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
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It was a little hard work to be honest.
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I don't think that happens to golfers too often. But maybe my swing is better than it was before the accident, so maybe it was a good thing.
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I didn't realise the numbers were quite that good. To beat Thomas is a great win for me and I'm delighted.
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Chaos surrounds him out there. I had to handle it for five minutes at the end today and I was frustrated. He probably deals with that every day.
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Hopefully I'll be up to the pressure tomorrow. At this stage of my career, third or fourth place is nice, but it is all about winning.
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An enemy makes a true friends value apparent.
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I hit it perfect and it just kept coming back, ... The crowd cheered, and then booed, and it just hung there.
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I played really nicely and gave myself lots of chances but didn't take many of them. If I can just turn it up a little notch over the weekend I should be in good shape.
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I'm not kidding myself that I'm anywhere near as good as Tiger but who knows? I've got to shoot another two 67s. It's in my own hands.
anywhere good kidding near shoot tiger
I'm not kidding myself that I'm anywhere near as good as Tiger but who knows? ... I've got to shoot another two 67s. It's in my own hands.
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I'm delighted to finally win. I just tried to be aggressive - I knew the other guys wouldn't back down.
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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.
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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.
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I'm very ambitious and winning events like this HSBC Champions tournament is the sort of stuff I want to be doing,