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- The British Chess Championships are run by the ECF, and have been held annually since 1904, apart from during world wars and the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. In recognition of the change from BCF to ECF, they award additional titles of English Champion and English Ladies Champion.
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The current championship series was begun by the British Chess Federation in 1904. The championship was not held in war years. It was also not held in 1919, 1922, 1927, and 1930 as major international events were then being held in England.
You can find out more about the history of the British Chess Championships in the Wikipedia article here – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Chess_Championship – and please refer to the excellent Britbase for a comprehesive collection of BCC games going back to 1904 here – https://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/.
The championship was originally open to citizens of any Commonwealth country and has previously been won by Mir Sultan Khan (India) and Abe Yanofsky (Canada). After the Indian R. B. Ramesh finished first in 2002 and several other Indians took top prizes at the same event, many top Britons declined to compete in the 2003 championship.
List of World Chess Championships. Emanuel Lasker (left) facing incumbent champion Wilhelm Steinitz (right) in Philadelphia during the 1894 World Chess Championship. The World Chess Championship has taken various forms over time, including both match and tournament play. While the concept of a world champion of chess had already existed for ...
In 1919, 1922, 1927, 1930 and 1939 there were international or non-championship tournaments instead, and the British Championship title was not at stake. In 2020, the British Championships were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
From 1884 until 1902 a British Amateur Championship, the forerunner of the British Championship, was held and from 1884 onwards an annual Scottish Championship took place. The last BCA congress was in 1882 and that year there was the first congress in Wales.
The British Chess Championships are run by the ECF, and have been held annually since 1904, apart from during world wars and the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. In recognition of the change from BCF to ECF, they award additional titles of English Champion and English Ladies Champion.
