2021 British Championship, Round 7

 Both round 7 games involving the leaders were drawn, McPhillips-Hebden going all the way to a tablebase ending, so Hebden, Ledger and Pert all remain in the lead on 5/7. They were joined by Harvey (who beat Olson) and Gormally (who beat Finn); McPhillips is the only player half a point behind them.

Lower down the tournament, the shocks just keep on coming. Eggleston, Bradbury and Webb all lost with white to lower-rated opposition in the shape of Sucikova, Starley and Latypova respectively - and for all three, that was their last action in the tournament. Webb had arranged his withdrawal a few rounds earlier, presumably thanks to some prior commitment, but Bradbury and Eggleston made their minds up on the day, no doubt feeling that playing on when in this bad form would not be a pleasant experience.

Also withdrawing from the tournament, but in this case planned from the start, were Olga Latypova and Freddie Gordon, who will spend the weekend playing in the Terafinal of the UK Chess Challenge.

Board	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	8	IM	Ledger Andrew   J	2329	4½	½ - ½	4½	GM	Pert   Nicholas	2548	1
2	5	IM	Mcphillips   Joseph	2425	4	½ - ½	4½	GM	Hebden Mark L	2455	4
3	9	FM	Olson Hamish	2273	4	0 - 1	4	FM	Harvey Marcus R	2465	3
4	2	GM	Gormally Daniel   W	2480	4	1 - 0	3½		Finn Peter	1959	16
5	7	IM	Eggleston David   J	2356	3½	0 - 1	3	WFM	Sucikova   Svetlana	2175	13
6	6	GM	Arkell Keith C	2380	3	1 - 0	3		Stubbs Oliver	1925	18
7	10	IM	Bradbury Neil H	2265	2½	0 - 1	3		Starley Robert	2057	15
8	12	FM	Webb Laurence E	2184	2½	0 - 1	2½	AFM	Latypova Olga L	1266	22
9	14	WFM	Head Louise	2090	2½	1 - 0	1		Willison Steven	1936	17
10	21		Gordon Frederick	1523	2	0 - 1	2		Khoury Theo	1814	19
11	11		Brooks Phil J	2191	1	0			not paired
12	20		Mehrafarin   Amirabbas	1734	0	0			not paired