David Howell
David Howell
David Wei Liang Howellis an English chess grandmaster and British champion in 2009, 2013 and 2014. He is the youngest chess Grandmaster in the United Kingdom, a title he earned when he came second during the 35th Rilton Cup in Stockholm on 5 January 2007 when he was 16. The previous record holder, Luke McShane, was six months older when he became a grandmaster...
ProfessionChess Player
Date of Birth14 November 1990
best caddie days delighted finish gave joint score telling
I'm delighted really. My caddie just gave me a telling off as I was a little disappointed to finish five, five. But I have just had my joint best score and my best score two days in a row, so I have got to be happy.
player satisfied
I'm a better player than I thought I ever would be and I'm still not satisfied and I think I can be better.
ambitious champions events sort stuff tournament winning
I'm very ambitious and winning events like this HSBC Champions tournament is the sort of stuff I want to be doing,
chaotic guys handled lots noise pleased quite talk
It was more chaotic than I thought it was going to be, ... Lots of guys talk about the noise when they play Tiger, and it is pretty bad. I'm quite pleased with myself the way I handled myself.
chaotic
It was more chaotic than I thought it was going to be,
days love nor wrong
It was one of those days where everything that could go wrong did go wrong. I couldn't do anything right, for love nor money.
bad birdie overly
It's very pleasant, not overly difficult. There's going to be a birdie fest. And that's probably not a bad way to have it.
bad birdie overly
It's very pleasant, not overly difficult, ... There's going to be a birdie fest. And that's probably not a bad way to have it.
decent golf
As I showed in the Masters, if I play decent golf I am going to do well.
Don't get me wrong, it was a big day because it was Tiger.
birdie settled
A birdie at the 10th really settled the nerves.
easy enjoyable game moment quite
This game will never be too easy but it's quite enjoyable at the moment I will admit.
certainly
It was certainly better than I expected. You always come into these things with a pessimistic attitude.
although bogey coming days firing gone played rarely
It was coming really. I have rarely gone a day without firing a bogey and to have two days without one would have been amazing. I played well although I really didn't feel comfortable out there,