The Chessable British Chess Championships 2022 will be held at the Riviera International Centre in Torquay from 8th to 21st August 2022 inclusive. This will be the 108th British Chess Championship in a series which has run almost unbroken since 1904, with Torquay having previously hosted the Championships on six occasions, most recently in 2019.
Chessable British Chess Championships 2022 is a festival, with the 2022 Championship as the main event, parallel to the Major Open, Under 8, Under 10, Under 12, Under 14, and Under 16 events. The 2022 Championship is sponsored by Chessable. Chessdom.com will cover all of them daily in detail.
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Chessable British Chess Championships 2022: Championship
The main event is a 9 round Swiss Championship with rounds starting August 13 at 2.30pm each day, aside from round 9 which will start at 10.00am on the final Sunday. First 40 moves in 90 minutes, then 30 minutes added for remainder of game, with 30 second increments added from move 1. The British Championship competition will include prizes/awards for the British Open and Women’s Champions. The top 20 eligible players from the 2022 British Championships including ties will qualify for a place in the 2023 British Championship. Top seeded are Nicholas Pert, John Emms, Daniel Gormally, Brandon Clark, Mark Hebden, Ezra Kirk, Nigel Davies, Matthew Wadsworth, etc. Here is the full participants list
| 1 | GM | Pert Nicholas | 2536 |
| 2 | GM | Emms John M | 2481 |
| 3 | GM | Gormally Daniel W | 2470 |
| 4 | IM | Clarke Brandon Gi | 2470 |
| 5 | GM | Hebden Mark L | 2465 |
| 6 | IM | Kirk Ezra G | 2457 |
| 7 | GM | Davies Nigel R | 2448 |
| 8 | IM | Wadsworth Matthew J | 2418 |
| 9 | IM | Jackson James P | 2411 |
| 10 | IM | Milchev Nikolay | 2408 |
| 11 | IM | Pert Richard G | 2408 |
| 12 | GM | Ward Chris G | 2402 |
| 13 | FM | Willow Jonah B | 2393 |
| 14 | GM | Arkell Keith C | 2390 |
| 15 | FM | Derakhshani Borna | 2384 |
| 16 | FM | Grieve Harry | 2381 |
| 17 | GM | Wells Peter K | 2373 |
| 18 | IM | Lane Gary W | 2332 |
| 19 | FM | Claridge-Hansen William | 2332 |
| 20 | IM | Rudd Jack | 2331 |
| 21 | IM | Eggleston David J | 2329 |
| 22 | IM | Kolbus Dietmar | 2309 |
| 23 | WGM | Toma Katarzyna | 2309 |
| 24 | FM | Merriman John | 2285 |
| 25 | FM | Richardson John R | 2279 |
| 26 | IM | Zapolskis Antanas | 2266 |
| 27 | Domenech Vianney | 2266 | |
| 28 | WIM | Yao Lan | 2259 |
| 29 | FM | Dishman Stephen | 2250 |
| 30 | CM | Turner Max N | 2247 |
| 31 | Jones Steven A | 2244 | |
| 32 | Stoyanov Viktor | 2231 | |
| 33 | CM | Balaji Aaravamudhan | 2211 |
| 34 | CM | Villiers Thomas | 2201 |
| 35 | Taylor Adam A | 2197 | |
| 36 | IM | Bradbury Neil H | 2196 |
| 37 | FM | Walker Martin G | 2172 |
| 38 | Payne Matthew J | 2165 | |
| 39 | Brewer Callum D | 2151 | |
| 40 | Birtwistle Nigel | 2134 | |
| 41 | Okhai Shabir | 2126 | |
| 42 | Price Gwilym T | 2126 | |
| 43 | Onslow Alfie | 2118 | |
| 44 | FM | Eames Robert S | 2112 |
| 45 | Lentzos Ioannis | 2104 | |
| 46 | Burrows Martin P | 2081 | |
| 47 | WGM | Jackson Sheila | 2072 |
| 48 | FM | Waddington Mike P | 2071 |
| 49 | Forster Matthew | 2063 | |
| 50 | Horton Justin | 2058 | |
| 51 | Ethelontis Alexandros N | 2055 | |
| 52 | Finn Peter | 2039 | |
| 53 | Ashworth Michael J | 2030 | |
| 54 | Pollack Oscar | 2016 | |
| 55 | Donaldson Thomas R | 1982 | |
| 56 | Rathbone-Jones Ifan | 1936 | |
| 57 | Salmons Calum | 1932 | |
| 58 | Mulay Partha | 1843 |
Official website of the British Championships / Chessable English Championship and Chessable English Women’s Championship 2022 / The English Seniors Chess Championships 50+ & 65+, supported by Chessable
