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The

46th Guernsey
Chess Festival

16 - 22 October 2022

at St. James

The organising committee for the 46th Guernsey International Chess Festival is pleased to announce that Danish GM Boris Chatalbashev will be participating in this year’s event.

Boris Chatalbashev | GM | Denmark

The organising committee for the 46th Guernsey International Chess Festival as pleased to announce that Danish GM Boris Chatalbashev will be participating in this year’s event.

He is a four times Bulgarian champion winning in 1991, 1998, 2007 & 2010.

Winner of over 50 open tournaments in classical chess over the years, notable achievements include winning the South Wales International four times, and winning the European Grand Prix in 2002/3.

Recently he was the winner of the open tournament in La Roda (Spain) in 2021 & joint-winner in Kragerø (Norway) in 2022.

He achieved his career best rating of 2613 in 2010.

Boris will be participating in his first Guernsey International Chess Festival and we look forward to welcoming him in October.

The organising committee for the 46th Guernsey International Chess Festival as pleased to announce that English GM Mark Hebden will be participating in this year's event.

Mark Hebden | GM | England

In addition to winning the Open Section of the Guernsey International Chess Festival in 2015 and 2019, Mark is the current English 50+ Champion, winning the Chessable English Seniors Championship in May 2022. He is also the winner of the 28th 4NCL Congress Open which was held in July 2022.

Other career highlights include winning the British Rapidplay Chess Championship in 1990, 1994, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013 and 2015.

Mark is a also regular participant at the 4NCL, Britain’s premier chess league and in 2013, won the 4NCL Individual Championship, held at Daventry.

Mark will be returning for his 12th Guernsey International Chess Festival, his first visit being in 1984.

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Harriet Hunt | IM | England

Harriet Hunt is the current British Ladies Champion, having won the title five times (1995, 1996, 1997, 1999 & 2021).

Her career highlights including winning the World Girls’ U20 Championship in Żagań, Poland in 1997, and representing England on top board in several Olympiads and European Team Championships. At the 1999 European Team Championships in Batumi, Georgia, she scored 7/9 to win the individual gold medal on board 1.

She was awarded the WGM title in 1997 and the International Master title in 1999.

Harriet will be playing in her second Guernsey International Chess Festival in 2022 after a long gap, her first visit being in 1990.

Sheila Jackson | WGM | England

Sheila Jackson is a four-time winner of the British Women’s Chess Championship (1975, 1978, 1980, 1981), is also a double Olympiad Silver Medallist (individual Silver Lucerne 1982 & Team Haifa 1976), and on her Senior Team debut she was also a double Bronze Medallist in Dresden.

Her best tournament result achieved was a 2429 rating performance in the 1984 British Championship.

Sheila has played in the Guernsey International Chess Festival on 12 previous occasions between 1976 and 1997 and we look forward to welcoming her to her 13th Festival in October..

Entrants

ForenamesSurnameCountryClubTournament AgeRatingTitleBirth YearFIDE ID
ThomasVilliersEngland302141CM1992427209
Oliver Jackson England762095FM1946403156
SheilaJackson England642077WGM1957402508
JohnWagerEnglandMaidenhead6820341953420204
IanHeppellEnglandWimbledon6819991954412058
KevinThurlowEngland692019CM1953406104
BerntNordbyNorwayFredrikstad Schackselskap79201219431500694
KeithDowneyWales691808195310700250
HafsteinnAgustssonIceland
Bergen Schakklub69177619532302047
PeterRemieNetherlandsZZ Combinatie65174919571060368
Dinah MargaretNormanEngland761692WCM1946402621
ColinGomanGuernseyGuernsey651619195710700170
DaanPoldermansNetherlands68162619541041231
Alan CollinsEnglandCowley7716061945470120
TallulahRobertsJerseyJersey241521199815600572
Jón Úlfur HafthorssonSwedenUppsala Skolschacksällskap20132720022323206
AndyHillEngland5818961964499927
SimonMorrisEngland3115291991497533
NicholasWarnerEngland621960343414400
FelixSchmittGermany291992
Harriet HuntEngland442395IM1978403512
Karl HeinzKraftGermanyCaissa Wolfenbuttel761989194612924121
J StephenMurrayScotland66167119562401495
PeterKirbyEnglandHorfield & Redland592011CM1963409014
Alan DavidGravettGibraltar7418291948406171
JohnCurtisEnglandBristol & Clifton5420461968411892
GuyVernonEngland3417661988343400400
John RBeadleEngland7515561947402818
DaveTurnerEnglandBourne End7117541951419737
ElsGoudriaanNetherlands5619661087347
WimVan HoekNetherlandsDe Rode Loper821843194010700293
EricEedleEngland1916772002429627
SteveDilleighEngland6320411958408379
OwenPhillipsEnglandSurrey631851AIM1959417882
PeterHoogakkerNetherlandsUCS De Rode Loper49184619731053922
StephenBerkleyEnglandBarking/Esat Ham6716171955486850
RaymondWynarczykEngland6417391958415081
BrianHewsonEngland6920281952437484
BernardRogersEnglandKenilworth6118421961471372
OliverStockhamEnglandCrowborough132009490202
MarkPageEnglandKenilworth6720951954417050
DavidFryerEnglandCrowborough671876AIM1955406384
Karsten DamNetherlandsSV De Stelling1320081094068
DonaldMasonEnglandShirley & Wythall5520811967405116
Dande LisleGuernseyGuernsey49197310700404
JoshuaPinkEnglandKenilworth3619381986424790
MarkHebdenEnglandSyston642434GM1958400084
Christopher GantEnglandAthenaeum632091FM1959403946
HarryZhengEngland1220492010460982
DanielRosenEnglandAshstead, Wimbledon581976CM1964405418
AritaStradeGuernseyGuernsey361918198511603437
MarcJongeriusNetherlandsOud Zuylen Utrecht56166919661055356
Jan HavenaarNetherlandsDe Uil Hillegom71200819511005081
MatthewKirkGuernseyGuernsey361738198610700145
PhilipGiulianScotlandGiffnock712131FM19512400197
RosemaryGiulianScotlandGiffnock58186819642400375
RolfDijksterhuisNetherlandsSV Paul Keres53191119691006452
SvenZeidlerEngland572148FM19651800604
WilliamInghamEnglandTeignmouth7218311949451096
TonGorisNetherlands74189719471003526
AdryGoris-SchouwstraNetherlands79169519421012746
JohnRobinsonEnglandAnstey7919671943406490
MichaelGunnEnglandGuildford7115961951409030
ArjanPlugNetherlandsDaniel Noteboom57179519641011600
JeroenFrijlingNetherlands56166919661001906
DavidRuttenNetherlandsS V Reynaerde52175019701001604
Rithvik DeepakAmbattuScotlandEdinburgh Chess Academy8152320142410060
JackLiuEngland1420088627894
GunnarJohnsenNorwayTromso Sjakklubb77212119451500511
JoaoSantosPortugal39195419831905910
NigelDennisEnglandMaidenhead7718521944408913
GeerhardReinkNetherlands64164719581095544
AlanHallEngland6917231952449652
KeithFlanaganGuernsey57196510700412
ClaudeDuboisSwitzerlandLa Chaux-de-Fonds63180719591318390
RussellFinchGuernseyGuernsey721613195010700277
JosTeeuwenNetherlandsFischer Z62202919591008897
Bramvan DijkNetherlandsFischer Z69195019531001116
David WBennett
England7414081948448460
BorisChatalbashevDenmark482488GM19742900440
AlfieOnslowEnglandEaling1921152002436976
AndrewSmithIrelandBourne End632087FM19592500833
GarthOwenGuernsey341740198810700382
MonikaAshbrookeJerseyJersey441321197715600262
DavidCollierEnglandBristol & Clifton7320041949406422
JohnGloverEnglandLoughborough9316781929415740
GarryForbesJerseyJersey461859CM197610700331
DiegoCordovaEnglandRichmond1520062007459313
TimourBoudkeevSwitzerland501972
AlaaGamalEnglandBasildon3517311986469114
MichaelStannersEngland6917511953437212
MikeWaddingtonEnglandDorchester562027FM1966410497
GerdaNevskaGuernseyGuernsey341841198810700366
OliverRoweGuernseyGuernsey411515198010700226
GerhardSchröderGermany55201719664646789
NicholasRoyleGuernseyGuernsey2314821998343408796
Keesde KruifNetherlandsFischerZ66184619561006479
RobertStarleyEnglandSandwich2920201993421006
TobyBrookfieldGuernseyGuernsey511816CM197110700234
AntoineCanonneFrance6818531954619388
EricHenryFrance6015581962694681
FredHamperlGuernseyGuernsey561983FM196610700110
DavidSedgwickEnglandMushrooms6818741954404020
ChrisFeganEngland6320131959410047
Pierre MoyroudFranceCercle Potemkine391705198326090759
GrahamKershawEnglandEngland6916091953448826
TerryHarndenGuernseyGuernsey641488195810700340
KeithParkerEngland6118341961444596
GusWeberJerseyJersey10201115600378
Ethan
PangEngland
714672015496995
JamieMorganGuernseyCamborne5717411965451495
Dies
de DreuNetherlandsMoira-Domtoren43192419791033026
SebastiaanSimonsBelgiumBrasschaak
2917711993243434
BogdanNalichowskiPolandGuernsey72136119501184873
The 46th Guernsey Chess Festival - Entrants (as of 11/10/2022)