Today started quite nicely. IM Vishal Sareen and his wife Arty joined me on a walk up to Mt Eden to check out the view. Although it had rained earlier, by late morning it was sunny.
As you can see below, a few minutes after the above picture was taken, Auckland showed us it’s volatile temperament. Luckily the sheet of ice cold rain pa [...]
George Trundle Memorial Round 4
Today started quite nicely. IM Vishal Sareen and his wife Arty joined me on a walk up to Mt Eden to check out the view. Although it had rained earlier, by late morning it was sunny.
As you can see below, a few minutes after the above picture was taken, Auckland showed us it’s volatile temperament. Luckily the sheet of ice cold rain pa [...]
George Trundle Memorial Round 3
There must be some hallucinogen in the Auckland water supply judging by my game today. Of course, I should have played 11.f4 and play a normal Kings Indian type of position. Ok, playing on both sides is ok too, but 19.a5 is stupid. Attacking with not all pieces developed never works. 19.Qb4 with the idea of b4 is fine.
After that, it just go [...]
George Trundle Memorial Round 2
Well folks, today did not go exactly as planned 🙂 I was expecting d4 and decided to react with a surprise of my own, but something I new nothing about. This explains my “novelty” Qg4 on move 9. Correct is the natural Nc6 but I was reluctant to play it, being worried about 10. Nb5. It’s not as scary as it looks. My next mi [...]
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 [...]
GM Suat Atalik annotates the game of ...
Editors pick – the game of the Round.
[Event "53rd Peninsula Open"] [Site "Brisbane"] [Date "2018.05.20"] [Round "4"] [White "Williams, Bruce"] [Black "Atalik, Suat"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C24"] [WhiteElo "2102"] [BlackElo "2570"] [Annotator "Atalik"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2018.05.19"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [...]
GM Suat Atalik annotates Round 7 Aiva...
Unrated Alan Li from Churchie receiving his prize from CAQ President Mark C Stokes.
GM Suat Atalik annotates Round 7 Aivars Gipslis Memorial 2018 draw v Igor Paevskiy
[Event "Aivars Gipslis Memorial"] [Site "Brisbane"] [Date "2018.05.07"] [Round "7"] [White "Atalik, Suat"] [Black "Paevskiy, Igor"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A57"] [Wh [...]
GM Suat Atalik annotates his Round 3 ...
GM Suat Atalik annotates his Round 3 Aivars Gipslis Memorial 2018 match v Michael Ostapenko.
[Event "Aivars Gipslis Memorial"] [Site "Brisbane"] [Date "2018.05.05"] [Round "3"] [White "Atalik, Suat"] [Black "Ostapenko, Michael"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D17"] [WhiteElo "2507"] [BlackElo "1922"] [Annotator "Atalik"] [PlyCount "87"] [...]
Round Pairings for the Aivars Gipslis...
Keen juniors Renjith Sravan and Kenny Ming practicing on Board 1!
Latest pairings listed last round first.
Round 7
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