British Championship prize winners 2014

Two successes for club members at the British in Aberystwyth: Geoffrey James came second in the British Senior Championship on 5.5/7 and Callum Brewer came joint third in the Under 14s on 5/7. They can both be seen collecting their prize money between 23:30 and 26:00 at the closing ceremony. Congratulations young and old.

Callum's Summer

Callum, has had a busy summer, representing England at the Glorney Cup competition, taking part in the U12 section, the Stokes Cup, he scored 5/6 and helped England win the section.

Callum also had great time at the British scoring 4.5/7 in the U12s, coming joint 3rd.

Callum is really happy that people were following his progress at the British and appreciates the support.

Shaun

Listening to live commentary of British Championships, I swear I can hear Callum suggesting moves to Andrew Martin in the commentary room :-)) Callum is going great guns on 4.0/6.0 in the Under-12s, well done Callum!!

A good think. Better?

Geoff on 2/3 in the British Seniors in Sheffield.

Well, the best time to look happy in chess is when it's over!

British Senior Championship

I noticed a familiar face half way down this report from Chessbase!  Geoff doesn't look very happy, perhaps this was taken during one of the last two games which were drawn, let's hope he leaps back into contention with a win today.

British Championship

Great to see most of the country's top players are competing this year, it's Short v Howell on top board today. Personally I think it's a shame Luke McShane isn't there, I think he may have gone back to a 'proper' job - more's the pity - but koudos to Jovanka Houska, nice to see a woman in the mix. I dare say a few in the club - myself included - will be rooting for Simon Williams, unfortunately the GingerGM is lagging a bit at the moment, let's hope for some more fireworks from him at some point.

It looks as if our own Geoffrey James commences his campaign for the Senior Championship tomorrow, good luck Geoff !