British Rapidplay Chess Championships
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The British Rapidplay Chess Championships is a rapid play chess congress held in the UK annually since 1986 (with the exception of 1993) under the auspices of the English Chess Federation. The congress includes The British Rapidplay Championship open to all players, and several grading restricted and junior tournaments.
The main tournaments of the congress consist of 11 rounds that take place over the two days of a weekend. In each individual game each player has only 30 minutes to complete the game, giving a maximum time for the game of one hour.
The 2007 championship was held at the Northbridge Leisure centre Halifax, West Yorkshire on the 17th and 18th of November 2007.The 2008 championship will take place on November 29th/30th at the same venue.
The British Rapidplay Chess Champion 2007 is Peter Wells with a score of 9.5/11. Full Crosstable
[edit] British Rapidplay Chess Champions 1986 - 2007
1986 Nigel Short
1987 Nigel Davies
1988 Murray Chandler, Glenn Flear, Julian Hodgson and John Nunn
1989 John Nunn
1990 Mark Hebden, Julian Hodgson, Jon Speelman and Alexander Wojtkiewicz
1991 Lev Polugaevsky and Jon Speelman
1992 William Watson
1993 No Contest
1994 Mark Hebden
1995 Michael Adams
1996 Michael Adams
1997 Stuart Conquest
1998 Keith Arkell
1999 Michael Adams
2000 Aaron Summerscale and Ameet Ghasi
2001 Mark Hebden
2002 Peter Wells
2003 Peter Wells
2004 Nicholas Pert
2005 Mark Hebden
2006 Danny Gormally and Richard Palliser
2007 Peter Wells
