50+ sees the top 2 meeting in round 4
65+ the top 2 seeds have already had 2 draws
British Seniors 2024
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Mick Norris
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Re: British Seniors 2024
Irish FM Andrew Smith won the 65+ with 6/7. He lost a hard game in round 6 to Scottish IM Craig Pritchett (who finished second) but beat top seed FM Terry Chapman in the last round.
This follows Andrew's "warm-up" on board 2 for Ireland in the World Senior Teams last month, where he beat Finnish GM Heikki Westerinen with Black.
So Hull was no fluke, though Andrew had some luck when Paul Hutchinson gifted him half a point with a brain-freeze at the end of a long game in round 5.
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Tim Harding
Historian and FIDE Arbiter
Author of 'Steinitz in London,' British Chess Literature to 1914', 'Joseph Henry Blackburne: A Chess Biography', and 'Eminent Victorian Chess Players'
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Historian and FIDE Arbiter
Author of 'Steinitz in London,' British Chess Literature to 1914', 'Joseph Henry Blackburne: A Chess Biography', and 'Eminent Victorian Chess Players'
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