For you non-antipodeans, the “George” is an annual IM round-robin event played at a comfortable pace with one round a day. The venue is the Auckland chess centre in Cromwell st and our accommodation is a pleasant three bedroom apartment at the base of Mt Eden, a major landmark in Auckland. From the top one can see both the Pacif [...]
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George Trundle Memorial Round 1
For you non-antipodeans, the “George” is an annual IM round-robin event played at a comfortable pace with one round a day. The venue is the Auckland chess centre in Cromwell st and our accommodation is a pleasant three bedroom apartment at the base of Mt Eden, a major landmark in Auckland. From the top one can see both the Pacif [...]
Aivars Gipslis Memorial 4-7 May 2018
Aivars Gipslis was Latvian champion a total of eight times, from 1955 to 1966 and a regular competitor in the Soviet championship. His long career included training World Women’s Champion Nona Gaprindashvilly and editing the Latvian Chess Magazine since 1963.
I was lucky enough to meet him in Biel, Switzerland in 1996. We played and had [...]
Henry Slater-Jones wins First Friday ...
Picket fence for Henry Slater-Jones
Firstly, I would like to thank Lara Armas, a chess friend from France for organizing this event. $5 from each entry was earmarked for Child.Org , a charity that helps children less fortunate.
Henry had only one …ahem…challenging game that I witnessed, and that was against 3rd place finisher, Aa [...]
Mumbai International GM Open closing ...
Mumbai 2018
Seventeen year old Iranian GM Maghsoodloo Parham drew his last round game with Italian GM Alberto David to clinch first place. He has a very aggressive, swashbuckling style which impressed everyone.
Alberto and GM Timor Gareyev finished second and third respectively on 7.5, followed by a whole bunch of players on 7 points. T [...]
Mumbai International GM Open Rd 5 Rd ...
I have been too lazy to input my games in the last few rounds. It started in round 5 when my opponent played until Mate. Also, the demonstration a few days ago delayed the round by a few hours and we got back very late…and to be honest I wasn’t enthusiastic enough about demonstrating them to you.
Today I was motivated to at lea [...]
Riots and Mumbai International GM Ope...
Riots in Mumbai
Some games were delayed and others couldn’t take place at all because traffic and public transport were not functional in some areas of the city. Yesterday was the 200th anniversary of the
Battle of Koregaon
One group of people celebrate this battle while another group oppose it. The history is quite interesting. Appa [...]
Mumbai International GM Open Rds 1 2 ...
Mumbai
I was having a little whine about morning rounds in Bhopal as we were leaving for the airport, for our flight to Mumbai, and Suat Atilik said to me “stop complaining, everything here was wonderful, in a few days you will miss it. Bhopal Bhopal” I laughed it off as just another one of his crazy statements. (a disturbing [...]
Bhopal prizegiving ceremony, rounds 9...
Nguyen Duc Hoa claims first prize in the inaugural Bhopal GM Open. I was just checking the rest of the tournament for the first time as I had not been aware of his presence until the ceremony. He defeated second seed Ivan Rozum in the final round.
Comparing their respective scorecards is quite amusing, although perhaps [...]
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