Author: Sue Maroroa
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Round 2,3,4
Hello, Well yesterday was a tough day! 3 games in a roll and then of course a few pints after (and perhaps during the game) meant a late evening. The day got of shaky for Ga, who managed to convert 3 drawing positions plus a slightly worse endgame into wins so he is on 4/4.…
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Round 1, Ennis Open.
Last night, Gawain was paired with Gabriel Mirza rated 1514. Gabriel played a very offbeat opening in which he was very cramped. Gawain grabbed space, broke through, won material and the game. I on the other hand was playing on Board 6 (to my surprise) and had the white pieces against Barry Foran rated 1466.…
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Alternate Move Simultaneous Exhibition,Ennis
Made it safe to Ireland, with the Queen’s visit(the first Monarch in over 100 years) to Ireland we didn’t think anything would happen and we’re okay :). We’re back in (one of) Gawain’s hometown, Ennis in Ireland. He lived here during his high school years at sat his Leaving Certificiate(A levels,IB,NCEA Level 3) here before…
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Back Cover!
Here’s a view of the back cover. I’ve confirmation the book is out and available in the US but not quite yet in the UK.. fingers crossed it’ll be out soon and we can see what the readers think! We’re off to Ennis, Ireland tomorrow. Here is more info about the simul from –http://ennischessclub.wordpress.com/2011/05/06/gm-jones-simultaneous-o-keeffes-pub-19th-january As…
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How to Beat the Sicilian Defence: An Anti-Sicilian Repertoire for White
Hi All, I believe Gawain’s new book is available to buy right now! Here’s the link to the amazon page so you can check out what’s inside and trust me it’s a great book to buy!(Not that I’m biased or anything). See this win against Top Moldovian player GM Victor Bologan from the 2011 European…
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ECF Player of the Year Award
It’s time again to vote for the English Chess Federation Player of the Year. I see there is an online poll currently lead by Yang Fan Zhou with 31.27% of the Vote. I don’t believe this vote is accurate – just perhaps a vote to see public opinion as only ECF members have a vote.…
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May 2011 Rating List
GM Matthew Sadler pops into 4th by playing a few games in the Dutch League. I believe he is also making a long play tournament comeback by playing in the Oslo International. Gawain is still yoyoing having gained 17.5 on the last list but 4NCL will be rated on the next list and at the…
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Pride and Prejudice, Winners of the Four Nation Chess League
The final round of the 4NCl was a close match between the top 2 seeds Pride and Prejudice and Wood Green Hilsmark Kingfisher. Whilst watching the game, the wags and our spare GM Chris Ward (over) analysed each board and all sorts of variation. A combination of nerves and uncertainty was felt but our feelings were quickly…
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4ncl: Round 9 and 10
Gawain as semi predicted played IM Richard Palliser (yes- the organizer from the York Simul) and although the game looked shaky, Gawain prevailed to take the full point. Pride and Prejudice beat White Rose 7-1 with 2 draw including my fellow Kiwi FM Nic Croad(White Rose) drawing with GM Glenn Flear(P&P). Yesterday the team played…
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York Simul and 4NCL Final Weekend
Gawain played 32 people and finished with 2 loses, 9 draws and the rest wins! This was a tough field considering they were all club players and roughly around 1900 (ELO) strength! The weather has been lovely over Summer and that day in York was no different. Gawain is originally from Yorkshire and is proud…
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Round 1
Here are the live games from the Open Norweigen. Round 1 started at 17.30 (local time) 16.30 (GMT)
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RAC Simul
Yesterday the RAC Simul took place, Gawain along with the other Grandmasters each followed a format of playing 3 teams (one after the after) each with 10 Boards. Ga was paired with quite a tough pairing ECF Junior Select (9.5) Oxford/Cambridge Varsity (9) and RAC 1 (8.5) with a total score of 27 and no…
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Gawain with Magnus and Bobby
A little on the low down but here is Ga and Magnus at a screening of the new Bobby Fischer doco – “Bobby Fischer against the World”. More information about the movie to come but it is a moving tale and I think even the non chess people in your life would enjoy it! 🙂…
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The Killer Grand Prix
Remember a while back I mentioned Ga doing a DVD for Ginger GM. The DVD will hopefully be released soon, but in the mean time you can pre order your copy and check out the trailer below!
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Bangkok Open
The Bangkok Open started on the 11th of April. We have never played but Thailand is such a lovely place, and we hope to play there in the near future. In 2009 we had a holiday (with no chess) in Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand where we rode elephants all over the countryside! Thailand is a…
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RAC Simultaneous Exhibition.
The RAC 100 Board Simultaneous takes place this Saturday 16th of December at the RAC Clubhouse in Pall Mal. Gawain is participating alongside Grandmasters Mickey Adams ,Luke McShane, David Howell, Julian Hodgson, Nick Pert, Stephen Gordon, Jon Speelman, Simon Williams and WGM (IM) Jovanka Houska. Here is more information taken from the English Chess website.…