Both Championships ended with two players tied for top place on 6 points, with the English and English Women’s titles decided on play-offs between GMs Gawain Jones and Mickey Adams and WGMs Elmira Mirzoeva and Katarzyna Toma. The play-off format was two rapidplay games at 20|10, then two at 5|3 blitz if not decided in the rapidplay and finally an Armageddon game if not decided in the blitz.
Elmira and Kata were level at 1-1 in the rapidplay, with Elmira going on to win both blitz games and take the Women’s Champion title. Full results are at https://chess-results.com/tnr957360.aspx?lan=1
For PGNs of both events – English 2024 | English Womens 2024
English Championships
English Championship round 7 top boards – Mickey Adams vs Ameet Ghasi and Peter Wells vs Gawain Jones
Round 7 – view across the top 16 boards
Final Standings
At the end of round 7 GMs Jones and Adams were tied for top place on 6 points, followed by twelve players on 5 points.
1 | GM | Adams, Michael | ENG | 2750 | 4NCL Guildford | 6 |
2 | GM | Jones, Gawain Cb | ENG | 2663 | Guildford | 6 |
3 | GM | Wells, Peter K | ENG | 2408 | Witney | 5 |
4 | IM | Ghasi, Ameet K | ENG | 2563 | Richmond & Twickenham | 5 |
5 | GM | Gormally, Daniel W | ENG | 2455 | 4NCL Blackthorne Russia | 5 |
6 | IM | Roberson, Peter T | ENG | 2459 | St Albans | 5 |
7 | IM | Wadsworth, Matthew J | ENG | 2531 | Maidenhead | 5 |
8 | GM | Fernandez, Daniel H | ENG | 2605 | 4NCL Wood Green | 5 |
9 | IM | Willow, Jonah B | ENG | 2536 | 4NCL Wood Green | 5 |
10 | Bowcott-Terry, Finlay | ENG | 2328 | Halesowen | 5 | |
11 | IM | Bates, Richard A | ENG | 2373 | Hackney | 5 |
12 | CM | Badacsonyi, Stanley | ENG | 2316 | Muswell Hill | 5 |
13 | CM | Hobson, Kenneth | ENG | 2254 | Cowley | 5 |
14 | Savidge, Daniel | ENG | 2157 | Chester | 5 |
English Women’s Championship
Women’s Championship round 7 – top two boards
Women’s Championship Round 7 – view across the playing area
Final Standings
Kata Toma and Elmira Mirzoeva tied for top place on 6 points, followed by two players on 4½ points and three players on 4 points.
1 | WGM | Toma, Katarzyna | ENG | 2355 | 4NCL Wood Green | 6 |
2 | WGM | Mirzoeva, Elmira | ENG | 2260 | West London | 6 |
3 | Hryshchenko, Kamila | ENG | 2257 | West Sussex * | 4,5 | |
4 | Rida, Ruqayyah | ENG | 2155 | Essex Juniors | 4,5 | |
5 | WCM | Dicen, Elis Denele | ENG | 2194 | Coventry Chess Academy | 4 |
6 | WFM | Varney, Zoe | ENG | 2169 | 4NCL Blackthorne Russia | 4 |
7 | Maton, Emily | ENG | 2016 | Hertfordshire Juniors | 4 |
Further Reports
You can follow the links below for commentary on the last two rounds and a full report on ChessBase.
Final round commentary with WGM Lisa Yao and IM Harry Grieve: https://www.twitch.tv/ecf_streaming
ChessBase summary report: https://en.chessbase.com/post/english-championships-2024-r7