John Saunders's Chess Pages
British Chess Champions 1904-present • Junior Champions • Senior Champions
List compiled by John Saunders - please report any errors spotted to me. Last updated: Monday 20 November, 2023 11:55 AM
Click on the year in the second column of the table below for games viewer, PGN, crosstables, results, photos, etc.
The number in the extreme left-hand column of the table is the official number in the sequence of British Chess Federation (BCF) Congresses and British Championships. N.b. Not all the early BCF congresses featured a tournament for the British Championship. In 1919, 1922, 1927, 1930 and 1939 there were international or non-championship tournaments instead, and the British Championship title was not at stake. In 2020, the British Championships were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
| No. | Year | Venue | Men's/Open Champion | Women's Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1904 | Hastings | William Ewart Napier | Kate Belinda Finn |
| 2 | 1905 | Southport | Henry Ernest Atkins | Kate Belinda Finn (2) |
| 3 | 1906 | Shrewsbury | Henry Ernest Atkins (2) | Frances Dunn Herring [née Gwilliam] |
| 4 | 1907 | Crystal Palace | Henry Ernest Atkins (3) | Frances Dunn Herring [née Gwilliam] (2) |
| 5 | 1908 | Tunbridge Wells | Henry Ernest Atkins (4) | Grace Moore Curling [née Ellis] |
| 6 | 1909 | Scarborough | Henry Ernest Atkins (5) | Gertrude Alison Anderson [née Field] |
| 7 | 1910 | Oxford | Henry Ernest Atkins (6) | Mary Mills Houlding [née Palmer] |
| 8 | 1911 | Glasgow | Henry Ernest Atkins (7) | Mary Mills Houlding [née Palmer] (2) |
| 9 | 1912 | Richmond | Richard Clewin Griffith | Gertrude Alison Anderson [née Field] (2) |
| 10 | 1913 | Cheltenham | Fred Dewhirst Yates | Amabel Nevill Gwyn Moseley [née Jeffreys, (1) Moseley, (2) Sollas] |
| 11 | 1914 | Chester | Fred Dewhirst Yates (2) | Mary Mills Houlding [née Palmer] (3) |
| 1915-18 | no contest | no contest | no contest | |
| 12 | 1919 | Hastings | no championship - Capablanca 1st place | Edith Martha Holloway [née Crittenden] |
| 13 | 1920 | Edinburgh | Roland Henry Vaughan Scott | Agnes Bradley Stevenson [née Lawson] |
| 14 | 1921 | Malvern | Fred Dewhirst Yates (3) | Gertrude Alison Anderson [née Field] (3) |
| 15 | 1922 | London | no championship - Capablanca 1st place | Edith Charlotte Price |
| 16 | 1923 | Southsea | Sir George Alan Thomas | Edith Charlotte Price (2) |
| 17 | 1924 | Southport | Henry Ernest Atkins (8) | Edith Charlotte Price (3) |
| 18 | 1925 | Stratford upon Avon | Henry Ernest Atkins (9) | Agnes Bradley Stevenson [née Lawson] (2) |
| 19 | 1926 | Edinburgh | Fred Dewhirst Yates (4) | Agnes Bradley Stevenson [née Lawson] (3) |
| 20 | 1927 | London | no contest | no contest |
| 21 | 1928 | Tenby | Fred Dewhirst Yates (5) | Edith Charlotte Price (4) |
| 22 | 1929 | Ramsgate | Mir Sultan Khan | Mary Dinorah Gilchrist |
| 23 | 1930 | Scarborough | no contest | Agnes Bradley Stevenson [née Lawson] (4) |
| 24 | 1931 | Worcester | Fred Dewhirst Yates (6) | Edith Mary Ann Michell [née Tapsell], Amy Eleanor Wheelwright [née Benskin] |
| 25 | 1932 | London | Mir Sultan Khan (2) | Edith Mary Ann Michell [née Tapsell] (2) |
| 26 | 1933 | Hastings | Mir Sultan Khan (3) | Ghulam Fatima |
| 27 | 1934 | Chester | Sir George Alan Thomas (2) | Mary Dinorah Gilchrist (2) |
| 28 | 1935 | Great Yarmouth | William Winter | Edith Mary Ann Michell [née Tapsell] (3) |
| 29 | 1936 | Bournemouth (main ch); Nottingham (women's ch) | William Winter (2) | Edith Martha Holloway [née Crittenden] (2) |
| 30 | 1937 | Blackpool | William Albert Fairhurst | Rowena Mary Dew [later Bruce] |
| 31 | 1938 | Brighton | (Conel) Hugh O'Donel Alexander | Minnie Musgrave |
| 32 | 1939 | Bournemouth | no contest | Elaine Saunders [later Pritchard] |
| 1940-45 | no contest | no contest | no contest | |
| 33 | 1946 | Nottingham | Robert Forbes Combe | Elaine Saunders [later Pritchard] (2) |
| 34 | 1947 | Harrogate | Harry Golombek | Eileen Betsy Tranmer |
| 35 | 1948 | London | Reginald Joseph Broadbent | Edith Charlotte Price (5) |
| 36 | 1949 | Felixstowe | Harry Golombek (2) | Eileen Betsy Tranmer (2) |
| 37 | 1950 | Buxton | Reginald Joseph Broadbent (2) | Rowena Mary Bruce [née Dew] (2) |
| 38 | 1951 | Swansea | Ernest Ludwig Klein | Rowena Mary Bruce [née Dew] (3) |
| 39 | 1952 | Chester | Robert Graham Wade | no contest |
| 40 | 1953 | Hastings | (Daniel) Abraham Yanofsky | Eileen Betsy Tranmer (3) |
| 41 | 1954 | Nottingham | Leonard William Barden, Alan Phillips |
Rowena Mary Bruce [née Dew] (4) |
| 42 | 1955 | Aberystwyth | Harry Golombek (3) | Joan Frances Doulton [later Hay], Rowena Mary Bruce [née Dew] (5) |
| 43 | 1956 | Blackpool | (Conel) Hugh O'Donel Alexander (2) | Elaine Pritchard [née Saunders] (3) |
| 44 | 1957 | Plymouth | Stefan Fazekas | Patricia Anne Sunnucks [later Mothersill] |
| 45 | 1958 | Leamington | Jonathan Penrose | Patricia Anne Sunnucks [later Mothersill] (2) |
| 46 | 1959 | York | Jonathan Penrose (2) | Rowena Mary Bruce [née Dew] (6) |
| 47 | 1960 | Leicester | Jonathan Penrose (3) | Rowena Mary Bruce [née Dew] (7) |
| 48 | 1961 | Aberystwyth | Jonathan Penrose (4) | Eileen Betsy Tranmer (4) |
| 49 | 1962 | Whitby | Jonathan Penrose (5) | Rowena Mary Bruce [née Dew] (8) |
| 50 | 1963 | Bath | Jonathan Penrose (6) | Rowena Mary Bruce [née Dew] (9) |
| 51 | 1964 | Whitby | Michael John Haygarth | Patricia Anne Sunnucks [later Mothersill] (3) |
| 52 | 1965 | Hastings | Peter Nicholas Lee | Elaine Pritchard [née Saunders] (4) |
| 53 | 1966 | Sunderland | Jonathan Penrose (7) | Margaret Eileen Elizabeth Clarke [née Wood], Gillian A Moore |
| 54 | 1967 | Oxford | Jonathan Penrose (8) | Rowena Mary Bruce [née Dew] (10), Dinah Margaret Dobson [later (1) Wright, (2) Norman] |
| 55 | 1968 | Bristol | Jonathan Penrose (9) | Dinah Margaret Dobson [later (1) Wright, (2) Norman] (2) |
| 56 | 1969 | Rhyl | Jonathan Penrose (10) | Rowena Mary Bruce [née Dew] (11), Dinah Margaret Dobson [later (1) Wright, (2) Norman] (3) |
| 57 | 1970 | Coventry | Robert Graham Wade (2) | Jana Hartston [née Malypetrova, (1) Hartston, (2) Miles, (3) Bellin] |
| 58 | 1971 | Blackpool | Raymond Dennis Keene | Jana Hartston [née Malypetrova, (1) Hartston, (2) Miles, (3) Bellin] (2) |
| 59 | 1972 | Brighton | Brian Ratcliffe Eley | Jana Hartston [née Malypetrova, (1) Hartston, (2) Miles, (3) Bellin] (3) |
| 60 | 1973 | Eastbourne | William Roland Hartston | Jana Hartston [née Malypetrova, (1) Hartston, (2) Miles, (3) Bellin] (4) |
| 61 | 1974 | Clacton | George Steven Botterill | Jana Hartston [née Malypetrova, (1) Hartston, (2) Miles, (3) Bellin] (5) |
| 62 | 1975 | Morecambe | William Roland Hartston (2) | Sheila Jackson |
| 63 | 1976 | Portsmouth | (Andrew) Jonathan Mestel | Jana Hartston [née Malypetrova, (1) Hartston, (2) Miles, (3) Bellin] (6) |
| 64 | 1977 | Brighton | George Steven Botterill (2) | Jana Hartston [née Malypetrova, (1) Hartston, (2) Miles, (3) Bellin] (7) |
| 65 | 1978 | Ayr | Jonathan Simon Speelman | Sheila Jackson (2) |
| 66 | 1979 | Chester | Robert Bellin | Jana Hartston [née Malypetrova, (1) Hartston, (2) Miles, (3) Bellin] (8) |
| 67 | 1980 | Brighton | John Denis Martin Nunn | Sheila Jackson (3) |
| 68 | 1981 | Morecambe | Paul Edwin Littlewood | Sheila Jackson (4) |
| 69 | 1982 | Torquay | Anthony John Miles | Jane Garwell [later Richmond] |
| 70 | 1983 | Southport | (Andrew) Jonathan Mestel (2) | Rani Hamid, Helen Milligan [née Scott] |
| 71 | 1984 | Brighton | Nigel David Short | Bhagyashree Sathe, Vasanti Khadilkar Unni |
| 72 | 1985 | Edinburgh | Jonathan Simon Speelman (2) | Rani Hamid (2) |
| 73 | 1986 | Southampton | Jonathan Simon Speelman (3) | Susan Kathryn Arkell [née Walker, (1) Arkell, (2) Lalic] |
| 74 | 1987 | Swansea | Nigel David Short (2) | Cathy Forbes [later Warwick] |
| 75 | 1988 | Blackpool | (Andrew) Jonathan Mestel (3) | Cathy Forbes [later Warwick] (2) |
| 76 | 1989 | Plymouth | Michael Adams | Rani Hamid (3) |
| 77 | 1990 | Eastbourne | (Harold) James Plaskett | Susan Kathryn Arkell [née Walker, (1) Arkell, (2) Lalic] (2) |
| 78 | 1991 | Eastbourne | Julian Michael Hodgson | Susan Kathryn Arkell [née Walker, (1) Arkell, (2) Lalic] (3) |
| 79 | 1992 | Plymouth | Julian Michael Hodgson (2) | Susan Kathryn Arkell [née Walker, (1) Arkell, (2) Lalic] (4) |
| 80 | 1993 | Dundee | Michael Thomas Hennigan | Saheli Dhar [later Dhar-Barua] |
| 81 | 1994 | Norwich | William Nicholas Watson | Cathy Forbes [later Warwick] (3) |
| 82 | 1995 | Swansea | Matthew David Sadler | Harriet Vaughan Hunt |
| 83 | 1996 | Nottingham | Christopher G Ward | Harriet Vaughan Hunt (2) |
| 84 | 1997 | Hove | Michael Adams (2), Matthew David Sadler (2) |
Harriet Vaughan Hunt (3) |
| 85 | 1998 | Torquay | Nigel David Short (3) | Susan Kathryn Lalic [née Walker, (1) Arkell, (2) Lalic] (5) |
| 86 | 1999 | Scarborough | Julian Michael Hodgson (3) | Harriet Vaughan Hunt (4) |
| 87 | 2000 | Street | Julian Michael Hodgson (4) | Humpy Koneru |
| 88 | 2001 | Scarborough | Joseph Gerald Gallagher | Melanie Buckley |
| 89 | 2002 | Torquay | Ramachandran Ramesh | Humpy Koneru (2) |
| 90 | 2003 | Edinburgh | Abhijit Kunte | Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant [née Arakhamia] |
| 91 | 2004 | Scarborough (other events) | Jonathan Rowson | Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant [née Arakhamia] (2) |
| 92 | 2005 | Douglas, Isle of Man (other events) | Jonathan Rowson (2) | no contest |
| 93 | 2006 | Swansea (Major Open) | Jonathan Rowson (3) | Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant [née Arakhamia] (3) |
| 94 | 2007 | Great Yarmouth | Jacob Aagaard | Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant [née Arakhamia] (4) |
| 95 | 2008 | Liverpool | Stuart Conquest | Jovanka Houska |
| 96 | 2009 | Torquay | David Wei Liang Howell | Jovanka Houska (2) |
| 97 | 2010 | Canterbury | Michael Adams (3) | Jovanka Houska (3) |
| 98 | 2011 | Sheffield | Michael Adams (4) | Jovanka Houska (4) |
| 99 | 2012 | North Shields | Gawain Christopher B Jones | Jovanka Houska (5) |
| 100 | 2013 | Torquay (more games here) | David Wei Liang Howell (2) | Sarah Hegarty [later Longson], Akshaya Kalaiyalahan |
| 101 | 2014 | Aberystwyth (more games here) | Jonathan Hawkins, David Wei Liang Howell (3) | Amy B Hoare |
| 102 | 2015 | Coventry (more games here) | Jonathan Hawkins (2) | Akshaya Kalaiyalahan (2) |
| 103 | 2016 | Bournemouth (more games here) | Michael Adams (5) | Jovanka Houska (6) |
| 104 | 2017 | Llandudno (more games here) | Gawain Christopher B Jones (2) | Jovanka Houska (7) |
| 105 | 2018 | Hull | Michael Adams (6) | Jovanka Houska (8) |
| 106 | 2019 | Torquay | Michael Adams (7) | Jovanka Houska (9) |
| 2020 | no contest | no contest | no contest | |
| 107 | 2021 | Hull / Milton Keynes (Sen & Jun) | Nicholas Pert | Harriet Vaughan Hunt (5) |
| 108 | 2022 | Torquay | Harry Grieve | Lan Yao |
| 109 | 2023 | Leicester | Michael Adams (8) | Lan Yao (2) |
| No. | Year | Venue | Men's/Open Champion | Women's Champion |
| N.B. Click on the year to go to a games viewer, download games, crosstable, etc. | ||||
More than One Win: 10 Jonathan Penrose; 9 Henry E Atkins; 8 Michael Adams (1 shared win); 6 Fred Yates; 4 Julian Hodgson; 3 Mir Sultan Khan, Harry Golombek, Jonathan Mestel, Jonathan Speelman, Nigel Short, Jonathan Rowson, David Howell (1 shared win); 2 Sir George Thomas, Hugh Alexander, William Winter, Reginald Broadbent, Robert Wade, William Hartston, George Botterill, Matthew Sadler (1 shared win), Jonathan Hawkins (1 shared win), Gawain Jones
Women's Championship - More than One Win: 11 Rowena Bruce (3 shared wins); 9 Jovanka Houska; 8 Jana Bellin; 5 Harriet Hunt, Edith Price, Susan Lalic; 4 Agnes Stevenson, Eileen Tranmer, Elaine Pritchard, Sheila Jackson, Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant; 3 Mary Houlding, Gertrude Anderson, Edith Michell (1 shared win), Mary Gilchrist, Anne Sunnucks, Dinah Dobson (2 shared wins), Cathy Forbes, Rani Hamid (1 shared win); 2 Kate Finn, Frances Herring, Edith Holloway, Humpy Koneru, Lan Yao, Akshaya Kalaiyalahan (1 shared win).
British Junior Chess Champions
British Boys/Open U21, U18, U16, U15, U14, U13, U12 Chess Champions
British Boys/Open U11, U10, U9, U8 Chess Champions
British Girls' U21, U18, U16, U15, U14, U13, U12 Chess Champions
British Girls' U11, U10, U9, U8 Chess Champions
British Boys/Open U21, U18, U16, U15, U14, U13, U12 Chess Champions
| Year | U21 | U18 | U16 | U15 | U14 | U13 | U12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | no contest | Philip Stuart Milner-Barry | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1924 | no contest | Wilfred Henry Pratten | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1925 | no contest | Wilfred Henry Pratten | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1926 | no contest | Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1927 | no contest | Geoffrey Harold Rowson | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1928 | no contest | Alfred Mortlock | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1929 | no contest | James Marston Craddock | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| Year | U21 | U18 | U16 | U15 | U14 | U13 | U12 |
| 1930 | no contest | James Marston Craddock | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1931 | no contest | James Marston Craddock | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1932 | no contest | Arthur William J Down | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1933 | no contest | Arthur William J Down | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 19341 | no contest | David Solomon Rabinovich (later Raeburn) | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1935 | no contest | Frank Parr | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1936 | no contest | Leonard G O'Neill | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 19372 | no contest | Alan Richard Duff | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1938 | no contest | Alan Richard Duff | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1939 | no contest | Alan Richard Duff | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| Year | U21 | U18 | U16 | U15 | U14 | U13 | U12 |
| 1940 | no contest | John Edward Richardson | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1941-5 | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1946 | no contest | John Arthur Fuller | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1947 | no contest | Jonathan Penrose | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1948 | no contest | Derek Geoffrey Horseman | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1949 | no contest | Malcolm Neil Barker | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| Year | U21 | U18 | U16 | U15 | U14 | U13 | U12 |
| 1950 | no contest | Malcolm Neil Barker | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1951 | no contest | Malcolm Neil Barker | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1952 | no contest | Bernard Cafferty, Peter Campbell Gibbs, Peter D Sanderson | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 19533 | Derek Francis Kenneth Griffiths | Kenneth F H Inwood | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 19543 | Bernard Cafferty | Keith D Sales | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 19553 | John Dudley Taylor | Clifford G Tayar, David A Tidmarsh | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1956 | no contest | Clive F Girling, Michael Macdonald-Ross | no contest | David G MacDonald | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1957 | no contest | David Edward Rumens | no contest | John A Lawrence, Colin Waring | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1958 | no contest | David J Mabbs | no contest | Martin J Neave, Michael A Stevenson | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1959 | no contest | Malcolm Firth, John A Lawrence, Keith M Oliff | no contest | Graham Chesters, David Ian Wishart Reynolds | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| Year | U21 | U18 | U16 | U15 | U14 | U13 | U12 |
| 1960 | no contest | Derek Ross Thomson | no contest | Victor Wilfred Knox | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1961 | David G Wells | Richard A Beach | no contest | Peter W Murphy | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1962 | Keith Bevan Richardson | Peter Nicholas Lee | no contest | Ron Moss | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1963 | Michael John Basman, Ronald A Harris | Peter McKeich Jamieson | Nicholas J Patterson | no contest | Terry D Baldwin | no contest | no contest |
| 1964 | Christopher F Woodcock | Brian J Denman, Raymond D Keene | Leslie S Tate | no contest | Timothy J Gluckman, Martin Roy Myant | no contest | no contest |
| 1965 | Andrew Jonathan Whiteley | Michael N Walsh | Ivor Adrian Friedlander, Alan H Perkins | no contest | Gordon Campbell | no contest | no contest |
| 1966 | Brian J Denman, Alan Templeton Ludgate | Terry D Baldwin, Simon Webb | Richard G Eales, Arthur Howard Williams | no contest | Robert Bellin, Robert Woodford | no contest | no contest |
| 1967 | Leslie S Tate | Jeff Horner, Graham Speed, Peter Waters | Martyn J Corden, Peter Karmaz, Seth Saverymuttu | no contest | John Denis Martin Nunn | no contest | no contest |
| 1968 | Louis de Veauce | Martyn J Corden | Richard Bailey | no contest | Anthony John Miles | no contest | no contest |
| 1969 | Richard G Eales | Clive Cubitt | Michael Francis Stean | no contest | Jonathan Simon Speelman | no contest | no contest |
| Year | U21 | U18 | U16 | U15 | U14 | U13 | U12 |
| 1970 | Derek Maurice Wise | John G Nicholson, Johann P Sommerville, Kevin J Wicker | (Andrew) Jonathan Mestel, Jonathan Simon Speelman | no contest | Terence PD Chapman | no contest | no contest |
| 1971 | Anthony John Miles | (Andrew) Jonathan Mestel | Christopher M Cooley | no contest | Peter Cooley | no contest | no contest |
| 1972 | John M Quinn | Paul Edwin Littlewood | Colin Stamford Crouch | no contest | Christopher Gladwin | no contest | no contest |
| 1973 | Laurence D Marks | Jonathan Kinlay | Russell Clive Picot | no contest | Jonathan Christopher Benjamin | no contest | no contest |
| 1974 | John G Nicholson | Colin Stamford Crouch | Chris W Baker, Paul Hadden, H Dugald MacPherson, Shaun Mark Taulbut | no contest | Paul G Smith | no contest | no contest |
| 1975 | Paul Edwin Littlewood | Richard L Britton | Trevor Fernley, Peter J Sowray | no contest | Nicholas R Benjamin | no contest | no contest |
| 1976 | Richard L Britton, Clifford R Chandler, Robin W Haldane | Jonathan Christopher Benjamin | David H Cummings | no contest | Clive Frostick | no contest | no contest |
| 1977 | Julian Michael Hodgson, William Nicholas Watson | Malcolm Bernard Pein, Simon JB Knott | Nicholas W Ivell | no contest | Daniel John King, Neale D Walford | no contest | no contest |
| 1978 | Daniel Shuttleworth, Thomas M Clarke, Andrew J Muir, John Hall | Stephen Quigley | Thomas L Milligan | no contest | Michael Bennett, Peter Kenneth Wells | no contest | no contest |
| 19794 | Nigel Rodney Davies | Stephen G R Kerr | Peter Kenneth Wells | no contest | Gary William Lane | no contest | no contest |
| Year | U21 | U18 | U16 | U15 | U14 | U13 | U12 |
| 1980 | Andrew P Lewis | Peter Kenneth Wells | Andrew C L Dyson | no contest | Edward S Lee | no contest | no contest |
| 1981 | M Paul Townsend | Andrew C L Dyson, Michael Kerridge, John R Richardson | Neil L Carr, Craig R Dawson | no contest | David J Watts | no contest | no contest |
| 1982 | Michael Kerridge | Graham Waddingham | Timothy Peter Wall | no contest | Mark A Wheeler | no contest | no contest |
| 1983 | Nicholas Thomas, Craig R Dawson, Farrukh Khan, D Brett Lund | Brian Sharp, David J Watts | Neil McDonald | no contest | Philip J Rossiter | no contest | no contest |
| 1984 | Stuart C Brown | Neil Crickmore, Neil McDonald | Christopher G Ward, Philip Rossiter | no contest | Dale James, Stephen McQuillan | no contest | Mark Walker, James Akehurst |
| 1985 | Mark L Condie | Sean Elliott | Paul Georghiou, Diarmuid Simpson, David Wood | no contest | Jonathan Hutchings | no contest | Stephen J Cullip |
| 1986 | Michael Adams, Mark Condie, Stuart Conquest, Neil McDonald | Philip Morris | Chris Duncan, Richard Tozer | Graeme N Buckley, Jonathan Rogers | Andrew Webster | Andrew Webster | Andrew Jones |
| 1987 | Stuart Conquest | Richard Tozer | Matthew Piper, Andrew Webster | Alex Gillies, Lee Jones, Matthew Piper | Lee Jones | James Poulton | Selim |
| 1988 | Michael Adams | Ian Mackay | Edward Holland, Philip Whitworth | Oliver Roland Worsfold | Simon Pain, Darryl Wolstencroft | Simon Ansell, Matthew Turner | Andrew Eyton |
| 1989 | Michael Adams | Michael Harris | Paul G Brown, John Merriman, Mark Sanger | James Poulton | Stephen Willetts | Stephen Gillen, David Jagoe | Adrian Gillen |
| Year | U21 | U18 | U16 | U15 | U14 | U13 | U12 |
| 1990 | Michael Adams | Stephen Calderwood, Chris Ray | James Poulton | Blair Connell, Stephen Joseph | Joseph William Vere | Paul V Griffiths | Luke Russell |
| 1991 | Michael Thomas Hennigan | Gareth Jon Haslinger | Peter N Hughes | Adrian Gillen | Richard Bates, Mark Ferguson, Adam Hunt, Harriet Vaughan Hunt | Tim Mifsud | Rowan Brown |
| 1992 | Dharshan Kumaran | Simon Lunn | James Vigus | Richard Gaughan | James Clifford, Luke McShane | Manthan Chokshi | Andrew Greet |
| 1993 | Dharshan Kumaran | Stephen Gillen | Thomas RJ Hinks-Edwards, Ruth Sheldon | Joel KM Newman, Thomas Walton | Brian Kelly | Duncan Harwood | Stewart Gavin Haslinger |
| 1994 | Andrew Webster | James Cobb | Peter Chaplin, Philip Goldstein, Lee Jacobs, Naveen Jain | Naveen Jain | Glen Parker, Michael Fisher | Stephen Deall, David Tompson | Russell Dickie, Mark Roberts |
| 1995 | Matthew David Sadler | Adam Hunt | Aiden Leech, Ian Debbage | Nathan Alfred, Aiden Leech | Peter Levermore | David Hodge, Richard S Jones, Richard David Palliser | Matthew Broomfield |
| 1996 | Jonathan Parker | Andrew Greet, Oliver Rosten, Rohan Churm | Nathan Alfred, Mark Roberts | Mark Roberts | Bret Addison, Richard Watts | Ross Rattray | Christopher Charman |
| 1997 | Krishnan Sasikiran | Andrew Dyce | Bret Addison, James Bourne | Bret Addison, David Bates, James Bourne, Laurence Rackham | Craig Hanley, Alex Longson | David Kay | Kumardip Chakraborty |
| 1998 | Miroslav Houska, Nicholas Pert, Krishnan Sasikiran | Andrew Greet, David Buckley | David Edwards | David Edwards | Lorin D'Costa | Lorin D'Costa | Chetan Deva, Thomas Nixon, Lawrence Trent |
| 1999 | Krishnan Sasikiran | Kenan Boztas, Rafe Martyn, Shanker Menon, Martin Taylor | Toby Stock | Marieanne Howard | Andrew Farley, Rafe Martyn | Lawrence Trent | Christopher Dorrington, Sumeet Ghasi, Amir Habibi, Jonathan Lappage |
| Year | U21 | U18 | U16 | U15 | U14 | U13 | U12 |
| 2000 | Brian Kelly, Nicholas Pert | Bret Addison | Andrew Hughes | Kenan Boztas, Alexandra Kelly | Eesha Karavade | Sabrina Leoni Chevannes, Robert Payne | |
| 2001 | Richard David Palliser, Nicholas Pert | David Shaw | John Ezra Lutton | John Ezra Lutton | Sumeet Ghasi | William Bennet | Simon Fowler, James Hanley |
| 2002 | Krishnan Sasikiran | Robert Payne | Matthew Dignam, Thomas Eggleston | Matthew Dignam, Thomas Eggleston | Daniel Diamond | Peter Thomas Roberson | Thomas Pym |
| 2003 | Pentala Harikrishna | Sumeet Ghasi, Yashodan Gogte, Richard Mycroft | William Bennet | William Bennet | James Hanley | Thomas Pym | Anya Corke |
| 2004 | Gawain Christopher B Jones | Samuel Williams, Thomas Eggleston | William Bennet, Simon Fowler | Simon Fowler | Xi-Yang Guo, Daniel Hall, Anya Corke | Ankush Khandelwal | Richard Lobo, Jac Thomas |
| 2005 | Stephen J Gordon | Stephen J Gordon | Peter Constantinou, Christopher Russell | Lyall Bayliss, Daniel Hall, Joseff Thomas | Murray David, Ankush Khandelwal, Jac Thomas | David Groves, Richard Lobo | Yang-Fan Zhou |
| 2006 | Stephen J Gordon | Gawain Christopher B Jones | Daniel Hall, Joseff Thomas | Calum MacQueen | Connor Woods | George Salimbeni | Akash Jain |
| 2007 | Stephen J Gordon | David Wei Liang Howell | Calum McQueen | Connor Woods | Akash Jain | Akash Jain, Rhys Cumming | Saravanan Sathyanandha |
| 2008 | Stephen J Gordon | James Hanley, Yang-Fan Zhou | Sam C Osborne | James M Foster | Saravanan Sathyanandha, Samuel Walker | Felix José Ynojosa | Felix José Ynojosa |
| 2009 | David Wei Liang Howell | David Wei Liang Howell | Martin Brown | Akash Jain | Felix Jose Ynojosa | Felix José Ynojosa | Radha Jain, Adam Taylor |
| Year | U21 | U18 | U16 | U15 | U14 | U13 | U12 |
| 2010 | James Jackson | Ryan Rhys Griffiths | Adrian Archer-Lock, Sebastien Muheim | Brandon Clarke, Gordon Scott | Marcus Harvey | Ravi Haria | Tarun Malhotra |
| 2011 | David Wei Liang Howell | Yang-Fan Zhou | Craig Whitfield | Oskar Anton Hackner, Marcus Harvey | Roy Zhang | Ananthanarayan Balaji | Matthew Wadsworth |
| 2012 | James Adair | Marcus Harvey, William Foo | Oskar Hackner | Adam C Taylor, Henry Broadley | Tarun Malhotra | Akito Oyama | Anthony Y Zhang |
| 2013 | Yang-Fan Zhou | Daniel Fernandez | Ollie Wilson | Paul Calderon | William Claridge-Hansen | Dion Huang | (Akshaya Kalaiyalahan, female, finished ahead of...); Girinath Haridas, Koby Kalavannan |
| 2014 | Daniel Fernandez | Ravi Haria | Tarun Malhotra | Michael Ashworth | Richard Zhu, James Golding | Koby Kalavannan, Arul Gupta, Girinath Haridas | Koby Kalavannan, Anantha P Anilkumar |
| 2015 | Peter Batchelor | Matthew Wadsworth | Michael Ashworth | Daniel Gallagher | Jake Holton | Koby Kalavanan | Aditya Verma, Mahima Raghavendra, Harvey Zhang |
| 2016 | Justin Tan | William Claridge-Hansen | Elliot Cocks | Nugith Jayawarna, Koby Kalavannan | Koby Kalavannan, Juju Samworth-Calvier | Amardip Ahluwalia | Aditya Munshi, Ranesh Ratnesan |
| 2017 | Andrew P Horton, Ravi Haria | Ravi Haria | Koby Kalavannan | no contest | Viktor Stoyanov | no contest | Christopher Tombolis |
| 2018 | Justin Tan, Joseph McPhillips | Koby Kalavannan | Federico Rocco, Borna Derakshani | no contest | Ranesh Ratnesan | no contest | Yichen Han |
| 2019 | Ravi Haria | Jonah Willow, Borna Derakhshani | Calum Salmons | no contest | Aaravamudhan Balaji | no contest | James Merriman |
| Year | U21 | U18 | U16 | U15 | U14 | U13 | U12 |
| 2020 | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 2021 | no contest | Timur Kuzhelev | Mohammed Aayan Ismail | no contest | Arjun Kolani | no contest | Kenneth Hobson |
| 2022 | Harry Grieve | Aaravamudhan Balaji | Frankie Badacsonyi | no contest | Luca Buanne | no contest | Kameron Grose |
| 2023 | Yichen Han | Yichen Han | Rohan Pal, Sanjith Madhavan, Manmay Chopra, Ronit Sachdeva, Ruben Nangalia Evans | no contest | Livio Cancedda-Dupuis | no contest | Adithya Vaidyanathan, Ramsey Dairi |
| Year | U21 | U18 | U16 | U15 | U14 | U13 | U12 |
1 David Rabinovich played off for the 1934 title with
Frank Parr. David Rabinovich later changed his name to David Raeburn.
2 Alan Richard Duff (Leyton County High School) won the 1937 Boys' (U18) Championship after beating DK Green (Reading School) in a tie-break.
3 The 1953-55 winners of the British Under 21 title are correct as shown
above. They are shown incorrectly as 1955-1957 winners in some volumes of the BCF/ECF Yearbook (2001 onwards - still shown wrongly in the 2009 edition of the ECF Official Chess Yearbook).
4 In 1979 championship titles were decided on Sum of Opponents' Scores (Buchholz) where players tied on the same score, though money prizes were shared equally.
British Boys/Open U11, U10, U9, U8 Chess Champions
| Year | U11 | U10 | U9 | U8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Neale D Walford | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1976 | Andrew CL Dyson | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1977 | James D Hockaday, Darren L Lee | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1978 | Neil L Carr | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 19791 | Edward S Lee | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| Year | U11 | U10 | U9 | U8 |
| 1980 | Joe T Hockaday, Philip J Rossiter, Jeremy P Sharp, Mark A Wheeler, David A Wood | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1981 | Darren P Wheeler | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1982 | Michael Adams | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1983 | Jason Glass | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1984 | Matthew David Sadler | no contest | David Essex | no contest |
| 1985 | Andrew Keehner | no contest | Steven Woodford | no contest |
| 1986 | David Essex | no contest | Irfan Nathoo | no contest |
| 1987 | Daniel Rosenberg | no contest | Andrew Calderwood, Brian MacFarlane, Alal Miah | no contest |
| 1988 | Blair Connell | Andrew Calderwood | James Vigus | Joseph Conlon |
| 1989 | Edward Goodall | James Vigus | Joseph Conlon | no contest |
| Year | U11 | U10 | U9 | U8 |
| 1990 | James Vigus | Adam Hunt | Karl Mah | no contest |
| 1991 | Dipanyan Das | Joseph Conlon, Karl Mah | Luke McShane | no contest |
| 1992 | Andrew Bamford | Timothy Holmes | Ronan Murphy | Adwaya Chowdhuri |
| 1993 | Simon Armour | Leigh J Debbage | Stephen Casement, Stephen Clark | Alvin N Kissoon, Graham Walker |
| 1994 | Edmund Player | Stephen Bough, Stephen Casement | Simon T Buckley, Arghyadip Das, Martyn Jones, Tania Sachdev | Tania Sachdev |
| 1995 | Simon T Buckley | Alvin Kissoon | Kumardip Chakraborty | Kumardip Chakraborty |
| 1996 | Kumardip Chakraborty, Nicholas Timms | Kumardip Chakraborty, Gawain Christopher B Jones | Ameet Ghasi | Gawain Christopher B Jones |
| 1997 | Kenan Boztas, Krunal Kahar, Rafe Martyn, Lawrence Trent | Stephen J Gordon | Jonathan Zoubaida | Murugan Thiruchelvam |
| 1998 | Chetan Deva | Lee Gold | Samuel Buckley, Matthew D Elstrop, Thomas M Sharp | David Wei Liang Howell |
| 1999 | William Bennet | David Wei Liang Howell | David Wei Liang Howell | Christopher Bellin, Dana Hawrami, Selina Khoo, Sebastian Pozzo |
| Year | U11 | U10 | U9 | U8 |
| 2000 | Abhijeet Gupta | Thomas Pym, James Snowden | Sankalp Modwal, Thomas Robinson, Dana Hawrami | Parimarjan Negi |
| 2001 | Arjun Chirukandath Manoj | Gauri Chirukandath Manoj | Parimarjan Negi | Subin Sen |
| 2002 | Dhaval Adhav, Gauri Chirukandath Manoj , Anya Corke | Gauri Chirukandath Manoj | Gauri Chirukandath Manoj | Yang-Fan Zhou |
| 2003 | Fenil Shah | Gauri Chirukandath Manoj | Prasanna Rao, Fenil Shah | Sahaj Grover |
| 2004 | Sheila Jenene Dines | Saravanan Sathyanandha, Benjamin Wetherfield | Daniel Fernandez, Daniel Hunt, Saravanan Sathyanandha | Nathan Taylor, Milo Thrumble |
| 2005 | Megan Owens | Jude Lenier, Saravanan Sathyanandha | Jude Lenier, Nathan Taylor | James Bowler |
| 2006 | Robert White | Thomas Senior | Ram Mohan | Robert Fitzgerald |
| 2007 | Henrik Stepanyan | Robert Fitzgerald, Adam Taylor | Isaac B Sanders | Anna Wang | 2008 | James Bowler, Megan Cleeves, Isaac B Sanders | Joseph McPhillips | Ravi Haria | William Claridge-Hansen, Mark Kenyon, Rohan Shiatis |
| 2009 | Tarun Malhotra | William Claridge-Hansen, Matthew J Wadsworth | Rohan Shiatis | Ryan Nathan Au |
| Year | U11 | U10 | U9 | U8 |
| 2010 | Rohan Shiatis, Anna Wang | Ashwin Kalyana | Zheming Zhang | Zheming Zhang |
| 2011 | Yang-Jian Zhou | Akshaya Kalaiyalahan | Anthony Zhang | Aditya Verma |
| 2012 | Arul Gupta | Charlie McLaren | Sacha Brozel | Aditya Verma |
| 2013 | Koby Kalavannan | Sacha Brozel | Ieysaa Bin-Suhayl | Haolin Zhao, Christopher Tombolis, Srinidhi Dwarakanathan, William Golding, Ranesh Ratnesan |
| 2014 | Sacha Brozel, Harvey Zhang | Chirag Guha | Adithya Pramod Paleri | X Henry Yu, Savin Dias |
| 2015 | Aditya Verma | Venetia Sivarajasingam (boy Arjun Kolani) | X Henry Yu | Dhruv Radhakrishnan |
| 2016 | Dhruv Easwar | Arjun Kolani, Jacob Yoon | James Merriman | Shreyas Royal |
| 2017 | Yichen Han | Ethan Chung | George Clarkson, Joe Birks | Shlok Verma, Sohum Lohia |
| 2018 | Yichen Han | Nischal Thatte | Rohan Pal | Harry Z Zheng |
| 2019 | Sohum Lohia | Sohum Lohia | Theo Khoury | Elias Ruzhansky |
| Year | U11 | U10 | U9 | U8 |
| 2020 | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 2021 | no contest | Jan Murawski | no contest | George Zhao |
| 2022 | no contest | Oleg Verbytski | no contest | Supratit Banerjee |
| 2023 | no contest | George Zhao | no contest | Ayan Pradhan |
| Year | U11 | U10 | U9 | U8 |
1 In 1979 championship titles were decided on Sum of Opponents' Scores (Buchholz) where players tied on the same score, though money prizes were shared equally.
British Girls' U21, U18, U16, U15, U14, U13, U12 Chess Champions
(italicised names in brackets = later/current married surnames)
| Year | Girls Tournament | U18 Girls | U16 Girls | U15 Girls | U14 Girls | U13 Girls | U12 Girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1926)1 | (Vera Menchik) | no contest | |||||
| (1927)1 | (Vera Menchik) | no contest | |||||
| (1928)1 | (Rita Gregory) | no contest | |||||
| (1929)1 | (Rita Gregory) | no contest | |||||
| (1930)1 | (Rita Gregory) | no contest | |||||
| (1931)1 | (Honor Rosemary Evelyn Bullen) | no contest | |||||
| (1932)1 | (Honor Rosemary Evelyn Bullen) | no contest | |||||
| 1933 | (Honor Rosemary Evelyn Bullen) | Muriel Ballard | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1934 | no contest | Gladys Kay | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1935 | no contest | Beatrice Walsh | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1936 | no contest | Elaine Saunders (later Pritchard) | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1937 | no contest | Elaine Saunders (Pritchard) | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1938 | no contest | Elaine Saunders (Pritchard) | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1939 | no contest | Phyllis Prosser | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| Year | U21 Women | U18 Girls | U16 Girls | U15 Girls | U14 Girls | U13 Girls | U12 Girls |
| 1940-2 | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1943 | no contest | Barbara Doreen Judge | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1944 | no contest | Lorna Judge (later Donaghy) | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1945 | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1946 | no contest | Pamela Heath | no contest | Sylvia Fisher2 | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1947 | no contest | Audrey M Pocknell (Carpenter) | no contest | Jean Craker, Lesley Elliott2 | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1948 | no contest | Audrey M Pocknell (Carpenter) | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1949 | no contest | Jean Pamela Margaret Craker (Rogers) | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| Year | U21 Women | U18 Girls | U16 Girls | U15 Girls | U14 Girls | U13 Girls | U12 Girls |
| 1950 | no contest | Jean Pamela Margaret Craker (Rogers) | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1951 | no contest | Ann Bennett | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1952 | no contest | Margaret Eileen Elizabeth Wood (Clarke) | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1953 | no contest | Myrtle Barnes | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1954 | no contest | Myrtle Barnes | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1955 | no contest | Margaret Eileen Elizabeth Wood (Clarke) | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1956 | no contest | Margaret Eileen Elizabeth Wood (Clarke) | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1957 | no contest | Sheila A Corbyn (Robinson) | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1958 | no contest | Sheila A Corbyn (Robinson) | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1959 | no contest | Rosalie Norbury (Hughes) | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| Year | U21 Women | U18 Girls | U16 Girls | U15 Girls | U14 Girls | U13 Girls | U12 Girls |
| 1960 | no contest | Verina Horsnell | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1961 | no contest | Verina Horsnell | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1962 | no contest | Gillian A Moore | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1963 | no contest | Dinah Margaret Dobson (Norman), Gillian A Moore, Marcia Syme (Morgan) | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1964 | no contest | Dinah Margaret Dobson (Norman) | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1965 | no contest | Marcia Syme (Morgan) | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1966 | no contest | Julie Dobson, Rosemary McWaters, Marjorie Moore | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1967 | no contest | Kathleen Patterson (Hindle) | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1968 | no contest | Therese Manel Saverymuttu (Tringham) | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1969 | no contest | Genine Fielding (Jackson), Mary McGinn | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| Year | U21 Women | U18 Girls | U16 Girls | U15 Girls | U14 Girls | U13 Girls | U12 Girls |
| 1970 | no contest | Alison J Povall | no contest | no contest | Sheila Jackson | no contest | no contest |
| 1971 | no contest | Sheila Jackson | no contest | no contest | Susan Linda Caldwell | no contest | no contest |
| 1972 | no contest | Susan Linda Caldwell | no contest | no contest | Sheila A Jordan | no contest | no contest |
| 1973 | no contest | Susan A Hutchinson, Mary A Hutchinson, Elaine M Sadler | no contest | no contest | Julia F W Park (Gale) | no contest | no contest |
| 1974 | no contest | Jane Anson (later Eichmann) | no contest | no contest | Helen M Granat (Frostick) | no contest | no contest |
| 1975 | no contest | Jane F Seymour | no contest | no contest | Helen M Granat (Frostick) | no contest | no contest |
| 1976 | no contest | Angela Eagle, Jane Garwell (Richmond) | no contest | no contest | Clare E Whitehead (later Pickard, now Molyneux) | no contest | no contest |
| 1977 | no contest | Clare E Whitehead (later Pickard, now Molyneux) | no contest | no contest | Carey Groves | no contest | no contest |
| 1978 | no contest | Carey Groves | no contest | no contest | Gaynor James | no contest | no contest |
| 19793 | no contest | (Helen) Clare Watkins | no contest | no contest | Susan Kathryn Walker (1 Arkell, 2 Lalic) | no contest | no contest |
| Year | U21 Women | U18 Girls | U16 Girls | U15 Girls | U14 Girls | U13 Girls | U12 Girls |
| 1980 | no contest | Clare E Whitehead (later Pickard, now Molyneux) | Karen Cartmel, Lavinia A M Pereira (Brennan) | no contest | Mandy Allison S Hepworth (Gilmore) | no contest | no contest |
| 1981 | no contest | Lavinia A M Pereira (Brennan) | Karen Cartmel | no contest | Caroline Hallett | no contest | no contest |
| 1982 | no contest | Karen Cartmel | Susan Kathryn Walker (1 Arkell, 2 Lalic) | no contest | Mina Eaves | no contest | no contest |
| 1983 | no contest | Susan Kathryn Walker (1 Arkell, 2 Lalic) | Cathy Forbes (later Warwick) | no contest | Caroline Hallett | no contest | no contest |
| 1984 | no contest | no contest | Mandy Allison S Hepworth (Gilmore) | no contest | Deborah Johnson, Julia Baxendine | no contest | Claire Ashby |
| 1985 | no contest | Sarah C Christopher (de Lisle) | Caroline Hallett | no contest | Deborah Johnson | no contest | Catherine Haslinger, Clare Joy |
| 1986 | no contest | Caroline Hallett | Hazel (Shanti) Eaves | Julie Harwar | Catherine Haslinger | Catherine Haslinger | Joanne Smith |
| 1987 | no contest | Julie Harwar, Natasha Katherine Regan | Catherine Haslinger | Catherine Haslinger | Jane Eastwood | Jane Eastwood | Joanne Smith |
| 1988 | no contest | Natasha Katherine Regan | Jane Eastwood, Angela Eyton | Genevieve O'Farrell | Emilia Holland, Sarah Joy, (Joy) Rachel Mothersill | Sarah Joy, Claire Lusher (1 Summerscale, 2 McLaverty) | Fiona Webster |
| 1989 | no contest | Julie Harwar, Catherine Haslinger, Heidi Denise Heron (Munn) | Angela Eyton | Jane Eastwood | Sarah Joy, Tracey Thompson | Kate Horsfield, Fiona Webster | Harriet Vaughan Hunt |
| Year | U21 Women | U18 Girls | U16 Girls | U15 Girls | U14 Girls | U13 Girls | U12 Girls |
| 1990 | no contest | Heidi Denise Heron (Munn) | Catherine Haslinger, Sarah Joy | Tracey Thompson | Fiona Webster | Harriet Vaughan Hunt, Louisa Orton | Harriet Vaughan Hunt |
| 1991 | no contest | Ann-Marie Ashby | Tracey Thompson, Fiona Webster | Fiona Webster | Harriet Vaughan Hunt | Harriet Vaughan Hunt | Emily Howard |
| 1992 | no contest | Ann-Marie Ashby | Emily Howard | Ayesha Nathoo, Sally E Smith | Charmaine Webster | Lorna Burrows, Emily Howard | Amanda Suzanne Haslinger, Catherine Holmes |
| 1993 | no contest | Fiona Webster | Ruth Sheldon | Heather Lang | Emily Howard | Amanda Suzanne Haslinger | Amanda Suzanne Haslinger |
| 1994 | no contest | no contest | Emily Howard | Emily Howard | Ruth Bates, Jessica Ho | Jessica Ho | Josephine H Badger, Emily Orton |
| 1995 | no contest | Amanda Suzanne Haslinger | Ruth Bates | Ruth Bates, Jessica Ho | Josephine H Badger, Jessica Ho, Elise Ford | Josephine H Badger, Amanda John | Heather Suzanne Richards |
| 1996 | no contest | Ruth Bates, Abigail Dyce (Cast), Amanda Suzanne Haslinger, Emily Howard | Jessica Ho, Heather Suzanne Richards | Melanie Buckley, Elise Ford | Josephine H Badger | Rosalind A Kieran | Victoria Kowalkowski |
| 1997 | no contest | Ruth Bates, Heather Richards | Iva Anguelov | Ivana Patricia Houska | Sophie Elizabeth Tidman | Sophie Elizabeth Tidman | Marieanne Howard |
| 1998 | no contest | Iva Anguelov | Ivana Patricia Houska | Ivana Patricia Houska | Marieanne Howard | Lydia Goodwin | Alexandra (Aly) Wilson, Baisakhi Das |
| 1999 | no contest | Rosalind A Kieran | Marieanne Howard | Marieanne Howard | Alison Winston | Teresa Khoo | Sabrina Leoni Chevannes |
| Year | U21 Women | U18 Girls | U16 Girls | U15 Girls | U14 Girls | U13 Girls | U12 Girls |
| 2000 | no contest | Elaine Rutherford (Bamber) | Alexandra Kelly | Alexandra Kelly | Eesha Karavade | Sabrina Leoni Chevannes | Francesca Berlin, Danielle Gross, Claire Morris |
| 2001 | no contest | Teresa Khoo | Sabrina Leoni Chevannes | Sabrina Leoni Chevannes | Suzie G Blackburn (later Cooke) | Sarah Hegarty (Longson) | Katie Martin |
| 2002 | no contest | Teresa Khoo | Karen Bradley | Karen Bradley | Claire Morris | Sarah Hegarty (Longson) | Poppy Aarons, Selina Khoo, Naomi Miller |
| 2003 | no contest | Sabrina Leoni Chevannes | Priyanka Desai | Mrudula Nambiar | no contest | Robyn Smith | Anya Corke |
| 2004 | no contest | Sabrina Leoni Chevannes | Selina Khoo | Selina Khoo | Anya Corke | Anya Corke | Amy Officer |
| 2005 | no contest | Jessica Thilaganathan | Lynsey Shovlin | Chantal Sirisena | Hannah Dale | Thilagini Anandajeyarajah | Sheila Jenene Dines, Jessica Thilaganathan |
| 2006 | no contest | Anya Corke | no contest | Lateefah Messam-Sparks | Sheila Jenene Dines, Lateefah Messam-Sparks | Sheila Jenene Dines | Megan Owens |
| 2007 | no contest | Selina Khoo | no contest | Lateefah Messam-Sparks | Sheila Jenene Dines | Megan Owens | Megan Owens, Ali Roy |
| 2008 | no contest | Sheila Jenene Dines | Lateefah Messam-Sparks | Sheila Jenene Dines | Astghik Stepanyan | Jennifer Ehr, Ali Roy | Radha Jain |
| 2009 | no contest | Sheila Jenene Dines | Sheila Jenene Dines | Abigail Pritchard | Megan Owens | Radha Jain, Maria Wang | Radha Jain |
| Year | U21 Women | U18 Girls | U16 Girls | U15 Girls | U14 Girls | U13 Girls | U12 Girls |
| 2010 | no contest | Lateefah Messam-Sparks | Abigail Pritchard | Megan Owens, Ali Roy, Maria Wang | Radha Jain | Katherine Shepherd | Anna Wang |
| 2011 | no contest | Sheila Jenene Dines | Megan Owens, Ali Roy | Radha Jain | Louise Head, Katherine Shepherd | Cosima Keen | Cosima Keen |
| 2012 | Sue Yuchan Maroroa | Radha Jain | Chantelle Foster | Louise Head | Akshaya Kalaiyalahan, Cosima Keen, Jessica Wen | Anna Wang | Eva Ressel, Monica Espinosa |
| 2013 | no contest | Akshaya Kalaiyalahan | Katherine Shepherd | Anna Wang | Anna Wang | Alyssa Wang | Akshaya Kalaiyalahan |
| 2014 | no contest | Amy B Hoare | Victoria Sit, Zoe Strong |
Zoe Varney | Imogen Camp, Alice O'Gorman |
Asha Jina | Mahima Raghavendra |
| 2015 | no contest | Akshaya Kalaiyalahan | Zoe Varney | Imogen Camp | Imogen Camp | Sharon Daniel, Shayanna Sivarajasingam | Mahima Raghavendra |
| 2016 | Katherine Shepherd | Akshaya Kalaiyalahan, Zoe Varney |
Imogen Camp | Imogen Camp | Laura Davidson | Thivyaa Rahulan | Thivyaa Rahulan |
| 2017 | Akshaya Kalaiyalahan | Akshaya Kalaiyalahan | Shayanna Sivarajasingam | no contest | Nadia Jaufarally | no contest | Venetia Sivarajasingam, Hiya Ray, Julia Volovich |
| 2018 | Akshaya Kalaiyalahan | Akshaya Kalaiyalahan | Shayanna Sivarajasingam, Laura Davidson | no contest | Venetia Sivarajasingam, Polina Shchepinova, Susanna Fraser |
no contest | Hiya Ray, Julia Volovich |
| 2019 | no contest | no contest | Susanna Fraser | no contest | Polina Shchepinova | no contest | Tarini Jayawarna |
| Year | U21 Women | U18 Girls | U16 Girls | U15 Girls | U14 Girls | U13 Girls | U12 Girls |
| 2020 | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 2021 | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest | Nina P Pert | no contest | Anusha Subramanian, Mae C Catabay |
| 2022 | no contest | Julia Volovich | Abigail Weersing | no contest | Michelle Ngo Yu Chan | no contest | Elis Dicen |
| 2023 | no contest | Trisha Kanyamarala | Olga L Latypova, Michelle Ngo Yu Chan | no contest | Naavya Parikh | no contest | Shambavi Hariharan, Alannah Ashton |
| Year | U21 Women | U18 Girls | U16 Girls | U15 Girls | U14 Girls | U13 Girls | U12 Girls |
1 Girls' Championships prior to 1933 are not recorded in the official BCF/ECF champions list though they are sometimes recorded as World Girls' Championships. In 1932 at least one of the participants (Mrs Hilda Yvonne Pattison, née Cole, 1911-1994) was older than 18 so the under 21 column is more appropriate.
2 The 1946 and 1947 under-15 girls champions' names do not appear in yearbooks and it appears they were overlooked when a list of junior champions was first compiled for inclusion in the BCF Yearbook (1963/64 edition). At least one contemporary report (see here) shows that there were separate under-18 and under-15 championships played in 1946 and 1947.
3 In 1979 all British championship titles were decided on Sum of Opponents' Scores (Buchholz) where players tied on the same score, though money prizes were shared equally.
British Girls' U11, U10, U9, U8 Chess Champions
| Year | U11 Girls | U10 Girls | U9 Girls | U8 Girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Sabrina Needham | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1983 | Ann-Marie Ashby, Claire Ashby | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1984 | Donna Pothecary, Catherine Haslinger | no contest | Sarah Joy, Caroline Green | no contest |
| 1985 | Catherine Haslinger | no contest | Nicola Hon | no contest |
| 1986 | Claire Lusher (1 Summerscale, 2 McLaverty) | no contest | Jody Saunders | no contest |
| 1987 | Jody Saunders | no contest | Ayesha Nathoo | no contest |
| 1988 | Helen Burns, Ayesha Nathoo | Ayesha Nathoo | Amy L Kieran | no contest |
| 1989 | Harriet Vaughan Hunt, Ayesha Nathoo | Amanda Suzanne Haslinger | Amanda Suzanne (Mandy) Haslinger | no contest |
| Year | U11 Girls | U10 Girls | U9 Girls | U8 Girls |
| 1990 | Emily Howard | Ruth Bates | Amanda Suzanne Haslinger | no contest |
| 1991 | Ruth Sheldon | Elise Ford | Rosalind A Kieran | no contest |
| 1992 | Amanda Suzanne Haslinger | Josephine H Badger | Rosalind A Kieran, Siobhan O'Neill, Claire Louise Thrower | Siobhan O'Neill |
| 1993 | Claire Louise Thrower | Elaine Rutherford (Bamber) | Claire Louise Thrower | Tania Sachdev |
| 1994 | Rosalind A Kieran | Tania Sachdev | Tania Sachdev | Tania Sachdev |
| 1995 | Claire Louise Thrower | Leila Nathoo, Alison N W Winston | Christobell E K Harrington, Emily L Player | Suzie G Blackburn (Cooke), Sara C Higgins, Heather Walker |
| 1996 | Alison N W Winston | Lydia Goodwin | Heather Walker | Kathryn Barnes |
| 1997 | Jessica Laura Cory Gilbert, Lydia Goodwin | Jessica Laura Cory Gilbert | Kathryn Barnes, Ketaki Kulkarni | Laura Hulley, Ketaki Kulkarni |
| 1998 | Sabrina Leoni Chevannes | Claire Morris | Poppy Aarons, Yasmin Ball, Colleen Halpin | Poppy Aarons |
| 1999 | Sarah Hegarty (Longson) | Sarah Hegarty (Longson) | Selina Khoo, Naomi Miller | Selina Khoo |
| Year | U11 Girls | U10 Girls | U9 Girls | U8 Girls |
| 2000 | Sarah Hegarty (Longson) | Vellaikovil Sindhu | Amy Officer | Katie Hale, Amy Officer |
| 2001 | Selina Khoo | Selina Khoo | Venkata Sathapriya | Stephanie Hale, Rhian Hughes |
| 2002 | Anya Corke | Amy Officer | Zoe Geidelberg, Rhian Hughes | Rhian Hughes |
| 2003 | Amisha Parmar | Sheila Jenene Dines | Rhian Hughes | Megan Owens |
| 2004 | Sheila Jenene Dines | Alexandra Bottemanne | Megan Owens | Maria Wang |
| 2005 | Megan Owens | Megan Owens | Radha Jain | Radha Jain |
| 2006 | Megan Owens, Maria Wang | Maria Wang | Radha Jain | Katherine Shepherd |
| 2007 | Radha Jain | Chantelle Foster, Radha Jain | Katherine Shepherd | Anna Wang |
| 2008 | Megan Cleeves | Katherine Shepherd | Yasmin Giles | Rebecca Swestun |
| 2009 | Anna Wang | Yasmin Giles, Anna Wang | Nandaja Narayanan | Imogen Turvey-Cross (later Camp) |
| Year | U11 Girls | U10 Girls | U9 Girls | U8 Girls |
| 2010 | Anna Wang | Akshaya Kalaiyalahan, Imogen Turvey-Cross (name change to Camp) | Akshaya Kalaiyalahan | Isobelle Gilbert |
| 2011 | Eva Ressel, Beatrice Steele | Akshaya Kalaiyalahan | Stephanie du Toit | Aishwarya Lutchman-Singh |
| 2012 | Akshaya Kalaiyalahan | Stephanie du Toit | Mahima G Raghavendra | Arushi Ramaiya |
| 2013 | Sharon Daniel | Laura Davidson, Mahima Raghavendra, Arushi Ramaiya | Srinidhi Dwarakanathan | Srinidhi Dwarakanathan |
| 2014 | Mahima Raghavendra, Thivya Rahulan | Venetia Sivarajasingam | Venetia Sivarajasingam | Navieinaah Haridas |
| 2015 | Nadia Jaufarally | Venetia Sivarajasingam | Anna Boyle, Navieinaah Haridas, Radha Ratnesan, Hiya Ray, Anum Sheikh, Julia Volovich | Keerthana Easwar, Inaya Gandhi, Radha Ratnesan |
| 2016 | Julia Volovich | Niamh Bridgeman | Nina P Pert, Radha Ratnesan | Zoha Ashraf, Keerthana Easwar, Nina P Pert |
| 2017 | Anum Sheikh, Hiya Ray | Tarini Jayawarna | Tanvi Gatne, Zoha Ashraf, Nina Pert | Clemence Pham, Siena Gurjar |
| 2018 | Tarini Jayawarna, Radha Ratnesan | Eugenia Karas | Thisumi Jayawarna, Amelie Rees, Elis Denele Dicen | Elis Denele Dicen |
| 2019 | Tashika Arora, Nina P Pert | Elis Denele Dicen | Elis Denele Dicen, Thisumi Jayawarna | Alannah Ashton |
| Year | U11 Girls | U10 Girls | U9 Girls | U8 Girls |
| 2020 | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 2021 | no contest | Ruqayyah Rida | no contest | Zoe Veselow |
| 2022 | no contest | Ruqayyah Rida, Rachel Yang | no contest | Bodhana Sivanandan |
| 2023 | no contest | Lam Vy Le Nguyen | no contest | Anvikkashri Prabhakaran |
| Year | U11 Girls | U10 Girls | U9 Girls | U8 Girls |
British Senior Champions
| Year | Open 60+ (n.b. U65 from 2016) | Open 50+ | Women's 65+ | Women's 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Philip C Hoad | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1983 | Philip C Hoad (2) | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1984 | Harry Golombek, Philip C Hoad (3) |
no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1985 | Donald M Andrew, Harry Golombek (2), Philip C Hoad (4) | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1986 | Philip C Hoad (5) | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1987 | Philip C Hoad (6) | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1988 | Donald Baldwin | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1989 | Philip C Hoad (7) | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| Year | Open 60+ (n.b. U65 from 2016) | Open 50+ | Women's 65+ | Women's 50+ |
| 1990 | Philip C Hoad (8) | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1991 | Joseph Maurice Soesan | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1992 | Joseph Maurice Soesan (2) | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1993 | Lim Kok-Ann, Roelof D Westra | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1994 | Gerald W Botteley | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1995 | Lim Kok-Ann (2) | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1996 | Dan E Mayers | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1997 | Michael Cook | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1998 | Michael Cook (2) | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 1999 | Ivor B N Smith | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| Year | Open 60+ (n.b. U65 from 2016) | Open 50+ | Women's 65+ | Women's 50+ |
| 2000 | John Toothill | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 2001 | Neville Gill | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 2002 | (Derek) George Ellison | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 2003 | F Norman Stephenson, George Dickson, David W Anderton | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 2004 | David A Smith, F Norman Stephenson (2) | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 2005 | David W Anderton (2) | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 2006 | John Eric Littlewood | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 2007 | David W Anderton (3), Stewart Reuben | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 2008 | George Dickson (2), John Eric Littlewood (2) | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 2009 | David W Anderton (4), Anthony C Ashby, Geoffrey H James | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| Year | Open 60+ (n.b. U65 from 2016) | Open 50+ | Women's 65+ | Women's 50+ |
| 2010 | Paul V Byway | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 2011 | David W Anderton (5) | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 2012 | Norman A Hutchinson | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 2013 | Graham Chesters, Roger Emerson, David Friedgood, Paul F Timson | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 2014 | Mike Surtees | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 2015 | Paul R Bielby, Paul V Byway (2), Roger Emerson (2), David LeMoir, Kenneth I Norman, Mike Surtees (2) | Glenn House, Nigel Edward Povah | Gillian A Moore | no contest |
| Year | Open 65+ | Open 50+ | Women's 65+ | Women's 50+ |
| 2016 | Kenneth I Norman (2) | Andrew P Lewis | Gillian A Moore (2) | no contest |
| 2017 | Stephen H Berry | John Denis Martin Nunn | no contest | |
| 2018 | Geoffrey H James (2), Kevin Bowmer, Oliver A Jackson | Andrew P Lewis (2) | no contest | no contest |
| 2019 | Mark Edward Page, Brian Hewson, David Friedgood (2) | Terence P D Chapman, Mark Josse, Oliver A Jackson (2) | no contest | no contest |
| Year | Open 65+ | Open 50+ | Women's 65+ | Women's 50+ |
| 2020 | no contest | no contest | no contest | no contest |
| 2021 | Roger D de Coverly | Mike P Waddington | no contest | no contest |
| 2022 | John Denis Martin Nunn (2) | Paul Motwani, Chris Duncan, Philip Crocker | Gillian A Moore (3), Dinah Margaret Norman, Susan E Chadwick | no contest |
| 2023 | Sheila Jackson, Alan K Punnett, David W Fryer | Keith C Arkell | Sheila Jackson | Rosemary A Giulian |
Over 60/65/50 Championship - More than One Win: 8 Philip Hoad (2 shared wins); 5 David Anderton (3 shared wins); 2 Lim Kok Ann (1 shared win), Michael Cook, Joe Soesan, John Littlewood (1 shared win), Harry Golombek (2 shared wins), George Dickson (2 shared wins), Norman Stephenson (2 shared wins), Paul Byway (1 shared win), Mike Surtees (1 shared win), Roger Emerson (2 shared wins), Kenneth Norman (1 shared win), Geoffrey James (2 shared wins), David Friedgood (2 shared wins), Andrew P Lewis, Oliver Jackson (2 shared wins), John Nunn.
Over 60/65/50 Women's Championship - More than One Win: 3 Gillian Moore (1 shared win).
File Updated
| Date | Notes |
|---|---|
| Early 2000s? | I can't remember exactly when I started this page, to be honest. And I should have added an update list long before now, but hey... |
| 14 June 2021 | Joint 1973 British Girls' U18 champion was Elaine M Sadler, not Elizabeth M Sadler as given here previously. My thanks to Paul Georghiou for pointing this out. Paul provides some references to her by her correct name in SCCU bulletins. Try a search such as site:https://sccu-chess.com elaine sadler |
| 10 October 2021 | Added 2021 British champions as found at this page on the ECF site. |
| 22 August 2022 | 2022 champions added. The published list here. |
| 17 April 2023 | Added the names of the 1946 and 1947 British girls' under-15 champions, as reported in British Chess Magazine, May 1947, page 144. |
| 30 July 2023 | 2023 champions being added when known. |
| 9 August 2023 | Completed addition of 2023 champions. Updated list of senior champions who have won more than one title and moved it next to the list of senior champions. |
| 20 November 2023 | I am grateful to Richard Bates for pointing out that the 2015 Senior Champions were all brigaded in the Over 65 category when two of them should have been in the Over 50 column. I had sourced these details from the ECF resources page. Now amended here. A further correction is that Gillian Moore was Women's Over 65 champion that year as well as in 2016. I have sourced these amendments from ChessMoves for Sept/Oct 2015. |