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48th Guernsey International Chess Festival – Prize Winners 2024

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  …

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Blitz Tournament Announcement – Saturday 14th October 2023

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…

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Player Announcement – IM Brandon Clarke

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.

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Player Announcement – IM Harry Grieve

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,…

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Player Announcement – GM Keith Arkell

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…

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Player Announcement – GM Daniel Gormally

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…

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Player Announcement – IM Brandon Clarke

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…

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Guernsey International Chess Festival – Prize Winners 2022

Guernsey International Chess Festival – Prize Winners 2022 We are very happy to announce the winners in the following categories were: Open        1st GM Boris Chatalbashev       2nd GM Mark Hebden       3rd Gunnar Johnsen, John Wager & Harry Zheng Ladies Prize       IM Harriet Hunt & WGM Sheila…

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Seventh Round Pairings

Seventh Round Results With the seventh round of the 46th Guernsey International Chess Festival completed, there is just one round left! The seventh round results are available here. The final standings after the seven rounds of the 46th Guernsey International Chess Festival are available here. We would like to thank our partners & supporters for helping to…

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Seventh Round Pairings

Seventh Round Pairings With the sixth round of the 46th Guernsey International Chess Festival completed, there is just one round left! The sixth round results are available here. Seventh round pairings for the 46th Guernsey International Chess Festival are available here. We would like to thank our partners & supporters for helping to make this happen.

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Sixth Round Pairings

Sixth Round Pairings With the fifth round of the 46th Guernsey International Chess Festival completed, we have now passed the halfway point in the tournament. The fifth round results are available here. Sixth round pairings for the 46th Guernsey International Chess Festival are available here. We would like to thank our partners & supporters for helping to…

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Fifth Round Pairings

Fifth Round Pairings With the fourth round of the 46th Guernsey International Chess Festival completed, we have now passed the halfway point in the tournament. The fourth round results are available here. Fifth round pairings for the 46th Guernsey International Chess Festival are available here. We would like to thank our partners & supporters for helping to…

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Fourth Round Pairings

Fourth Round Pairings Another great day of chess today with the third round of the 46th Guernsey International Chess Festival coming to a close. The third round results are available at http://chess-results.com/tnr628064.aspx?lan=1&art=2&rd=3 Fourth round pairings for the 46th Guernsey International Chess Festival are available here. We would like to thank our partners & supporters for…

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Third Round Pairings

Third Round Pairings Another great day of chess today with the second round of the 46th Guernsey International Chess Festival coming to a close. The second round results are available at https://chess-results.com/tnr628064.aspx?lan=1&art=2&rd=2 Third round pairings for the 46th Guernsey International Chess Festival are available here. We would like to thank our partners & supporters for…

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Second Round Pairings

Second Round Pairings A great day of chess today with the first round of the 46th Guernsey International Chess Festival coming to a close a short while ago. The first round results are available at http://chess-results.com/tnr628064.aspx?lan=1&art=2&rd=1 Second round pairings for the 46th Guernsey International Chess Festival are available at http://chess-results.com/tnr628064.aspx?lan=1&art=2&rd=2 We would like to thank…

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First Round Pairings

First Round Pairings It’s looking like it will be an exciting day of chess tomorrow. First round pairings for the 46th Guernsey International Chess Festival are available at http://chess-results.com/tnr628064.aspx?lan=1&art=2&rd=1 We would like to thank our partners & supporters for helping to make this happen.

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Player Announcement – GM Boris Chatalbashev

GM Boris Chatalbashev 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,…

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Player Announcement – GM Mark Hebden

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

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Player Announcement – Harriet Hunt

IM Harriet Hunt The organising committee for the 46th Guernsey International Chess Festival are pleased to announce that English IM Harriet Hunt will be participating in this year’s event. Harriet is the current British Ladies Champion, having won the title five times (1995, 1996, 1997, 1999 & 2021). Her career highlights including winning the World…

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Player Announcement – Sheila Jackson

WGM Sheila Jackson The organising committee for the 46th Guernsey International Chess Festival are pleased to announce that English WGM Sheila Jackson will be participating in this year’s event. Sheila 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…

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