Category: Updates
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(Very) Drunken Knights!
Last night I made my début for the Drunken Knights in the Surrey Border League. I actually played a couple of rapid games for them last year while I was filming the Killer Grand Prix DVD. Be sure to check out Simon’s website; his recent releases are here while to purchase the one I did for gingergm then…
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Galway Chess Congress
Gawain is currently on 3/3 with one more round to play today starting at 7pm local time. You can check out the live games here, though they are down at the moment. I can’t seem to find a results page but will try and keep you updated with what I know. It’s a tough schedule of 6 rounds…
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Enniskillen to Galway – Distance:137miles Time: 6hours
Hi everyone. Just a very quick update to let you know I’m still kicking! Just in Northern Ireland at my parents’ place now but about to head down to Galway where I’m doing a simul this evening and then playing the weekender which starts on the Friday. Check previous updates for the links. I managed…
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A sporadic update
Hey again people. Sorry for another delay in posting. Since getting back from Rome I’ve been recharging my batteries ready for my extremely hectic next seven weeks. I’m off to Northern Ireland to see my parents and brothers, and of course old Robbie the dog, early tomorrow morning before heading down to Galway for a…
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Barclays International – Last Round and Round Up
I arrived back at home in London at 1am this morning so this is the first time I’ve had to write an update. The last round was a 10am start, and after a few hours sleep, breakfast, a quick bit of preparation and packing I managed to arrive at the board just 15 minutes late.…
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Barclays International Round 8
Today I was up against Alexandr Fier, a GM from Brazil. He used to be over 2650 and I knew this would be a tough game. I decided to return to my beloved Dragon for this one and the opening worked out pretty well. He offered me a draw after 17 moves but I decided…
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Barclays International Rounds 3,4 and 5.
The answer to my previous trivia question was 300 🙂 I left you after round two when I had had rather a slow start. I’m afraid the chess I played in round three wasn’t of the highest quality – after trying out the Big Clamp (1.e4 c5 2.d3) again I managed a pleasant edge but…
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Barclays International Round 1+2
Hello from Rome! As I type this we’ve played two rounds and about to head off for round three. The internet a bit slow so not sure if I’ll be able to post before the game but I’ll try. The weather here is very hot but the organisers have done their best with fans everywhere…
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Cymru(Wales): Part 1
Of we went, for a trip over the imaginary border to Wales. We had no real plans except to visit Caernarfon in North Wales. A lovely place to visit, even with grey weather and the Castle was amazing (be warned there is a lot of climbing). This is in fact an English Castle built to…
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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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RSS Feeder (and bits and pieces!)
Thanks to the request of one of our readers we have activated our RSS Feeder.. (though I think YOU have to subscribe..) and I don’t know too much about it. If you have any hints, let me know and hopefully I can make the website more user friendly. After a sojourn at the Grandparents in the Lancashire…
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Couch to 5 Kilometres! (C25K)
Week 1 of the C25K Programme completed and done :). Tara MacGowran (wife to English Number 1 Mickey Adams) recommended this while we were being wags while our boys were playing at the British. She told me that it takes you literally from no exercise to being able to run 5 kilometres in 9 weeks.. Since Ga…
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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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Game of the Month
I am pleased to announce that GM Gawain Jones will be annotating his favourite game of the month every month for you readers starting the 1st of September. These games will be from a variety of tournaments some from the Elite “Super GM circuit” or just simply an entertaining game! IM Thomas Rendle will occasionally…
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Full English Breakfast: Episode 012
Latest episode from IM Lawrence Trent, GM Steven Gordon (who is taking over Adam Hunt’s teaching position!) and produced by Macauley Peterson. It’s the British Chess Championship Special. Below is the full (uncut) interview with Mickey Adams! httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hvnfwc7hZzw
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British Championships – best game contenders!
As promised, here is a shortlist of interesting games from the Championships. This list isn’t anything like comprehensive, I didn’t see all the games and don’t mean to offend anyone who isn’t here and who felt they played a fantastic game; I probably just didn’t see it! This is just a personal snippet of the…