Category: Must Do Tournaments!
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Kilkenny Masters 2012
Last weekend I made my usual November trip to Ireland to play the Kilkenny Masters. As there had still been no decision on Sue’s appeal, she still had no passport and thus was unable to accompany me. However my Mum came out of chess retirement and played her first tournament in 18 years – competing…
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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 1982! I wish all the participants lots of luck especially Gawain’s mum (Tanya Jones) who is making her chess comeback :).
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Kilkenny 2012
Gawain will be back in Kilkenny, Ireland to defend his title. You can see the report below by Gerry Graham from last’s years event. If you have never been to an Irish weekender I highly recommend visiting Kilkenny. Kilkenny has a lovely castle, some nice shops and of course some pubs. Last time I visited…
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London Chess Classic – Playing with the big league!
Hi guys, Just in case you didn’t know (being on the front cover of CHESS) or haven’t kept up-to-date with the latest tweets from the London Chess Classic, I’m pleased to say that Gawain will be playing the the upcoming London Chess Classic. As you know by the previous editions, the field is extremely strong…
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Tomorrow is the last Round..
Here are tomorrow’s pairings. Play starts earlier at 13:00 Local time (which is also the same timezone as London). Round 9 on 2012/03/13 at 13:00 Bo. No. Name Rtg Pts. Result Pts. Name Rtg No. 1 6 GM Hou Yifan 2639 6½ 7 GM Caruana Fabiano 2767 1 2 5 GM Sokolov Ivan 2653 6½…
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Nearly halfway through the Open…
Gawain’s currently on 4/4 in the strong Reykjavik Open. I flew back to warm London on Wednesday and have been very busy juggling my three jobs. I’m sorry that there wasn’t a game of the month for March. Gawain’s schedule has been hectic as he’s juggling his travels plus his chess publishing. He’s got a…
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London Chess Classic
The London Chess Classic started yesterday and Gawain won his 1st round game, today he plays against a Norweigen junior which can be dangerous! This event is on until the 12th of December and I would highly recommend checking it out. The main event of this tournament is of course the all play all which…
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2nd Big Slick International
2nd Big Slick International 25th June – 3rd July 2011 I am pleased to announce the 2nd Big Slick International will take place from the 25th June to the 3rd July at the following address: BIG SLICK, UNIT 10 ROYAL OAK CENTRE, BRIGHTON ROAD, PURLEY, SURREY CR8 2BG Unlike the 1st event held in June…
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Bangkok Open
The Bangkok Open started on the 11th of April. We have never played but Thailand is such a lovely place, and we hope to play there in the near future. In 2009 we had a holiday (with no chess) in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand where we rode elephants all over the countryside! Thailand is a…
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Queenstown Chess Classic
Have you ever considered a holiday in New Zealand but never made it happen? Next January 2012 the Queenstown Chess Classic will be held in Queenstown (known as the Adventure Capital of the World). Grandmaster David Smerdon as the winner of the 2009 Queenstown Chess Classic in his speech asked “Please hold it again”. New…
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Gibraltar 2011
Lucky for us in the UK there are direct flights to Gibraltar though flying to Malaga would only add 2-3hours of additional travel. Now that Gawain is travelling around playing long tournaments means while he is away I want to visit him. This means unfortunately flying by plane which I am very eco conscious about…