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Calpe Chess Club member Stephen A J Whatley has once again been nominated for the Gibraltar Junior Sports Personality Award for his outstanding…

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After a very successful summer tournament held at the Caleta Hotel and the RAC event we are now making preparations for the 20012 Gibraltar Cahess Congress events to be held end of January.

 

Visit the site: gibraltarchesscongress.com for further details.

 

I visited the RAC Club in London earlier this October where I was treated to a private viewing of the TARIQ CUP in all its splendour within the gilded lead crystal case outside the Library overlooking the…

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Stephen Whatley has become British Under-120 Champion.

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Stephen Whatley was a winner at the Norfolk Megafinal of the British Land UK Chess Challenge. Well done Stephen!

Stephen Whatley gets a mention from GM Ray Keene in the Spectator magazine:

Spectator Chess column, 27 February 2010

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http://www.gbc.gi/television/tv-player.php?programme=69&episode=1249

There has been a surge in chess going now for eight years running we have had the envios events of the Gibraltar CHESS congress at the Caleta Hotel .



Our players have done us proud once mor and proof is the gaining of second place at the amateurs by Freddie Poggio and Luis Manneto who also were accompanied by Luis Raffo, Alan Gravette, Tom Bath and Mario Garcia.



In the challengers we also had Young Jr Master Stephen Whatley only 10 years not yet gained but givin his opponents… Continue

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Week One: Gibraltar winners at the Chess Congress

http://www.gibraltarchesscongress.com/gib2010/press/monkeybusiness.html

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The MCC visit went very well. The morning tournament was a draw. The afternoon friendly games were 5/3 and 4.5/3.5 in favour of the MCC. The Calpe… Continue

CALPE CHESS CLUB GIBRALTAR versus RAC CHESS CIRCLE PLAYED 20th JUNE 2009 CALETA HOTEL

Nine members of the chess circle, some with their wives, visited Gibraltar for the fourth in the series of these matches to accept the challenge from the Calpe Chess Club. Though the RAC Chess Circle had won the first two matches in 2006 & 2007, the Calpe Chess Club had wrestled the trophy from

us in 2008.…

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Gibraltar Chess Congress - best scoring Gibraltarian. Week 1 joint winners: Tom Bath, Jim Feeney and Mario Garcia. Week 2 winner: Freddie Poggio

June 2008 - Calpe scored our first win in the annual tournament versus the Royal Automobile Club of London.…

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