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
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.
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.
delighted good looking until
I was looking good for the matchplay until I had my injury, so I'm delighted I've made it.
stage standard
I was 5 under today. At this stage in the tournament, that's the standard where you need to be.
birdie settled
A birdie at the 10th really settled the nerves.
touch wait
It's going to be touch and go. We will have to wait and see.
higher last scoring year
There is going to be a lot higher scoring than last year and I am very pleased.