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Today was the final day and in each section we
had a sole leader who only needed a draw to clinch
first place. They duly accomplished this leaving
Ruben Valhondo Morales U16 Champion and Miguel
Santos Ruiz U12 Champion. Runner up in the U12s was
Alejandro Perez Garcia whilst Joshua Higgs was
third.
There was a close fight for the other prizes in
the U16s. In the end Gordon Scott, Efren Garcia del
Campo and Aiden Mcgiff shared the money for 2nd=
with Gordon 2nd and Efren 3rd on tie break. Henry
Broadley got the U14 prize. We then went out on a
Dolphin Safari with only two Spaniards sick and we
saw lots and lots of dolphins. Then it was back to
the hotel and prepare for the gala dinner and prize
giving.
Today was a double round day and in the morning
at U16 there were wins on the top three boards for
Gordon Scott, Ruben Valhondo Morales and Aiden
McGiff which meant that in the afternoon Gordon was
white against Ruben whilst Aiden (on 3½) floated
down with black to play Adam C Taylor. The only
other players on three were Oskar Hackner who had
white against Efren Garcia del Campo. Unfortunately
Gordon lost his game whilst Aiden leapfrogged in to
second place by beating Adam C. Gordon was joined on
4 by Efren. As they had played the pairings were
Jorge Santamartina Gonzalez v Gordon, Efren v Craig
Whitfield and Jamie Tilston floating up to play
Daniel Sutton.
At U12 Miguel Santos Ruiz and Alejandro Perez
Garcia both won and played in the afternoon whilst
there were only three players on 3, Joshua Higgs who
was white against Stephen Whatley and Jorge Calvo
Simon who floated down with black and played David
Iglesias Santos. Miguel won, Joshua beat Stephen
whilst Jorge and David drew. This left the top
pairings as Joshua(4) v Miguel (5), Alejandro (4) v
Jorge (3½) and also on 3½ Kai Pannwitz v Rodrigo
Iglesias Santos.
The evening event was a master class with Stuart
Conquest and was very well attended. Stuart did some
middle game positions leading to sacrifices and
presented it in both Spanish and English
At U16 Gordon won but Adam and Oskar lost whilst
Stephen won in the U12s. In both tournaments there
are 3 on a perfect score whilst at U16 Henry
Broadley and Aidan McGiff are the only two players
on 2.5. In the afternoon we went on an extended Rock
Tour. We went through the newly reopened tunnel and
had some time at Europa Point where they are
completely revamping a formerly run down area. We
then continued to the nature reserve on the rock
where we explored St Michael’s Cave with its many
stalactites and stalagmites.
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From the Rock one is
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After the visit some of the kids decided to buy
ice creams. Now there is a £500 fine for feeding the
apes but the speed with which an ape removed Jamie
Tilston’s ice cream I am sure no magistrate would
convict him. The final visit was to the Great Siege
Tunnels where we all had a good look round before
heading back to the hotel via the City Centre.
During the bus journeys we had a full commentary
about the history of Gibraltar and the interesting
places we passed en route.
We then had a break before dinner and the evening
entertainment which was a simultaneous display by
Jovanka Houska with Stuart Conquest taking on 14
adults. Jovanka very bravely took on 39 players but
with time going on Daniel Eskabar and Stephen Hogg
took some of the games over. Jovanka can claim that
she won all the games she played right through
although Jonathan Burch and Chris Yates did record
wins whilst Rohan Bansal, Alexei Davis, Raunak Rao,
Gordon Scott, Daniel Sutton and Adam A Taylor gained
draws.
Today it was down to business. We had two rounds
and, as expected, these were hard fought. In the
U16s there were only 6 players on 2/2, three
Spaniards and at this level we had three Anglo
Spanish clashes due on the Saturday morning. The top
English players were Oskar Hackner, Gordon Scott and
Adam C Taylor.
The U12s had 5 perfect scores, four Spaniards and
Stephen Whatley. In the evening GM Pia Cramling and
her husband GM Juan Bellon gave a masterclass
attended by over 50 parents and players and the
games that were analysed kept the audience engaged
for an hour.
62 players from 6 countries are taking part, 38
in the U16s and 24 in the U12s. This number includes
3 British Champions, one runner up, 2 Spanish
regional champions and one runner up. There are 27
Spaniards, 24 English, 6 Gibraltarians, 2
Hungarians, 2 Welsh and 1 Scot. Most players arrived
Thursday morning and took what could be their only
chance to go in to town for souvenir shopping.
This was followed by a blitz tournament of 7
rounds with the following prize-winners:-
1st Gordon Scott, 2nd Craig Whitfield 3rd= Chris
Yates, Ruben Valhondo Morales (Spain)
U14 prizes 1st Henry Broadley 2nd= Adam A Taylor,
Conrad Green
U12 prizes 1st= Joshua Higgs, Kai Pannwitz
(Scotland), Jorge Calvo Simon, Jon Lagos Lejarraga
(both Spain).
This was followed by a reception on the terrace
and evening meal.
Gibraltar Junior International
Under 16
Venue: Caleta Hotel Gibraltar
Date: 19 Aug 11 to 22 Aug 11
Timings: 110 mins to completion.
Plus an additional 10 secs for each move.
Nat Ti FIDE R O U N D S
Pos Player lty tl Rtng 1 2 3 4 5 6 A
1 Valhondo Morales, Ruben.. ESP 1993 b19+ w14+ b6+ w5+ b4+ w3= 5½
2 Garcia Del Campo, Efren.. ESP 1917 b16+ w29+ b21+ w4- b6+ w15+ 5
3 McGiff, Aidan............ ENG 1806 b24+ w30= b13+ w32+ b21+ b1= 5
4 Scott, Gordon............ ENG 2043 w8+ b35+ w25+ b2+ w1- b13+ 5
5 Broadley, Henry.......... ENG 1860 b10= w20+ b30+ b1- w9= w19+ 4
6 Hackner, Oskar........... ENG 2105* b31+ w7+ w1- b24+ w2- b16+ 4
7 Owens, Megan............. WLS 1799 w23+ b6- w18+ b12= w8= b21+ 4
8 Rao, Raunak.............. ENG 2005* b4- w36+ b26+ w15= b7= w20+ 4
9 Tilston, Jamie........... ENG 2050* b36+ w13= b15- w30+ b5= w14+ 4
10 Bansal, Rohan............ ENG 1980* w5= b18= w11= w14- b26+ b23+ 3½
11 Clanchy, Nicholas........ ENG 1740 b30- w34+ b10= w29+ b13- w27+ 3½
12 Ehr, Jennifer............ ENG w 1508 b20= w32= b27+ w7= b15- w29+ 3½
13 Gonzalez Santamartina, Jo ESP 1733 w17+ b9= w3- b33+ w11+ w4- 3½
14 Sutton, Daniel........... ENG 1537 w28+ b1- w33= b10+ w22+ b9- 3½
15 Whitfield, Craig......... ENG 1978 w21- b17+ w9+ b8= w12+ b2- 3½
16 Burch, Jonathan.......... 1995* w2- b28= w17+ w20= b32+ w6- 3
17 Maini, Arun.............. b13- w15- b16- w38+ b31+ w32+ 3
18 Manton, Jacob............ ENG 1995* b32= w10= b7- w26= b29= w33+ 3
19 Saunders, Matthew........ ENG w1- b33- w38+ b37+ w25+ b5- 3
20 Taylor, Adam A........... ENG 1835 w12= b5- w28+ b16= w24+ b8- 3
21 Taylor, Adam C........... ENG 2000* b15+ w27+ w2- b25+ w3- w7- 3
22 Zambrana Petisme, Ramiro. ESP 1651 b26- w31+ b24- w34+ b14- w30+ 3
23 Aggarwal, Kumarsambhav... ENG 1950* b7- w37+ b32- w28+ b27= w10- 2½
24 Davis, Alexei............ 1955* w3- b38+ w22+ w6- b20- b25= 2½
25 Diaz Gallego, Saul....... ESP 1563 b34+ w26+ b4- w21- b19- w24= 2½
26 Leung, Simon............. ENG 1925* w22+ b25- w8- b18= w10- b37+ 2½
27 Mateos Atienza, Alberto.. ESP 1594 w33+ b21- w12- b35+ w23= b11- 2½
28 Ruiz Pastor, Jose Antonoi ESP 1500d b14- w16= b20- b23- w35+ w34+ 2½
29 Yates, Christopher....... ENG 2095* w38+ b2- w35+ b11- w18= b12- 2½
30 Cavendish, Joshua........ ENG w11+ b3= w5- b9- w33= b22- 2
31 Chhatwani, Nilesh........ w6- b22- w37- b36+ w17- b38+ 2
32 Green, Conrad............ ENG 1914 w18= b12= w23+ b3- w16- b17- 2
33 Prosser, Kristian........ WLS 1815* b27- w19+ b14= w13- b30= b18- 2
34 Chhatwani, Yash.......... w25- b11- w36+ b22- w37= b28- 1½
35 Jose Pastrana, Francisco. ESP b37+ w4- b29- w27- b28- b36= 1½
36 Luque Barbera, Francisco. ESP 1500d w9- b8- b34- w31- b38+ w35= 1½
37 Mansa Castillo, Enrique.. ESP w35- b23- b31+ w19- b34= w26- 1½
38 Lozano Rodriguez, Miguel. ESP b29- w24- b19- b17- w36- w31- 0
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Gibraltar Junior International
Under 12
Venue: Caleta Hotel Gibraltar
Date: 19 Aug 11 to 22 Aug 00
Timings: 110 mins to completion.
Plus an additional 10 secs for each move.
Nat Ti FIDE R O U N D S
Pos Player lty tl Rtng 1 2 3 4 5 6 A
1 Santos Ruiz, Miguel...... ESP 1949 w22+ b14+ w12+ b10+ w2+ b3= 5½
2 Perez Garcia, Alejandro.. ESP w5+ b4+ w8+ b13+ b1- w7+ 5
3 Higgs, Joshua............ ENG w19+ b7- w6+ b12+ w10+ w1= 4½
4 Iglesias Santos, Rodrigo. ESP b24+ w2- b11+ w9= w16+ b5= 4
5 Pannwitz, Kai............ SCO 1500d b2- w24+ w16= b8+ w13+ w4= 4
6 Pavon Martinez, Alberto.. ESP w16+ w10- b3- b19+ w21+ b12+ 4
7 Calvo Simon, Jorge....... ESP 1715 b20+ w3+ b10- w14+ b9= b2- 3½
8 Herreros Ruiz, Jorge Alej ESP 1419 b18= w11+ b2- w5- b17+ w16+ 3½
9 Iglesias Santos, David... ESP w23+ w12- b17+ b4= w7= b10= 3½
10 Whatley, Stephen......... ENG 1955* w15+ b6+ w7+ w1- b3- w9= 3½
11 Diller, Kevin............ HUN 1500d w13= b8- w4- b18+ w15= b22+ 3
12 Gallardo Obregon, Alexand ESP 1548 w17+ b9+ b1- w3- b14+ w6- 3
13 Harutian, Arthur William. ESP 1500d b11= w18+ b21+ w2- b5- w15= 3
14 Lagos Lejarraga, Jon..... ESP 1500d b21+ w1- w15+ b7- w12- b19+ 3
15 Cramling Bellon, Ana..... b10- w19+ b14- w17= b11= b13= 2½
16 Diller, Denis............ HUN 1500d b6- w22+ b5= w20+ b4- b8- 2½
17 Rios Gil, Cristina....... ESP w b12- w20+ w9- b15= w8- w24+ 2½
18 Thoppil, Ana............. ENG w w8= b13- b19- w11- b24+ b21+ 2½
19 Biedma Nunez, Pablo...... ESP 1500d b3- b15- w18+ w6- b23+ w14- 2
20 Chhugani, Sanya.......... ENG w w7- b17- w24+ b16- w22- b23+ 2
21 Duller Llopis, Jouke..... ESP 1500d w14- b23+ w13- b22+ b6- w18- 2
22 Pavon Martinez, Jose..... ESP b1- b16- w23+ w21- b20+ w11- 2
23 Robba, James............. ENG b9- w21- b22- b24+ w19- w20- 1
24 Sesma Oliviera, Daniel... w4- b5- b20- w23- w18- b17- 0
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12.08.11 -
This event took place from Friday 19 August to
Monday 22 August 2011. Competitors arrived on 18
August and departed on 23 August (five nights'
stay). The event was run under the auspices of the
English Chess Federation and in association with the
Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival. The prize fund
total was £6,000.
There were two categories: a) open to competitors
aged under 16 on 1 January 2011 (i.e. born in 1995
or later); b) open to competitors aged under 12 on 1
January 2011 (i.e. born in 1999 or later).
The organisers of the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess
Festival, widely recognised as the best Open
tournament in the world, decided to establish a
Gibraltar Junior International Chess Festival which
will take place in August each year. The venue was
the Caleta Hotel and followed the successful pattern
of the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival, offering
some good and very competitive chess-playing
opportunities with an equally strong social, fun and
educational programme.
Download a full colour brochure of this tournament
in PDF format (2.3Mb).
It has been decided that rooms are obviously too
precious for the Junior and Master’s tournaments
therefore instead of re-inviting the winner they
will receive a £200 travel contribution should
he/she decide to come back for the Junior
Tournament, or if he/she does not qualify any longer
and decides to play in the Amateur / Challenger
Tournaments.
No winner can win more than one main prize.
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Time control: All moves in 1 hr 50
minutes plus 10 seconds added per move
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Default time - 30 minutes |
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Mobile phones - these must be
switched off in the playing venue. If a
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Rating opportunities - this
tournament offers the possibility of an
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Entry fees, gala dinner, rock tour & dolphin
safari all included in the package price of the
Caleta Hotel. Those wishing to continue their stay
can benefit from the special chess extra night rate
in Gibraltar or continue their holiday in Morocco or
Spain, as the case may be.
Hotel accommodation with breakfast and an evening
meal.
Single, twin and triple rooms are sea-facing.
Quadruple rooms are rock-facing.
Entry fees and the gala dinner are included in
the package price for those staying at the Caleta
Hotel.
Alternative accommodation is available in
Gibraltar at the Rock Hotel, Elliot Hotel, Bristol
Hotel and the Cannon Hotel and also at the Emile
Hostel (all hotels can be found on the internet -
see this page for
details).
For those not staying at the Caleta Hotel the
entry fee is £30 and the gala Dinner or ticket event
is £30 per person.
Also included in the package price of the Caleta
Hotel is a tour of the Rock of Gibraltar and a
dolphin safari trip.
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Organiser: Brian Callaghan
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Junior Tournament Director: Peter
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Federation Director of Junior Chess
and Chief Arbiter for Wales -
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Chief Arbiter: David Welch. David is
the Chief Arbiter of the English Chess
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Gibraltar Co-ordinator: Sharon
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Marketing Co-ordinator Spain:
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Throughout the tournament there will be a number
of visiting celebrities.
Grandmaster
Pia Cramling, the 2010 European Women's Champion
and ranked 5th in the Women's World Rating List, has
agreed to be in Gibraltar over the festival weekend
with her family, including Spanish grandmaster
Juan Bellon Lopez, and has offered to assist
with a simultaneous display and coaching.
International Master
Jovanka Houska, British Women's Champion 2011
and English Women's Champion 2011. Jovanka is the
one of England's most active professionals. She has
a degree in Law and is a popular and highly
respected chess coach.
Grandmaster
Stuart Conquest, the highly respected English
grandmaster, 2008 British Champion and director of
the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival, the world's
best open, has also agreed to visit at the time of
the tournament and will give a master class and
analysis.
