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
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.
coming crowd hit hung kept perfect
I hit it perfect and it just kept coming back, ... The crowd cheered, and then booed, and it just hung there.
chances gave good lots nicely notch played turn weekend
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.
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.
although notice
I had no idea he was ill. Although I did notice he was getting increasingly sicker by the 13th.
anybody stand strange tiger
If you stand up to Tiger ... it would be strange to be intimidated by anybody else.
golfers good happens maybe swing
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.
beat great numbers quite realise thomas win
I didn't realise the numbers were quite that good. To beat Thomas is a great win for me and I'm delighted.
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.
andrew played pressure
Andrew played fantastically well and put the pressure on me. He wasn't going to let up.
best putter
I just told myself I was the best putter in the world and went for it.