The large audience gather
Time to share thoughts on a great tournament
Standing room only as the prize-giving reception begins
Professor David Robertson gets the ball rolling
Liverpool City Councillor proudly speaks about Liverpool 08
WFM Simona Limontaite receives her WIM norm certificate
FM Hannes Langrock receives an IM norm certificate
Jan Priborsky receives his IM norm certificate
Emilis Pileckis receives an IM norm certificate
IM Thal Agergel receives his third and final GM norm certificate
Chief Organiser Prof. David Robertson 1st= best score by unrated or below 2051, 125 GBP
Oisin Benson, 1st= best score by unrated or below 2051, 125 GBP
Ray Cannon, 1st= best score by unrated or below 2051, 125 GBP
WFM Aly Wilson 2051-2150 1st rating improvement prize, 500 GBP
Michael Yeo 2051-2150 2nd rating improvement prize, 300 GBP
WFM Simona Limontaite 2151-2250 2nd rating improvement prize, 300 GBP
Chris Briscoe 2151-2250 1st rating improvement prize, 500 GBP
(centre) Jan Priborski 2251-2350 2nd rating improvement prize, 300 GBP
(right) FM Ali Bitalzadeh 2251-2350 1st rating improvement prize, 500 GBP
(right) IM Keti Arakhamia-Grant 2351-2450 2nd rating improvement prize, 300 GBP
FM Lorin D'Costa 2351-2450 1st rating improvement prize, 500 GBP
GM David Howell 7pts 2nd= Junior prize, 300 GBP
(right) GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 7pts 5th=, 337 GBP and 2nd= Junior prize, 300 GBP
l to r: IM Jovanka Houska, IM Yelena Dembo and IM Keti Arakhamia-Grant. They shared the Women's prize. Each received 2,000 GBP
GM Etienne Bacrot 7pts 5th=, 337 GBP
(right) GM Alexander Beliavsky 7pts 5th=, 337 GBP
GM Emanuel Berg 7pts 5th=, 337 GBP
GM Alverto David 7pts 5th=, 337 GBP
GM Daniel Fridman 7pts 5th=, 337 GBP
GM David Howell 7pts, 5th=, 337 GBP
GM Erwin L'Ami 7pts, 5th=, 337 GBP
GM Thomas Luther 7pts 5th=, 337 GBP
GM Sergei Tiviakov 7pts 5th=, 337 GBP
GM Michael Adams 7.5pts 2nd=, 3000 GBP
GM Viktor Laznicka 7.5pts, 2nd=, 3000 GBP and 1st Junior prize 1000 GBP
GM Nigel Short 7.5pts 2nd=, 3000 GBP
(centre) GM Jan Werle 8pts 1st, 6000 GBP
GM Jan Werle 8pts 1st, 6000 GBP
Two great veterans of the chess world (left) GM Alexander Beliavsky and GM Ulf Andersson receive a special thank you from Professor David Robertson
GM Jan Werle happy to pose for the cameras with his large winners cheque
