46th Guernsey International Chess Festival

[Paul Cooksey]

David's king is probably a bit embarrassed to have been placed centre stage.

I'm not sure how Kevin managed to get such a dull position, given the risks he took in the opening.

[Roger de Coverly]

David's king is probably a bit embarrassed to have been placed centre stage.

I see knowledge of the new idea in the Milner-Barry gambit is spreading.

That's 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. 0-0

[Kevin Thurlow]

"I'm not sure how Kevin managed to get such a dull position, given the risks he took in the opening."

Practice

[LawrenceCooper]

Open

- 1st: GM Boris Chatalbashev
- 2nd: GM Mark Hebden
- 3rd: Gunnar Johnsen, John Wager & Harry Zheng

Ladies Prize
- IM Harriet Hunt & WGM Sheila Jackson

Veterans Prize
- Gunnar Johnsen

Junior Prize
- Harry Zheng

Grading Prize (1900–2099)
- John Wager

Grading Prize (1700–1899)
- Kees De Kruif & Jack Liu

Grading Prize (1500–1699)
- Rithvik Deepak Ambattu

Grading Prize (Under 1500)
- Jón Úlfur Hafthorsson

Channel Islands Prize
- FM Fred Hamperl

Brilliancy/Best Game Prize
- David Sedgwick

[Kevin Thurlow]

Thanks Lawrence, but it was slightly more complicated than that...

The third placed players were also the winners of Veterans' prize, top rating prize and junior prize, which were all rather more than a share of 3rd. So they received the bigger amount, and happily for the talented players (and me) who scored 5/7, 3rd prize was shared by the 8 players who finished 6th=. Prizewinners also receive a 3-month PRO Chessable membership.

Guernsey CF is always fair to its players. I can think of a few tournament organisers who would have saved a few quid!

Prizegiving and Festival dinner took place at the rather splendid St. Pierre Park hotel, which also hosted a Guernsey sporting organization's dinner (in a different room). None of the chess players displayed ugly tattoos reaching from ankle to mid-thigh.

[LawrenceCooper]

Thanks Lawrence, but it was slightly more complicated than that...

The third placed players were also the winners of Veterans' prize, top rating prize and junior prize, which were all rather more than a share of 3rd. So they received the bigger amount, and happily for the talented players (and me) who scored 5/7, 3rd prize was shared by the 8 players who finished 6th=. Prizewinners also receive a 3-month PRO Chessable membership.

Guernsey CF is always fair to its players. I can think of a few tournament organisers who would have saved a few quid!

Prizegiving and Festival dinner took place at the rather splendid St. Pierre Park hotel, which also hosted a Guernsey sporting organization's dinner (in a different room). None of the chess players displayed ugly tattoos reaching from ankle to mid-thigh.

That will teach me to copy and paste from the official tournament website

Do we know which game of David's won the brilliancy/best game prize? He may be too modest to say himself.

[David Sedgwick]

[David] may be too modest to say himself.

That is a highly improbable scenario.

Do we know which game of David's won the brilliancy/best game prize?

It was my game on Round 6, against the extremely promising 7-year-old Ethan Pang, which has already been the subject of favourable comment on this thread.

I hope that everyone watched the game nonetheless.

I'm sure you do. Very impressive.

As it was on a live board by coincidence, it can be viewed at https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tourn ... 2022/6/1/7

My thanks to Mark Hebden for judging the prize and to Harriet Hunt for demonstrating the game at the Prize Giving.

The silican monster was less impressed with the game than Mark was.

[Kevin Thurlow]

I was sitting next to Mark at the dinner and he said he really liked the game, then asked the computer what it thought (of all the games), and noticed it wasn't so keen. However, yours was still the best game.

[John Hickman]

As it was on a live board by coincidence, it can be viewed at https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tourn ... 2022/6/1/7

My thanks to Mark Hebden for judging the prize and to Harriet Hunt for demonstrating the game at the Prize Giving.

The silican monster was less impressed with the game than Mark was.

Going from handing them out as arbiter to winning them

[MartinCarpenter]

Fun game. The computer online isn't so rude about it? Never worse and always going in one direction which is all you can really expect these days, I would think.

Perhaps a miss round move 20 - the apparent best line on move 23 would have got you searched for electronic assistance

[Roger de Coverly]

Fun game. The computer online isn't so rude about it?

I suppose if you aren't a fan of c3 Sicilians, it was a dull opeining, leading to a position where Black self destructed.

[MartinCarpenter]

Fun game. The computer online isn't so rude about it?

I suppose if you aren't a fan of c3 Sicilians, it was a dull opeining, leading to a position where Black self destructed.

When computers can start making judgements like that we'll really have to worry

[Paul Cooksey]

concur it is a nice game. I have to admit in a similar final position in online blitz I once got away with Kg8 followed by Nh6, kh8, qg8+, qg8, nf7...

[Matt Mackenzie]

Fun game. The computer online isn't so rude about it?

I suppose if you aren't a fan of c3 Sicilians, it was a dull opeining, leading to a position where Black self destructed.

Well as somebody who very much *is* a fan, such games are part of that opening's attraction.