Candidates'

Current Champion: 
Andrew Kay
Start Year: 
1978
Normal Month: 
May

This tournament is part of the British Championship and held to select most of the players who will compete in the Challenger’s Tournament.

In order to play, players must be British (or long-term residents), active in tournaments and of a certainly level. In the past shodan and kyu players had to earn places at tournaments, but now players are selected by rating.

Past Winners: 
  • 2011-3 Andrew Kay
  • 2010 Vanessa Wong
  • 2008-9 Matthew Cocke
  • 2007 Matthew Macfadyen
  • 2006 Bei Ge
  • 2005 Jon Diamond / Kiyohiko Tanaka
  • 2004 Piers Shepperson
  • 2003 Quentin Mills
  • 2002 Seong-June Kim
  • 2001 T.Mark Hall
  • 2000 Young Kim
  • 1999 Toby Manning / John Rickard
  • 1998 Martin Smith / Jim Clare
  • 1997 Des Cann
  • 1996 T.Mark Hall
  • 1995 Des Cann
  • 1994 Matthew Cocke
  • 1993 Shutai Zhang
  • 1992 T.Mark Hall
  • 1991 Edmund Shaw
  • 1990 Harold Lee
  • 1989 Neil Symes / John Smith / Adam Pirani
  • 1988 Matthew Macfadyen
  • 1987 Edmund Shaw / Brian Chandler / Alistair Thmpson
  • 1986 Edmund Shaw / Francis Roads / T.Mark Hall
  • 1985 Jon Diamond
  • 1984 John Smith / Richard Granville
  • 1983 John Rickard / Richard Granville
  • 1979-82 Incorporated in the Challenger's League
  • 1978 David Mitchell




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