Bd		White	Score		Score		Black
1	GM	Nikita Vitiugov	6	0-1	6	GM	Stuart C Conquest	play
2	GM	Michael Adams	6	1-0	6	IM	Maciej Czopor	play
3	IM	Richard G Pert	6	0-1	6	IM	Peter T Roberson	play
4	FM	William Claridge‑Hansen	5½	0-1	5½	GM	Gawain Maroroa Jones	play
5	GM	Shreyas Royal	5½	0-1	5½	IM	Jonah B Willow	play
6	GM	Stephen J Gordon	5½	½‑½	5½	GM	Matthew J Wadsworth	play
7	IM	Marcus R Harvey	5½	0-1	5½	IM	Svyatoslav Bazakutsa	play
8	IM	Yichen Han	5	½‑½	5½	FM	Supratit Banerjee	play

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The advertise list of place prizes was as follows was 1st £6,000, 2nd £3,000, 3rd £2,000, 4th £1,500, 5th £1,000, 6th £750, 7th £500 & 8th £250.

The first game to finish was Kalavannan (whose surname is of Tamil origin, though deceptively sounding as if Manx) v Fernandez, which was an 8-move draw, which would probably give a share each in the lower place prizes. Such peaceful intentions were not evident on any of the top eight boards most relevant to winning the higher place prizes.

Wins on boards 3 and 4 for Maroroa Jones and Jonah Willow were the first of the above games to be decided.

First of the top 3 boards to finish was board 3. Boards 1 and 2 took much longer to be determined, but once they were, it was evident a 3-way play-off would be needed to determine the winner from Stuart conquest, Michael Adams and Peter Robinson.

In the play-off, a knock-out Semi-Final match is between 2nd and 3rd seeds determined by ratings used for tournament as a whole. A match consists of 2 games played at 10m for the game + 5 sec inc. per move from move 1 (G/10 + 5’), and if there’s a tie then an “Armageddon” game played with white having G/5 and black G/4, both with 2’ increment per move from move 1 move decides.

There follows a Final between Seed 1, i. e. Adams (who effectively had a bye in the Semi-Final) and the Semi-Final winner.

Play-off games followed:

Sem‑Final	Game 1	Peter T Roberson	0‑1	Stuart C Conquest	play
	Game 2	Stuart C Conquest	1-0	Peter T Roberson	play
Final	Game 1	Stuart C Conquest	0-1	Michael Adams	play
	Game 2	Michael Adams	1-0	Stuart C Conquest	play

Thus, Michael Adams became British Champion for 2025 (after a play-off), 20 days after winning the English Championship for 2025 (after a play-off, that time with Vitiugov).

Major Open

Round 9 top 5 pairings were as follows:

Bd		White	Score		Score	Black
1		Toby Quaite	6½	1-0	7	Arjun Kolani	play
2	FM	Tim P Wall	7	1-0	6	Liam D Varnam	play
3		Livio Cancedda‑Dupuis	6½	1-0	6	Jack Pilley	play
4		Adam A Taylor	6	0-1	6	Adam Sefton	play
5		Koichi B Nicholas	6	½‑½	6	Luis Ortiz Sanchez	play

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The advertise list of place prizes was as follows was 1st £1,000, 2nd £600, 3rd £300 & 4th £100.

Here the early draw was on board 5 where, after White’s 20th move material had been reduced to 2Bs + 7Ps a piece, the draw being agreed after White’s 23rd move. That left only those on the top 4 boards in contention for the place prizes.

Of the above critical games, board 4 was the first to finish. This was rapidly followed by a crucial win on board 2, a win which would win the event for Tim Wall outright or lead to a shared 1st-2nd place if Arjun Kolani managed to win. That was rapidly resolved when Toby Quaite recorded a win.

That meant top three places were 1st Tim Wall (Newcastle-upon-Tyne), 2nd-3rd= Toby Quaite (Leeds) and Livio Cancedda‑Dupuis (Caterham?)

Over 50

Round-7 top 4 pairings were as follows:

Bd		White	Score		Score		Black
1	FM	John Merriman	5	1-0	5	IM	Chris W Baker	play
2		Michael R Handley	4½	0-1	5	GM	Keith C Arkell	play
3	FM	Michael Dougherty	4½	½‑½	4½	FM	Chris R Duncan	play
4		Bruce L Baer	4½	0-1	4½	NM	Philip J Crocker	play

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The advertise list of place prizes was as follows was 1st £500, 2nd £250, 3rd £100 & 4th £75. The trophy for the winner is “City of Hull Over 50s British Trophy”, which one imagines was paid for (posthumously) by the late Bob Ross of Ross Frozen Foods who bequeathed for money to Hull chess than they knew what to do with.

Here the early draw was on board 6 where the players were already out of a chance of a share in the place prizes. The next game to finish was on board 2.

The first of the above critical boards to finish was on board 3, followed fairly soon by conclusions on boards 3 and 4.

Thus, John Merryman and Keith Arkell finished equal on points, and presumably a tie-break applies to determine the winner, rather than a play-off.

Over 65

Round-7 top 5 pairings were as follows:

Bd		White	Score		Score		Black
1		M Paul Townsend	4½	½‑½	5½	IM	Nigel E Povah	play
2	FM	Andrew P Lewis	5	1-0	4½		Phil J Brooks	play
3		Mark E Page	4½	½-½	4½	FM	Terry PD Chapman	play
4	FM	Peter Varley	4½	1-0	4½		Roy Hughes	play
5		Steve R Hodge	4½	½-½	4	FM	Charles W Kennaugh	play

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The advertise list of place prizes was as follows was 1st £500, 2nd £250, 3rd £100 & 4th £75, the same as in the Over 65. The trophy for the winner is the “Over 65s British Trophy” (no dedicational attribute). In contrast with the Over 50s, there is also the “British Seniors Ladies Championship Trophy” to be won.

Nigel Povah needed a win to secure sole 1st place. A draw would ensure first place, possibly shared with Andrew Lewis if the latter managed to win. The game on board 1 was a6-move draw, leaving Povah waiting for the result on board 2 to discover his fate. He didn’t have to wait long, as Lewis managed a win in 20 moves.

A win for White on board 4 then put Peter Varley in touch with the prize money, probably a share of 3rd + 4th prizes.

A draw on board 3 followed.

Thus, Nigel Povah and Andrew Lewis finished equal on points, and presumably a tie-break applies to determine the winner, rather than a play-off.