The English Seniors' Championships, at both Over-65 and Over 50-level were held from Thursday 4th to Sunday 7th of April 2019, at St John's Hotel, 651 Warwick Road, Solihull, B91 1AT, over 6 rounds.

Over-65 Event

The Over-65 event involved 39 participants. (A 40th entrant seemingly didn't participate as things turned out.) Top places were as follows:

1	Kevin Bowmer	London	5½
2	Chris C W Shephard	Sheffield	5
3-4	Mike J Surtees	Great Lever	4½
3-4	David W Anderton	Walsall	4½

Chris's most interesting game was perhaps the clash of styles presented by his game against Mike Surtees. (Click here to play through the game on screen.)

Lower down the order York's Tony Slinger finished 26th-33rd= with 2½ out of 6. (He advises that the M. P. Townsend participating was not if fact the originally-reported Paul Townsend of York, who in any event is not over 65.)

Over-50 Event

The number of entries in the Over-50 event was only 25, of whom one did not participate. It was won by Paul E Littlewood (son of the late, Sheffield-born, John E Littlewood, and nephew of the late Norman Littlewood of Sheffield) with 5½ out of 6. Lower down the order was Andrew Dearnley, whose last over-the-board team was Barnsley, but who for years he has normally played only correspondence chess.