British Chess Championship

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British Chess Championship, Torquay 2009

The British Chess Championships are organised by the English Chess Federation. The main tournament incorporates the British Championship, the English Chess Championships and the British Women's Chess Championship so it is possible, although it has never happened, for one player to win all three titles in the same competition. The English Women's Chess Championship was also incorporated into this event but did not take place in 2015 and was held as a separate competition in 2016. Since 1923 there have been sections for juniors, and since 1982 there has been an over-sixty championship. The championship venue usually changes every year and has been held in different locations in England, Scotland, Wales and once on the Isle of Man.[1]

The championship was originally open to citizens of any Commonwealth country and has previously been won by Mir Sultan Khan (India) and Abe Yanofsky (Canada). After the Indian R. B. Ramesh finished first in 2002 and several other Indians took top prizes at the same event, many top Britons declined to compete in the 2003 championship. Following the victory of Indian Abhijit Kunte in 2003 and criticism that the British Championship was not serving the interests of British players, it was announced that starting in 2004 only British and Irish players would be eligible to take part. Players excluded by these rules are however welcome to participate in the Commonwealth Chess Championship.

BCA Congress (1857–1861)

These were the first large tournaments organised by the British Chess Association, international players were allowed to participate.[2]

Year City Winner
1857 Manchester Template:Flagathlete / Script error: No such module "flag".
1858 Birmingham Template:Flagathlete / Script error: No such module "flag".
1860 Cambridge Template:Flagathlete / Script error: No such module "flag".
1861 Bristol Template:Flagathlete / Flag of Lippe Lippe

London international tournaments (1862–1883)

In July 1862, Adolf Anderssen won the first international tournament organized by the British Chess Association (BCF Congress), held in London. Second place went to Louis Paulsen, followed by John Owen. This was the first round-robin tournament.[2][3] In August 1872, Wilhelm Steinitz won the second British Chess Federation international tourney, held in London. Second place went to Joseph Henry Blackburne.[4] The great London 1883 chess tournament was won convincingly by Johannes Zukertort (22 points ouf of 26) ahead of Steinitz (19/26).

# Year City Winner
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2* 1872 London Template:Flagathlete / Template:BOH
3* 1883 London Template:Flagathlete / Script error: No such module "flag".

BCA Congress (1885–1899)

In 1884, a new British Chess Association was inaugurated. In July 1885, Isidor Gunsberg won the first British Chess Association championship in London. In August 1886, Blackburne and Amos Burn tied for first in the second British Chess Association championship, held in London. Blackburne won the play-off. In December 1887, Burn and Gunsberg tied for first in the third British Chess Association Congress in London.[2]

# Year City Winner
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2 1886 London Template:Flagathlete / Script error: No such module "flag".
3 1887 London Template:Flagathlete / Script error: No such module "flag".

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4 1888 Bradford Template:Flagathlete / Script error: No such module "flag".
5 1889 London Template:Flagathlete / Script error: No such module "flag".
6 1890 Manchester Template:Flagathlete / Template:Flagicon Prussia
7 1892 London Template:Flagathlete / Template:Flagicon Prussia
8 1895 Hastings Template:Flagathlete
9 1899 London Template:Flagathlete / Template:Flagicon Prussia

BCA Challenge Cup (1866–1872)

The first British Championship was organized by the British Chess Association as an event at the 1866 London Congress. A rule awarded the B.C.A. Challenge Cup permanently to a player who won two consecutive titles. John Wisker accomplished this in 1872 by defeating Cecil De Vere in a play-off. The British Championship was then discontinued until 1904.

Year City Winner
1866 London Template:Flagathlete
1869 London Template:Flagathlete
1870 London Template:Flagathlete
1872 London Template:Flagathlete

British Amateur Championship (1886–1902)

Ten amateur championships were held between 1886 and 1902, but they did not include the strongest players and were unrepresentative, especially in the earlier years.

Year City Winner
1886 London Script error: No such module "sort".
1887 London Script error: No such module "sort".
1888 Bradford Script error: No such module "sort".
1889 London Script error: No such module "sort".
1890 Manchester Script error: No such module "sort".
1892 London Script error: No such module "sort".
1895 Hastings Script error: No such module "sort".
1897 Southampton Script error: No such module "sort".
1900 Bath Script error: No such module "sort".
1902 Norwich Script error: No such module "sort".

British Championship (1904–present)

The current championship series was begun by the British Chess Federation in 1904. The championship was not held in war years. It was also not held in 1919, 1922, 1927, and 1930 as major international events were then being held in England. José Raúl Capablanca won the BCF Victory Congress held in Hastings 1919 and the 1922 London International tournament,[5][6] Alexander Alekhine won the 16th BCC Major Open at Portsmouth/Southsea 1923,[7][8][9] Aron Nimzowitsch and Savielly Tartakower won at London 1927, and Edgard Colle won at Scarborough 1930.[10] In 1939 the championship was also not held as the British team was in Buenos Aires for the 8th Chess Olympiad. In that time, Max Euwe won an international tournament at Bournemouth 1939, played during the BCC. The women's championship was held in most of those years.

Year City Men's Champion Women's Champion
1904 Hastings Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1905 Southport Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1906 Shrewsbury Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1907 London Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1908 Tunbridge Wells Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1909 Scarborough Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1910 Oxford Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1911 Glasgow Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1912 Richmond Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1913 Cheltenham Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1914 Chester Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1915–1918 – no contest no contest
1919 Hastings no contest Script error: No such module "sort".
1920 Edinburgh Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1921 Malvern Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1922 London no contest Script error: No such module "sort".
1923 Southsea Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1924 Southport Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1925 Stratford-upon-Avon Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1926 Edinburgh Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1927 – no contest no contest
1928 Tenby Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1929 Ramsgate Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1930 Scarborough no contest Script error: No such module "sort".
1931 Worcester Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
Amy Eleanor Wheelwright
1932 London Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1933 Hastings Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1934 Chester Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1935 Great Yarmouth Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1936 Bournemouth (M)
Nottingham (W) 		Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1937 Blackpool Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1938 Brighton Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1939 Bournemouth no contested Championship Script error: No such module "sort".
1940–1945 – no contest no contest
1946 Nottingham Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1947 Harrogate Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1948 London Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1949 Felixstowe Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1950 Buxton Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1951 Swansea Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1952 Chester Script error: No such module "sort". no contest
1953 Hastings Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1954 Nottingham Script error: No such module "sort".
Alan Phillips 		Script error: No such module "sort".
1955 Aberystwyth Script error: No such module "sort". Joan Doulton
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1956 Blackpool Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1957 Plymouth Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1958 Leamington Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1959 York Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1960 Leicester Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1961 Aberystwyth Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1962 Whitby Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1963 Bath Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1964 Whitby Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1965 Hastings Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1966 Sunderland Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
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1967 Oxford Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
Dinah Margaret Dobson
1968 Bristol Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1969 Rhyl Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
Dinah Margaret Dobson
1970 Coventry Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1971 Blackpool Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1972 Brighton Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1973 Eastbourne Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1974 Clacton Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1975 Morecambe Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1976 Portsmouth Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1977 Brighton Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1978 Ayr Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1979 Chester Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1980 Brighton Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1981 Morecambe Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1982 Torquay Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1983 Southport Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
Helen Milligan (née Scott)
1984 Brighton Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort". (now Thipsay)
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1985 Edinburgh Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1986 Southampton Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1987 Swansea Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1988 Blackpool Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1989 Plymouth Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1990 Eastbourne Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1991 Eastbourne Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1992 Plymouth Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1993 Dundee Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1994 Norwich Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1995 Swansea Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1996 Nottingham Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1997 Hove Script error: No such module "sort".
Matthew Sadler 		Script error: No such module "sort".
1998 Torquay Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
1999 Scarborough Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
2000 Street Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
2001 Scarborough Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
2002 Torquay Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
2003 Edinburgh Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
2004 Scarborough Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
2005 Isle of Man Script error: No such module "sort". no contest
2006 Swansea Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
2007 Great Yarmouth Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
2008 Liverpool Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
2009 Torquay Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
2010 Canterbury Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
2011 Sheffield Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
2012 North Shields Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
2013 Torquay Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
2014 Aberystwyth Script error: No such module "sort".
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2015 Coventry Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
2016 Bournemouth Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
2017 Llandudno Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
2018 Hull Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
2019 Torquay Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
2020 – no contest no contest
2021 Hull Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
2022 Torquay Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
2023 Leicester Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
2024 Hull Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
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2025 Liverpool Script error: No such module "sort". Script error: No such module "sort".
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2026 Coventry

See also

References

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  1. ↑ British Chess Championship Venues at chess.about.com Template:Webarchive
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External links

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