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World Rapid and Blitz Astana, Kazakstan
If you didn’t know, well now you do. The World Rapid and Blitz is currently being played in Astana, Kazahstan. The first 5 rounds of the rapidplay took place earlier today and the remaining rounds will be played out tomorrow. 1st= with 4.5/5 is World Number 1 and Supermodel Magnus Carlsen with Sergey Karjakin. Featuring…
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Site Changes and Benasque Open
Sorry if today you tried to check out the website but failed, I changed a password which meant the Web Host Server got confused! You’ll see some website changes over the next week and hopefully you’ll enjoy the layout more. Fingers cross there won’t be any problems with the website and it’ll be a smooth…
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British Chess Championship 2012
I’m pleased to announce that Gawain will participate in the British Chess Championship to be held in North Shields, Tyneside this year. For the latest news and updates, please check out their website. Accommodation has been difficult to find, so if you are planning on entering. I would do so now. The easiest bet is…
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ECF Player of the Year 2012
I’m pleased to announce that after flying in from our Wedding week in South Africa, Gawain beat GM Robert Hess in their head-to-head with a score of 17.5-13.5. The match started off shaky for Ga but he managed to bounce back with the faster time control to score a decisive victory. Ga would be the…
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Jones VS. Hess Death Match Today!!
Hello, This is a super quick update as we have just flown in from South Africa after having a lovely wedding (which we will write an update and share a few pictures with you as we have been internet free for the last few weeks). We flew Johannesburg to Amsterdam and landed at London City…
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Danish Team Rapidplay
Today, we are in Odense, Denmark where Gawain makes his debut for the Philidor Chess Club. It’s the newest formed club which like most clubs in Denmark or like the London league dont meet on a regular basis but instead catch up to play for the Danish league. Gawain’s teammates include GM Nils Grandelius, IM…
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Game of the Month – May/June
Hey guys, As we’re halfway through the month, and considering I really doubt I’ll manage a GOTM from June what with getting married and all, I decided to combine the two. In the past month we’ve had two big matches. First there was the Kramnik-Aronian friendly match. As they weren’t playing for a title they…
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32nd Benasque Open
I’m pleased to announce that Gawain is playing into XXXII Benasque Open held in Benasque, Spain from the 5th until the 14th of July. After conferring with his fellow grandmasters this was the winner this year but there are many summer tournaments this year including Leiden in the Netherlands and Rethymos in Crete, Greece, Benasque is…
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2012 Ennis Open
Gawain returns this year to Ennis, Ireland to defend his title. This weekender is held from the 18th-20th May in the Auburn Lodge. Ennis is one of Gawains former hometowns. He lived there from 16 until the age of 18. He sat his final exams at St Flannas where he had an offer to study…
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4NCL Final Weekend, Round 9,10 & 11
The final weekend of the Four Nations Chess League otherwise known as 4ncl was held this past bank holiday weekend. For those of you not from the UK , a bank holiday is effectively a public holiday and is called that as it was traditionally when the banks shut shop. Firstly we should congratulate 3 players who…
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What’s On
MAY 2012 TWIC is very good at keeping up to date with the latest tournaments on calendars, but there are some that are still missed. From now on, at the beginning of each month, I’ll include a list of up and coming tournaments that you should keep an eye out on. This will be mainly…
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Italian Club Championships 2012
Hello dear readers, Don’t worry the game of the month is on its way, but for now I’ll give a brief recap of my most recent tournament – the Italian Club Championships in Arvier, Val d’Aosta. This was my first time playing in the top division, Serie Master, and I made my debut for Chieti.…
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Italian League 27th of April until 1st of May
Gawain is now in Arvier, where he’ll make his debut for Chieti in the Italian League. No, I haven’t made a mistake – it’s not like the famous red wine which is Chianti. Chieti is a city not far from Rome with a population of about 55,000 (wiki). The football team S.S Chieti Calcio play in…
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