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Very pleased to see Yang-Fan Zhou entered into the British Championship and hopefully he get anther GM norm.Fine player is Zhou looking forward to watching him smash his opponents on the live boards.

Make the most of today as the weather is turning. I got a few jobs to do in the greenhouse.

It seems like a stupid question but I can't find the answer anywhere so the forum is the right place:

The rapid tournaments at the British are they FIDE rated or "just" ECF rated?

Mike W. Richardt wrote:It seems like a stupid question but I can't find the answer anywhere so the forum is the right place:

The rapid tournaments at the British are they FIDE rated or "just" ECF rated?

They have both been registered for FIDE rating:

http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_deta ... vent=75211
http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_deta ... vent=75212

LawrenceCooper wrote:They have both been registered for FIDE rating:

http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_deta ... vent=75211
http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_deta ... vent=75212

Thanks for that!!!

LawrenceCooper wrote:I am looking forward to the year when Akshaya first plays the Championship though, I suspect rather more than her opponents

She's been upgraded or wild-carded in for this year, facing Mike Yeo in the first round.

Leonard Barden wrote:

LawrenceCooper wrote:I am looking forward to the year when Akshaya first plays the Championship though, I suspect rather more than her opponents

In the new grading list Akshaya is only four points behind Sarah, so would have already been a serious contender this year.

I am delighted to see that Akshaya Kalaiyalahan is now playing this year, with an outside chance to break Elaine Saunders's 1939 record as the youngest ever women's champion.

Elaine lost her record to Humpy Koneru in Street in, I think, 2000.

www.britishchessmagazine.co.uk

Akshaya would beat her record too, if successful. There is certainly a reasonable chance of this happening.

Maria Wang takes the lead in the Women's Championship, achieving quite an upset with the Black pieces overturning a 338 point disadvantage. Megan Owens also scored a draw against a much higher rated opponent.

Andrew Bak wrote:Maria Wang takes the lead in the Women's Championship, achieving quite an upset with the Black pieces overturning a 338 point disadvantage. Megan Owens also scored a draw against a much higher rated opponent.

The latter result is the more noteworthy, given that Dufus made a good impression at Hastings.

Sarah Hegarty (2.5) in the lead by half a point from Akshaya Kalaiyalahan (2) after round 5:

http://www.englishchess.org.uk/BCC/2013 ... emale.html

Congratulations to both Sarah Hegarty and Akshaya Kalaiyalahan! Akshaya also won the U12 (!) title today.

I must confess at never having heard of her before - how good do people think she could become?

Andrew Bak wrote:Congratulations to both Sarah Hegarty and Akshaya Kalaiyalahan! Akshaya also won the U12 (!) title today.

I must confess at never having heard of her before - how good do people think she could become?

I don't know, but she was certainly an important member of Surrey's County Championship winning side.

See http://englishchess.org.uk/ecfgrading.o ... peed=S#top and look at the last group of results.

Andrew Bak wrote:Congratulations to both Sarah Hegarty and Akshaya Kalaiyalahan! Akshaya also won the U12 (!) title today.

I must confess at never having heard of her before - how good do people think she could become?

She's England's highest rated female player under twenty-one and amongst the many events she has played in: http://www.londonchessclassic.com/2012/ ... tional.htm

I wouldn't want to put any pressure on her by predicting how good she could become but I'm looking forward to following her progress.

David Sedgwick wrote:

Andrew Bak wrote:Congratulations to both Sarah Hegarty and Akshaya Kalaiyalahan! Akshaya also won the U12 (!) title today.

I must confess at never having heard of her before - how good do people think she could become?

I don't know, but she was certainly an important member of Surrey's County Championship winning side.

See http://englishchess.org.uk/ecfgrading.o ... peed=S#top and look at the last group of results.

Haha - thanks for pointing me to this - all I heard about their match against Yorkshire was that "Ihor (Lewyk) grovelled a draw with a little girl"!

Now that story makes sense!