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