Category: Travel
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European Blitz and Rapid Championships
After a couple days off desperately writing my Chesspublishing update and annotating a couple of games for Chessbase I headed to Warsaw for the annual European Blitz and Rapid Championships. This year David Howell, Loz Cooper and Malcolm Armstrong also played which made it more of a social event than last year. The trip started…
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A return to Corsica
I managed to catch a cold while in Germany, possibly from my team captain. A very short pause in my chess commitments meant I could have my first day off in a while on Monday (lots of board games with Sue and Tom – I may be addicted!) and generally relax and try to fight…
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Iceland from a tourist’s point of view
Expect the chess update from Gawain in a few days but I’ll just say he finished on a score of 3.5/4! Our team ended up on 11 points, 7th on the table but with all to play for in the next weekend which is just before the Reykjavik Open. Now that the chess is over,…
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Enniskillen to Galway – Distance:137miles Time: 6hours
Hi everyone. Just a very quick update to let you know I’m still kicking! Just in Northern Ireland at my parents’ place now but about to head down to Galway where I’m doing a simul this evening and then playing the weekender which starts on the Friday. Check previous updates for the links. I managed…
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Dessert
This is such a yummy pear tart – with caramelized noisettes and lovely pastry ! C’est la meilleure!