Gawain Jones

Category: Tournaments

  • Round 1

    Here are the live games from the Open Norweigen. Round 1 started at 17.30 (local time) 16.30 (GMT)

  • Round 8,9,10 and 11

    The rest day was inbetween Round 7 & 8. We played tennis with Terry Chapman and Matthew Webb (a fellow Yorkshireman). After playing a few hours of tennis we ran to the Grand Port for an afternoon boat tour on the lake. We noticed that the Circus was in town and not having been for…

  • Last night in Aix les bains

    I’m just about to have a nap before our 6am bus to Geneva. I’m sorry for not writing up but I’ve been caught up with different things (namely 1 minute on ICC – I’ve reached over 2000 without a mouse) but I will write up a full report once back. Just on a quick note,…

  • Round 6 & 7

    Round 6 consisted of the win against Bologan. That evening we had a lovely dinner with our friends Fiona & Vlad and perhaps too much limoncello and giggles! We got back quite late (2am) and the next day Ga had to play GM Korobov on the stage. Unfortunately, he went into a worse endgame(maybe even…

  • Okay,New favourite game 🙂

    I guess I spoke too early when I asked Ga to let me know his favourite game. He was pleased with his first round result but it doesn’t quite compare to this Round 6 win against GM Viktor Bologan. Utilizing his book (How to beat the Sicilian) Gawain deployed his pieces to create a bind…

  • Round 5

    Mamedov played a sideline of the Sicilian, Ga equalised and offers a draw then played an inaccuracy and although Mamedov was pressing, Gawain held the position then claimed three fold repetition and the his opponent proceeded to storm off! Under a bit of pressure but held 🙂 The people in this town again are very kind and always helpful.…

  • Round 3&4

    Round 3 meant Gawain was playing on the stage but the playing conditions there aren’t so great – cramped and if you wanted to go toilet you had to walk up 4 flights of stairs to and you would come across a smelly bathroom. Gawain’s game against Iordachescu unfortunately ended in a lost – Ga felt…

  • Round 1 Sahitaj vs Jones 0-1

    Naim Sahitaj was Ga’s 1st round opponent who at the moment has no rating on the FIDE list. Where did they get a rating of 2193 from especially who had a rating of 1562 just a year ago! A young junior you may think but that’s not the case here. Mr Sahitaj is from Albania,…

  • Round 9(final round)! 1/2 with Boris Chatalbashev 2602

    Gawain finished 7th= (9th in tiebreak). Check out the last round games here.

  • Rounds 7 and 8 Reykjavik Open

    A very quick post as I’m playing my round 9 game in an hour and a half. Apologies for the slight delay in writing this update – my chesspublishing column is due on the 15th of every month and I had to get that out of the way first. In round seven I played the…

  • Rounds 4, 5 and 6, Reykjavik Open

    Sorry for the slight delay in posting. Saturday was a double round day followed by a chess quiz and was very hectic. I then needed most of Sunday to recover! Round Four I was paired against Bragi Thorfinnsson, an Icelandic IM who I met a few years ago at the European Individual Championships together with his…

  • Round Three MP Reykjavik Open

    Today I played the first game I was happy with of the tournament. Perhaps I missed the most accurate moves in a couple of positions but overall I saw a lot and the moves seemed to flow quite well. My opponent played the Fianchetto Variation against my Kings Indian. I’ve got quite a good score…

  • Round Two and Tour of Iceland

    After getting up and grabbing a big breakfast at the hotel I got onto the coach for a trip around Iceland. After a drive through some beautiful scenery while our guide kept us amused with some interesting facts (apparently the current mayor of Reykjavik used to be a stand up comedian who said he wanted…

  • Round 1 MP Reykjavik Open

    At the hotel there’s free access to google but not much else. Luckily I have gmail and so am able to check my email and send these updates to Sue who can upload them. The pairings only appeared online at 3.30 today, and with the opening ceremony at 4 and the venue 20minutes away there…

  • Bunratty Victory – I win! 😀

    So after a disappointing Gibraltar I played the 4ncl keen to gain back some rating points. Unfortunately it was not to be. In the first game I played Martin Burrows. I didn’t really get anything out of the opening and was worried I would be worse strategically if I did nothing. I tried a piece…

  • Gibraltar Update

    So Gibraltar is more than halfway through and I am sorry for not updating earlier. I am currently laptopless and am typing this up on my phone so sorry if it also looks funny! Gawain started his tournament with a draw in the first round against an IM from India named Karavade. In round 2…