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Site Changes and Benasque Open
Sorry if today you tried to check out the website but failed, I changed a password which meant the Web Host Server got confused! You’ll see some website changes over the next week and hopefully you’ll...
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World Rapid and Blitz Astana, Kazakstan
If you didn’t know, well now you do. The World Rapid and Blitz is currently being played in Astana, Kazahstan. The first 5 rounds of the rapidplay took place earlier today and the remaining rounds...
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The Paralytic Games
Yesterday evening my flatmates Tom and Pete and me headed into Central London to The Plough, the pub that hosts the home matches of the Drunken Knights in the London League. Nevil Chan had organised...
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London Grand Prix Opening
Opening night, I didn’t now what to expect. It was a very fashionable affair (to my knowledge) and everything ran smoothly. If this is anything to go by, I believe the chess world is in very good...
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Photos from the Opening Ceremoy
Sorry for the bad photos but all I had was a small camera and the lighting was very dim. Again you can check out the good quality stuff from Ray Morris Hill and if you go right to the end you’ll see a...
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London Grand Prix/Chessboxing
Saturday was a busy day when Gawain and I went to visit two chess events in London. The next day we were meant to go with his Aunt to see the Chess exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery but completely...
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The Tortoise and the Hare
Last week the London Grand Prix came to a close and the closing ceremony was not as spectacular as the opening ceremony held at Somerset House but nevertheless it was a nice affair. There were...
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Hastings Chess Congress 2012
I’m pleased to announce that Gawain will be playing in the 88th Hastings Chess Congress which will be held from 28th December 2012 to 6th January 2013. This will be our first year back since 2008,...
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Kilkenny Congress
You can follow Gawain’s live games here. Games started at 7.30pm local time and there will be 3 rounds tomorrow! Alongside the main event there is the Irish Ladies Championship the first held since...
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London Chess Classic – A personal retrospective
Now we’ve had a bit over a week since the end of the London Classic I decided it was the right moment to look back at the tournament and take stock. My final score was somewhat disappointing; my aim...
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Italian Team Championships 2013 – Bratto
I recently played in the Italian Team Championships for the second year. Last time I got a disappointing 3/7 and so was hoping to improve on that. Then there were only 2 spots for the European Club...
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Bradford Chesstival
Hi guys. I’ve been home for a few weeks now recovering from my busy Summer and sorting out this and that. Of course I’ve also been gripped by the World Cup. Congratulations to Vladimir Kramnik on his...
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Dutch Debut
A couple of weeks ago I played my first game in the Dutch League for SISSA. SISSA are an ambitious team from Groningen who are gunning for promotion to the top division. In the first game of the...
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Return to Iceland
The first half of the Icelandic League was played a couple of weeks ago and Sue and I made the trip over to play for our team GM Hellir. When I started playing the team was Matar which then merged...
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London Classic 2013
Hello all. I’m writing this from Auckland, in the pleasant New Zealand Summer, at my in-laws. I decided to try and give you some Christmas reading with an update on the London Classic from my point of...
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Bunratty 2014
Last year I was unable to play Bunratty as it clashed with my time in Iceland but with the dates moved to earlier in February this year Sue and I were able to return to Ireland’s premier weekend...
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Cork – Amateur Point of View.
So I had to book a 10pm flight (which meant a half point bye in the first round) from Heathrow to Cork as I left it quite late to book and the prices for earlier flights had shot up! It’s really easy...
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Zalakaros Open – Round up
Our time in Zalakaros came and went so quickly! It feels like we’ve been here forever (just over a week) but we haven’t been able to do so much. It’s weird when I’m explaining to our non chess playing...
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Recent developments
So my intention was to write a tournament update for each of my tournaments played since the Icelandic League but that isn’t really viable so I’ve decided to round it all up in one update. Going...
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A sunny week in June
Early June I played in the Swiss Rapid Chess Masters, a well organised one day tournament in Pfaffikon on Lake Zurich. I received a pleasant surprise on arrival with a gift of a bag of Swiss...
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