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Kilkenny Congress
You can follow Gawain’s live games here. Games started at 7.30pm local time and there will be 3 rounds tomorrow! Alongside the main event there is the Irish Ladies Championship the first held since 1982! I wish all the participants lots of luck especially Gawain’s mum (Tanya Jones) who is making her chess comeback :).
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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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Winner of our GIVEAWAY…
Introducing Mr. Ron Bleeker who won our prize of 2 signed posters by the players of the London Grand Prix with his answer “You have moved around a lot, problaby even more than me! I am a Dutchman living in Germany and moved 9 times. What I have found where you lived is: – Keighley,…
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Bundesliga 2012-2013
With a little spare time at Frankfurt Airport I thought I’d let you all know what’s been happening in the Bundesliga this season. After Remagen were relegated – too many 3.5-4.5 upsets, not that my 10 draws and 1 loss helped particularly, I switched to Solingen this season. Solingen came 3rd last year and with…
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Hastings Chess Congress 2012
I’m pleased to announce that Gawain will be playing in the 88th Hastings Chess Congress which will be held from 28th December 2012 to 6th January 2013. This will be our first year back since 2008, when I had a horrible start of 0.5/5 in the Christmas morning tournament which gave me a starting ECF Grade…
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Photoshoot
In anticipation for the London Chess Classic, Gawain did his very first photoshoot and if I can say so myself, he looks very handsome :). I may be biased being his wife and all but I think he did very well in front of the camera. We were put at ease very quickly by Superchess…
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4ncl Guildford Debut
The Four Nations Chess League started this weekend. This season I’m playing for Guildford and we had a good start, winning the first match 7-1 against Warwickshire Select and the second 6.5-1.5 against Barbican’s second team. In round one I had Black against IM Ameet Ghasi. Ameet is the same age as me and was…
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4NCL Round 1/2
We are now in Sunningdale, England playing in the first weekend for the Four Nationals Chess League, otherwise known as the 4ncl. The Four Nations refer to England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland (or maybe Northern Ireland) but there has never been a team from Ireland (ROI/Northern Ireland) or Scotland. Gawain is playing for Guildford 1…
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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…
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Kilkenny 2012
Gawain will be back in Kilkenny, Ireland to defend his title. You can see the report below by Gerry Graham from last’s years event. If you have never been to an Irish weekender I highly recommend visiting Kilkenny. Kilkenny has a lovely castle, some nice shops and of course some pubs. Last time I visited…
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Blast from the Past
For readers who weren’t aware of our history you can check out this article from 2009. The actual journalism quality was not fantastic as at times they misquoted us but in general it was all good publicity for chess. We were actually front page news for The Dominon which is the regional paper for Wellington,…
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The Tortoise and the Hare
Last week the London Grand Prix came to a close and the closing ceremony was not as spectacular as the opening ceremony held at Somerset House but nevertheless it was a nice affair. There were rumours that Mr. Stephen Fry was going to attend and present some awards but that didn’t materialize which was a pity as…
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Icelandic Chess League
Gawain now plays for the newly merged Godinn Matar chess club. We had both previously played for Matar in Iceland for the last season but unfortunately Matar was relegated from the division but fortunately for us we now have the best of both world and the most awesome and helpful team. I would like to…
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Congratulations to…
Mr Ron Bleeker from Germany (originally from the Netherlands) with his answer “You have moved around a lot, problaby even more than me! I am a Dutchman living in Germany and moved 9 times. What I have found where you lived is: – Keighley, Skipton, Yorkshire (born 11-12-1987) – Lucca, Italy (2001) – Ennis, Ireland…
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Are you the UK’s next Chess superstar?
Checked out my tweets and one that popped up was from the ECF. “BBC America are looking for young adult men who consider themselves ‘geeks’, and want to become more manly or macho for a new series to be filmed for 4-6 weeks in early 2013. If you think you need to ‘man up’ and…
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