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Professor David Robertson (left) with Consul-General Gong of the

Peoples Republic of China and (standing) Mr Bai Min the Chinese team captain.  

Guest of honour Consul-General Gong receives the Liverpool

Rose Bowl trophy from Deputy Lord Mayor Cllr. Steve Rotheram.

Chinese team captain GM Bu Xiangzhi then receives the

Rose Bowl from Consul-General Gong on behalf of his team.

The UK team. (standing l-r): Jonathan Rowson, Nick Pert, Nigel Short, Mickey Adams Jonathan

Speelman (team captain) Jovanka Houska, Gawain Jones, Keti Arakhamia- Grant and David Howell.

(seated l-r): David Robertson, Dep. Lord Mayor of Liverpool, Cllr Steve Rotheram and Consul-General Gong.

The victorious China team. (standing l-r):  Team captain Mr Bai Min, Wang Yue, Zhang

Pengxiang, Hou Yifan, Wang Hao, Ni Hua, Bu Xiangzhi, Ding Yixin, Shen Yang and Elaine (interpreter).

(seated l-r): Prof. David Robertson and Consul-General Gong.

The perfectly choreographed prizegiving with David Robertson entertaining the packed conference suite.

Jon Speelman's good humour throughout the tournament  and amusing speech was much appreciated.  

Open International

Deputy Lord Mayor Cllr. Steve Rotheram with GM Daniel Fridman GER winner of the Open with 7/9.

Runners-Up with 6½/9 with Cllr Steve Rotheram (l-r): Bodgan Lalic, Emanuel Berg, Kjetil Lie,

Ehsan Ghaem Maghami, Yuri Vovk, Daniel Gormally and Alexandre Dgebuadze.

 Dagne Ciuksyte receiving the Women’s Award

Colin McNab and Gary Quillan collect their prizes. Both scored 6/9

Martin Brown receiving his best score prize by a player U21