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British Rapidplay Chess Championships

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The British Rapidplay Chess Championships is a rapidplay chess tournament held since 1986 under the auspices of the English Chess Federation.

The tournament typically takes place over a single weekend and consists of 11 rounds of chess. The 4NCL took over the organisation of the event from 2023.

British Rapidplay Chess Champions

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Year[1] City Champion Women's Champion
1986 Nigel Short
1987 Nigel Davies
1988 Murray Chandler
Glenn Flear
Julian Hodgson
John Nunn
1989 John Nunn
1990 Mark Hebden
Julian Hodgson
Jon Speelman
Alexander Wojtkiewicz
1991 Lev Polugaevsky
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
Ameet Ghasi
2001 Mark Hebden
2002 Peter Wells
2003 Peter Wells
2004 Nicholas Pert
2005 Mark Hebden
2006 Danny Gormally
Richard Palliser
2007 Halifax Peter Wells
2008 Halifax David Howell
2009 Halifax David Howell
Mark Hebden
2010 Halifax David Howell (10.5/11)
2011 Leeds Gawain Jones (10.5/11)
2012 Leeds Jonathan Hawkins (9.0/11)
2013 Leeds Mark Hebden (9.5/11)
2014 Leeds Jonathan Hawkins (10.5/11)
2015 Leeds Ameet Ghasi
Mark Hebden
2016 Leeds Lorin D'Costa (9.0/11)
Richard Bates (9.0/11)
2017 Bradford Daniel Alsina Leal (8.0/10)
2018 Bradford Gediminas Sarakauskas (9.5/11)
2019 Leeds Stephen Gordon (8.5/11)
David Eggleston (8.5/11)
2020–2022 No contest
2023 Bradford Ameet Ghasi
2024 Peterborough Daniel Gormally Trisha Kanyamarala

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Results – Resource".
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