Author: Sue Maroroa
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Nearly halfway through the Open…
Gawain’s currently on 4/4 in the strong Reykjavik Open. I flew back to warm London on Wednesday and have been very busy juggling my three jobs. I’m sorry that there wasn’t a game of the month for March. Gawain’s schedule has been hectic as he’s juggling his travels plus his chess publishing. He’s got a…
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Reykjavik Open 2012
The Reykjavik Open starts in a week’s time. This year Gawain (so far) is 5th seed alongside 2700s GM Caruana and GM Navara. I also note that the current Women’s World Champion Hou Yifan will play – if you weren’t in the know she performed amazingly well in Gibraltar earlier this year. Hopefully she’ll be…
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Bundesliga Round 10/11
Gawain and his team are playing host this round. They are in last place in the league and need to win this weekend. Today they are up against Werder Bremen which is a formidable team (bottom board is GM Babula 2572). Here are the pairings 10th round: Saturday, 25th of February 2012, 2pm SC Remagen…
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4NCL and NEW! Bi monthly F.E.B
I couldn’t update that about the 4NCL during the weekend as that would have given away that Gawain and I were in Sunningdale about to play! There was still snow at the venue (have you seen the temperatures in Europe?) but at least London is now a nice and balmy 7degrees. 4NCL saw both of…
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Dissapointing Bundesliga š
Gawain flew back into London Heathrow early Friday morning, 5.25am then we left in the afternoon for Bundesliga. Bundesliga this weekend was held in Solingen a town famous for it’s steel. Gawain’s team unfortunately didn’t win a match this weekend. In the 8th Round of the league they drew 4:4 with Dortmund. The final game…
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Bundesliga
Round 8 and 9 of the German Bundesliga has started earlier today. You can check out the live games hereĀ but I think there might be a slight delay on the server. Gawain’s team plays Hansa Dortmund and tomorrow will play SV Wattenscheid. If you didn’t know how the Bundesliga teams work – 4 teams play…
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Roadtrip… Wellington to Queenstown.
Day 1: Fly Auckland to Wellington We were greeted by our good friends Bill and Maria who will put us up and feed us. There is lots of Kapiti Ice-cream in the house for me.. (P.s I love ice-cream) Day 2: Wellington to Christchurch via Picton on the ferry We stopped at the Store (http://www.the-store.co.nz/)…
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Bye bye New Zealand…
Hi all, I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.Ā If we have any Chinese readers Xin Nian Kuai Le( it won’t show the characters!)Now that we are getting married, I donāt receive any ang pau anymore š and now will have to give but oh well. Iām in…
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A quick note from the IPad
Having received the iPad as a Christmas present I have now taken to my new toy. It is very gadgety and highly addictive. The pros are that it is easy to use especially when you are travelling and the batlay lasts an amazing long time. There are some cons that come with the device such…
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Happy New Year and Top 100!
We would like to wish all our readers a very Happy New Year for 2012. It will be a very busy year for us as we plan on getting married. I’m pleased to announce that Gawain has cracked the Top 100 list for the first time. You can check out the January 2012 Top 100…
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European Individual Blitz and Rapidplay
Gawain left for Poland and this time there were a few English players also participating! The live games seem very touch and go and the pairings aren’t always updated first thing but you can try and check out the website for the latest information. Last year, I recalled there was a feature of a GM…
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Need more time!
Dear Readers, I would like to sincerely apologize for the delay in an update and also for the lack of a GOTM! We both totally forgot! Now of course, Ga is playing in the London Chess Classic FIDE Open so won’t be able toĀ analyseĀ until the tournament is over. After that he’ll be off to Poland…
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London Chess Classic
The London Chess Classic started yesterday and Gawain won his 1st round game, today he plays against a Norweigen junior which can be dangerous! This event is on until the 12th of December and I would highly recommend checking it out. The main event of this tournament is of course the all play all which…
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Kilkenny Congress by Gerry Graham
Kilkenny Congress by Gerry GrahamĀ (November 2011) The annual Kilkenny Chess Congress took place over the weekend of November 25th to 27th in the two venues of The Club House Hotel and Butler House, in the heart of Kilkenny city. This year it attracted itās largest turnout in many a year, a total of 205 players…
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Kilkenny and Reykjavik Open 2012
Gawain has headed over the Irish Sea via plane this time to play the Kilkenny Masters held in Kilkenny, Ireland. This year’s event included more or less the same players from the 2010 Kilkenny MastersĀ with players such as Ivan Cheparinov, Sebastian Maze and Mark Hebden. Hopefully we’ll be able to check out the live gamesĀ if…
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British Rapidplay Champion!
After the mad dash following the European Championships and then 4ncl, I took it fairly easy. I made my debut for Wood Green in the London League on Wednesday, defeating Tiruchirapalli Venkataraman in a long battle that went down to mutual time trouble. The team didnāt have as much trouble and weāre currently 11-0 up…