British Rapidplay Chess Championships

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. [http://www.british-rapidplay.org.uk/2007site/XTABLES2007.htm Full Crosstable]

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

See also

British Chess Championship

External links

* [http://www.british-rapidplay.org.uk British Rapidplay Chess Championships]
* [http://www.englishchess.org.uk English Chess Federation]
* [http://www.british-rapidplay.org.uk/2007site/XTABLES2007.htm Complete 2007 tournament crosstable]