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2026 BCA Championship Results and Pairings


Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Final Scores

Round 1

Saturday 4th July, 7pm

1 Phillips George W 0 – 1 Cole Tristram C

2 Wood Bryan 1 – 0 Wickett Gary M

3 Hague Mark R 0.5 – 0.5 Read Brandan

4 Blencowe Ian P 1 – 0 Masterson Desmond

5 Gailans Voldi 0.5 – 0.5 Armstrong William G

6 Lovell Stan E 1 – 0 Smith Gill

7 Harrington Richard 0 – 1 Murphy Richard L W

8 Kirkham Mark 1 – 0 Smith Ashar

9 Andrews Norman G – Half Point Bye

10 Jenkins John H – Half Point Bye

11 Ryan Lea – Half Point Bye

12 Khan Abdurrahman – Half Point Bye

Round 2

Sunday 5th July, 10.30am

1 Cole Tristram C (1) 1 – 0 (1) Lovell Stan E

2 Murphy Richard L W (1) 0 – 1 (1) Wood Bryan

3 Kirkham Mark (1) 0.5 – 0.5 (1) Blencowe Ian P

4 Read Brandan (½) 1 – 0 (½) Gailans Voldi

5 Armstrong William G (½) 1 – 0 (½) Hague Mark R

6 Ryan Lea (½) 0.5 – 0.5 (½) Andrews Norman G

7 Jenkins John H (½) 1 – 0 (½) Khan Abdurrahman

8 Smith Gill (0) 0 – 1 (0) Phillips George W

9 Masterson Desmond (0) 1 – 0 (0) Harrington Richard

10 Smith Ashar (0) Full Point Bye

11 Wickett Gary M (0) Half Point Bye

Round 3

Monday 6th July, 10am

1 Wood Bryan (2) 1 – 0 (2) Cole Tristram C

2 Armstrong William G (1½) 0 – 1 (1½) Read Brandan

3 Blencowe Ian P (1½) 0.5 – 0.5 (1½) Jenkins John H

4 Lovell Stan E (1) 0.5 – 0.5 (1½) Kirkham Mark

5 Smith Ashar (1) 0 – 1 (1) Murphy Richard L W

6 Andrews Norman G (1) 0.5 – 0.5 (1) Masterson Desmond

7 Phillips George W (1) 0.5 – 0.5 (1) Ryan Lea

8 Wickett Gary M (½) 1 – 0 (½) Gailans Voldi

9 Khan Abdurrahman (½) 0 – 1 (½) Hague Mark R

10 Harrington Richard (0) 0 – 1 (0) Smith Gill

Round 4

Tuesday 7th July, 10am

1 Read Brandan (2½) 0.5 – 0.5 (3) Wood Bryan
2 Cole Tristram C (2) 1 – 0 (2) Kirkham Mark
3 Murphy Richard L W (2) 0.5 – 0.5 (2) Blencowe Ian P
4 Jenkins John H (2) 0 – 1 (1½) Armstrong William G
5 Masterson Desmond (1½) 0.5 – 0.5 (1½) Lovell Stan E
6 Hague Mark R (1½) 0.5 – 0.5 (1½) Andrews Norman G
7 Ryan Lea (1½) 0 – 1 (1½) Wickett Gary M
8 Smith Ashar (1) 0.5 – 0.5  (1½) Phillips George W
9 Smith Gill (1) 0 – 1 (½) Khan Abdurrahman
10 Gailans Voldi (½) 1 – 0 (0) Harrington Richard

Round 5

Wednesday 8th July, 10am

1 Wood Bryan (3½) 0.5 – 0.5 (2½) Blencowe Ian P

2 Read Brandan (3) 1 – 0 (3) Cole Tristram C

3 Armstrong William G (2½) 0 – 1 (2½) Murphy Richard L W

4 Wickett Gary M (2½) 0.5 – 0.5 (2) Jenkins John H

5 Lovell Stan E (2) 1 – 0 (2) Hague Mark R

6 Kirkham Mark (2) 0.5 – 0.5 (2) Masterson Desmond

7 Andrews Norman G (2) 0.5 – 0.5 (2) Phillips George W

8 Khan Abdurrahman (1½) 1 – 0 (1½) Gailans Voldi

9 Smith Gill (1) 0.5 – 0.5 (1½) Ryan Lea

10 Harrington Richard (0) 0 – 1 (1½) Smith Ashar

Round 6

Thursday 9th July, 10am

1 Murphy Richard L W (3½) 0 – 1 (4) Read Brandan

2 Lovell Stan E (3) 0.5 – 0.5  (4) Wood Bryan

3 Cole Tristram C (3) 1 – 0 (3) Wickett Gary M

4 Blencowe Ian P (3) 0.5 – 0.5 (2½) Andrews Norman G

5 Smith Ashar (2½) 0 – 1 (2½) Armstrong William G

6 Jenkins John H (2½) 0 – 1 (2½) Kirkham Mark

7 Phillips George W (2½) 1 – 0 (2½) Khan Abdurrahman

8 Masterson Desmond (2½) 1 – 0 (2) Ryan Lea

9 Hague Mark R (2) 1 – 0 (0) Harrington Richard

10 Gailans Voldi (1½) 1 – 0 (1½) Smith Gill

Round 7

Friday 10th July, 10am

1 Read Brandan (5) 1 – 0 (3½) Phillips George W

2 Wood Bryan (4½) 1 – 0 (3½) Masterson Desmond

3 Armstrong William G (3½) 0.5 – 0.5 (4) Cole Tristram C

4 Blencowe Ian P (3½) 0 – 1 (3½) Lovell Stan E

5 Kirkham Mark (3½) 1 – 0 (3½) Murphy Richard L W

6 Wickett Gary M (3) 0 – 1 (3) Hague Mark R

7 Andrews Norman G (3) 1 – 0 (2½) Gailans Voldi

8 Khan Abdurrahman (2½) 0 – 1 (2½) Smith Ashar

9 Smith Gill (1½) 0 – 1 (2½) Jenkins John H

10 Ryan Lea (2) 0.5 – 0.5 (0) Harrington Richard

Final Scores

6 points: Brandan Read – Championship 1st, British Braille Chess Champion

5½ points: Bryan Wood – Championship 2nd

4½ points: Tristram Cole, Stan Lovell and Mark Kirkham – Championship =3rd.  Mark also qualified for a Rating Prize

4 points Bill Armstrong, Norman Andrews and Mark Hague.  Mark finished 1st in the Challengers.

3½ Ian Blencowe, Richard Murphy, John Jenkins, Des Masterson, George Phillips and Ashar Smith.  John, Des, George and Ashar finished joint second in the Challengers.

3 Gary Wickett

2½ Lea Ryan and Abdul Khan, who shared the Challengers Rating Prize, and Voldi Gailans.

1½ Gill Smith.

½ Richard Harrington.