Results Round-Up
British Rapidplay Championships Day One
Over 300 chess players gathered in the NBLC in Halifax for the big chess rapidplay weekend . A good preparation plus a good turnout saw a fine day of chess . ECF president and TV personality CJ De Mooi was in attendance along with the ECF ' s Director of Home Chess , Adam Raoof . Both guests are playing in the event .
In the Open , the fine form of David Howell continued from last year . Although losing his queen to Matthew Payne of Worthing in Round One , David Howell won the game . Mark Hebden later lost to Gawain Jones , whilst Matthew Turner and Richard Palliser did well on the first day , despite odd draws . David Howell only dropped half a point in six rounds ( that a draw to Gawain Jones ) to go in as the first day leader on 5.5 points . Gawain Jones , Matthew Turner and Richard Palliser follow on 5 points .
In other areas , the brilliant young Zheming Zhang won the England Under-11 Trial with 5.5 out of 6 . The Minor / Intermediate / Major all saw fine first day tournaments . Notables on day one were Kishan Pattni in the Minor with 6 points and Pierre Weller with 6 in the Major . Ollie Wilson won the Under-16 One Day Junior event with 6 points .
On the second day , it will be interesting to see if anyone can stop David Howell taking the title . Ironically , Mark Hebden faces David Howell first thing Sunday
Day Two
Well ... the morning was cold , plus the local car boot sale was doing well . The rain would hold off until the afternoon . The smell of bacon butties permeated the building . Later on some hearty Yorkshire puddings filled with mince , gravy and carrots were served in the canteen .
Anyway … back to the chess and , specifically , the Open where true to form , David Howell beat last year ’ s joint champion Mark Hebden in his first game of the day . Throughout the day David Howell went on to score five wins . Richard Palliser was beaten too along the way . David Howell scored a magnificent 10.5 from 11 points .
Aaron Summerscale had a fine day too . Mark Hebden , Richard Palliser and Aaron all finished on 8 points .
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David Howell seemed very cool and relaxed - no doubt the London Chess Classic will present him a bigger challenge .
The other key results saw many fine performances and are summarized below . A special thank you to special
CJ de Mooi congratulates GM David Howell
guests Adam Raoof , Director of Home Chess at the ECF , and notably CJDeMooi , the ECF President - a big thank you .
CJDeMooi helped present all the prizes and kindly donated a fully autographed book from Gawain Jones to Zheming Zhang , the outstanding Under-11 trial winner .
- Brent Kitson , BRC Secretary
BRCC Winners 2010 OPEN 1ST DAVID HOWELL 10.5 / 11 2ND = MARK HEBDEN , RICHARD PALLISER , AARON SUMMERSCALE 8 / 11 MAJOR 1ST PIERRE WELLER 9 / 11 INTERMEDIATE 1ST DANIEL NOEL 9 / 11 MINOR 1ST KISHAN PATTNI 10 / 11 JUNIORS UNDER-11 TRIAL ZHEMING ZHANG 5.5 / 6 SATURDAY UNDER-16 OLLIE WILLSON 6 / 6 SUNDAY BRITISH UNDER-16 DANIEL LEA & STEPHEN CHUNG 4 / 5 SUNDAY BRITISH UNDER-12 STEPHEN WHATLEY 5 / 5
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