Category: London Chess Classic
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London Classic 2013
Hello all. I’m writing this from Auckland, in the pleasant New Zealand Summer, at my in-laws. I decided to try and give you some Christmas reading with an update on the London Classic from my point of view. NOTE – Currently I’m having a problem with the games relayer here so you can find this report…
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Round 4 &5: World Number 1 and World Champion
Gawain’s score from these two days were 0-2 but Gawain played “proper” chess which unfortunately is quite doubled edged. Against Magnus as I mentioned, he sacrificed his queen for two pieces which with accurate play would have put any player under pressure but unfortunately short on time Gawain choose the wrong course. Of course, if…
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Round 3: The Defender King!
I’m now back at work so my updates may be briefer than normal but I did manage to be at Olympia for the start of the round and took some photos. The light in the auditorium isn’t fantastic so my photos are a bit dark. I don’t know much about photography but my camera is…
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Round 2 – 313 moves. You’re getting your money’s worth 🙂
All games were still playing at 7.30pm and I was getting very nervous and hungry. Gawain’s opening didn’t go to plan as such and he’d been defending a worse position for the majority of the game and I feared dĂ©jĂ vu especially when Judit started to repeat position twice several times but Gawain held the position…
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Round 1 – Explosions and two very long endgame.
For the opening ceremony, we had two musicians,Jason Kouchak on piano and Alf Wilheim Lundberg who played an eight string guitar, played some lovely tunes for us. I figured out that Alf’s interpretation of a Christmas song was “Silent Night” where as Gawain thought it was “Away in the Manger”. The ceremony was broadcast live this year…
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London Chess Classic
Yesterday, all the players alongside Chief Organizer Malcolm Pein came to Olympia and attended the press conference. There were questions from the floor as well as questions submitted online. Ga was asked “What is your expected score” and his answer was something along the lines of “Just wanting to play proper chess and hopefully…
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London Chess Classic – Playing with the big league!
Hi guys, Just in case you didn’t know (being on the front cover of CHESS) or haven’t kept up-to-date with the latest tweets from the London Chess Classic, I’m pleased to say that Gawain will be playing the the upcoming London Chess Classic. As you know by the previous editions, the field is extremely strong…