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Announcement and exploring the United States
Hello readers (again), I hope some of you are still reading our blog and yet again I’m so very sorry for not updating more often. Things have been manic job wise for the last few months and now I’m officially unemployed. From now on things will be very different in our household. We are leaving…
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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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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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Zalakaros Open – Round up
Our time in Zalakaros came and went so quickly! It feels like we’ve been here forever (just over a week) but we haven’t been able to do so much. It’s weird when I’m explaining to our non chess playing friends what your schedule is like when you are playing a tournament. They really can’t believe…
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London Classic 2013
Hello all. I’m writing this from Auckland, in the pleasant New Zealand Summer, at my in-laws. I decided to try and give you some Christmas reading with an update on the London Classic from my point of view. NOTE – Currently I’m having a problem with the games relayer here so you can find this report…
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Return to Iceland
The first half of the Icelandic League was played a couple of weeks ago and Sue and I made the trip over to play for our team GM Hellir. When I started playing the team was Matar which then merged with Godinn. Just before the start of this season we made another merger and we’re…
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Italian Team Championships 2013 – Bratto
I recently played in the Italian Team Championships for the second year. Last time I got a disappointing 3/7 and so was hoping to improve on that. Then there were only 2 spots for the European Club Cup with only 19GMs competing but this year there were over 20 and so 3 qualifying spots. Last…
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Hastings International Chess Congress
Today is the first round of the 88th Hastings International Chess Congress held in the seaside town of Hastings. This is my second time in Hastings and I’m looking forward to playing some good chess. For some reason they have accelerated the pairings (where the top of the first quarter plays against the top of…
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Bundesliga 2012-2013
With a little spare time at Frankfurt Airport I thought I’d let you all know what’s been happening in the Bundesliga this season. After Remagen were relegated – too many 3.5-4.5 upsets, not that my 10 draws and 1 loss helped particularly, I switched to Solingen this season. Solingen came 3rd last year and with…
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4NCL Round 1/2
We are now in Sunningdale, England playing in the first weekend for the Four Nationals Chess League, otherwise known as the 4ncl. The Four Nations refer to England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland (or maybe Northern Ireland) but there has never been a team from Ireland (ROI/Northern Ireland) or Scotland. Gawain is playing for Guildford 1…
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Congratulations to…
Mr Ron Bleeker from Germany (originally from the Netherlands) with his answer “You have moved around a lot, problaby even more than me! I am a Dutchman living in Germany and moved 9 times. What I have found where you lived is: – Keighley, Skipton, Yorkshire (born 11-12-1987) – Lucca, Italy (2001) – Ennis, Ireland…