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The Glorney Gilbert International
This is a team event that has been running continuously since 1949. It has a long and varied history and is currently run as four competitions
  Glorney Cup Under 18's 5 boards   Robinson Cup Under 14's 6 boards
  Gilbert Cup Girls under 18 3 boards   Stokes Cup Under 12's 6 boards

Sponsor
The Glorney
Bloodworth Trust

Ken Bloodworth
 
 

Holders 2015

 

Glorney

Ireland
 

Gilbert

England
 

Robinson

Ireland
 

Stokes

England

 

 

Participating Nations

England
France
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
 


The Original Glorney Cup Trophy
Host Nation: England
The English Chess Federation are delighted to host the Glorney Gilbert International 2016.


The Glorney Gilbert International for 2016 has come to a close and the prize have been awarded to the worthy winners by Traci Whitfield, The ECF Director of Junior Chess & Education. She thanked the players for their excellent hard fought chess, the coaches for their dedication in coaching the children, the parents for their support and the organising team for running of a sucessful event.

The top positions for 2016 are as follows:

    1st 2nd    
  Glorney Ireland France    
  Gilbert England Ireland    
  Robinson Ireland England    
  Stokes France England    

Full details are availble on Chess-Results.com

News: 19 July
The Irish Chess Union are publishing a Tournament Report on their website and they have kindly provided me with a direct link here .  David Clayton

News: 18 July
Up to date results are now available on Chess-Results.com. Follow the link here for the new page. This page will be incorporated into the website soon. David Clayton

News: 18 July
There has been a change to the start times of Rounds 3 & 5. They will now commence at 9:15, see the updated schedule here. Peter Purland

News: 15 July
The confirmed schedule now appears on the website here. Please note there are minor changes to that previously published. Traci Whitfield

Some Historic Information from Ian Eustis
1964 was the first six nation Glorney (almost certainly the home nations plus France & Netherlands). 1968 was the first eight nation Glorney.
I think that Scotland, in 1974, was the first Celtic country to host six nations and it remained at six for all the following years.
An eight year cycle was initiated in 1991. It ran as agreed until 1998. There appears to have been six nations in 1990. Belgium were present, but France were not.
A second cycle ran for seven years from 1999 to 2008 in which Netherlands did not host.
In 2006 a new financial regime was instituted, but only three Nations, England, Ireland and Wales participated. Thereafter, it has remained as a competition between the four home nations.

In 2007 the Robinson and Stoke cup competitions were added to the Glorney and Gilbert-Faber.

The first Faber competition was held in 1968. Initially they were held at the British Championships. The Faber was staged alongside the Glornay for the first time in 1976 and by 1979 it appears to have been the regular practice.

The first Glorney competition that I was involved in was 1975 in Carmarthen. I was elected as secretary, in sucession to Colin Bloodworth, in 1991 and I have been to every Glorney tournament since, although my memory of most of them, especially the players, somewhat hazy.

Ian Eustis
Secretary
January 2016 

 

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