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	5½	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	4½	½ - ½	5½	GM	Hebden Mark L	2455	4
4	2	GM	Gormally Daniel   W	2480	5	1 - 0	4½	WFM	Sucikova   Svetlana	2175	13
5	19		Khoury Theo	1814	4	0 - 1	4½	IM	Mcphillips   Joseph	2425	5
6	17		Willison Steven	1936	2	0 - 1	4½		Finn Peter	1959	16
7	15		Starley Robert	2057	4	0 - 1	3		Stubbs Oliver	1925	18
8	14	WFM	Head Louise	2090	3½	1			bye
9	7	IM	Eggleston David   J	2356	3½	0			not paired
10	10	IM	Bradbury Neil H	2265	2½	0			not paired
11	11		Brooks Phil J	2191	1	0			not paired
12	12	FM	Webb Laurence E	2184	2½	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	3½	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	-½	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