How nice it is to coach a team that ask advice and then follow it to the letter! The extraordinary thing about this team is how well they get on, as well as the parents. In my 30+ years of chess comps, I have never seen such a harmonious group.
This is a key factor in team events and has helped Armenia win 3 Olympic Gold Medal [...]
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World U16 Teams Australia v Iraq 2.5-...
How nice it is to coach a team that ask advice and then follow it to the letter! The extraordinary thing about this team is how well they get on, as well as the parents. In my 30+ years of chess comps, I have never seen such a harmonious group.
This is a key factor in team events and has helped Armenia win 3 Olympic Gold Medal [...]
World U16 Teams Double Barrel Day rou...
Double round days are never easy but yesterday was particularly taxing on the Australian team. In the morning we were paired with the talented young Kenyan team and in the afternoon, with the Canadians who outrated us by hundreds of points on every board, more than a thousand on board 4.
The morning round started at 9.30am [...]
World Under 16 teams Championship. Op...
1979, I was 16 years old and had the privilege to represent my country for the first time in this same event in Viborg, Denmark. Now, 38 years later I have the privilege of supporting this marvellous group of youngsters as the coach. Will one of them be the coach in a few decades time?
One thing I am certain of, they will rem [...]
Mumbai -to coach the Australian World...
Mumbai
Well folks, here I am again after an extended absence, which I will explain a bit later, escaping the Australian summer, to coach the Australian World under 16 team in India. I decided to arrive a few days early to acclimatise and because I had never been to Mumbai before.
In the end, I spent most of the last few days sleeping as [...]
Commonwealth Chess Championship 2017 ...
Edited post because the game replayer …… up and I haven’t found a good replacement yet. I’ve added some pictures and pasted the pgn.
Since this is my last day at this hotel I thought I should check out the swimming pool. Very relaxing I must say. Perhaps I should have gone for a swim before the game ?
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Max Illingworth wins the 2014 Austral...
Max Illingworth beat 13-year-old Anton Smirnov to take the title. It was an exciting game. The report, games and photos can all be found on the official site.
I had a relatively early draw. Being black and facing a promising junior, I didn’t burn any bridges and when offered a draw in an ending that is still not clear to me I a [...]
Australian Championship round 10
There is only good news today, well from a certain perspective. I thought I would give the Ponziani a whirl today and I can’t complain too much about my opening and am sure that 22.b4 would have posed black some challenges. Instead I lost pawns but surprisingly Stockfish tells me that I was worse but not actually lost. Somewhat surpris [...]
Australian Chess Championship round 9
Well today was one blunder too many. My first inaccuracy came on move 21. It would have been better to retreat the Knight to g8 so as to be able to defend f5 from e7. I didn’t think it made a difference as I was intending to play 23….Nf6 anyway. I saw I win a rook but not that I get mated if I take it. I didn’t double chec [...]
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