The
following players received
and accepted invitations and
are listed in order of their
FIDE Ratings at 1st November
2015.
David Howell
ENG GM 2693
Luke McShane
ENG GM 2687
Nigel Short
ENG GM 2686
Gawain Jones
ENG GM 2615
Jonathan
Rowson SCO GM 2569
Jonathan
Hawkins ENG GM 2563
Daniel
Fernandez ENG IM 2476
Yang-Fan
Zhou ENG IM 2455
Nicholas
Pert ENG GM 2569 Reserve
Nigel Short
was subsequently obliged to
withdraw. Nicholas Pert
replaced him in the draw as
indicated below.
On Monday
23rd November pupils in the
chess class at Marion
Richardson Primary School in
the Tower Hamlets district
of London carried out a draw
to determine the players who
will have White in Game 1 of
each of the Quarter Finals
and the Semi Finals, and in
Games 1, 3 and 5 of the
Final.
In
accordance with the
Regulations and the draw for
colours described above, the
pairings are as follows. The
players on the left will
have White in Game 1 (and in
Games 1, 3 and 5 of the
Final).
Quarter
Final 1: David Howell v
Yang-Fan Zhou
Quarter
Final 2: Daniel Fernandez v
Luke McShane
Quarter
Final 3: Nicholas Pert v
Jonathan Hawkins
Quarter
Final 4: Gawain Jones v
Jonathan Rowson
Semi Final
1: Winner of Quarter Final 1
v Winner of Quarter Final 4
Semi Final
2: Winner of Quarter Final 3
v Winner of Quarter Final 2
Final (6
Games): Winner of Semi Final
2 v Winner of Semi Final 1
Chief
Arbiter
27th
November 2015
Knockout regulations, format
and draw in detail |
Results
Fiona
Steil-Antoni
Press
Officer
|
British Knockout Championship Draw
