

2001 British Under 12 Championship

(1-2) James Hanley (Lancaster), Simon Fowler (Telford) 6/7; (3) Arjun Chirukandath Manoj (India) 5½
2001 British Girls Under-12 Champion: Katie Martin (Manchester) 3½/7

2001 British Under 11 Championship

(1) Arjun Chirukandath Manoj (India) 6/7; (2-4) Gauri Chirukandath Manoj (India), Daniel Hall (Swindon), Thomas Pym (Newport) 5½/7
2001 British Girls Under 11 Champion: Selina Khoo (Weybridge) 5/7

2001 British Under 10 Championship

(1) Gauri Chirukandath Manoj (India) 6½/7; (2) Parimarjan Negi (India) 6; (3) Selina Khoo (Weybridge) 5½
2001 British Girls Under 10 Champion: Selina Khoo

2001 British Under 9 Championship

(1) Parimarjan Negi (India) 7/7; 2 Gauri Chirukandath Manoj (India) 6; 3 Prachura Padakannaya (India) 5½
2001 British Girls Under 9 Champion: Venkata Satha Priya (India) 5/7

2001 British Under 8 Championship:-

(1) Subin Sen (Roding, Essex) 5½/6; (2-5) Henry Chang (Richmond), Arjun Chirukandath Manoj (India), Parimarjan Negi (India), Prachura Padakannaya (India) 5
2001 British Girls Under 8 Champions: Stephanie Hale (Essex), Rhiann Hughes (Edinburgh) 3/6

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Under 175 Grade Championship

(1) Graham Borrowdale (Surbiton) 4½/5; (2-4) Alec Toll (Norwich), Stephen Connor (Ruthin), Brendan O’Gorman (London) 4

Under 150 Grade Championship

(1) Robert Heaton (Richmond) 4½/5; (2-4) Douglas Cooke (Liskeard), Christopher Dixon (Ashstead), Andrew Price (Leamington) 4

Under 125 Grade Championship

(1) Matthew Palmer (Louth) 5/5; (2) Michael Neeson (Northampton) 4½; (3-4) Laurence Cornhill (York), Nicholas Mahoney (Doncaster) 4

Under 100 Grade Championship

(1-2) John Battersby (York), David Dunne (Nottingham) 4½/5; (3-5) Simon Cage (Royston), David McGladdery (Brighton), Chris Martin (Oldham) 4

Week One Rapidplay

(1-2) Graham D Lee (Oakham), Simon K Williams (Farnham) 5½/6

Grading Prize: James Foster (Newbury) 3½/6

Week Two Rapidplay

(1) Bogdan Lalic (Sutton) 6/6; (2-3) Gavin Wall (Richmond), Peter Marusenko (Ukraine) 5

Grading Prize: James Foster (Newbury) 4/6

Five Day Week One

(1-3) John Dodgson (Hastings), Roger Paige (Edinburgh), Alec Toll (Norwich) 4/5

Five Day Week Two

(1-2) Bo Nyberg (Uppsala, Sweden), Tim Turner (York) 4/5

Week One Harry Baines Tournament

(1) Daniel Rosen (Epsom) 7½/9; (2) Paul Kendall (Milton Keynes) 6½; (3-5) Peter Mercs (Nottingham), Jim Vickery (Leeds), Stephen Connor (Ruthin) 6

Week Two Harry Baines Tournament "A"

(1) James Parkin (Exeter) 7½/9; (2) Neil Crickmore (Ilford) 7

Week Two Harry Baines Tournament "B"

(1) Colin Ramage (Barking) 8/9; (2-3) Tony Pawson (Pudsey), Clive Davies (Leeds) 5½

Atkins Weekend Swiss

(1) Nigel Blades (Gerrards Cross) 5/6; (2-3) Philip Bonafont (Gerrards Cross), Peter Mercs (Nottingham) 4½

Slow Starter: Neil Pennock (Scarborough) 3½/6

Soanes Weekend Swiss

(1) Clive Davies (Leeds) 6/6; (2) Nicholas Mahoney (Doncaster) 5

Slow Starter: Catherine Smith (Oldham) 3½/6

Yates Weekend Swiss

(1) Anthony Sage (Bath) 5½/6; (2) Joseph Farrell (London) 5

Slow Starter: Peter Emanuel (Birmingham) 4½/6

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2001 Smith and Williamson 88th British Chess Championships

W.S.Gilbert once wrote that "a policeman’s lot is not a happy one" and I can definitely confirm that a Tournament Director’s lot could also well fit the bill if not the scansion. I write this some five days after the finish of play and having just about managed to balance the post tourney financial accounts. I’ve yet to start on the final report for the Terence Chapman Grand Prix plus all the other hundred and one tasks that players never see. Just to concentrate the mind on more important matters, I received a phone call from the Torbay Conference Bureau today: "When are you coming to see us?" they asked.

In this short report, I am pleased to say that there will be no criticism of the organisers, the prize list or any other aspects of the event. This is largely because I’m writing this myself and whilst there is plenty of room in the questionnaires circulated at the congress for competitors to wade into the vagaries of the Swiss System, adjournments and the ilk, I have no mind to extend this to the Yearbook. Suffice it to say that I will look at each suggestion and recommendation made and ensure that the 2002 event will maintain the high standards for which the Championships are justly renowned.

The 2001 Championships were again remarkably trouble free. I have been waiting for some major upheaval but to date in four years of my stewardship, there have been only the minor mishaps one might expect with some 900+ players plus their friends and families on site. For that I can thank the arbiting team led by David Welch and this year made up of Lara Barnes, Steve Boniface, Ian Cowen, Roger Edwards, Richard Furness, Alex McFarlane, Peter Purland, John Turnock and Alec Webster. John Robinson, who was also an arbiter, made an invaluable contribution to the smooth running of the event as Congress Secretary as did the back room team of Vic Cross, Bob Jones, Arnold Lutton and Nancy Mortimer. If I add Andy Martin’s commentary and the website operators, the list starts to reach Oscar speech epic proportions so perhaps I’d better close this section by thanking everyone who contributed to the success of the tournament, not least the players.

At the Under 8 and Under 9 welcoming ceremony, I remind the players that they have come to play rather than win. For every player that goes home with a cheque there are many more who return with just the honour of competing. I expect a few tears in the junior tournaments but as the last round of the Championship began, I was shedding a few myself trying to work out the arrangements for the play-off. The five-move halved game on Board One emphasised this and I was confidently re-arranging the hall for Saturday. Not having learnt from Western movies that the good guy is always "quick on the draw". Saturday saw Joe Gallagher being presented with the trophy after all his rivals had failed to score a win between them. A popular winner, Joe gave an excellent speech at the prize-giving to end this year’s tournament.

Finally can I thank the staff at the Spa Centre for their help and particularly Gareth Pearce and Smith and Williamson for their continued support of the British Championships. I was hoping for an appropriate W.S. Gilbert quote to finish but having put two dud questions in the quiz the best I can manage is from the preface of my favourite opening book "the final result and any mistakes are mine!" See you all at Torquay.

Neil Graham, Tournament Director

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File updated

Date	Notes
19 March 2002	First uploaded to BritBase as a zipped file (complete 385 games)
22 August 2021	Now with a complete crosstable for the Championship plus other leading scores from subsidiary competitions.