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
chaos deals five handle minutes surrounds today
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.
fourth hopefully pressure stage third
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.
bit finish good pleased posted seven strong work
I am pleased with my week's work but a bit disappointed. I got myself to seven under and if I had had a good strong finish I could have posted a good total.
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.
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.
aggressive delighted finally guys knew tried
I'm delighted to finally win. I just tried to be aggressive - I knew the other guys wouldn't back down.
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.
anybody stand strange tiger
If you stand up to Tiger ... it would be strange to be intimidated by anybody else.
fabulous highs
I'm not a person who has fabulous highs or unbelievable lows,
easy guys knew plenty
I knew the guys would be making plenty of birdies, so they weren't going to make it easy for me,
nice pleased round weather
I'm really pleased to get round without a bogey, ... We could just do with some nice weather and everything would be great.
andrew played pressure
Andrew played fantastically well and put the pressure on me. He wasn't going to let up.
bit struggle
All in all it was a bit of a struggle.
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.