Guernsey Chess Club and Federation Reports
Dubai 1986
Steve Naftel & Steve Jones all set!
Jon Hawes & the 2 Steves
Finding our way round the playing venue
Steve Jones wondering why we are not in the best in the Hilton
The Opening Ceremony
The Parade
The Guernsey-Jersey Flag?
Spot the flag
The Floats
Our Hotel
View from our hotel
Dubai Creek and the city
More creek and city
More creek and city
The sea and docks at sunset
Bedouin display
Bedouin dancers
More bedouin dancers
Men about town in string vest, carpet slippers and shorts!
Waterfal inside the Hyatt
Fulton, Naftel, Hawes and Jones with newspaper featuring Steve Jones as one of the oldest competitors
A good knight
View from the International Trade Centre Tower
View from the International Trade Centre Tower
View from the International Trade Centre Tower
View from the International Trade Centre Tower
Roadside view of irrigation
Rowe relaxed before a game
More road side irrigation
View from our new hotel - Chicago Beach
Boris Spassky and an arbiter's elbow
Spassky & Kasparov shake hands - damned cameraman in the way!
Soviet Union v France - Spassky, Kasparov, Karpov etc
England - Nunn, Short, Chandler & Speelman
Steve Jones assesses our chances v Ghana
The late Simon Le Blanc in typical pose
Ex patriot friends who looked us up and entertained us
Steve Jones with Colin Garrard ("Uncle Tom") & Philip Thorne (Zimbabwe)
On safari
Still on safari
Our first wild camel sighting!
View near Dibba (UAE)
The beach near Dibba
The Omani flag flutters in the mountains
Our heroic driver poses for a picture
Steve Jones and his old "North" shirt
Steve Jones with a cuppa
Chicago beach
Sunset over Chicago beach
Steve Naftel relaxing
Flags
Hawes, Naftel, Le Blanc, Jones & Fulton
The Bedouin band playing farewell
Closing Ceremony
Closing Ceremony
Closing Ceremony
Closing Ceremony