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The 104th British Chess Championships took place in Llandudno, Wales, 29th July to 6th August 2017. Leading players: David Howell, Gawain Jones, Luke McShane, Jonathan Hawkins, Nicolas Pert, James Adair, Mark Hebden etc. There was a four way tie on 7/9 leading to a rapid tie-break. Gawain Jones beat Craig Hanley in the first round and Luke McShane in the final to take the title.

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104th ch-GBR 2017 Llandudno WLS Sat 29th Jul 2017 - Sun 6th Aug 2017 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	Rtg	Pts
1	1	Howell David Wl	GM	2702	7.0
	2	Jones Gawain Cb	GM	2660	7.0
	3	Mcshane Luke J	GM	2644	7.0
	15	Hanley Craig A	IM	2441	7.0
5	8	Emms John M	GM	2468	6.5
	10	Ghasi Ameet K	IM	2467	6.5
	21	Palliser Richard Jd	IM	2408	6.5
8	4	Hawkins Jonathan	GM	2582	6.0
	5	Pert Nicholas	GM	2558	6.0
	6	Adair James R	IM	2481	6.0
	7	Hebden Mark L	GM	2477	6.0
	9	Zhou Yang-Fan	IM	2468	6.0
	11	Gormally Daniel W	GM	2462	6.0
	12	Trent Lawrence	IM	2445	6.0
	16	Wells Peter K	GM	2434	6.0
	20	Haria Ravi	FM	2417	6.0
	24	Eggleston David J	IM	2394	6.0
	29	Horton Andrew P	FM	2324	6.0
19	13	Williams Simon K	GM	2442	5.5
	17	Merry Alan B	IM	2427	5.5
	18	Arkell Keith C	GM	2424	5.5
	19	Hunt Adam C	IM	2424	5.5
	22	Houska Jovanka	IM	2402	5.5
	23	Mcphillips Joseph	FM	2400	5.5
	30	Longson Alexander	FM	2323	5.5
	31	Batchelor Peter J	FM	2309	5.5
	32	Kolbus Dietmar	IM	2306	5.5
	35	Claridge-Hansen William	FM	2267	5.5
	53	Moore Graham J		2155	5.5
	54	Murphy Conor E		2154	5.5
31	14	Ward Chris G	GM	2441	5.0
	26	Zakarian David	FM	2360	5.0
	33	Jackson James P	FM	2286	5.0
	37	Toma Katarzyna	WGM	2252	5.0
	39	Richardson John R	FM	2237	5.0
	40	Golding Alex		2222	5.0
	43	Willmoth Robert F	CM	2211	5.0
	71	Shaw Peter		2103	5.0
	74	Longson Sarah N	WFM	2074	5.0
	101	Jina Taran		1777	5.0
41	25	Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan E	GM	2364	4.5
	27	Fitzsimons David	FM	2352	4.5
	28	Pritchett Craig W	IM	2326	4.5
	34	Dineley Richard Dp		2269	4.5
	36	Rudd Jack	IM	2252	4.5
	45	Grant Jonathan Im		2187	4.5
	46	Horton Jamie A		2178	4.5
	47	Kalavannan Koby		2175	4.5
	48	Jones Steven A		2171	4.5
	49	Gaudeau Valentin		2170	4.5
103 players

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104th ch-GBR TB 2017 Llandudno WLS Sat 29th Jul 2017 - Sun 6th Aug 2017 Leading Final Round 2 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	1	2	Pts
1	McShane, Luke J	GM	ENG	2644	1	1	2
2	Howell, David W L	GM	ENG	2702	0	0	0
1	Jones, Gawain C B	GM	ENG	2660	1	1	2
2	Hanley, Craig A	IM	ENG	2441	0	0	0
1	Jones, Gawain C B	GM	ENG	2660	1	=	1.5
2	McShane, Luke J	GM	ENG	2644	0	=	0.5
6 players

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