It was the turn of Chess Scotland to host the Glorney Gilbert International 2018 at the University of West Scotland, West Paisley, Scotland from 15th to 19th July.
This is a team event that has been running continuously since 1949 – this year the teams competing were The Netherlands, France, Scotland, England, Wales and Ireland. It has a long and varied history and is currently run as four competitions:
Glorney Cup Under 18’s 5 boards
Robinson Cup Under 14’s 6 boards
Gilbert Cup Girls under 18 3 boards
Stokes Cup Under 12’s 6 boards
Sussex players Matt Forster and Lucy Bennet-Stevens were selected to represent England in the Glorney and Gilbert respectively. Lucy won the board prize for the Gilbert Team.
Glorney:
| Rk. | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | France | * | 2½ | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17,5 | 9 | 0 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 2½ | * | 3½ | 2½ | 4½ | 4½ | 17,5 | 8 | 0 |
| 3 | Scotland | 2 | 1½ | * | 3½ | 4 | 5 | 16,0 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | Ireland | 2 | 2½ | 1½ | * | 3½ | 3½ | 13,0 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | England | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1½ | * | 3½ | 7,5 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | Wales | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1½ | 1½ | * | 3,5 | 0 | 0 |
Gilbert:
| Rk. | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | Netherlands | * | 2½ | 1½ | 3 | 2½ | 2½ | 12,0 | 9 | 0 |
| 2 | France | ½ | * | 3 | 1½ | 2½ | 2½ | 10,0 | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | England | 1½ | 0 | * | 2½ | 2½ | 1½ | 8,0 | 6 | 0 |
| 4 | Wales | 0 | 1½ | ½ | * | 2 | 2 | 6,0 | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | Ireland | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | * | 2½ | 5,0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | Scotland | ½ | ½ | 1½ | 1 | ½ | * | 4,0 | 1 | 0 |