British Rapidplay Chess Championships

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The British Rapidplay Chess Championships is a rapid play chess congress held in the UK annually since 1986 (with the exception of 1993) under the auspices of the English Chess Federation. The UK's premier weekend rapidplay congress includes The British Rapidplay Championship open to all players, and several grading restricted and junior tournaments. The tournament takes place over two days and consists of 11 rounds of chess . There are Open, Major, Intermediate, Minor and Junior categories. The event has been held in Leeds, Bradford and Halifax over the years.

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The Joint Winners were G.M. Mark Hebden and I.M. Ameet Ghasi .

The Joint Winners of the thirtieth anniversary event were I.M. Lorin D'Costa and I.M. Richard A Bates on 9/11 .

The winner of The Open was the Spanish G.M. Daniel Alsina Leal with 8/10....

British Rapidplay Chess Champions

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  1. ↑ "British Rapidplay Chess Championships homepage" . Retrieved 6 August 2010.
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