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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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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