Author: Gawain Jones
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Titled Tuesday and Match vs Nils Grandelius
I’ll be playing this evening in chess.com’s Titled Tuesday event which starts at 6pm BST. My last few events have gone better and I’ve been challenging for the prizes. I’ll be streaming live on twitch.tv/verdenotte so please come and check me out and don’t forget to follow me. On Wednesday evening, I’ll be playing a…
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Checkmate Covid 19 and Streaming
I think I’ve now done six streams on my twitch channel. I still feel very new to it all but I’m gaining more confidence with every stream. Hopefully it’s coming together, particularly thanks to Sue who did both the technical and aesthetic side. From Saturday 5pm there was a 24 hour marathon of 5-minutes games…
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Checkmate Covid 19
I’ve volunteered to play and stream for a few hours in the ECF’s 24 hour chess marathon to raise money for the British Red Cross. What is it?A 24-hour chess marathon of 5 minute a side games. All funds raised go to the British Red Cross and their work fighting the effects of the coronavirus.…
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Streaming: Twitch/verdenotte
Due to coronavirus I’ve been home since the start of March with all leagues and tournaments cancelled. I’ve been spending my time writing my next book and playing online chess. I try to play in the Titled Tuesday events on chess.com each week, and am intending on playing in the online European Chess Championship that…
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A busy August
I’m writing this on a very comfortable train south from Madrid. I’m on my way back to Linares to play in the Spanish League for Sestao. Last year everything went perfectly for us but it’ll be a tough proposition to hold on to the title. I thought my dash from Hull was slightly crazy but…
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A successful two weeks
On Saturday 9th April I headed back to Munich. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to play much for Munich 1836 this year but at least could drop in en-route to Dubai for the last round. We were in second place, ahead of the other Munich team (Tarrasch) by just one and a half board points, and…
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Reykjavik Open 2016
I’ve now been to Iceland so often that I know how to spell the capital city Reykjavik. It’s one of my most favourite places in the world to visit and it’s such a cool place to be a chess player. Obviously the city is rich in chess history with the “Match of the Century” taking…
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Gibraltar Masters – A good start to 2016
After our wonderful time in New Zealand we had a week to recover before I was off again. In the three weeks we were away new tenants had moved in and I spent a lot of the week tidying up after the mice and making the house habitable. Hopefully we’re starting to win the fight!…
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Abu Dhabi Masters
I’m writing this from the lobby of the Sofitel Hotel in Abu Dhabi. The tournament has just finished and at least I remembered how to play a little. Scored 6.5/9 and came 8th. Results. A big congratulations to my friend, Nils Grandelius, who had a great time and won the tournament. A cool $12,000 to…
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Better late than never. Big Announcement!
I’m writing this from Lund, in Sweden, where this evening I’ll be playing in the first Cellavision Chess Cup. The schedule is slightly strange, four rapid games this evening, followed by four standard games over the weekend. Apparently this is quite popular in Sweden and I’m looking forward to trying it. The list of players…
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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 chocolates waiting for me in my room. The weather was really good and I decided to take a walk…
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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 back to March I played the Reykjavik Open. I started with a couple of quick wins but then…
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Icelandic League February – March 2014
Wednesday evening I returned to Iceland for the second half of the Icelandic league. The first half of the season had gone very well, see http://gawainjones.co.uk/return-to-iceland/ and we were fighting for the top couple of places and qualification for the European Club Cup which will be in Bilbao in October. I want to start this update…
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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 tournament. I had been over at my parents’ and took the long, slow bus down the west…
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And back again – last few days in NZ
The flight back from Nelson to Auckland was uneventful. I remember Air NZ having touch screen entertainment screens on their bigger planes but Nelson is a tiny airport and we travelled back on a tiny propeller plane so there was no luxury! We arrived back into Auckland in the late evening and had just two…