Gawain Jones

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 4NCL Round 5&6- Wokefield Park

    Pride and Prejudice played Pandora’s Box Grantham whose players had an average rating of 2159. Kev McCarthy our good friend is their team captain and the team have yet to win a match. Last weekend they lost 8-0 to our Round 6 opponents: Barbican 1. The team felt we should also achieve a similar feat…

  • London League – Athenaeum vs. Ilford

    Athenaeum played Ilford last Wednesday at home and proceeded to win 9-2. Gawain beat FM Rafe Martyn with the black pieces in a Old India (I’m not sure what this is). Next up is 4NCL before heading to Ireland for Bunratty and a visit to Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. By the way check out the latest…

  • Queenstown Chess Classic

    Have you ever considered a holiday in New Zealand but never made it happen? Next January 2012 the Queenstown Chess Classic will be held in Queenstown (known as the Adventure Capital of the World). Grandmaster David Smerdon as the winner of the 2009 Queenstown Chess Classic in his speech asked “Please hold it again”. New…

  • 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 2011

    Lucky for us in the UK there are direct flights to Gibraltar though flying to Malaga would only add 2-3hours of additional travel. Now that Gawain is travelling around playing long tournaments means while he is away I want to visit him. This means unfortunately flying by plane which I am very eco conscious about…

  • 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…

  • Snow,snow,snow! Currently stranded in Poland.

    There is now a new European Blitz as well as a Rapid Champion and it’s not  Gawain. The rapid started well with 5/5 and a win over Rublevsky but a combination of things started to happen and things went wrong. Gawain should be very happy and proud of his performance in Warsaw especially just playing…

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