There were four (4) candidates this year nominated as potential recipients of Vice-President Mike Smith's Beauty Prize. The candidate games were:
- Tony Waller vs Douglas Stones, 0-1, The Kasparov (3/8/2006)
- Fast and solid development by Black
- All pieces working together
- Lovely mating combination winning the game
- Tony Waller vs Douglas Stones, 1-0, Club Championship (12/10/2006)
- White places his Knight on an "outpost" at d5
- Tactics, the Knight threatening to fork Black's King and Queen wins White material (a pawn and a Rook)
- Peter Braham vs Marek Gabrys, 1-0, Club Championship (2/11/2006)
- Effective attack on the castled king
- Mating net with co-ordinated pieces
- Richard Goldsmith vs Jim Baker, 1-0, The Fischer (6/6/2006)
- Use of Queen to counter attack, winning back material and capturing the passed a-pawn
- Lovely tactic, pawn-push revealing a check, winning the Queen and the game
The Winner: This year's prize goes to Douglas Stones for game #1 above against Tony Waller during the Kasparov tournament. Well done Dougy!