The 2025 British Chess Championships is taking place August 02 – August 10 in St Georges Hall, Liverpool, England. The tournament ise separated in 9 categories – Championship, Major Open, Over 65, Over 50, Under 16, Under 14, Under 12, Under 10 and Under 08. The Over 50 section is a 9 round Swiss system tournament with time control 90 min / 40 moves + 30 min + 30 sec / move. For more events from England, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
The top seeded players are GM Keith C Arkell (2363), FM John Merriman (2202), FM Chris R Duncan (2196), IM Chris W Baker (2187), Robert Thomas (2166), CM David C Okike (2165), NM Philip J Crocker (2155), Neil R Farrell (2134), FM Richard J Mcmichael (2112), FM Michael Dougherty (2076), George Da Neave (2066), WIM Natasha K Regan (2064), Andrew R Brett (2061), Alan Minnican (2056), Jeff R Smith (2050), NM Robert C Noyce (2040), CM Stephen C Ledger (2033), NM Donald J Mason (2015), Stephen J Homer (2005), Steve Kee (1977). Scroll down for the full participants list.
Categories : Championship / Major Open / Over 65 / Under 16 / Under 14 / Under 12 / Under 10 / Under 08
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2025 British Chess Championships – Over 50 Participants
| No. | Name | FED | Rtg | |
| 1 | GM | Arkell, Keith C | ENG | 2363 |
| 2 | FM | Merriman, John | ENG | 2202 |
| 3 | FM | Duncan, Chris R | ENG | 2196 |
| 4 | IM | Baker, Chris W | ENG | 2187 |
| 5 | Thomas, Robert | ENG | 2166 | |
| 6 | CM | Okike, David C | NGR | 2165 |
| 7 | NM | Crocker, Philip J | ENG | 2155 |
| 8 | Farrell, Neil R | SCO | 2134 | |
| 9 | FM | Mcmichael, Richard J | ENG | 2112 |
| 10 | FM | Dougherty, Michael | CAN | 2076 |
| 11 | Neave, George Da | SCO | 2066 | |
| 12 | WIM | Regan, Natasha K | ENG | 2064 |
| 13 | Brett, Andrew R | ENG | 2061 | |
| 14 | Minnican, Alan | SCO | 2056 | |
| 15 | Smith, Jeff R | WLS | 2050 | |
| 16 | NM | Noyce, Robert C | ENG | 2040 |
| 17 | CM | Ledger, Stephen C | ENG | 2033 |
| 18 | NM | Mason, Donald J | ENG | 2015 |
| 19 | Homer, Stephen J | ENG | 2005 | |
| 20 | Kee, Steve | ENG | 1977 | |
| 21 | Archer-Lock, Christopher J | ENG | 1974 | |
| 22 | Handley, Michael R | ENG | 1974 | |
| 23 | Moyse, Nigel J | WLS | 1944 | |
| 24 | Baer, Bruce L | ENG | 1938 | |
| 25 | Brown, Alan M | ENG | 1935 | |
| 26 | Jennings, Richard | SCO | 1926 | |
| 27 | Sykes, Chris | SCO | 1903 | |
| 28 | Coffey, Mike J | ENG | 1894 | |
| 29 | Trueman, Glenn | ENG | 1891 | |
| 30 | Jaszkiwskyj, Peter | ENG | 1889 | |
| 31 | Alldritt, Nigel Re | ENG | 1888 | |
| 32 | Gardiner, Eric D | ENG | 1869 | |
| 33 | Ridge, Michael | SCO | 1868 | |
| 34 | Giulian, Rosemary A | SCO | 1861 | |
| 35 | Potter, Steven | ENG | 1855 | |
| 36 | Rubeck, Jonathan | ENG | 1850 | |
| 37 | AIM | Swiatkowski, Aram | ENG | 1844 |
| 38 | Cook, Phil | ENG | 1844 | |
| 39 | Faulkner, Martin J | ENG | 1818 | |
| 40 | May, Paul | ENG | 1815 | |
| 41 | Graff, Ben | ENG | 1809 | |
| 42 | Betts, Richard | ENG | 1808 | |
| 43 | Morrison, Munroe L | ENG | 1806 | |
| 44 | Matthews, Adrian Ms | ENG | 1796 | |
| 45 | Kelly, Richard | ENG | 1787 | |
| 46 | Wheeler, Tim | ENG | 1784 | |
| 47 | Wilson, Matthew R | ENG | 1784 | |
| 48 | Polanyk, John | ENG | 1771 | |
| 49 | Kenning, Paul H | ENG | 1764 | |
| 50 | Aitchison, A Keith | SCO | 1757 | |
| 51 | Tuke, David | ENG | 1722 | |
| 52 | Letton, Rob | ENG | 1711 | |
| 53 | White, Nicholas E | ENG | 1706 | |
| 54 | Richards, Simon | ENG | 1697 | |
| 55 | Sinclair, Colin | ENG | 1670 | |
| 56 | Weersing, Nathan | ENG | 1665 | |
| 57 | ACM | Strugar, Ioan | ROU | 1659 |
| 58 | Rooney, Derek | ENG | 1658 | |
| 59 | Slegg, Gary | WLS | 1622 | |
| 60 | Lynch, Chris | ENG | 1615 | |
| 61 | Singhal, Saket | ENG | 1613 | |
| 62 | Miller, Jonathan | ENG | 1573 |
