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Feb 12, 2024 · The 2024 British Chess Championships will take place in Hull from Thursday 25 th July to Sunday 4 th August. This will be the 110 th British Chess Championships in a series which has run almost unbroken since 1904 and a welcome return to Hull, which last hosted a full British in 2018.
The first British Championship was organized by the British Chess Association as an event at the 1866 London Congress. A rule awarded the B.C.A. Challenge Cup permanently to a player who won two consecutive titles. John Wisker accomplished this in 1872 by defeating Cecil De Vere in a play-off.
The number in the extreme left-hand column of the table is the official number in the sequence of British Chess Federation (BCF) Congresses and British Championships. N.b. Not all the early BCF congresses featured a tournament for the British Championship. In 1919, 1922, 1927, 1930 and 1939 there were international or non-championship ...
The congress will have a total of seven rounds over five days at 90 mins with 30 second increment time control, with playing schedule as follows for each of the championships –. Thursday – Round 1 – 11:00 to 15:00; Round 2 – 16:30 – 20.30. Friday – Round 3 – 10.00 – 14:00; Round 4 – 16:00 – 20:00.
Supporting this great event is The John Robinson Youth Chess Trust. The Trust (an independent registered charity) was founded in 2006 to support junior chess in England. . The Trust has generously supported the British since 2006 and in 2023 awarded the English Chess Federation £10,000 to facilitate the promotion and organising of the event and to provide junior coaching during the champions
BCC History. The British Chess Championships have run in an almost unbroken series since the first British in 1904, which was played in Hastings and won by William Ewart Napier as British Chess Champion and Kate Finn as British Women’s Champion. Leicester player H E Atkins won the second event in 1905, and still holds the record for the most ...
British Championship 2024. Schedule and Format. Saturday 27th July to Sunday 4th August. 9 round Swiss Championship with rounds starting 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.
