Author: Sue Maroroa
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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European Blitz and Rapid Chess Championship, Warsaw
Gawain finished the London Chess Classic with a score of 7.5/9 which resulted in coming 1st= with GM Simon Williams. Ga was aware in the last round that if he lost he’d finish somewhere 3rd= (with lots of other players) tough sometimes being a professional. Now Ga is in Poland playing this Blitz & Rapid…
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London Chess Classic: FIDE Open
Round 9 tomorrow for the Fide Open! Sorry for the lack of update but I’ve been busy running around and cooking for my lovely Gawain. Ga is currently leading with 7/8 alongside Simon Williams. He’s feeling in the zone and playing GM Neil McDonald tomorrow lunchtime. You can check out the games here. After a…
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Kilkenny Final Results
The last 2 rounds on the Sunday was a disaster for the Frenchman leading the tournament with 4/4. Round 5 saw Mazé paired against Gawain where Mazé tried too hard to win and ended up losing meaning he played top seed Ivan Cheparinov in the last round. Round 6 saw Gawain paired with IM Sam…
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Kilkenny Round 2,3,4
Leading the tournament is Grandmaster Sébastien Mazé from France with 4/4. Gawain is playing him currently in the 5th Round. 3 Rounds were played yesterday in which Ga drew against IM Mark Heidenfield and GM Ivan Cheparinov (known as the second to GM Veselin Topalov and beat IM Mark Quinn using his book “How to…
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Kilkenny 2010 -Arrival, Round 1 & Tips for tourists!
Here we are in Ireland for another fun tournament in Kilkenny. This year we see GM Ivan Cheparinov (Second to GM Veselin Topalov) visit the tournament and there’s 7 GMs visiting. Kilkenny is a lovely town about 2hours drive south of Dublin. I’m not playing this weekend so will be playing tourist though I do…
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Drunken Knights 1 vs Athenaeum
I believe Ga’s team were unfortunately beaten at their London League match earlier this evening. Ga played Eddie Dearing but the game ended in confusion (maybe some arguments) due to his opponent claiming Article 10.2. As there was no arbiter present the game has been sent of for adjudication. In the final position Ga had 14minutes to Eddie’s…
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British Rapidplay
So Friday morning we left sunny London to go to play in the British Rapidplay Championship. Cold is what I thought of the North and I wasn’t disappointed. If you ever go we recommend you take the Grand Central trains which offers free wifi and the oppurtunity to play chess in their carriages! Yorkshire is…
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4NCL Daventry
Off we went for a lovely weekend to Daventry(nearest train station Rugby 12miles). Fortunately for us Round 1 starts at 2pm. The Four Nations Chess League (otherwise known as 4NCL) is a team tournament held at various venues throughout England. Gawain’s current team is Pride and Prejudice. Round 1 Round 2 Gawain started his debut…
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Jones vs Fedorchuk
This is a very nice win by Ga during the Corsican Masters. Unfortuntely he is very busy at the moment so there aren’t any annotations and I won’t bore you with my thoughts but it’s a very nice game with the f3 Nimzo-Indian Defence against Fedorchuk who was rated 2671. Doesn’t it look easy? Well…
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Mini Update – Feeling guilty…
Wow! It’s been too long since we’ve written a report on. I’m very jealous of Mickey Adam’s website which is done with the help of his lovely wife (and webmistress) Tara! I’m not very technolgized but that makes no excuse for not updating very often. I do have some excuses such as settling into London,…