Congratulations to the 2024 British Chess Champion GM Gawain Jones, who became the latest champion following Sunday’s exciting playoff against second placed GM David Howell!
Gawain and David agreed a draw in their round 9 game with both players finishing on 7 points, which was half a point clear of the following pack and resulted in a playoff for the title. The playoff was all square after two rapidplay games, with Gawain then winning the blitz games by 1½ – ½ to take the 2024 Championship.
Congratulations also go to joint British Women’s Champions WGM Lan Yao and WIM Trisha Kanyamarala.
We are please pleased to confirm that were two GM norms awarded at the event. One for for IM Shreyas Royal who is now set to become England’s youngest ever GM, and one for IM Matthew Wadsworth on his second GM norm.
The Senior Championship titles were won by GM Keith Arkell, who becomes the 50+ British Champion, and FM Andrew Smith, who becomes the 65+ British Champion.
Junior British Champions are shown in this table —
| U16 | U14 | U12 | U10 | U8 | |
| Standardplay | Max Pert | Rock Yu | George Zhao | Junyi Zhang | Junyan Hu |
| Rapidplay | Stanley Badacsonyi | Pengxiao Zhu | George Zhao/Rami Talab | Dildarav Lishoy Gengis Paratzham | Tara Tamilselvan |
| Blitz | Stanley Badacsonyi/Jack Liu | Pengxiao Zhu | George Zhao | Junyi Zhang/Dildarav Lishoy Gengis Paratzham | Advik Saxena/Tara Tamilselvan |
You can find the list of prizewinners for all of the British events at https://www.britishchesschampionships.co.uk/prizewinners-2024/