British Rapidplay Chess Championships

The British Rapidplay Chess Championships is a rapidplay chess tournament held since 1986 under the auspices of the English Chess Federation.

The tournament typically takes place over a single weekend and consists of 11 rounds of chess. The 4NCL took over the organisation of the event from 2023.

British Rapidplay Chess Champions

Year[1]	City	Champion	Women's Champion
1986		Nigel Short
1987		Nigel Davies
1988		Murray Chandler Glenn Flear Julian Hodgson John Nunn
1989		John Nunn
1990		Mark Hebden Julian Hodgson Jon Speelman Alexander Wojtkiewicz
1991		Lev Polugaevsky Jon Speelman
1992		William Watson
1993	No contest
1994		Mark Hebden
1995		Michael Adams
1996		Michael Adams
1997		Stuart Conquest
1998		Keith Arkell
1999		Michael Adams
2000		Aaron Summerscale Ameet Ghasi
2001		Mark Hebden
2002		Peter Wells
2003		Peter Wells
2004		Nicholas Pert
2005		Mark Hebden
2006		Danny Gormally Richard Palliser
2007	Halifax	Peter Wells
2008	Halifax	David Howell
2009	Halifax	David Howell Mark Hebden
2010	Halifax	David Howell (10.5/11)
2011	Leeds	Gawain Jones (10.5/11)
2012	Leeds	Jonathan Hawkins (9.0/11)
2013	Leeds	Mark Hebden (9.5/11)
2014	Leeds	Jonathan Hawkins (10.5/11)
2015	Leeds	Ameet Ghasi Mark Hebden
2016	Leeds	Lorin D'Costa (9.0/11) Richard Bates (9.0/11)
2017	Bradford	Daniel Alsina Leal (8.0/10)
2018	Bradford	Gediminas Sarakauskas (9.5/11)
2019	Leeds	Stephen Gordon (8.5/11) David Eggleston (8.5/11)
2020–2022	No contest
2023	Bradford	Ameet Ghasi
2024	Peterborough	Daniel Gormally	Trisha Kanyamarala
2025	Peterborough	Nikita Vitiugov	Elmira Mirzayeva

See also

• British Chess Championship