2021 British Championship, Round 6

 Andrew Ledger remained in the lead after his round 6 draw with Marcus Harvey, but two other players came up to join him: Mark Hebden, who beat Eggleston, and Nick Pert, who beat Arkell. They have 4½/6, with four players right behind on 4: McPhillips, Olson, Harvey and Gormally. With three rounds to go, all seven still have a decent chance of winning the title.

The bottom half of the tournament continued to be hard-fought, with plenty of decisive games, including two big giant-killings: Peter Finn continued his excellent form, beating Bradbury, while Olga Latypova picked up her first win of the tournament against Willison.


Board No.
Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts.
Name Rtg No.
1 3 FM Harvey Marcus R 2465 3½ ½ - ½ 4 IM Ledger Andrew J 2329 8
2 9 FM Olson Hamish 2273 3½ ½ - ½ 3½ GM Gormally Daniel W 2480 2
3 4 GM Hebden Mark L 2455 3½ 1 - 0 3½ IM Eggleston David J 2356 7
4 1 GM Pert Nicholas 2548 3½ 1 - 0 3 GM Arkell Keith C 2380 6
5 13 WFM Sucikova Svetlana 2175 3 0 - 1 3 IM Mcphillips Joseph 2425 5
6 16
Finn Peter 1959 2½ 1 - 0 2½ IM Bradbury Neil H 2265 10
7 15
Starley Robert 2057 2 1 - 0 2½ WFM Head Louise 2090 14
8 18
Stubbs Oliver 1925 2 1 - 0 2
Gordon Frederick 1523 21
9 19
Khoury Theo 1814 1½ ½ - ½ 2 FM Webb Laurence E 2184 12
10 22 AFM Latypova Olga L 1266 1½ 1 - 0 1
Willison Steven 1936 17
11 11
Brooks Phil J 2191 1 0

not paired

12 20
Mehrafarin Amirabbas 1734 0 0

not paired





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