Gawain Jones

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  • Chess Olympiad 2012

    I’m pleased to announce that we will be both participating in the 2012 Olympiad in Turkey. Gawain will play board 2 behind Mickey Adams for the English team and I’ll be board 1 for the New Zealand’s Women’s team. Here are our teams: Open: 1. Michael Adams 2. Gawain Jones 3. Nigel Short 4. David…

  • World Rapid and Blitz Astana, Kazakstan

    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…

  • Site Changes and Benasque Open

    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…

  • British Chess Championship 2012

    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…

  • ECF Player of the Year 2012

    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…