Author: Sue Maroroa
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Sunningdale Congress (in Prague atm)
Lucky for us there’s a direct train from Waterloo to Sunningdale taking a grand total of 50minutes. There we were with our luggage and supplies waiting to play our first games since Dun Laoghaire. Sunningdale is run by Sean Hewitt of e2e4 chess and there are various weekenders and congresses runnign through the year. The…
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London
What a city. We trained down from Bolton breaking the journey in Stafford using London Midland trains which offers cheap trains from Stafford to London (£7.90 2 adults + railcards) the journey took an extra hour going via Northampton but how can one complain when the fare was so cheap. So we made it in…
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The Joyce Weekender, Vikings and Anglo-Saxons
Dun Laoghaire was an overall success for Gawain at least. Ga finished on 5/5 in the Joyce Weekender and had no real trouble in the blitz winning all games in his group and then winning the knock-out final against IM Valery Atlas 2-1. I on the otherhand finished with 2/5 in the weekender! I didn’t…
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Update – Off to Dublin on Friday
We’re in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland still enjoying the hospitality of the Jones family. On Friday we shall start our travels again and make our way down to Dublin. Down there is a tournament the Joyce Weekender in Dun Laoghaire (Dun Lerry) from the 21st-22nd of August held at the Boylan Community Centre. The Joyce Weekender…
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Sue’s Back
Sorry for the (very!) big delay in writing. It’s Sue again so I’ll try and be a bit more consistent with the updates. We’ve moved from the Southern Hemisphere and now are settling in Europe. The last month or so has been hectic with travelling and playing chess tournaments and now we’ve settled in one…