Photography 2017

Under 8s from Arnold Lutton

At the ready on board three

More Under 8 players ready to start

Under 8 board 1 ready for their game

Under 8 listening to instructions

Vice- Chairman of Conwy County Council, Peter Lewis and his wife before the Opening ceremony

Under 8 players thinking deeply round three

Peter Lewis, Vice-Chairman of Conwy County Council addressing the Opening Ceremony

Kevin Staveley, Congress Manager, speaking at the Opening Ceremony

Chief Arbiter, Peter Purland

Joint-Under-Nine-British-Champions

Joint-Under-Nine-British-Girl-Champions

Parents-admiring-the-impressive-trophies

Sharing-third-place-in-the-Under-9-British-Championship

Under-9-players

Over 50s / Championship Rounds 2 & 3 / U11 prizes from Arnold Lutton

Chris Fegan-in-the-Over-50-Championships

FM-Alexander-Longson

FM-Andrew-Horton

IM-Craig-Pritchett

IM-Dietmar-Kolbus

More-players-in-the-Yates-tournament

Playing-in-the-Weekend-Yates-tournament

FM-David-Zakarian

GM-Daniel-Gormally

IM-Craig-Hanley

Major Open / Championship etc. from Arnold Lutton

A-youthful-Over-65

Major-Open-board-2-waiting-for-the-start

Over-65-competitors-deep-in-thought

Over-180-player-puzzled-by-the-initial-position

Thoughtful-Major-Open-players

Chris Ward on board 1

Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant playing Luke McShane on Board 3

Luke McShane on board 3

U10s / U12s from Arnold Lutton

A view of Under 10 with parents

Comfortably seated and colourful in the Under 12

High boards in the Under 12

Listening to pre-round instructions

Looking forward to the game in Under 10

Pre-game concentration, Under 10

Under 12 relaxing before the game

Waiting for third round of Under 10

U16s / U14s / Over 65s from Arnold Lutton

Absorbed-by-the-game

Deep-concentration-in-the-Under-14

First-move-made,-opponent-not-yet-at-the-board

U16-at-the-start-of-round-three

David-and-Doreen-Anderton

This-will-be-fun

Waiting-for-the-opponent

U100s, the AM Open and more from the Championship – Arnold Lutton

The-playing-hall-with-the-British-Championship-in-the-foreground

On-top-boards-in-the-Morning-Open

On-board-five-in-the-AM-Open-and-waiting-for-the-opponent

Morning-Open-5-Day-Tournament

Heads-down-in-the-AM-Open

Essex-man-double-checking

WFM-Sarah-Longson-and-Brian-Hewson

Under-100-games-starting

Tim-Kett,-resident-coach-enjoying-in-depth-analysis-with-a-young-player

Serenity-in-the-Under-100

Richard-Dineley-and-GM-Mark-Hebden

John-Merriman-about-to-play-Luke-McShane

IM-Craig-Hanley-playing-FM-Andrew-Horton

GM-Gawain-Jones-waits-to-play-GM-David-Howell

FM-William-Claridge-Hanson-and-WGM-Toma-Katarzyna

CM-Robert-Willmoth-playing-in-the-British-Championship

U120, U160, coaching & U14s – Arnold Lutton

A lively coaching session with Tim Kett

Playing-in-the-Under-160

The-Knight-is-pinned---this-position-requires-thought

Tim-Kett,-resident-coach,-pauses-to-read-a-players-scoresheet

Top boards in the Under 14 round 5

Under 14 competitors before start of round 5

U10s – Arnold Lutton

Another view of the Under 10 competition round 5

Under 10 Board 1 in round 5

Under 10 boards 6 to 10

Under 10 players early in round 5

Championship Round 6 and coaching – Arnold Lutton

Joe Fathallah, Martin Burrows and Paul Lam

Tim Kett with a coaching group. The sea outside the window is genuine, not a picture

Aditya Munshi and Stephen Rush playing in the British Championship

GM David Howell about to play GM Luke McShane on Board 1

GM John Emms playing IM Alan Merry

GM Nicholas Pert, IM Richard Palliser, IM Yang-Fan Zhou and IM Alan Merry

IM Jovanka Houska

Ioannis Lentzos

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