Category: Sue
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A Sleepless Night
I know this is Gawain’s website and being a professional player most of our readers will probably just want to hear the insights to a life as a professional but I, as his wife most of the updates and now I’m on a mission to improve myself as a player. I started playing chess when…
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Gibraltar Chess Congress
Rd 1 started yesterday and even though London had (some) snow which caused major transport problems, Gawain after a delay in his flight made it into Gib yesterday afternoon. I’m still not sure why this country is ill prepared for snow and their were major disruptions at Heathrow with lots of flights being cancelled but…
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Merry Christmas
We wish all our readers a Merry Christmas! If you will be travelling back during this busy period we wish you a safe journey. We hope if you are in the UK the flood hasn’t affected you. We will see some of you in Hastings staring a few days after Christmas! Here is a lovely…
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Chris Dossett
Ga played 448 moves which averaged to be 56 moves per a game. And our winner Chris Dossett gussed 444 which wasn’t such a bad guess. I’m going to try and write a final update on the classic before we head of for a much deserved Christmas break. This is a hectic time of year…
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About Sue
Hi readers, In case you didn’t know or realize, I’m Gawain’s wife and we’ve been together just over 4 years and married for nearly 6 months now! I added an About Sue, for readers to get to know me a little more as I write the majority of blog posts. Me in Iceland, climbing a…
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Metropolitan Congress
On the weekend of the 20th/21st, I decided to play in a local London Congress. I knew I needed to play more games and when you normally have to pay the cost of travel and accommodation a local tournament would be relatively cheap to attend! We had to play 3 rounds on Saturday and then the remaining…
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England’s newest member (I think)
Hi guys, I’m now officially “English” for chess purposes. Having lived in England for the last 2 and a half years as well as being here (in Europe) for the future it made sense to change federation. I also wanted to challenge myself to get better and I felt that if I stayed with the…