Hammersmith Chess Club hosted their Awards Night for the 2023/24 Season joined by GM Daniel King, who presented the best game prize and showed interesting positions from the 10 nominated games. Tournament winners and best players of the Season were also given prizes.
With his usual captivating style, Danny gave a highly entertaining lecture as he took us through the best games played by our members during the Season, with lots of tactics and interesting ideas. He kept repeating how hard it was for him to make a decision on which one should win the award!
In the end, he narrowed it down to the top 3: the games submitted by Club President John White, First team player Marco Gallana, and Hammer Hedger Captain Gianmaria Mazzaracchio. DK showed these 3 games in more detail before announcing the winner: for the second year in a row, Marco wins the Best Game of the Season! See more details and all the nominated games on the link above.
In addition, there were many other prizes given out on various categories, listed below. All the winners took home a book and a certificate:
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- The “Mike Mackenzie” President’s Award: Adam Cranston
- First Team Player of the Season: Luke Lau
- Player of the Season: Maria-Alexandra Ciocan
- Junior Player of the Season: Cian Ward
- Sledgehammer Champion: Thomas Knowland
- Rockhammer Champion: Bijan Lotfi
- Handicap Blitz Champion: Thomas Bonn
- Game of the Season: Marco Gallana
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There couldn’t be a best way to end such a successful season, congratulations to all the winners!