Photos @ Braille Chess Association 2007 -
Photographer: David Clayton
Prize Giving Ceremony - 23rd August 2007
Durham County Council chairman, Councillor Mrs Edna Hunter, ECF
President, Gerry Walsh,
Braille Chess Association Chairman, Alex Crombie and Herr Ludwig Beutelhoff,
President of the International Braille Chess Association, open the prize
giving.
Alec Crombie introduces Stan and Jan Lovell, organisers of the championships
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| Mykhailo Baloha | Lubov Zsiltzova-Lisenko best female performance in 5th place overall |
there were 10 other players sharing 5th place
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Colin Crouch
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Eduardo Desanjose Cadalija
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Sergey Smirnov
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Vladimir
Berlinsky
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Rafal
Gunajew
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Diego Aguilar Sevilla
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4th place Sergey Wassin
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| 3rd - Sergey Grigorchuk | 1st - Jaroslav Olsar | 2nd - Yuri Meshov |
the top three
Round 9 - the final round - 23rd August 2007
Board 1 - Meshkov v Grigorchuk
Board 2 - Olsar v Crouch
Board 3 - Wassin v Zsiltzova-Lisenko
Board 4 - Desanjose Cadalija v Smirnov
Round 8 gets under way - 22nd August 2007
settling in for round 8
boards large and small - as long as mine wins
Gerry Walsh introduces Alec Crombie, Chairman of the Braille Chess Association to get round 8 started
Recovering from Round 7 - 21 August 2007
All looks calm early on in the dining hall, but later on the police were called in..........
......the song arm of the law, Durham Police male voice choir
Round 5 - 18 August 2007
Below, pictures of the playing hall at the start of round 5.
The only players on maximum points meet on board 1.
FM Sergej Wassin from Ukraine (left) shakes hand with
IM Yuri Meshkov from Russia before the start of play.
British players Colin Chambers (left) and Les Whittle in action at their boards.
Left Istvan Vojan from right Rainer Fexa (Austrian)
Left - Ismail Demirel (Turkey).
Right Emil Muri (Slovenia)
Eduardo Desanjose-Candalija (Spain) sets his pieces out for the start of the round 5.
Round 4 - 17 August 2007
Players settle down for the start of round 4.
Lubov Zsiltzova-Lisenko (Ukraine) starts her top board game with a Ruy Lopez.
Two Poles, Tadeusz Zoltek (right) drew quickly with Rafal Gunajew.
Natasha Dalle from Belgium waits for her opponent.
IM Rasim Nizam (Bulgaria) is on 2 points at the start of round 4.
Andrzej Migala is one of the large group of Polish players.
Markus Berggren is ready for the start of the round.
Round 3 - 16 August 2007
IM Meshkov (RUS) remains on board 1 for round 3, his opponent this time,
playing black, is Spanish player Desanjoes-Candalija.
Two Ukraine players, Baloha (left) and Wassin meet on board 4.
Graham Lilley of Great Britain before the start of play.
Andreas Ilic from Germany uses a braile machine to record his moves.
Sergey Grigorchuk from Ukraine is playing black and next to him is the
highest seeded female player, Lubov Zsiltzova-Lisenko from Ukraine
From Greece is junior player Argiris Koumtsis preparing his pieces for the start
of the round 3.
Norman Stephenson (rear) offers some advice to former team-mate Chris Ross from
England.
Round 2 - 15 August 2007
The venue - The Lindisfarne
Suite,
St. Aidan's College Durham, England
Round 2, board 1. Chojnowski from Poland takes on top seed IM Meshkov from
Russia.
IM Krylov from Russia awaits his opponent on board 2.
Suder from Poland arrives.......
.... and the game commences.
Enjoying the event so far with one win is German Bischoff on board 3.
Another Pole is playing on board 3, Dukaczewski
Wassin from Ukraine sets up his pieces to play.....
...... Sakic from Croatia.
Whilst they both play on their own boards, the game is going out live
from the sensory boards being operated by Gerard de Lange.
Photos @ Braile Chess Association 2007 - Photographer: David Clayton
