Candidates' Tournament: 2010

Tournament Name

Candidates'

Tournament Date

Sat, 1 - Mon, 3 May 2010

Held at Selwyn College, Cambridge

34 players took part in the first stage of the 2010 British Championship. The venue was the Diamond at Selwyn College and 26 of the players joined in a meal at the Bella Italia restaurant.

Vanessa Wong (5 dan) won the tournament at her first attempt, winning all 6 of her games. This was Vanessa's first UK adult title, having previously won the Under-12 Championship. Andrew Simons (2 dan Cambridge) and Matthew Scott (1 dan Newcastle) both won five games proving the next generation is starting to snap at Matthew Macfadyen's heels. Matthew, as champion, did not have to play, but was on hand for intensive analysis of games. Richard Hunter (4 dan Bath), Tim Hunt (3 dan Milton Keynes) and Nick Krempel (3 dan London) took the next three places in the Challengers' League. The final place went to Kiyohiko Tanaka (3 dan London) who just squeezed out Alex Selby (4 dan Cambridge) on second tie-break.

Posn	No	Name	Rank	Club	Country	1	2	3	4	5	6	Wins	SOS
1	1	Vanessa Wong	5d	Hong Kong	UK	22+	6+	10+	8+	5+	4+	6	23
2	2	Andrew Simons	2d	Cambridge	UK	4-	26+	9+	12+	6+	5+	5	21
3	3	Matthew Scott	1d	Newcastle	UK	9+	12-	14+	27+	19f	7+	5	19
4	4	Richard Hunter	4d	Bath	UK	2+	8-	13+	24+	11+	1-	4	24
5	5	Tim Hunt	3d	Milton Keynes	UK	32+	11+	12+	19+	1-	2-	4	22
5	6	Nick Krempel	3d	London	UK	23+	1-	25+	16+	2-	17+	4	22
7	7	Kiyohiko Tanaka	3d	Nippon Club	UK	25+	21+	19-	10+	8+	3-	4	21
7	8	Alex Selby	4d	Cambridge	UK	27+	4+	24+	1-	7-	18+	4	21
9	9	Matt Crosby	3d	Edinburgh	UK	3-	32+	2-	26+	12+	15+	4	19
10	10	Francis Roads	3d	Wanstead	UK	34+	20+	1-	7-	24+	14+	4	18
11	11	Piers Shepperson	4d	Epsom	UK	33+	5-	31+	17+	4-	13+	4	16
12	12	Toby Manning	2d	Leicester	UK	13+	3+	5-	2-	9-	28+	3	23
13	13	Jonathan Chin	2d	Cambridge	UK	12-	14+	4-	20+	21+	11-	3	20
14	14	Louise Bremner	1d	Bath	UK	28+	13-	3-	30+	16+	10-	3	19
15	15	Andrew Jones	3d	Wanstead	UK	16-	18+	28+	21-	27+	9-	3	17
	16	Alex Rix	3d	London	UK	15+	24-	20+	6-	14-	26+	3	17
	17	Stuart Barthropp	2d	London	UK	24-	22+	30+	11-	28+	6-	3	17
18	18	Andrew Kay	4d	Cambridge	UK	20-	15-	32+	23+	25+	8-	3	16
	19	Yangran Zhang	4d	London	UK	29+	31+	7+	5-	3d	...	3	16
	20	David Ward	3d	Cambridge	UK	18+	10-	16-	13-	33+	27+	3	16
	21	Sandy Taylor	1d	Durham	UK	26+	7-	27-	15+	13-	25+	3	16
22	22	Desmond Cann	5d	NoClub	UK	1-	17-	34+	25-	31+	24+	3	14
22	23	Matthew Reid	1k	Cambridge	UK	6-	28-	29+	18-	30+	31+	3	14
24	24	Alistair Wall	3d	Wanstead	UK	17+	16+	8-	4-	10-	22-	2	21
25	25	Edwin Brady	1k	StAndrews	UK	7-	29+	6-	22+	18-	21-	2	19
26	26	Paul Barnard	1d	Swindon	UK	21-	2-	33+	9-	29+	16-	2	18
26	27	Alan Thornton	1d	St Albans	UK	8-	34+	21+	3-	15-	20-	2	18
28	28	Michael Charles	1d	St Albans	UK	14-	23+	15-	31+	17-	12-	2	16
29	29	William Brakes	2d	Milton Keynes	UK	19-	25-	23-	34+	26-	32+	2	11
29	30	Michael Webster	1k	London	UK	31-	33+	17-	14-	23-	34+	2	11
31	31	Christian Scarff	1d	Swindon	UK	30+	19-	11-	28-	22-	23-	1	17
32	32	Harry Fearnley	2d	Oxford	UK	5-	9-	18-	33-	34+	29-	1	14
33	33	Geoff Kaniuk	3k	Cambridge	UK	11-	30-	26-	32+	20-	...	1	12
34	34	Kirsty Healey	1k	Leamington	UK	10-	27-	22-	29-	32-	30-	0	14

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