Category: World Cup 2013
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British Championships and FIDE World Cup
I’ve been home for a few days now and so I decided it’s time to look back at my previous two tournaments. The British started somewhat disappointingly when I got bogged down with too many draws. After winning round one, I had a repeat of my final round pairing from the previous year’s tournament with…
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World Cup Exit and another Zero Tolerance Controversy.
After drawing the Rapid playoff Gawain succumbed to his Russian opponent in the Blitz playoff. Gawain played against Alexander Shimanov a young Russian GM who I’ve never heard of but then again I don’t follow chess that often. His opponent to me seemed well prepared and I think that helped him get through the first…
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World Cup 2013
Gawain is now in Tromsø,Norway competing in the World Cup. Now what kind of tournament is it? A 128 player knock out with a schedule of 2 long play games then a rapid tie break. before commencing to Round 2 e.t.c – Why play in such a tournament? Well it qualifies you for the Candidates…