The 49th BWCI Guernsey International Chess Festival | 19 - 25 October 2025
Another great day of chess today with the fourth round of the 47th BWCI Guernsey International Chess Festival coming to a close a short while ago. The Open Tournament fourth round results are available here. Fifth round pairings for the Open Tournament are available here. The Challenger Tournament fourth round results are available here.…
Another great day of chess today with the fourth round of the 47th BWCI Guernsey International Chess Festival coming to a close a short while ago. The Open Tournament third round results are available here. Fourth round pairings for the Open Tournament are available here. The Challenger Tournament third round results are available here.…
Another great day of chess today with the second round of the 47th BWCI Guernsey International Chess Festival coming to a close a short while ago. The Open Tournament first round results are available here. Second round pairings for the Open Tournament are available here. The Challenger Tournament first round results are available here. Second round…
A great day of chess today with the first round of the 47th BWCI Guernsey International Chess Festival coming to a close a short while ago. The Open Tournament first round results are available here. Second round pairings for the Open Tournament are available here. The Challenger Tournament first round results are available here. Second round…
Blitz Tournament The organising committee for the 47th BWCI Guernsey International Chess Festival is pleased to announce that there will be a Blitz Tournament held at St. James on Saturday 14th October starting at 19:00. 1st PRIZE: £75.00, 2nd PRIZE: £50.00, 3rd PRIZE: £25:00Additional Chessable prizes in addition to the cash prizes. TIME CONTROL: 3…
IM Brandon Clarke The organising committee for the 47th BWCI Guernsey International Chess Festival is sorry to announce that English IM Brandon Clarke will be not be participating in this year’s event. Due to a scheduling conflict Brandon has to withdraw from the tournament.
IM Harry Grieve The organising committee for the 47th BWCI Guernsey International Chess Festival is pleased to announce that English IM Harry Grieve will be participating in this year’s event. Harry became an IM In 2022 and has 2 GM norms (in British Championship 2022 and 4NCL 2022-23). He was UK Chess Challenge Champion 2017,…
GM Keith Arkell The organising committee for the 47th BWCI Guernsey International Chess Festival is pleased to announce that 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…
GM Daniel Gormally The organising committee for the 47th BWCI Guernsey International Chess Festival is pleased to announce that 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…
IM Brandon Clarke The organising committee for the 47th BWCI Guernsey International Chess Festival is pleased to announce that English IM Brandon Clarke will be participating in this year’s event. Brandon is a former British Junior Champion, Australian Blitz Champion and New Zealand Champion His career highlights include winning the UK Chess Challenge, playing in…