The
British chess championship has been taking place in North Shields for the past couple of weeks. And the official website announces:
Grandmasters Gawain Jones and Stephen Gordon have tied on 9 points and will play-off for the title of British Champion 2012. They already share joint English Champion.
The play-off will be best of 2 games at 20 minutes + 10 seconds per move.
If this does not separate them there will be an ‘Armageddon’ game of White 4 minutes, Black 3 minutes with 3 seconds per move – If the game is drawn, Black wins.
The playoff will be relayed live and with a webcam as soon as the prize-giving is over – probably around 10-30am.
Here is one of Jones's wins from early in the tournament, with commentary by top chess geezer Andrew Martin...
2 comments:
a fine wine indeed
Correction duly made.
Jones won the play off 2-0 this morning. The openings were a Gewürztraminer and an Exchange Chablis.
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