Guernsey Chess Festival Players 2023

Featured Players

Keith Arkell | GM | England

English GM Keith Arkell will be participating in this year’s event.

Keith has been winning 10 or more tournaments a year for 45 years. Best recent results include jointly winning Vienna Open with 7.5/9, ahead of 460 players including 25 GMs, in 2015. Winning the European Senior ( 50+) Championship in Porto in 2014, and at the end of that year getting a 2 way share of first prize in the World Senior Championship, but losing the title on Bucholz.

In 2014 he was voted the English Chess Federation Player of the Year. In 2021 Keith won the British online Championship. In 2022 he won individual Gold medals for his performances in helping England seniors (50+) win both the World and European Team Championships.

This will be his fifth appearance in the Guernsey International Chess Festival with his last appearance being in 2001 and we look forward to welcoming him in October.

Daniel Gormally | GM | England

English GM Daniel Gormally will be participating in this year’s event.

In November 2006 Daniel was joint winner of the British Rapidplay Chess Championship. In 2015 he tied for the second place with David Howell and Nicholas Pert in the 102nd British Championship and eventually finished fourth on tiebreak.

Daniel played for the English national team in the 2005 European Team Chess Championship and 2006 Chess Olympiad.

This will be his second appearance in the Guernsey International Chess Festival with his first appearance being in 2001 and we look forward to welcoming him in October.

Harry Grieve | IM | England

Harry is a former UK Chess Challenge Champion 2017, British Online Rapid Champion 2020 & British Champion 2022 with unbeaten 7.5/9

He scored 4.5/7 in Guernsey 2014 in his first visit to Guernsey in 2014 & scored 4.5/7 again at his next appearance in 2018.

This will be his third appearance in the Guernsey International Chess Festival and we look forward to welcoming him in October.

Open Tournament

Forenames	Surname	Country	Club	Tournament Age	Rating	Title	Birth Year	FIDE ID

Daniel	Gormally	England	Blackthorne	47	2447	GM	1976	406465
Harry	Grieve	England	The Sharks	22	2434	IM	2001	426520
Keith	Arkell	England	Cheddleton	62	2352	GM	1961	400270
Philip	Giulian	Scotland	Giffnock	72	2113	FM	1951	2400197
John	Wager	England	Maidenhead	69	2058		1953	420204
Alan	Punnett	England	Guildford	66	2051		1957	405400
John	Curtis	England	Bristol & Clifton	54	2021		1968	411892
Steve	Dilleigh	England	Horfield & Redland	64	2021		1958	408379
Kevin	Thurlow	England		70	2020	CM	1953	406104
Ian	Heppell	England	Wimbledon	69	1992		1954	412058
Karl Heinz	Kraft	Germany	Caissa Wolfenbuttel	77	1989		1946	12924121
Daniel	Rosen	England	Ashstead, Wimbledon	59	1976	CM	1964	405418
David	Collier	England	Bristol & Clifton	74	1968		1949	406422
Joao	Santos	Portugal	East Ham	40	1964		1983	1905910
Ian	Campbell	England	Aigburth	74	1952		1949	415219
Guillaume	Levesque	France	Échiquier Domloupeen	24	1943		1999	20698330
Arita	Strade	Guernsey	Guernsey	37	1926		1985	11603437
Ton	Goris	Netherlands		75	1915		1947	1003526
James	Hawkins	England	Liverpool	67	1910		1956	409928
Kees	de Kruif	Netherlands	FischerZ	67	1887		1956	1006479
Rolf	Dijksterhuis	Netherlands	SV Paul Keres	54	1872		1969	1006452
Rosemary	Giulian	Scotland	Giffnock	59	1849		1964	2400375
Oliver	Stockham	England	Crowborough	14	1821		2009	490202
Alan David	Gravett	Gibraltar		75	1810		1948	406171
J Stephen	Murray	Scotland		67	1702		1956	2401495
William	Ingham	England	Teignmouth	73	1783		1949	451096
Jamie	Morgan	Guernsey	Camborne	58	1774		1965	451495
Keith	Downey	Wales		70	1766		1953	10700250
Alexander	Hertog	England	Oxford City	13	1645		2009	488453
Craig	Kennedy	Scotland		57	1979		1966	408905
Thailo	van Ree	Netherlands	De Rode Loper	48	1900*		1975	40102181
Matthew	Kirk	Guernsey	Guernsey	37	1747		1986	10700145
Louis	Cheng	Scotland	Edinburgh Chess Academy	8	1690		2015	2410389
Isaac	Browning	Scotland	Wandering Dragons	21	1962		2001	2409020
Fred	Hamperl	Guernsey	Guernsey	57	1998	FM	1966	10700110
Peter	Rowe	Guernsey	Guernsey	70	1938	CM	1953	10700099
Garry	Forbes	Jersey	Jersey	47	1834	CM	1976	10700331

The 47th BWCI Guernsey Chess Festival Open Tournament - Entrants (as of 11/10/2023 17:00)

The entries can also be found at chess-results.com https://chess-results.com/tnr801823.aspx but the list is currently updated infrequently.

Challenger Tournament (<1900 ELO)

Forenames	Surname	Country	Club	Tournament Age	Rating	Birth Year	FIDE ID
Peter	Hoogakker	Netherlands	UCS De Rode Loper	50	1877	1973	1053922
Nigel	Dennis	England	Maidenhead	78	1803	1944	408913
Gerda	Nevska	Guernsey	Guernsey	35	1765	1988	10700366
Viktors	Steinbergs	Latvia	Kuldiga Chess Club	71	1763	1952	11605197
Dave	Turner	England	Bourne End	72	1750	1951	419737
Peter	Remie	Netherlands	SV Bommelerwaard	66	1728	1957	1060368
Adry	Goris-Schouwstra	Netherlands	BSV Bergen op Zoom	80	1706	1942	1012746
Marc	Jongerius	Netherlands	Oud Zuylen Utrecht	57	1695	1966	1055356
Karsten	Dam	Netherlands	SV De Stelling	14	1665	2008	1094068
Colin	Goman	Guernsey	Guernsey	66	1636	1957	10700170
Daan	Poldermans	Netherlands	ENPS	69	1632	1954	1041231
Steve	Clare	England	Wallasey	70	1628	1952	439371
Elmira	Walker	England	Downend & Fishponds	42	1626 ECF	1980	343434169
Russell	Finch	Guernsey	Guernsey	73	1619	1950	10700277
Alan	Collins	England	Cowley	78	1618	1945	470120
Stephen	Berkley	England	East Ham	68	1615	1955	486850
Michael	Gunn	England	Guildford	72	1606	1951	409030
Terry	Harnden	Guernsey	Guernsey	65	1524	1958	10700340
Christopher	Bernard	England	Crystal Palace Chess Club	59	1516	1964	447447
Peter	Rijsdijk	Nederland	Sv Doorn Driebergen	56	1469	1967	40101410
Keith	Flanagan	Guernsey		58	1443	1965	10700412
David W	Bennett	England	Brighton and Hove	75	1402	1948	448460
Dan	de Lisle	Guernsey	Guernsey	50	1390	1973	10700404
Nicholas	Royle	Guernsey	Guernsey	25	1506	1998	343408796
Geerhard	Reink	Netherlands		65	1520	1958	1095544
Monika	Ashbrooke	Jersey	Jersey	45	1396	1977	15600262
Oliver	Rowe	Guernsey	Guernsey	42	1541	1980	10700226

The 47th Guernsey Chess Festival Challenger/Holiday Tournament - Entrants (as of 14/10/2023 10:30)
(<1900 ELO)

The entries can also be found at chess-results.com https://chess-results.com/tnr803394.aspx but the list is currently updated infrequently.

Blitz Tournament (14 Oct 2023)

Forenames	Surname	Country	Club	Tournament Age	Blitz Rating	Title	Birth Year	FIDE ID
Arita	Strade	Guernsey	Guernsey	38	1818		1985	11603437
Rolf	Dijksterhuis	Netherlands	SV Paul Keres	54	-		1969	1006452
Matthew	Kirk	Guernsey	Guernsey	37	1702		1986	10700145
Karsten	Dam	Netherlands	SV De Stelling	14	-		2008	1094068
Colin	Goman	Guernsey	Guernsey	66	1851		1957	10700170
Jonathan	Hill	Guernsey	Guernsey	48	1559		1975	10700390
Elmira	Walker	England	Downend & Fishponds	42	-		1980	343434169
Gerda	Nevska	Guernsey	Guernsey	35	1858		1988	10700366
Alexander	Hertog	England	Oxford City	13	-		2009	488453
Nicholas	Royle	Guernsey	Guernsey	25	-		1998	343408796
Keith	Downey	Wales		70	-		1953	10700250
Joao	Santos	Portugal	East Ham	39	1719		1983	1905910
Pjotr	Dam	Netherlands	SV De Stelling	16	-		2006	1096249
Harry	Grieve	England	The Sharks	22	2319	IM	2001	426520
Viktors	Steinbergs	Latvia	Kuldiga Chess Club	71	1674		1952	11605197
Daniel	Gormally	England	Blackthorne	47	2522	GM	1976	406465
Thailo	van Ree	Netherlands	De Rode Loper	48	-		1975	40102181
Keith	Arkell	England	Cheddleton	62	2327	GM	1961	400270
Oliver	Rowe	Guernsey	Guernsey	42	-		1980	10700226
Peter	Rowe	Guernsey	Guernsey	70	1989	CM	1953	10700099

The 47th Guernsey Chess Festival Blitz Tournament - Entrants (as of 13/10/2023 10:35)

The entries can also be found at chess-results.com https://chess-results.com/tnr828378.aspx but the list is currently updated infrequently.