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
It was always going to be a big challenge, in his hometown.
chance classic close complete control early game lucky middle nice played playing poorly steve win
It was the classic game of two halves. I was in complete control and Steve wasn't playing great. I had every chance to close it out nice and early but then I played poorly in the middle and then he was probably disappointed not to win being one up with two to play. Fortunately, I was the lucky one.
buyers doubt leverage year
There is no doubt that buyers have more leverage than they did a year ago.
combining deceived metro public thinking
The public can be deceived into thinking that this is what they need. I'm for combining services, but I'm not for metro government.
belief crest player riding touch
There is just a touch more self-belief about me now, ... It's riding on a crest of a wave. But I do also feel I am a better player than, say, two years ago.
birdie settled
A birdie at the 10th really settled the nerves.
enemy true value
An enemy makes a true friends value apparent.
best dreamed player
As a kid, I never dreamed I'd be the 13th best player in the world but I have an inkling I can go even further,
easy enjoyable game moment quite
This game will never be too easy but it's quite enjoyable at the moment I will admit.
strangely wrong
Strangely I'm not that disappointed. It was just one of those days, and I just didn't play very well. Everything that could go wrong did go wrong.
middle stern
It is a pretty stern test, ... You have to keep it down the middle because of the rough.
delighted good looking until
I was looking good for the matchplay until I had my injury, so I'm delighted I've made it.
assumed came defend form luke man necessary paul pick
It came as a big surprise, to be honest, ... We all assumed Luke (England's highest-ranked player) would pick Paul to defend the title, but Luke didn't think that was necessary and thought the man on form would be the pick.
nice playing tournament
It is nice playing in a tournament when you are one of the better players.