The Ulster Champion Stephen Rush plays in the British Championships
Its always good when Ulster is represented at the British Championships - and we havent had a player play for a number of years so it was with excitement that we saw Stephen Rush rise with enthusiasm to the challenge.
The full results are available at :
http://chess-results.com/tnr293939.aspx?lan=1&art=1&rd=9&flag=30&wi=821
Stephen won his first game against Peter Gayson rated 2160. He then lost games 2 and 3 and won game 4 against Sarah Longson (2074), loosing the next game and then drawing the sixth game against Paul Lam (2111), the next game was lost and the eighth game against Shabir Okhai (2111) another draw, the final 9th game was a loss. But what a brilliant result - 3 points and joint 85th place. Well done Stephen.
| Name | Rush Stephen |
| Starting rank | 103 |
| Performance rating | 2025 |
| Points | 3 |
| Rank | 92 |
| Federation | IRL |
| Club/City | Queens Uni - Belfast |
| Rd. | Bo. | SNo | Name | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | Res. | |
| 1 | 51 | 52 | Gayson Peter M | 2160 | White Rose | 4,5 | s 1 | |
| 2 | 22 | 26 | FM | Zakarian David | 2360 | 4ncl Oxford | 5,0 | w 0 |
| 3 | 35 | 54 | Murphy Conor E | 2154 | Cambs Uni | 5,5 | s 0 | |
| 4 | 43 | 74 | WFM | Longson Sarah N | 2074 | None | 5,0 | s 1 |
| 5 | 28 | 45 | Grant Jonathan Im | 2187 | Edinburgh West | 4,5 | w 0 | |
| 6 | 38 | 67 | Lam Paul Gm | 2111 | Coventry Ca | 4,5 | w ½ | |
| 7 | 38 | 64 | WGM | Jackson Sheila | 2125 | 4ncl Spirit Of Atticus | 4,0 | s 0 |
| 8 | 43 | 68 | Okhai Shabir | 2111 | Syston | 3,0 | w ½ | |
| 9 | 41 | 75 | Verma Aditya | 2071 | Kjca | 4,0 | w 0 |
You can replay Stephens games (and all the games of the tournament at : http://www.britishchesschampionships.co.uk/replay-bcc2017-games/
I have also uploaded the games to our site : Stephens Games at the British
What an excellent result - well done Stephen.
