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| 19th - 30th August 2005 David will be playing in the Staunton Memorial Tournament at Simpsons-in-the-Strand Website |
| 12th - 20th February 2005. David plays at the Jersey International Chess Festival. |
| 23rd January - 5th February 2005. David plays at the GibTelecom Chess Festival in Gibraltar. Website |
| 22nd - 23rd January 2005. Rounds 5-6, 4NCL at Nottingham Moat House. Website |
| 28th December 04 - 9th January 2005. David plays at the Hastings International Chess Congress. Click here for results |
| 27th January - 5th February, 2004. David plays in the Gibtelecom Masters, Caleta Hotel, Gibraltar. Click here for official site |
| 17th - 18th January, 2004. David plays for Slough in rounds 3 & 4 of the Four Nations Chess League, Telford Moathouse Hotel. Click here for results |
| 7th - 15th January, 2004. David plays in the 2004 Welsh International Chess Congress, Newport Hilton Hotel. Results & photos |
| 28th December, 2003 - 5th January, 2004. David plays in the Hastings Challengers Tournament. Results from official site |
| 6th - 18th December, 2003. David plays in the First Saturday Tournament in Budapest. Results from official site |
| 23rd October - 3rd November, 2003. David represents England in the Under-14 Section of the World Youth Chess Championships, Halkidiki, Greece. Click here for official site |
| 17th October, 2003. Helicopter Chess Challenge for Barnardo's and National Chess Week. After appearing with Mike Sargent on BBC Breakfast TV in the Eastbourne College Long Room, David travelled by Royal Navy helicopter to Guildford, Wokingham, Leicester and the Art of Chess exhibition at Somerset House. He enjoyed enthusiastic receptions at each school, and took part in individual and simultaneous events, and even a human chess game! |
| 12th - 24th September, 2003. David represents England in the Under-14 Section of the European Youth Chess Championships, Budva, Montenegro. Click here for results and games |
| 25th August - 1st September, 2003. David takes part in the Staunton Memorial Tournament, Simpsons-In-The-Strand. David drew with GM John Emms and GM Daniel King. Click here for results and games |
| 4th - 9th August, 2003. David plays in the Ron Banwell Masters, Hilton Hotel, Blackpool. Click here for results and games |
| 20th July - 2nd August, 2003. David gains his second IM Norm at The Smith & Williamson British Chess Championships 2003 in Edinburgh. Click here for results |
| 5th - 18th July, 2003. David plays in the First Saturday IM Tournament in Budapest. Click here for results |
| 3rd July, 2003. David defeats GM Jon Speelman and draws with GM Serjey Karjakin in one week. Here is a sample of the press coverage |
| 24th May, 2003. David plays Sergey Karjakin at the Art Of Chess exhibition. London's prestigious Gilbert Collection Gallery is soon to be host to a fascinating exhibition telling the story of the 'Art of Chess'. From June to September they will be showing some remarkable chess sets as designed by Marcel Duchamp, Damien Hirst, Man Ray, Yoko Ono and many others. There will also be showings of chess movies and various other chess-related happenings. The first of these will be a first-time meeting of David and 13-year-old Ukrainian grandmaster Sergey Karjakin on a giant-sized chessboard in the courtyard of Somerset House on Saturday 28 June, starting at 11am. They will then play open-air simuls against the public between noon and 5pm in the same place. Forty tables will be in play at once and there will be a prize for anyone who manages to draw or win a game against one of the young champions. |
| 17th – 27th May, 2003. David takes part in the Elekes Memorial Tournament, Budapest. |
| 25th April, 2003. David is presented with The Best Young Chess Player Award by Sir Patrick Moore during the recording of Britains Brilliant Prodigies at the London Studios, South Bank. Other awards were presented by Robin Gibb, Sir Bob Geldof and Evelyn Glennie. The programme was hosted by Gabby Logan and Sarah, Duchess of York, under the auspices of Children in Crisis, and was broadcast on Monday 5th May on ITV1 from 6.00 - 7.30pm. Martin Howell took a selection of photographs at the event. Carlton TV took some publicity photographs at the event and have kindly supplied them to the Howell's. Official Photos from Britain's Brilliant Prodigies, copyright Carlton Television ITV News site report 26th April |
| 5th - 15th April, 2003. David wins the First Saturday IM Group A Tournament in Budapest, gaining his first IM Norm. David became the youngest-ever Western player to win an international tournament and gain an IM norm. Malcolm Pein's report from the Daily Telegraph 30/4/2003 Results from the official site |
| 18th - 19th January, 2003. David plays for Slough in Division 1 of the 4NCL. Official site. |
| 28th December, 2002 - 6th January, 2003. David competes in the Hastings Challengers Tournament. Official site. |
| 14th - 15th December, 2002. David wins the London Open Championship in Harrow. |
| 15th - 24th November, 2002. David wins the Under-12 Bronze Medal in the World Youth Chess Championships, Heraklion, Crete. In the final round, David drew with the silver medallist, Magnus Carlsen of Norway, on board one. Click Here for the full BCF report with photos, results & games. Official Site. |
| 23rd - 30th October, 2002. David plays in the Trophee Du Ccas in D'Adge, South of France. Click Here for results. |
| 21st - 27th August, 2002. David represents England in the World Youth Under-16 Chess Olympiad in Kuala Lumpur. Click here for a full report & photos. |
| 13th August, 2002. David plays four blitz games against Alexandra Kosteniuk in London. Click here for photos and report. |
| 27th July - 10th August, 2002. David plays in the British Chess Championship in Torquay. |
| 15th - 21st July, 2002. David takes part in the Aegaen Open Championship on the island of Ikaria. |
| 6th - 13th July, 2002. AO Kydon win the Greek Team Championship in Halkidiki, with David on board 8. |
| 4th June, 2002. David finishes in 6th place at the Jubilee International Tournament in Swansea. David took part in the international all-play-all event held at the Dolphin Hotel, Swansea, over the Jubilee weekend from 31 May - 4 June, 2002. He was undefeated in the first five rounds, drawing with GM Jon Levitt in the fifth round. David lost the remaining four games, finishing in 6th place with a tournament rating of 2256. The weekend was enlivened by a Royal visit on the Sunday morning, when Princes Charles, William and Harry attended a church service a few yards from the tournament venue, attracting a large and enthusiastic crowd of well-wishers. |
| 19th May, 2002. David wins the World Circular Chess Championship in Lincoln. On 19th May, 2002, David took part in the annual World Circular Chess Championship, held in Edward King House in the grounds of Lincoln Cathedral. The event was sponsored by The Duke William Hotel, and attracted thirty-two players, including two from the Netherlands and one from Finland. David defeated the reigning four-time champion, Francis Bowers, in the last seconds of a tense final round to take the title. David was later presented with the trophy at The Duke William Hotel. Second place went to the former world champion, Herman Kok. Many thanks to Sharon Hopkinson, owner of the comfortable Duke William Hotel, Bailgate, Lincoln, for her hospitality, and to David McLeish, the promoter of the event, for his kind support. The championship was organised by The Circular Chess Society of Lincoln, who meet every Thursday evening in the Tap & Spile pub. Circular chess has become increasingly popular since its rediscovery eight years ago, and represents an enjoyable variant of the game, well suited to informal play with traps for the unwary. We are indebted to Richard Orange, publicist of the CCS, for showing us around the historic city of Lincoln and ensuring a good turnout for the tournament. David is looking forward to defending his title in Lincoln next year. |