This competition has not been held since that for 2019 but we are now
undertaking a catch-up exercise. We propose to award four trophies for
games played in 2020-21 (combining the two Covid years), 2022, 2023 and
2024. The deadline for entries is 30 June 2025 so there is still time to
nominate a game (which need not have been played by the person making
the nomination). The detailed rules can be found here but briefly to qualify for
consideration a game must be a win or a draw by a player qualified to
represent Wales in a FIDE competition at the time the game as played against
a non-Welsh opponent graded over 2250 and FIDE-rated at least 150 points
above the entrant at that time.
The games so far identified by the judges, Stuart Hutchings and Howard
Williams, as meeting the above criteria are in chronological order:
(1) Bullen,Alex (2037) – Nesteretz,A (2385) [B07] ½–½
6th Vardaris Open 2020 Thessaloniki GRE (5.6), 01.03.2020
(2) Bullen,Alex (2037) – Ladopoulos,D (2253) [B07] ½–½
6th Vardaris Open 2020 Thessaloniki GRE (6.10), 01.03.2020
(3) Powell,Lloyd (2057) – Boudre,JP (2263) [E00] ½–½
World Senior Teams +65 Prague CZE (1.6), 06.03.2020
(4) Fernandez,Dani (2440) – Strugnell,C (2229) [A13] ½–½
Serbia Chess Open 2021 Belgrade SRB (1.63), 02.07.2021
(5) Blackburn,Jon (2235) – Turner,Ma (2509) [E54] 1–0
Wood Green Inv 2021 London ENG (3.3), 20.08.2021
(6) Blackburn,Jon (2235) – Willow,Jonah B (2396) [D07] 1–0
Wood Green Inv 2021 London ENG (8.5), 23.08.2021
(7) Kett,Tim (2167) – Gormally,D (2479) [C42] ½–½
Northumbria Masters 2021 Newcastle ENG (2.1), 27.08.2021
(8) Brown,Tom (2123) – Kushko,Dmitriy (2322) [A43] 1–0
2nd Cyprus Int Open 2021 Larnaka CYP (9.7), 30.10.2021
(9) Pasko,Llambi (2417) – Pleasants,Allan (2001) [A57] ½–½
23rd European Teams Terme Catez SLO (3.16), 14.11.2021
(10) Pleasants,Allan (2001) – Dobrovoljc,Vid (2414) [A13] ½–½
23rd European Teams Terme Catez SLO (4.17), 15.11.2021
(11) Bremner,Adam (2204) – Pleasants,Allan (2001) [E91] ½–½
23rd European Teams Terme Catez SLO (6.19), 18.11.2021
(12) Pleasants,Allan (2001) – Uruci,Endrit (2322) [D04] 1–0
23rd European Teams Terme Catez SLO (8.19), 20.11.2021
(13) Blackburn,Jon (2226) – Wadsworth,Matthew J (2420) [A65] ½–½
2nd EJCOA Forest Hall Inv Newcastle ENG (2.1), 18.12.2021
(14) O'Gorman,Tom (2381) – Blackburn,Jon (2226) [A49] 0–1
2nd EJCOA Forest Hall Inv Newcastle ENG (9.1), 21.12.2021
(15) Zaksaite,S (2246) – Smith,Olivia (1997) [C42] ½–½
ECF Women's Norm 2022 London ENG (5.3), 09.04.2022
(16) Narciso,Marc (2477) – Brown,Tom (2173) [B23] ½–½
Minorca Chess Open (2.22), 21.04.2022
(17) Alonso,Aaron (2361) – Brown,Tom (2173) [B77] 0–1
Minorca Chess Open (4.21), 22.04.2022
(18) De La Riva,Oscar (2429) – Brown,Tom (2173) [B27] ½–½
Minorca Chess Open (6.21), 23.04.2022
(19) Brown,Tom (2173) – Romanishin,Oleg (2415) [A48] 1–0
Minorca Chess Open (7.20), 24.04.2022
(20) Cyfka,Karina (2403) – Cooper,John (2241) [E70] ½–½
4NCL 2021–22 England ENG (8.82), 01.05.2022
(21) Gormally,D (2470) – Cooper,John (2237) [B40] 0–1
4NCL 2021–22 England ENG (11.62), 26.06.2022
(22) Blackburn,Jon (2176) – Wells,Peter K (2379) [E14] ½–½
2022 South Wales International Open Bridgend (3.3), 08.07.2022
(23) Smith,Olivia (2038) – Richardson,John R (2289) [B11] 1–0
2022 South Wales International Open Bridgend (5.2), 09.07.2022
(24) Risteski,Emil (2405) – Blackburn,Jon(2176) [C09] ½–½
44th Olympiad 2022 Chennai IND (5.36), 02.08.2022
(25) Kett,Tim (2197) – Lazov,Toni (2374) [B90] ½–½
44th Olympiad 2022 Chennai IND (5.36), 02.08.2022
(26) Nielsen,Ho (2414) – Kett,Tim (2197) [C55] 0–1
44th Olympiad 2022 Chennai IND (6.43), 03.08.2022
(27) Chukavin,Kirill (2418) – Blackburn,Jon (2176) [C09] ½–½
44th Olympiad 2022 Chennai IND (10.42), 08.08.2022
(28) Bullen,Alex (2106) – Volodin,Alek (2454) [D02] ½–½
44th Olympiad 2022 Chennai IND (10.42), 08.08.2022
(29) Lalic,B (2392) – Brown,Tom (2099) [D31] ½–½
Hastings Masters 2022-23 Hastings ENG (5.13), 01.01.2023
(30) Bezuidenhout,Roland (2265) – Jukes,Sam (1928) [B31] 0–1
Hastings Masters 2022-23 Hastings ENG (9.26), 05.01.2023
(31) Kirk,Ez (2440) – Cooper,John (2235) [B81] 0–1
4NCL 2022-23 Daventry ENG (3.1), 14.01.2023
(32) Cooper,John (2243) – Makkar,Rajat (2426) [E47] 1–0
4NCL 2022-23 Daventry ENG (5.3), 11.02.2023
(33) Cooper,John (2250) – Royal,Shreyas (2438) [D42] ½–½
4NCL 2022-23 Daventry ENG (10.6), 30.04.2023
(34) Blackburn,Jon (2162) – Hunt,H (2346) [E15] 1–0
4NCL 2022-23 Daventry ENG (10.6), 30.04.2023
(35) Rees,Ioan (2293) – Sousa,Andre Ventura (2455) [E11] ½–½
Wood Green Inv 2023 Stafford ENG (3.2), 15.07.2023
(36) Rees,Ioan (2293) – Gasanov,E (2481) [E15] ½–½
Wood Green Inv 2023 Stafford ENG (8.4), 18.07.2023
(37) Kolbus,D (2270) – Smith,Olivia (2042) [E62] 0–1
109th ch-GBR 2023 Leicester ENG (5.21), 26.07.2023
(38) Smith,Olivia (2042) – Khandelwal,A (2276) [B51] 1–0
109th ch-GBR 2023 Leicester ENG (6.18), 27.07.2023
(39) Smith,Olivia (2042) – Kanyamarala,Trisha (2344) [B52] ½–½
109th ch-GBR 2023 Leicester ENG (8.20), 29.07.2023
(40) Rathbone-Jones,Ifan (1942) – Gallo Garcia,Kemel Antonio (2356) [D02] ½–½
60th World Juniors 2023 Mexico City MEX (3.30), 22.09.2023
(41) Brown,Tom (2095) – Arkell,K (2371) [A40] 1–0
Hastings Masters 2023-24 Hastings ENG (6.16), 02.01.2024
(42) Bisby,D (2273) – Rathbone-Jones,Ifan (1966) [B50] ½–½
Reykjavik Open 2024 Reykjavik ISL (1.77), 15.03.2024
(43) Soderstrom,Adrian (2288) – Rathbone-Jones,Ifan (1966) [B72] ½–½
Reykjavik Open 2024 Reykjavik ISL (5.59), 18.03.2024
(44) Brown,Tom (2138) – Wells,P (2364) [E00] ½–½
19th South Wales Int 2024 Bridgend WLS (4.6), 07.07.2024
(45) Grieve,Harry (2477) – Toczek,Greg (2295) [C78] ½–½
19th South Wales Int 2024 Bridgend WLS (7.3), 09.07.2024
(46) Rathbone-Jones,Ifan (2014) – Pein,Jonathan (2279) [C41] 1–0
110th ch-GBR 2024 Hull ENG (1.35), 27.07.2024
(47) Rathbone-Jones,Ifan (2014) – Mirzoeva,E (2282) [A45] ½–½
110th ch-GBR 2024 Hull ENG (3.24), 29.07.2024
(48) Kalavannan,Koby (2265) – Rathbone-Jones,Ifan (2014) [E06] 0–1
110th ch-GBR 2024 Hull ENG (4.25), 30.07.2024
(49) Lewis,An (2272) – Rathbone-Jones,Ifan (2014) [A14] ½–½
110th ch-GBR 2024 Hull ENG (6.26), 01.08.2024
(50) Rathbone-Jones,Ifan (2014) – Hobson,Kenneth (2266) [D02] 1–0
110th ch-GBR 2024 Hull ENG (9.34), 04.08.2024
(51) Camacho Collados,Jose (2352) – Schitco,Ivan (2527) [A48] ½–½
45th Olympiad 2024 Budapest HUN (2.34), 12.09.2024
(52) Toczek,Greg (2267) – Kempinski,R (2566) [A46] ½–½
TCh-POL Ekstraliga 2024 Walbrzych POL (1.27), 07.10.2024
(53) Smith,Olivia (2106) – Arkell,K (2373) [B06] 1–0
48th Guernsey Open 2024 St James GCI (4.1), 16.10.2024
(54) Antic,De (2347) – Davis,Lee (1955) [E97] 0–1
39th ECC Open 2024 Vrnjacka Banja SRB (1.39), 20.10.2024
(55) Bullen,Alex (2166) – Kanyamarala,Tarun (2369) [A06] ½–½
39th ECC Open 2024 Vrnjacka Banja SRB (3.42), 22.10.2024
(56) Camacho Collados,Jose (2348) – Ghasi,A (2503) [A48] ½–½
4NCL 2024-25 England ENG (2.33), 24.11.2024
(57) Pert,R (2399) – Smith,Olivia (2129) [A49] ½–½
London Classic Masters London ENG (1.21), 29.11.2024
(58) Smith,Olivia (2129) – Richardson,Joh (2287) [B12] ½–½
London Classic Masters London ENG (6.26), 03.12.2024
The scores of these games can be downloaded here. Any
notes to these games (and any others) submitted by 30 June will be taken into
account by the judges in reaching their decision.
These games have been taken from the weekly bulletins on the website of
‘The Week in Chess’. But games from less well-publicised British/European
tournaments do not necessarily reach TWIC. So would players please check
that games they feel qualify are in the list and, if not, send them to Howard
Williams ( howard.swnynant@btinternet.com ). Notes are welcome to listed
games and new entries.
