Category: Commonwealth Chess Championship 2011
-
2011 Commonwealth Champion
Gawain Jones aged 23 from Yorkshire, England is now the 2011 Commonwealth Chess Champion. He ended up with 9.5 points out of 11 alongside former World Contender OBE GM Nigel Short but had a better tie break and hence won Gold Medal with Nigel coming 2nd with Silver. The Commonwealth Championship was held in Gauteng,…
-
Round 9
Gawain is playing defending Commonwealth Champion GM Laxman but sadly the games have gone down so I can’t see what is happening. I’m pleased to announce that Gawain has crossed that 2600 barrier mark after quite a long time (probably due to me and us living in New Zealand). Here’s England’s Top 100 players. Since…
-
South Africa Safari Part Two
After lunch we drove over to another lodge owned by a chess enthusiast. It was a wonderful place with 5 big double bedrooms, a pool table and even its own bar! The view was stunning, straight across the river into the park and we saw hippos wallowing in the glorious mud (see Flanders and Swann).…
-
Round 7
Gawain had a flying start with 6/6 and facing the young and talented IM Sahaj Grover in the 7th round with the white pieces. Gawain’s position looked good but Sahaj defended well and the point was split. The next 2 boards were also drawn and now Gawain is leading with 6.5/7 with four rounds to…
-
Safari time – Pre tournament preparation!
The journey to Heathrow during the day is definitely a lot easier than coming back from Stansted at night, and I was at the terminal within an hour of leaving the house. As I arrived to check in for my 18:50 flight to Madrid I was told that it was running late and so was…
-
Round 5
You can watch the Round 5 games live here. There has been a few upsets but there are still 17 people on 4/4. Gawain this round is playing WGM Subbaraman Meenakshi from India. Pairings are available from Chess-Results. Gawain has now received a dongle (mobile broadband stick) but there was a problem with setting it up.…
-
South Africa Open Blitz Champion
After a few days of safarying (and without internet or mobile access) Gawain is now back in Johanneburg playing in the Commonwealth Championship. He started off with an 100% score with 1/1 in the main draw and 9/9 in the blitz, including beating GM David Smerdon, IM Sahai Grover. The blitz was a marathon event…