Gawain Jones

Category: Updates

  • 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…

  • Gawain’s fave game (so far)

    This is Ga’s Round 1 game against the Albanian Sahitaj. We noticed a few rounds back that his rating had increase for Round 2 to be 2235! A first for Gawain. ###pgn###[Event “12th European Invidividual Championship”] [Site “Aix-les-Bains FRA”] [Date “2011.03.22”] [EventDate “2011.03.22”] [Round “1.104”] [Result “0-1”] [White “Naim Sahitaj”] [Black “Gawain Jones”] [ECO “E60”]…

  • 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 2

    Gawain has made it to Board 13 so we are rewarded with a look at his game here. He is playing GM ViorelIordachescu today after managing to beat his fellow Englishman Terry Chapman yesterday. Allez Gawain!

  • Non players not allowed to watch Boards 20-100..

    So I just dropped into one of the two venues (Centre des Congrès(top 100 boards play in 3 different rooms) as well as the Casino Grand Cercle) to see Gawain’s game but I was prompty kicked out by one of the arbiters. Yesterday, I was free to roam into his playing hall (with many other spectators)…

  • Aix-les-bains, France – European Individual Chess Championship 2011

    After a hectic journey from London to Aix les bains including the Northern liane having severe delays, the plane coming was late as well as a uneven passenger count and just catching the bus from Geneva Airport, we made it last night around 7pm. Eating some dinner was at the top of our list but…

  • Final Round of the Reykjavik Open and trip home

    I got home last night but was too tired to do anything and spent today relaxing but uploading my last round now. As Sue quickly wrote, my final round game was a draw but it was pretty interesting. I decided to repeat the Dutch which I played in round 7 (via 1…e6 to cut out…

  • Arriving in Iceland

    We stayed in Northern Ireland at my parents’ place until Saturday when we came back to London; a rather gruelling 15 hour trip consisting of walk, bus, taxi, ferry, train, train, train, tube and walk! Spent a couple days writing my next ChessPublishing update and then Tuesday was time for the next tournament. I met…

  • London Town

    Back home after the 13 hour trip consisting of walk, bus, taxi, ferry, train, train, train, tube and walk.  I have a few days here before departing to Iceland for the MP Reykjavik Open 2011.  I see already, players arriving to play in the Icelandic League with some results here but I’ll leave it up…

  • Gibraltar Round Up

    Hello all, After feeling guilty not having posted myself while Sue somehow finds time to update despite working 12 hour days. Here I’ll comment on the Gibraltar tournament round by round and try to explain what went wrong. Round One: Black vs Eesha Karavade IM This game set the tone for the tournament. After playing…

  • 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…

  • Gibraltar: Arrival Day

    Today Gawain left home at 4.30am to get to Gatwick in time for his flight to Gibraltar for the 2011 Tradewise Gibraltar Festival. After two attempted landings he finally made it but now I’ve seem to have lost contact with him. For some reason his mobile isn’t working but I’m sure he’s fine. The Challengers…

  • 4NCL Hinckley Island

    This weekend the Four Nations Chess League was on as well as the French League,German Bundesliga, and the newly renamed Tata Steel tournament. Here in England, Pride and Prejudice beat Betsson convincingly with 7-1. Round 4 was where P&P needed to show their strength whilst playing Wood Green Hilsmark Kingfisher 2(WGHK2) who’s first team is…