How to follow the British Chess Championships (liveboard links will follow shortly)
Liveboards
Championships
On Chess.com — https://www.chess.com/events/info/2023-british-chess-championships
All games can be viewed from this link. Please select the tournament you wish to view from the drop down menu at the top of the games tab
Main British Championships – Saturday 22nd to Sunday 30th July
On Lichess — https://lichess.org/broadcast/the-british-chess-championship-2023/round-1/evOHtZmr
On Chess24 — https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/british-championship-2023#live
Please note – you can select the round in the Chess24 broadcast by clicking on the round number at the bottom of the page
Major Open (top boards) – Saturday 22nd to Sunday 30th July
On Lichess — https://lichess.org/broadcast/the-major-open-2023/round-4/gySrWmf7
On Chess24 — https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/british-championship-2023-major-open#live
Junior Championships – Tuesday 25th to Saturday 29th July
Under 16/14/12/10/8
On Lichess – https://lichess.org/broadcast/british-chess-championships-2023–under-16-14-12-10-8/EI0vj7O5
Over 50 Championship – Monday 24th to Sunday 30th July
On Chess24 – https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/british-senior-championship-2023-50#live
Over 65 Championships (top boards) – Monday 24th to Sunday 30th July
On Chess24 — https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/british-senior-championship-2023-65#live
Top boards of other events
Weekender Atkins (Open) – Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd July
On LiveChessCloud – https://view.livechesscloud.com/#01a9ee50-54fc-4e89-be36-f06f9b6b00a6
Weekender Penrose (U2000) – Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd July
On LiveChessCloud – https://view.livechesscloud.com/#fcbb6330-f037-47a6-96b3-faa0d56fed47
Commentary
Commentary will be provided by IM Adam Hunt (below left) and GM Daniel Gormally (below right) from the The Venue, DMU. The commentators will be joined by a number of players and guests in the commentary room over the course of the championships.
Commentary was available from 2.30 onwards for each round of the main Championships via GM Simon Williams’ GingerGM commentary channel here – https://www.twitch.tv/gingergm
You can view a playlist of the commentary for every round on the ECF YouTube channel here — https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUJ-x0jmcjUcQVq2U1Xlo4zQaj9yvS7la