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The 47th Guernsey International Chess Festival | 15-21 October 2023
Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2023 6:54 pm
by Jon Hill
The 47th Guernsey International Chess Festival
15-21 October 2023
A quick note to let people know that the 47th Guernsey International Chess Festival will be taking place from the 15th to the 21st October 2023.
The venue will be the same as last year and registration will be opening soon on the website
https://guernseychessfestival.org.gg/.
Re: The 47th Guernsey International Chess Festival | 15-21 October 2023
Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2023 11:34 am
by Jon Hill
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The festival organising committee of the The 47th Guernsey International Chess Festival is pleased to announce that registration is now
open.
The festival will start on 15th October 2023
Visit
https://guernseychessfestival.org.gg for tournament details & to register to play.
Re: The 47th Guernsey International Chess Festival | 15-21 October 2023
Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2023 4:51 pm
by Jon Hill
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Just a note to say that Entry is free for Grandmasters (GM or WGM), and International Masters (IM or WIM) entering before 15th July 2023.
Visit
https://guernseychessfestival.org.gg for tournament details & to register to play.
Re: The 47th Guernsey International Chess Festival | 15-21 October 2023
Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2023 4:15 pm
by Jon Hill
From:
https://guernseychessfestival.org.gg/20 ... on-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 the PRO Chess League, as well as representing England in both the European and World Championships. He was awarded the IM title in 2019 and then proceeded on a 65 game unbeaten streak in open tournaments across the world.
This will be his first appearance at the Guernsey International Chess Festival and we look forward to welcoming him in October.
Re: The 47th Guernsey International Chess Festival | 15-21 October 2023
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2023 1:38 pm
by Jon Hill
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.
Re: The 47th Guernsey International Chess Festival | 15-21 October 2023
Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2023 1:42 pm
by Jon Hill
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English GM Daniel Gormally will be playing this year 
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.
Festival information is available at
https://guernseychessfestival.org.gg/to ... ules-2023/
Register to participate at
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/guernsey ... 8002622287
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Re: The 47th Guernsey International Chess Festival | 15-21 October 2023
Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2023 5:52 pm
by Jon Hill
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English GM Keith Arkell will be playing this year
This will be his fifth appearance in the Guernsey International Chess Festival
Festival information is available at
https://guernseychessfestival.org.gg/to ... ules-2023/
Register to participate at
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/guernsey ... 8002622287
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Re: The 47th Guernsey International Chess Festival | 15-21 October 2023
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2023 7:22 pm
by Jon Hill
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English IM Harry Grieve will be playing this year
The organising committee for the 47th BWCI Guernsey International Chess Festival is pleased to announce that English GM Harry Grieve will be participating in this year’s event.
Festival information is available at
https://guernseychessfestival.org.gg/
Register to participate at
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/guernsey ... 8002622287
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Re: The 47th Guernsey International Chess Festival | 15-21 October 2023
Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2023 1:25 pm
by Jon Hill
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: £25:00
Additional Chessable prizes in addition to the cash prizes.
TIME CONTROL: 3 minutes plus 2 additional seconds per move, starting from move 1.
Free entry to Open Tournament or Challenger Tournament participants.
£5.00 entry fee for other FIDE registered players.
£10.00 entry fee for non-FIDE registered players.
Please use the link below to register.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/blitz-tour ... 1096197407
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Re: The 47th Guernsey International Chess Festival | 15-21 October 2023
Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2023 1:22 pm
by Kevin Thurlow
https://chess-results.com/tnr801823.asp ... art=2&rd=1
shows first round draw for the Open. I haven't found the Challengers yet.
Blitz tournament
https://chess-results.com/tnr828378.aspx
where the top seeds drew with each other and beat everyone else.
Re: The 47th Guernsey International Chess Festival | 15-21 October 2023
Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2023 1:39 pm
by LawrenceCooper
A reasonable chance of that also happening in the open. From the sounds of it the draws in the blitz were hard fought.
Re: The 47th Guernsey International Chess Festival | 15-21 October 2023
Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2023 4:45 pm
by Kevin Thurlow
Yes - there is the traditional gulf after the top three.
https://chess-results.com/tnr803394.asp ... art=2&rd=1
is Challengers. In theory live games are on chess.com,
https://www.chess.com/events/2023-bwci- ... s-festival but don't seem to be working at present.
I was in the sole lead for about an hour, then Danny won.
Re: The 47th Guernsey International Chess Festival | 15-21 October 2023
Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2023 10:44 am
by Jon Hill
Standings after 5 rounds of play.
Open Tournament
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Challengers Tournament
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Re: The 47th Guernsey International Chess Festival | 15-21 October 2023
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2023 10:34 am
by Jon Hill
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47th BWCI Guernsey International Chess Festival – Prize Winners 2023
The full list of prize winners is available at
https://guernseychessfestival.org.gg/20 ... ners-2023/
Photos from the prize giving dinner can be found at
https://guernseychessfestival.org.gg/47 ... er-photos/
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The 48th BWCI Guernsey International Chess Festival will be taking place from 13th to 19th October 2024.
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