English Chess Federation crowned the National Chess Champions in Kenilworth. The Chessable English Championship and Chessable English Women’s Championship 2022 took place on 19th-22nd May 2022, and two weeks earlier, the National Champions among Seniors were crowned in the same venue.
The Open event attracted 33 entries while the women’s Championship had 10 participants. Both events were played in 7 rounds, Swiss system. All information about Chessable English Chess Championships 2022 can be found here.
The top seed of the Open even, GM Mark Hebden, clinched the second English National champion title this year as he also won the Seniors 50+ Chessable English Chess Championship 2022 played a few weeks ago. Draw in the last round against GM Keith Arkell was enough for Hebden to secure the position on the top with the final score of 6/7 points. IM James Jackson followed with 5.5 points winning the silver medal, and IM Peter Roberson claimed bronze with 5 points. Replay the games here and scroll down for the final rankings
The favorite in the Women’s section, top-seeded WIM Lan Yao, won the Women’s event with 6/7 points. Despite the loss in the second round against Alaa Gamal, Lao Yan came back with five consecutive victories to be the sole Winner of the Chessable English Women’s Chess Championship 2022. Alaa Gamal came second with 5.5 points, while Nina Pert and Katelyn Rose Catabay Mae tied for bronze with 4.5 points. Tiebreaks criteria were in favor of Nina Pert who was third and Catabay Mae came fourth. Replay the games here and scroll down for the final rankings
Final rankings – Chessable English Chess Championship (Open section):
| Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | |
| 1 | GM | Hebden Mark L | ENG | 2533 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 28 | 31 |
| 2 | IM | Jackson James P | ENG | 2439 | 5.5 | 0 | 19 | 25 | 28 |
| 3 | IM | Roberson Peter T | ENG | 2484 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 24 | 26 |
| 4 | GM | Arkell Keith C | ENG | 2437 | 4.5 | 0 | 21 | 27 | 30 |
| 5 | IM | Harvey Marcus R | ENG | 2530 | 4.5 | 0 | 20 | 26 | 28 |
| 6 | FM | Ashton Adam G | ENG | 2427 | 4.5 | 0 | 17 | 23 | 25 |
| 7 | Hackner Oskar A | ENG | 2425 | 4.5 | 0 | 16 | 20 | 22 | |
| 8 | Boswell Jacob Connor | ENG | 2234 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 30 | 31 | |
| 9 | FM | Royal Shreyas | ENG | 2385 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 27 | 30 |
| 10 | FM | Willow Jonah B | ENG | 2462 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 26 | 28 |
| 11 | IM | Pert Richard G | ENG | 2517 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 24 | 26 |
| 12 | FM | Derakhshani Borna | ENG | 2438 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 24 | 26 |
| 13 | GM | Wells Peter K | ENG | 2414 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 22 | 23 |
| 14 | IM | Wadsworth Matthew J | ENG | 2493 | 3.5 | 0 | 21 | 27 | 29 |
| 15 | FM | Haydon David L | ENG | 2373 | 3.5 | 0 | 21 | 26 | 28 |
| 16 | Okhai Shabir | ENG | 2262 | 3.5 | 0 | 19 | 25 | 27 | |
| 17 | Duncan Patrick C M | ENG | 2125 | 3.5 | 0 | 16 | 21 | 23 | |
| 18 | Herring Samuel | ENG | 1900 | 3.5 | 0 | 15 | 20 | 22 | |
| 19 | FM | Thompson Ian D | ENG | 2201 | 3.5 | 0 | 15 | 19 | 21 |
| 20 | Wells Daniel J | ENG | 2057 | 3.5 | 0 | 13 | 18 | 19 | |
| 21 | Khoury Theo | ENG | 2129 | 3.5 | 0 | 13 | 17 | 19 | |
| 22 | Southcott-Moyers Indy | ENG | 2061 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 26 | 30 | |
| 23 | Shearsby Jude | ENG | 2031 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 22 | 23 | |
| 24 | AFM | Kumar Soham | ENG | 1947 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 20 | 22 |
| 25 | Watson Jacob | ENG | 1922 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 19 | 21 | |
| 26 | Ireland David J | ENG | 2124 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 19 | 20 | |
| 27 | Shenbagakumar Gautham | ENG | 1881 | 2.5 | 0 | 17 | 22 | 24 | |
| 28 | Hepworth Peter | ENG | 2078 | 2.5 | 0 | 16 | 21 | 23 | |
| 29 | Zheng Harry Z | ENG | 1971 | 2.5 | 0 | 16 | 21 | 23 | |
| 30 | Larkin Benjamin | ENG | 2017 | 2.5 | 0 | 15 | 19 | 21 | |
| 31 | Pert Max | ENG | 1957 | 1.5 | 0 | 18 | 22 | 25 | |
| 32 | FM | Macklin Paul | ENG | 2366 | 1.5 | 0 | 16 | 20 | 22 |
| 33 | Parker Keith | ENG | 1815 | 1.5 | 0 | 15 | 19 | 21 |
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Final rankings – Chessable English Chess Championship (Women’s section):
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | |
| 1 | 1 | WIM | Yao Lan | ENG | 2276 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 23 | 25 |
| 2 | 4 | Gamal Alaa | ENG | 1866 | 5.5 | 0 | 20 | 26 | 28 | |
| 3 | 3 | Pert Nina | ENG | 1919 | 4.5 | 0 | 18 | 24 | 24 | |
| 6 | Catabay Mae Katelyn Rose | ENG | 1768 | 4.5 | 0 | 18 | 24 | 24 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Dicen Elis Denele | ENG | 1957 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 22 | 22 | |
| 6 | 7 | AIM | Subramanian Anusha | ENG | 1671 | 3.5 | 0 | 21 | 27 | 27 |
| 7 | 5 | Milewska Agnieszka | ENG | 1820 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 25 | 25 | |
| 8 | 8 | Sengenberger Sara | ENG | 1637 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 23 | 23 | |
| 9 | 9 | Oh Julie | ENG | 1616 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 25 | 25 | |
| 10 | 10 | Mohan Meghana | ENG | 1613 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 22 | 24 |
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Photos by: Pictures by Adrian Elwin and Dennis Dicen
