The
46th Guernsey
Chess Festival
16 - 22 October 2022
at St. James
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.
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.
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
| Forenames | Surname | Country | Club | Tournament Age | Rating | Title | Birth Year | FIDE ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas | Villiers | England | 30 | 2141 | CM | 1992 | 427209 | |
| Oliver | Jackson | England | 76 | 2095 | FM | 1946 | 403156 | |
| Sheila | Jackson | England | 64 | 2077 | WGM | 1957 | 402508 | |
| John | Wager | England | Maidenhead | 68 | 2034 | 1953 | 420204 | |
| Ian | Heppell | England | Wimbledon | 68 | 1999 | 1954 | 412058 | |
| Kevin | Thurlow | England | 69 | 2019 | CM | 1953 | 406104 | |
| Bernt | Nordby | Norway | Fredrikstad Schackselskap | 79 | 2012 | 1943 | 1500694 | |
| Keith | Downey | Wales | 69 | 1808 | 1953 | 10700250 | ||
| Hafsteinn | Agustsson | Iceland | Bergen Schakklub | 69 | 1776 | 1953 | 2302047 | |
| Peter | Remie | Netherlands | ZZ Combinatie | 65 | 1749 | 1957 | 1060368 | |
| Dinah Margaret | Norman | England | 76 | 1692 | WCM | 1946 | 402621 | |
| Colin | Goman | Guernsey | Guernsey | 65 | 1619 | 1957 | 10700170 | |
| Daan | Poldermans | Netherlands | 68 | 1626 | 1954 | 1041231 | ||
| Alan | Collins | England | Cowley | 77 | 1606 | 1945 | 470120 | |
| Tallulah | Roberts | Jersey | Jersey | 24 | 1521 | 1998 | 15600572 | |
| Jón Úlfur | Hafthorsson | Sweden | Uppsala Skolschacksällskap | 20 | 1327 | 2002 | 2323206 | |
| Andy | Hill | England | 58 | 1896 | 1964 | 499927 | ||
| Simon | Morris | England | 31 | 1529 | 1991 | 497533 | ||
| Nicholas | Warner | England | 62 | 1960 | 343414400 | |||
| Felix | Schmitt | Germany | 29 | 1992 | ||||
| Harriet | Hunt | England | 44 | 2395 | IM | 1978 | 403512 | |
| Karl Heinz | Kraft | Germany | Caissa Wolfenbuttel | 76 | 1989 | 1946 | 12924121 | |
| J Stephen | Murray | Scotland | 66 | 1671 | 1956 | 2401495 | ||
| Peter | Kirby | England | Horfield & Redland | 59 | 2011 | CM | 1963 | 409014 |
| Alan David | Gravett | Gibraltar | 74 | 1829 | 1948 | 406171 | ||
| John | Curtis | England | Bristol & Clifton | 54 | 2046 | 1968 | 411892 | |
| Guy | Vernon | England | 34 | 1766 | 1988 | 343400400 | ||
| John R | Beadle | England | 75 | 1556 | 1947 | 402818 | ||
| Dave | Turner | England | Bourne End | 71 | 1754 | 1951 | 419737 | |
| Els | Goudriaan | Netherlands | 56 | 1966 | 1087347 | |||
| Wim | Van Hoek | Netherlands | De Rode Loper | 82 | 1843 | 1940 | 10700293 | |
| Eric | Eedle | England | 19 | 1677 | 2002 | 429627 | ||
| Steve | Dilleigh | England | 63 | 2041 | 1958 | 408379 | ||
| Owen | Phillips | England | Surrey | 63 | 1851 | AIM | 1959 | 417882 |
| Peter | Hoogakker | Netherlands | UCS De Rode Loper | 49 | 1846 | 1973 | 1053922 | |
| Stephen | Berkley | England | Barking/Esat Ham | 67 | 1617 | 1955 | 486850 | |
| Raymond | Wynarczyk | England | 64 | 1739 | 1958 | 415081 | ||
| Brian | Hewson | England | 69 | 2028 | 1952 | 437484 | ||
| Bernard | Rogers | England | Kenilworth | 61 | 1842 | 1961 | 471372 | |
| Oliver | Stockham | England | Crowborough | 13 | 2009 | 490202 | ||
| Mark | Page | England | Kenilworth | 67 | 2095 | 1954 | 417050 | |
| David | Fryer | England | Crowborough | 67 | 1876 | AIM | 1955 | 406384 |
| Karsten | Dam | Netherlands | SV De Stelling | 13 | 2008 | 1094068 | ||
| Donald | Mason | England | Shirley & Wythall | 55 | 2081 | 1967 | 405116 | |
| Dan | de Lisle | Guernsey | Guernsey | 49 | 1973 | 10700404 | ||
| Joshua | Pink | England | Kenilworth | 36 | 1938 | 1986 | 424790 | |
| Mark | Hebden | England | Syston | 64 | 2434 | GM | 1958 | 400084 |
| Christopher | Gant | England | Athenaeum | 63 | 2091 | FM | 1959 | 403946 |
| Harry | Zheng | England | 12 | 2049 | 2010 | 460982 | ||
| Daniel | Rosen | England | Ashstead, Wimbledon | 58 | 1976 | CM | 1964 | 405418 |
| Arita | Strade | Guernsey | Guernsey | 36 | 1918 | 1985 | 11603437 | |
| Marc | Jongerius | Netherlands | Oud Zuylen Utrecht | 56 | 1669 | 1966 | 1055356 | |
| Jan | Havenaar | Netherlands | De Uil Hillegom | 71 | 2008 | 1951 | 1005081 | |
| Matthew | Kirk | Guernsey | Guernsey | 36 | 1738 | 1986 | 10700145 | |
| Philip | Giulian | Scotland | Giffnock | 71 | 2131 | FM | 1951 | 2400197 |
| Rosemary | Giulian | Scotland | Giffnock | 58 | 1868 | 1964 | 2400375 | |
| Rolf | Dijksterhuis | Netherlands | SV Paul Keres | 53 | 1911 | 1969 | 1006452 | |
| Sven | Zeidler | England | 57 | 2148 | FM | 1965 | 1800604 | |
| William | Ingham | England | Teignmouth | 72 | 1831 | 1949 | 451096 | |
| Ton | Goris | Netherlands | 74 | 1897 | 1947 | 1003526 | ||
| Adry | Goris-Schouwstra | Netherlands | 79 | 1695 | 1942 | 1012746 | ||
| John | Robinson | England | Anstey | 79 | 1967 | 1943 | 406490 | |
| Michael | Gunn | England | Guildford | 71 | 1596 | 1951 | 409030 | |
| Arjan | Plug | Netherlands | Daniel Noteboom | 57 | 1795 | 1964 | 1011600 | |
| Jeroen | Frijling | Netherlands | 56 | 1669 | 1966 | 1001906 | ||
| David | Rutten | Netherlands | S V Reynaerde | 52 | 1750 | 1970 | 1001604 | |
| Rithvik Deepak | Ambattu | Scotland | Edinburgh Chess Academy | 8 | 1523 | 2014 | 2410060 | |
| Jack | Liu | England | 14 | 2008 | 8627894 | |||
| Gunnar | Johnsen | Norway | Tromso Sjakklubb | 77 | 2121 | 1945 | 1500511 | |
| Joao | Santos | Portugal | 39 | 1954 | 1983 | 1905910 | ||
| Nigel | Dennis | England | Maidenhead | 77 | 1852 | 1944 | 408913 | |
| Geerhard | Reink | Netherlands | 64 | 1647 | 1958 | 1095544 | ||
| Alan | Hall | England | 69 | 1723 | 1952 | 449652 | ||
| Keith | Flanagan | Guernsey | 57 | 1965 | 10700412 | |||
| Claude | Dubois | Switzerland | La Chaux-de-Fonds | 63 | 1807 | 1959 | 1318390 | |
| Russell | Finch | Guernsey | Guernsey | 72 | 1613 | 1950 | 10700277 | |
| Jos | Teeuwen | Netherlands | Fischer Z | 62 | 2029 | 1959 | 1008897 |
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| Bram | van Dijk | Netherlands | Fischer Z | 69 | 1950 | 1953 | 1001116 |
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| David W | Bennett | England | 74 | 1408 | 1948 | 448460 | ||
| Boris | Chatalbashev | Denmark | 48 | 2488 | GM | 1974 | 2900440 | |
| Alfie | Onslow | England | Ealing | 19 | 2115 | 2002 | 436976 |
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| Andrew | Smith | Ireland | Bourne End | 63 | 2087 | FM | 1959 | 2500833 |
| Garth | Owen | Guernsey | 34 | 1740 | 1988 | 10700382 | ||
| Monika | Ashbrooke | Jersey | Jersey | 44 | 1321 | 1977 | 15600262 | |
| David | Collier | England | Bristol & Clifton | 73 | 2004 | 1949 | 406422 | |
| John | Glover | England | Loughborough | 93 | 1678 | 1929 | 415740 | |
| Garry | Forbes | Jersey | Jersey | 46 | 1859 | CM | 1976 | 10700331 |
| Diego | Cordova | England | Richmond | 15 | 2006 | 2007 | 459313 | |
| Timour | Boudkeev | Switzerland | 50 | 1972 | ||||
| Alaa | Gamal | England | Basildon | 35 | 1731 | 1986 | 469114 | |
| Michael | Stanners | England | 69 | 1751 | 1953 | 437212 | ||
| Mike | Waddington | England | Dorchester | 56 | 2027 | FM | 1966 | 410497 |
| Gerda | Nevska | Guernsey | Guernsey | 34 | 1841 | 1988 | 10700366 |
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| Oliver | Rowe | Guernsey | Guernsey | 41 | 1515 | 1980 | 10700226 | |
| Gerhard | Schröder | Germany | 55 | 2017 | 1966 | 4646789 | ||
| Nicholas | Royle | Guernsey | Guernsey | 23 | 1482 | 1998 | 343408796 | |
| Kees | de Kruif | Netherlands | FischerZ | 66 | 1846 | 1956 | 1006479 | |
| Robert | Starley | England | Sandwich | 29 | 2020 | 1993 | 421006 | |
| Toby | Brookfield | Guernsey | Guernsey | 51 | 1816 | CM | 1971 | 10700234 |
| Antoine | Canonne | France | 68 | 1853 | 1954 | 619388 | ||
| Eric | Henry | France | 60 | 1558 | 1962 | 694681 | ||
| Fred | Hamperl | Guernsey | Guernsey | 56 | 1983 | FM | 1966 | 10700110 |
| David | Sedgwick | England | Mushrooms | 68 | 1874 | 1954 | 404020 | |
| Chris | Fegan | England | 63 | 2013 | 1959 | 410047 | ||
| Pierre | Moyroud | France | Cercle Potemkine | 39 | 1705 | 1983 | 26090759 | |
| Graham | Kershaw | England | England | 69 | 1609 | 1953 | 448826 | |
| Terry | Harnden | Guernsey | Guernsey | 64 | 1488 | 1958 | 10700340 | |
| Keith | Parker | England | 61 | 1834 | 1961 | 444596 | ||
| Gus | Weber | Jersey | Jersey | 10 | 2011 | 15600378 | ||
| Ethan | Pang | England | 7 | 1467 | 2015 | 496995 |
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| Jamie | Morgan | Guernsey | Camborne | 57 | 1741 | 1965 | 451495 | |
| Dies | de Dreu | Netherlands | Moira-Domtoren | 43 | 1924 | 1979 | 1033026 | |
| Sebastiaan | Simons | Belgium | Brasschaak | 29 | 1771 | 1993 | 243434 | |
| Bogdan | Nalichowski | Poland | Guernsey | 72 | 1361 | 1950 | 1184873 |