British Championship Congress 2021

[Wadih Khoury]

Still nobody to comment any games?

Last year attracted more interest. Maybe because it's not the appropriate section?

[IM Jack Rudd]

Well, there was this game, which attracted a bit of comment elsewhere:

[Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2021.08.06"] [Round "?"] [White "Giyl"] [Black "KeithArkell"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "2309"] [BlackElo "2391"] [TimeControl "3600+15"] [EndTime "13:20:49 PDT"] [Termination "Giyl won by resignation"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 d5 5. h3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nd7 7. c3 Ngf6 8. Nxf6+ Nxf6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Re1 c5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Bd4 b6 15. c4 Bb7 16. Qe2 Rad8 17. Be5 Qc5 18. Rad1 Rfe8 19. a3 a5 20. Rb1 a4 21. b4 axb3 22. Rxb3 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Nd7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Be2 Qc7 26. Reb1 e5 27. Rb5 Re6 28. a4 Nc5 29. a5 bxa5 30. Qa3 Ne4 31. Rxa5 Rd2 32. Bf3 Nd6 33. Qb4 Rd4 34. Bd5 Re7 35. Rc5 Qd8 36. Qb6 Qxb6 37. Rxb6 Nf5 38. Rcb5 Rd1+ 39. Kh2 Rd2 40. Kg1 Ra7 41. Rb1 Ne7 42. Bb7 Raa2 43. Re1 Rxf2 44. Rxe5 Nf5 45. Bd5 h5 46. Rb7 Nh4 47. c5 Rac2 48. c6 Rfd2 49. Rxf7+ Kh6 50. c7 Nf5 51. Rexf5 gxf5 52. Rf6+ Kg5 53. Rc6 1-0

[Mick Norris]

The leader isn't a name I remember having seen before

[LawrenceCooper]

The leader isn't a name I remember having seen before

This is all I could find on him: http://www.ecfrating.org.uk/v2/new/list ... de=284800E

The games from that event: https://www.bucachess.org.uk/games/2012 ... a4qy6Y0kQc

His games from chess.com are still available despite his account being closed for violating their fair play policy: https://www.chess.com/member/giyl

[Carl Hibbard]

His games from chess.com are still available despite his account being closed for violating their fair play policy: https://www.chess.com/member/giyl

Shocker.

[Mick Norris]

Account closed means he is out of the event?

[Pete Heaven]

Perhaps he is appealing the decision. The draw for the last round has been delayed, in comparison with previous rounds. Also, at least one other player has been allowed to continue, having violated chess.com's Fair Play policy during the event, simply by using a second account.

[NickFaulks]

The draw for the last round has been delayed

Except in his case, where he is shown as "not paired".

[LawrenceCooper]

The draw for the last round has been delayed...

From 11:00, to 12:00 and now to 13:00.

[Matt Bridgeman]

It’s good to see Danny and Simon raising the issue to a wider audience on Twitter, chiefly why aren’t players being protected from cheats and why aren’t there any proper deterrents and bans for future events being handed out?

https://mobile.twitter.com/elgransenor1

You never get answers of course, but why an earth was a prominent England junior international banned on one account at the time of the qualifiers and allowed to continue on an a secondary account? It’s a bit baffling! There just seems to be so many smart cheaters operating happily in the off-camera qualifiers and non championship events and not getting caught.

[Roger de Coverly]

From 11:00, to 12:00 and now to 13:00.

If a leader is removed from a tournament before it completes for "violating terms and conditions", what should be done with his or her previous results? Should they stand or should they be reversed? Whatever is decided will affect the final round pairings and possibly also the prize winners.

[Roger de Coverly]

The games from that event:

Playing for Swansea University, so Welsh sources may have more records.

[Pete Heaven]

He played no rated games in Wales around that time. Our archives go back to 2008.

[Kevin Thurlow]

"You never get answers of course, but why an earth was a prominent England junior international banned on one account at the time of the qualifiers and allowed to continue on an a secondary account? It’s a bit baffling!"

Maybe because they're a prominent England junior international?

[Matt Bridgeman]

"You never get answers of course, but why an earth was a prominent England junior international banned on one account at the time of the qualifiers and allowed to continue on an a secondary account? It’s a bit baffling!"

Maybe because they're a prominent England junior international?

That is definitely one possibility. Strings pulled behind the scenes. Point 4 of the rules seemed pretty clear on the point that if a players gets a chess.com ban during the tournament that they get excluded.