Category: Events
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Galway Congress – A repeat success!
I’ve just returned home from Galway. I believe the last time I played was in 2007 according to the trophy – I managed a win that time too 🙂 I arrived in Galway on Thursday and played an 18 board simultaneous display at the Galway Bridge club. As is customary in simuls, I had White…
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World Cup and Botvinnik Memorial
Hello everyone. I’m off to Rome shortly, via Windsor to stay with the very hospitable Manuel + Brigitta before Manuel drives me to Heathrow for a very early flight. It should be an interesting tournament; with the new September rating list I’m actually top seed (alphabetically as Khenkin is also 2624) but with ten of…
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Mind Sports Olympiad
Mind Sports Olympiad started on the 20th until the 28th of August in Central London. They have everything to play – like poker, backgammon, scrabble – all boardability! Check it out if you are in London town.
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Gelfand victorious in Kazan!
In my last write up I left the Candidates Matches with two Classical games to go and my forecast was rather bleak for entertainment value. Out of the 28 games played at a normal time control there had been 26 draws and just 2 wins (both with Black!). Recently Silvio Danailov, the current ECU President…
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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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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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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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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.…
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Fundraising Dinner
At the request of Sue I’m writing a guest blog about the Fundraising Dinner held at Simpsons on the Strand. This was organised very efficiently by the English Chess Federation President CJ de Mooi. He managed the impressive task of bringing over the two players who dominated chess for 30 years, Anatoly Karpov and Garry…
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World Championships have started!
Another delay between updating and I’m sorry. We spent the weekend out at Ross’ house up in Raumati South. It’s a beautiful big colourful house right on the beach front where Sue and I get delicious food, to play with their three dogs Amber, Ruby and Smudge, and to escape the centre of town. Ross…