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British Championship

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  • 29-07-2019 6:11pm
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    Tim Harding
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    English resident Andrew P. Smith (2147 FIDE) is the only player flying the Irish flag in the British Championship in Torquay.
    After 3 rounds (of 9) he is joint leader on 3/3 having so far beaten an FM and a GM (Chris Ward) and today IM Eggleston.
    So he will play Mickey Adams tomorrow.


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    ishidaogo
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    I see that an Irish player Andrew P Smith is joint leader of the event
    with 3/3 and a performance rating of 3206.
    Surely the highest ever by an Irish player?
    He plays David Howell Gm tomorrow


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    Tim Harding
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    ishidaogo wrote: »
    I see that an Irish player Andrew P Smith is joint leader of the event
    with 3/3 and a performance rating of 3206.
    Surely the highest ever by an Irish player?
    He plays David Howell Gm tomorrow

    Ah you are right. When I made my post only two players were on 3/3 but Ravi Haria reached 3 and he plays Adams. Smith gets the downfloat to the current British number one, hardly an easier pairing!

    Possibly the highest score/Rp after 3 rounds by an Irish player but that would take a lot of checking.
    It should however be noted that C. H. O'D. Alexander (born in Cork) actually won the British Championship in 1938 and 1956.

    Smith is on target for an IM norm if he can recover after the almost inevitable loss to Howell.


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    Tim Harding
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    Unfortunately Andrew missed his chance to draw at move 27 when Howell made the wrong recapture.

    Today he has White against FM Matthew Wadsworth (2418).


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    Tim Harding
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    Unfortunately Andrew lost again and is on 3/5, still a good score. Today he has Black against Australian IM and chess author Gary Lane.


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