British Chess Championships 2010

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Submitted by SonofPearl on Tue, 07/27/2010 at 12:11pm.

The 97th edition of the British Chess Championships is underway in Canterbury, England.
The championship runs from 25 July - 7 August and features a number of events based on age or rating, as well as the main championship which is an 11-round Swiss.
Top seed and clear favourite is the English #1, Mickey Adams (2706 Elo). Last year's winner David Howell is absent as he is currently playing at the Biel Young Grandmasters Tournament.
Following Adams in the ratings are Nicholas Pert and 2008 winner Stuart Conquest.
The games start at 14:15 local time (GMT+1), and the official site has a live games broadcast here, a webcam here, and live commentary by IM Andrew Martin at this link.
The latest developments can also be followed via the tournament's Facebook and Twitter pages.
Adams' games from the first two rounds are below.

Eames,R (2287) vs. Adams,Mi (2706)

97th ch-GBR | Canterbury ENG | Round 1| 26 Jul 2010 | ECO: C33 | 0-1

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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nxd5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Nc3 Qf5 8. O-O Nc6 9. d4 Be6 10. Ne2 g5 11. b3 O-O-O 12. Bb2 Bg7 13. c4 g4 14. Ne1 f3 15. gxf3 Rhg8 16. f4 g3 17. Nf3 gxh2+ 18. Kh1 Bf6 19. Qd2 Qg4 20. Rf2 Bf5 21. Qe3 Nb4

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Adams,Mi (2706) vs. Summerscale,A (2428)

97th ch-GBR | Canterbury ENG | Round 2| 27 Jul 2010 | ECO: B12 | 1-0

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Nd2 Nbc6 9. N2f3 Be4 10. O-O Ng6 11. Bb5 Qd7 12. Ng5 Ngxe5 13. f4 Ng6 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. f5 exf5 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Nxf5 Qxd1 18. Raxd1 Ne5 19. Rf4 f6 20. Rxe4 g6 21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. Rxd6 O-O 23. Bh6 Rf7 24. h3 Re8 25. Rxc6 g5 26. b3 Rfe7 27. Rxf6 Nf7 28. Rxe7 Rxe7 29. Rc6

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