Adams yet to receive British trophy

In a blog entry entitled winning ugly, Michael Adams describes the “hard work” it took for him to win this year's British Chess Championship. He also addresses some of the problems he saw with the event, including the use of accelerated pairings (which meant the top players had all played each other with 3 rounds to go), and a “ridiculous” tiebreak system that went straight from rapid chess to Armageddon in case of a tie. The most curious observation, however, was that despite winning the prestigious event for a second year in row, he hadn't been awarded a trophy:

I have never been too interested in trophies, but it seemed odd that there was nothing presented for the British Championship. I was told the British trophy was in for repairs last year, and I guess these were not an unqualified success as apparently it is now too fragile to be moved.

Adams' blog entry in full at his official website
WhyChess final report from the British Championship