50th Guernsey 2026

[Kevin Thurlow]

Live Boards

https://guernseychessfestival.org.gg/th ... ve-boards/

Results

https://s2.chess-results.com/tnr1404779 ... 0&SNode=S0

We started today, with a few people missing, but we're optimistic that some of them will arrive. My first opponent was Chris Holland, that I previously played six times between 1983 and 1993. He then moved to Guernsey. For anyone watching live, the feed was working, but he took 46 minutes for move 11! He had had the white pieces every time. There were more lively games, board 2 is well worth a look.

The carpet in the venue appears to have been designed by Edvard Munch...

[Ronnie Burton]

Thanks for information. The hotel made big mistake with cost of staying their. Imagine many players are not staying ay hotel. Good luck for the rest of the tournament

[Kevin Thurlow]

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 yesterday and today, and a trip to the Occupation Museum revealed that Richard Heaume (who started it, and I first met in 1978) is still running it. "Oh yes, I started collecting items for it 75 years ago." I felt young for about 5 minutes...

[Kevin Thurlow]

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

[Ian Thompson]

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.

Is there anything, other than the chess, going on at the hotel, or in Guernsey, that would justify a public hotel rate of £196 per night this week compared to £96.30 for nearly every other night in November? Is the hotel nearly full this week?