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22/07/2023

British Championships 2023, Day 3

 

Day 3: Saturday 22nd July

 

Saturday 22nd saw the start of the British Championship proper, with four Yorkshire players participating.  All but the first-named below were in the bottom half of the draw, so a win and three losses were to be expected.  Results were as follows:

 

Section

Player

Rd.1

 

Championship

IM Andrew Ledger (Sheffield)

1

play

 

Sheng Liang Bernard Chan (Leeds University)

0

 

 

Peter Shaw (Wakefield)

˝

play

 

Eric Gardiner (Hull)

0

 

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In parallel with the Championship, the 9-round Major Open also started, with two Yorkshire participants recording the following results:

 

Section

Player

Rd.1

Major Open

Jonathan P Nelson (Sheffield)

˝

 

Adam Bedi (York)

˝-bye

 

Meanwhile, the 2nd and 3rd rounds of the Weekend event were played, with the following results:

 

Section

Player

Rd.1

Rd.2

Rd.3

Total

To Date

Open

- Atkins 

Aaron Rich (York)

0

0

1

1

Ben S Rich (York)

˝

0

˝

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Under 2000

- Penrose 

Robert Clegg (Huddersfield)

˝

˝

0

1

Zak Tomlinson (Doncaster)

1

˝

˝

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

Under 1750

- Soanes 

Daniel Meredith (York)

0

1

˝

Shriaansh Ganti (Ilkley Chess Centre)

1

1

˝

Jack Howorth (York)

˝‑bye

˝

1

2

Paul W Jones (York)

˝‑bye

0

˝

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Under 1500

- Yates

Aashita RoyChowdhury (Leeds Juns.)

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1

1

3