Congratulations to Battersea’s brilliant first-team skip Midhun Unnikrishnan who has shared first place in the Major Open at the British Chess Championships in Torquay.
The former Imperial College pupil, recently crowned Club Champion, scored 7/9 despite not being paired for rounds 1 and 3 and level with Wakefield’s Peter Shaw.
Here are the games:
Midhun wasn’t the only Battersea player competing at the British. Gregg Hutchence also lined up in the Major Open, scoring 2.5.
Meanwhile, in the Open section 19-year-old university student Viktor Stoyanov finished with 4/9 which included a win over WGM Sheila Jackson.
Check out the results here: https://chess-results.com/tnr655608.aspx?lan=1&art=9&fed=IND&flag=30&snr=3
