Career
Following a relatively lean period, he capped his return to form in 2008 with victory in the British Chess Championship, defeating Keith Arkell in a two-game rapidplay play-off match for the title, after they tied for first place. In May 2009 he came first at the Capo d"Orso Open. A prolific player at international tournaments for many years, Conquest has in recent times been a regular commentator and (since 2011) tournament director of the Gibraltar Chess Festival, held annually at the Caleta Hotel in Catalan Bay.
According to Chessmetrics, at his peak in August 1996 Conquest"s play was equivalent to a rating of 2581, and he was ranked number 167 in the world.
His best single performance was at London (Lloyds Bank Open), 1990, where he scored 6 of 7 possible points (86%) against 2565-rated opposition, for a performance rating of 2703. His highest Elo rating was 2601, in the October 2001 FIDE rating list.
He gained the International Master and Grandmaster titles in 1985 and 1991 respectively.
