2021 British Championship, Round 9

 Going into the last round, there were two joint leaders, Pert and Ledger, on 6, and two just behind, Harvey and Hebden, on 5½. Pert was playing Harvey, whereas the other two were downfloating to lower-placed opposition. This meant that any one of the following five scenarios could have arisen:

Sole winner on 7: If one of Pert and Ledger had won and the other hadn't.

Two-way tie on 7: If both Pert and Ledger had won.

Sole winner on 6½: If Pert had lost or drawn, Ledger had lost, and Hebden had not won.

Two-way tie on 6½: If Pert had lost or drawn, and either Ledger had drawn and Hebden had not won, or Ledger had lost and Hebden had won.

Three-way tie on 6½: If Pert had lost or drawn, Ledger had drawn and Hebden had won.

Had any of the tie scenarios arisen, there would have been a rapidplay playoff to determine the overall champion, but as it was, there was no need. Harvey-Pert and Arkell-Hebden were draws, with Olson beating Ledger, resulting in a sole victory for Pert, who thereby won his first British Championship title. Olson, Ledger, Hebden, Harvey and Gormally all finished equal second.


Board No.
Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts.
Name Rtg No.
1 3 FM Harvey Marcus   R 2465 ½ - ½ 6 GM Pert   Nicholas 2548 1
2 9 FM Olson Hamish 2273 5 1 - 0 6 IM Ledger Andrew J 2329 8
3 6 GM Arkell Keith C 2380 ½ - ½ GM Hebden Mark L 2455 4
4 2 GM Gormally Daniel   W 2480 5 1 - 0 WFM Sucikova   Svetlana 2175 13
5 19
Khoury Theo 1814 4 0 - 1 IM Mcphillips   Joseph 2425 5
6 17
Willison Steven 1936 2 0 - 1
Finn Peter 1959 16
7 15
Starley Robert 2057 4 0 - 1 3
Stubbs Oliver 1925 18
8 14 WFM Head Louise 2090 1

bye

9 7 IM Eggleston David   J 2356 0

not paired

10 10 IM Bradbury Neil H 2265 0

not paired

11 11
Brooks Phil J 2191 1 0

not paired

12 12 FM Webb Laurence E 2184 0

not paired

13 20
Mehrafarin   Amirabbas 1734 0 0

not paired

14 21
Gordon Frederick 1523 2 0

not paired

15 22 AFM Latypova Olga L 1266 0

not paired

Final ranking table:

 

Name Rating Federation 1.Rd 2.Rd 3.Rd 4.Rd 5.Rd 6.Rd 7.Rd 8.Rd 9.Rd Score
1 GM Pert Nicholas 2548 England 21b½ 17w½ 10b1 20w1 2b½ 9w1 5b½ 7w1 3b½ 6.5
2 GM Gormally Daniel W 2480 England 18w1 15b1    4w½    3b½    1w½    6b½    8w1    5b0 10w1 6
3 FM Harvey Marcus R 2465 England 10b½ 14w1 9b1 2w½ 7b½ 5w½ 6b1 4b½ 1w½ 6
4 GM Hebden Mark L 2455 England 11w1 20b1 2b½ 17w1 5b0 15w1 7b½ 3w½ 9b½ 6
5 IM Ledger Andrew J 2329 England 13w1 7b½ 8w1 15b½ 4w1 3b½ 1w½ 2w1 6b0 6
6 FM Olson Hamish 2273 Scotland 14b½ 10w½ 12b1 9w½ 17b1 2w½ 3w0 11b1 5w1 6
7 IM Mcphillips   Joseph 2425 England 12b1 5w½ 17b0 8w1 3w½ 10b1 4w½ 1b0 14b1 5.5
8 Finn Peter 1959 England 9b½ 21w1 5b0 7b0 16w1 17w1 2b0 12w1 19b1 5.5
9 GM Arkell Keith C 2380 England 8w½ 16b1 3w0 6b½ 12w1 1b0 13w1 10b½ 4w½ 5
10 WFM Sucikova   Svetlana 2175 Slovakia 3w½ 6b½ 1w0 19b1 20b1 7w0 15b1 9w½ 2b0 4.5
11 WFM Head Louise 2090 England 4b0 13w1 15w0 16b½ 14w1 12b0 19w1 6w0 -1 4.5
12 Starley Robert 2057 England 7w0 22b1 6w0 21w+ 9b0 11w1 17b1 8b0 13w0 4
13 Stubbs Oliver 1925 England 5b0 11b0 22w1 18w0 19b1 20w1 9b0 14w0 12b1 4
14 Khoury Theo 1814 England 6w½ 3b0 19w0 -1 11b0 18w½ 20b1 13b1 7w0 4
15 IM Eggleston David   J 2356 England 19b1 2w0 11b1 5w½ 18b1 4b0 10w0 0 0 3.5
16 AFM Latypova Olga L 1266 England 9w0 21b½ 11w½ 8b0 19w1 18b1 0 0 3.5
17 IM Bradbury Neil H 2265 England 22w1 1b½ 7w1 4b0 6w0 8b0 12w0 0 0 2.5
18 FM Webb Laurence E 2184 England 2b0 19w1 20w0 13b1 15w0 14b½ 16w0 0 0 2.5
19 Willison Steven 1936 Chile 15w0 18b0 14b1 10w0 13w0 16b0 11b0 -1 8w0 2
20 Gordon Frederick 1523 Scotland -1 4w0 18b1 1b0 10w0 13b0 14w0 0 0 2
21 Brooks Phil J 2191 England 1w½ 8b0 16w½ 12b- 0 0 0 0 0 1
22 Mehrafarin Amirabbas 1734 Iran 17b0 12w0 13b0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


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