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I did get one or two chess-related sweaters and t-shirts from tournaments.

Laurence beat me to it... Open Kata Toma (ENG) 6/7, Polle Van Arendonk 5.5, Karsten Dam 5/7, Jan Maarten Van Den Boogaart and Ton Van Ingen 4.5 (all NL) I only glanced at the games "live" and got the impression Kata was rarely in trouble, but when her position didn't look great, she fought back rath...

Round 7 Open 1. K Toma (5) - T Van Ingen (4.5) 2. P Van Arendonk (4.5) - M Davey (4) 3. K Dam (4) - P Giulian (4) 4. JM Van Den Boogaart (4) - DB Rosen (3.5) Challengers 1. GD Brown (4.5) - P Kirby (4.5) 2. N Dennis (4.5) - P Hoogakker (4.5) 3. T Weijers (4) - B Tedd (4) 4. S Jacob (4) - Bas Van Are...

Round 6 Open 1. P Giulian (3.5) - K Toma (4.5) 2. P Van Arendonk (3.5) - J Wager (3.5) 3. A Van Leeuwen (3.5) - T Van Ingen (3.5) 4. M Davey (3.5) - JM Van Den Boogaart (3.5) Challengers 1. P Kirby (4) - T Weijers (3.5) 2. B Tedd (3.5) - S Jacob (3.5) 3. T Adame (3.5) - NW Dennis (3.5) 4. G Brown (3...

Very sad news - he was always helpful and informative whenever I spoke to him.

"That looks like a late result correction"

I did wonder... If I manage to ask, I'll report back!

Edit
I have asked, arbiter confirms result was wrongly reported/recorded, and once the pairing is published, you cannot change it.

A good rule of thumb for any sort of rules and regulations is, "The more complicated they are, the worse they are". Seeded Swisses do have the problem that Ian outlined, e.g. 1 v 16, 17 v 32 (and of course much worse in big events). The "Swiss Bounce" can be dramatic - I played one where I lost to t...

Round 5 Open 1. K Toma (3.5) - P Van Arendonk (3.5) 2. JM Van Den Boogaart (3) - P Giulian (3) 3. T Van Ingen (2.5) - K Dam (3) 7 others on 2.5 Challengers 1. N Dennis (3.5) - P Kirby (3) 2. T Weijers (3) - T Adams (3) 3. S Jacob (3) - G Brown (3) Some of the other pairings in the challengers look o...

I don't know about packages - ferries from Portsmouth were only announced a couple of weeks ago, and flights from Bristol were only announced a couple of months ago. If you come from mainland Europe, you basically have to fly to England then to Guernsey, or take a boat from France.

It seems a popular lunch venue, but otherwise is not crowded. Staying at the Peninsula, there is a choice of dinner there or the pub opposite, so many people have opted to stay in St Peter Port, which has a great choice of places to eat, but an awkward commute to the venue. Buses stop about 6,30 pm,...

Open top pairings for Rd 4 are

1 Mark Davey (2,5) - Katarzyna Toma (2.5)
2 Polle van Arendonk (2.5) - Stephen Dilleigh (2.5)
3 Alain Van Leeuwen (2) - Jan M Van Den Boogaart (2.5)
and 5 more on 2

Challengers

1 Geoffrey Brown (3) - Nigel Dennis (2.5)
2. Peter Kirby (2.5) - Tom Adams (2.5)
and 7 on 2

There are only 62 players this year, and many are staying elsewhere. The food, accommodation and service are all very good. If you check prices on suitable internet sources, you will find they are all higher than pre-Covid. Regulars may be interested to know that Robert Bellin was spectating yesterd...

Live Boards https://guernseychessfestival.org.gg/the-50th-guernsey-international-chess-festival-2026-live-boards/ Results https://s2.chess-results.com/tnr1404779.aspx?lan=1&art=2&rd=1&fed=ENG&flag=30&SNode=S0 We started today, with a few people missing, but we're optimistic that some of them will ar...

https://guernseychessfestival.org.gg/ "Live games" still refers to last year, but I assume that will be updated soon. https://s3.chess-results.com/tnr1404779.aspx?lan=1&art=0&flag=30&SNode=S0 This year's entrants http://www.guernseychessclub.org.gg/festival/festival.htm History of previous events.

JustinHorton wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 26, 2026 4:48 pm

I quite like the observation that no woman who has earned the Grandmaster title has ever died

Yes, me too...