British Rapidplay Chess Championships

The British Rapidplay Chess Championships is a rapidplay chess tournament held since 1986 under the auspices of the English Chess Federation.

The tournament typically takes place over a single weekend and consists of 11 rounds of chess. The 4NCL took over the organisation of the event from 2023.

British Rapidplay Chess Champions

Year[1]CityChampionWomen's Champion
1986Nigel Short
1987Nigel Davies
1988Murray Chandler
Glenn Flear
Julian Hodgson
John Nunn
1989John Nunn
1990Mark Hebden
Julian Hodgson
Jon Speelman
Alexander Wojtkiewicz
1991Lev Polugaevsky
Jon Speelman
1992William Watson
1993No contest
1994Mark Hebden
1995Michael Adams
1996Michael Adams
1997Stuart Conquest
1998Keith Arkell
1999Michael Adams
2000Aaron Summerscale
Ameet Ghasi
2001Mark Hebden
2002Peter Wells
2003Peter Wells
2004Nicholas Pert
2005Mark Hebden
2006Danny Gormally
Richard Palliser
2007HalifaxPeter Wells
2008HalifaxDavid Howell
2009HalifaxDavid Howell
Mark Hebden
2010HalifaxDavid Howell (10.5/11)
2011LeedsGawain Jones (10.5/11)
2012LeedsJonathan Hawkins (9.0/11)
2013LeedsMark Hebden (9.5/11)
2014LeedsJonathan Hawkins (10.5/11)
2015LeedsAmeet Ghasi
Mark Hebden
2016LeedsLorin D'Costa (9.0/11)
Richard Bates (9.0/11)
2017BradfordDaniel Alsina Leal (8.0/10)
2018BradfordGediminas Sarakauskas (9.5/11)
2019LeedsStephen Gordon (8.5/11)
David Eggleston (8.5/11)
2020โ€“2022No contest
2023BradfordAmeet Ghasi
2024PeterboroughDaniel GormallyTrisha Kanyamarala
2025PeterboroughNikita VitiugovElmira Mirzayeva
2026PeterboroughFrederick Waldhausen GordonTrisha Kanyamarala

See also

References

  1. โ†‘ "Results โ€“ Resource".