Draft:Craig Reyes

Craig Percy James Reyes (born 15th March 1987 in Southwark, England) is a Gibraltarian / English Chess Player.

Early Life
Reyes began Chess at age 9 due to his stepfather encouraging him to learn. By the age of 10, a friend of the family and a English Chess Federation club player, Colin Fell began teaching Reyes and to this day still play eachother and are still close friends.

After inactive play for 15 years, Reyes began playing chess again and was informed of a chess tournament held in Gibraltar. This is where Reyes began his friendship with Grandmaster Stuart Conquest, whom was the Director of the Gibraltar Chess Festival.

Chess Career
Reyes has competed a few times in the Gibraltar Chess Festival, in rapid play tournaments in several locations in Spain, usually in Marbella which is organised by the Ajedrez Metro Club, at the British Chess Championship in Torquay and frequently online including in 4NCL online tournaments. Reyes also provided Conquest assistance with a small Chess club for the youth of Gibraltar. Due to COVID-19 the chess club stopped meeting and to this day has no longer returned. Reyes continued playing Online chess and has since returned to Over-the-board rapid play in Spain.

Strength & Style
Reyes learns and studies from two friends, Grandmaster Simon Williams (chess player) and Woman International Master Fiona Steil-Antoni and has adopted a style of risky attacking play and love for quirky chess openings. His chess strength is that of a club-player.

He gained the online FIDE titles of Arena Candidate Master in 2017 and then the Arena FIDE Master in 2019.

Achievements
●Torneo Plaza Del Mar, Marbella, Spain 2019 = 1st Place C.C.C - (Best performance rating)

●British Chess Championship U100, Torquay, England, 2019 = 10th (Joint 3rd on points)

●Gibraltar International Chess Festival Amateur B, Gibraltar, 2020 = 3rd place Gibraltar player

●8th 4NCL Online Congress U1400, 2021 = 1st Place