13 solvers sat down in Hull City Hall last Saturday [28/07/2018 night to compete in The British Championships Chess Solving Tournament. Due to the unavailability of the intended room, solving started at 19:45 rather than 19:00. Because of this I reduced the time to 90 minutes from the intended two hours.

There were three solvers in each of the Open and Minor sections, and a very welcome 7 in the Junior Section. Results were as follows:

Section	Place	Name		Score	Prize *
OPEN	1st	Thomas Villiers	(Muswell Hill)	10/30	£20
MINOR	1st	Nigel Dennis	(Maidenhead)	20/30	£20
JUNIOR	1st	Joe Varley	(Hull)	20/30 (faster time)	£30
	2nd‑3rd=	Jonathan McKay	(Glasgow?)	20/30	£15
	2nd‑3rd=	Julia Volovich	(Cambs. Juniors)	20/30	£15

The British Chess Problem Society wishes to thank Hull and District Chess Association for arranging this event, and for providing the prize-fund. Our special thanks go to Stephen Greep.

The problems set, and their solutions, can be viewed here (on the BCPS website).

Brian Stephenson

30/07/2018

(Taken, with permission, from the BCPS website at http://www.theproblemist.org/newsite/abcps.pl?type=news&yr=2018)

PS Problem solving is something of a specialist interest, and may seem somewhat unconnected to normal play, yet former British Chess Problem Solving Champions include GMs John Nunn, Jonathan Mestel and Colin McNab, and there are a number of closet problemists among otherwise quite “normal” chess-players. A larger turn-out would have resulted at a more convenient time of day.

Steve Mann