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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.
Main Championship – https://www.britishchesschampionships.co.uk/british-championship. Major Open – https://www.britishchesschampionships.co.uk/major-open. Senior Championships – https://www.britishchesschampionships.co.uk/british-senior-championships. Junior Championships – https://www.britishchesschampionships.co.uk/british-junior ...
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.
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 ...
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
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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.
