48th BWCI Guernsey International Chess Festival – Prize Winners 2024

We are very happy to announce the winners in the following categories were:

Open Tournament

Category	Place	Name	Country

Open Tournament	1st	Arita Strade	Guernsey
	=1st	Katarzyna Toma	England
	=3rd	Keith Arkell	England
	=3rd	Peter Kirby	Guernsey
	=3rd	Gunnar Johnson	Norway

Ladies	1st	Olivia Smith	Wales

Veterans Prize	1st	Philip Giulian	Scotland
	2nd	Norbert Krueger	Germany
	3rd	John Wager	England

Channel Islands Prize		Fred Hamperl	Guernsey

Grading Prize (2000-2099)	1st	Stephen Dilleigh	England
	2nd	Kevin Thurlow	England
	3rd	John Curtis	England

Grading Prize (<2000)	1st	Rolf Dijksterhuis	Netherlands
	2nd	Mike Waddington	England
	3rd	Jamie Morgan	Guernsey

Best Game		Olivia Smith	Wales
The final standings for the Open Tournament are available here.

Category	Place	Name	Country

Challengers Tournament	1st	Pierre Moyroud	France
	=2nd	Gerda Nevska	Guernsey
	=2nd	Odd Christofferesen	Norway
	=2nd	David Newell	England

Grading Prize (1700-1799)	1st	Russell Finch	Guernsey
	2nd	Marc Jongerius	Netherlands
	3rd	Bob Wheat	USA

Grading Prize (1600-1699)	1st	Keith Flanagan	Guernsey
	=2nd	Frits Bakkes	Netherlands
	=2nd	David Curran	England

Grading Prize (<1600)	1st	John Williams	Wales
	2nd	Samudra Biswas	India
	3rd	Liam Bezuidenhout	Guernsey
The final standings for the Challengers Tournament are available here.

Category	Place	Name	Country

Blitz	1st	Keith Arkell	England
	2nd	Hamish Olson	Scotland
	3rd	Mike Waddington	England
The final standings for the Blitz Tournament are available here.