Gibraltar Amateurs

Pairings, results and prize-winners for the Amateur events may be found here

Amateur 2 (1-5 February 2009) • skip to Amateur 1

A selection of photos of the competitors...

Tom Bath

Nicola Benson

Santiago Escandell Atianza

Marian Cox

Peter Hannan

Geoffrey Hermes

Michael Wiltshire

Amateur 1 (27-31 January 2009) • skip to Amateur 2

Joint 1st prize-winners, Amateur 1: Samuel Flanagan (left), Russell Goodfellow,
with tournament director Manuel Weeks

Youngest competitors: Weronica Socko (left) and Anna Cramling-Bellon

Top pairings in Round 3 of Amateur 1: Gasim Hashimov (white) plays Jonathan Wright on board 45 (you can see the number) while in the background Klaus Kuenitz (white) plays Paul Smith. After the games, Jonathan Wright and Klaus Kuenitz were the sole leaders on 3/3.

In the foreground, Ray Apps of England plays Luis Correa Vargas of Mexico, while in the background Jose Mari Ruiz (white) plays Anna Cramling-Bellon, daughter of the famous grandmaster.

Marian Cox (left) and Freddie Poggio of Gibraltar (playing Johan Salomon of Norway)

Weronica Socko is making her debut at Gibraltar. On the right,
proud parents Monika and Bartosz Socko