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
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.
good great shoot
He's a great player, isn't he? I'm just going to have to shoot a good score.
concerned good guess happen hit miraculous shot slight surprise worry
Going to 16, you always worry that he's going to do the miraculous shot and make a 2, and I guess there was a slight surprise that something good didn't happen for him. I was concerned that he was going to hit a 3-wood to about 15 feet, which would have made things difficult.
against anyone chances fancied left
I fancied my chances against anyone that was left in.
Fortunately I was able to come out on top,
ball bit difference dropped honour lap mess time
I got a little bit of jitters. I've made a mess of things before. But that's the difference today. This time the ball did the lap of honour and dropped in.
advantage drove front nine terrible
He drove a terrible front nine and I just didn't take advantage of it.
higher last scoring year
There is going to be a lot higher scoring than last year and I am very pleased.
ball far greens hit striking top weekend
I don't hit as many greens as the top players, but this weekend my ball striking was far, far better, ... I hit a lot more greens.
beat
I didn't want to beat him too badly,
against anyone believe braver gone respect troops trying
I didn't believe we should have gone in there in the first place, and I'm still against the war. But I respect anyone over there trying to do their job. It's not the troops' fault, it's the administration. (The troops are) a lot braver than me.
delighted dropped happy hit poor shots slightly
I am delighted really. The two dropped shots I just hit poor pitches. That was slightly frustrating but you have to be happy with 63.
delighted expecting hitting holes nicely played score soon start
But as soon as you start hitting it well, then you start expecting to score well. I am delighted to have played 26 holes so nicely today.
delighted good looking until
I was looking good for the matchplay until I had my injury, so I'm delighted I've made it.