Thank you!

First of all I would like to thank all participants of the gathering for a great, great fun, with special thanks for the numerous foreigners who had a long trip to Geneva.

I didn't organise this gathering alone, here are the persons who helped me with the organisation: I wholeheartedly thank:

• Wayra for her unvaluable support, her all-time help in the week before the gathering, for the welcome of the participants, for the organisational help during the gathering, for the excellent cakes !
• Rodolphe Francey for lodging A LOT of participants, transporting A LOT of participants, hosting A BIG barbecue, transporting A LOT of material, providing ice for the very appreciated cool drinks.
• The Bois-Gentil chess club for hosting the tournament and providing the playing material (digital clocks!).
• Shelby Pereira and the Caballero family for lodging participants, amongst which many were announced somewhat in the last minute.
• My mother for lending her car to me, allowing me to pick people at the airport and transporting a lot of participants.

Many people ask me how much the gathering costs to me. This year I had got such an unusual financial support that I have to be careful to not actually win money from the gathering ! For this, I have to thank :

• Rodolphe Francey
• Echecs-Club Bois-Gentil
• Wayra