Round 1 at the Latvian Hall – a wonderful venue with a stage, kitchen and servery, analysis and dining area, and a sloped floor! More on this later!
The first live broadcast using the DGT bluetooth capacity only – no messy USB cables.
The live game link is Aviars Gipslis Live!
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Aivars Gipslis Memorial 2018 Round 1 ...
Round 1 at the Latvian Hall – a wonderful venue with a stage, kitchen and servery, analysis and dining area, and a sloped floor! More on this later!
The first live broadcast using the DGT bluetooth capacity only – no messy USB cables.
The live game link is Aviars Gipslis Live!
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GCCC – Allegro 2018-04-26 2nd n...
Thanks to Nerang RSL for providing the Gold Coast Chess Club with a new venue. The regular club night will now be each Thursday starting promptly at 6:30pm at the building opposite the Nerang RSL Club – the Corporate Centre No. 60 Nerang St Nerang 4211.
GM Suat Atalik won the Allegro with 5/5 – seen here being congratulated by Go [...]
Gipslis v Tukmakov – Annotated ...
Chess in Latvia was always associated with the World Champion Mikhail Tal (1936-1992). However just a year younger then him, GM Aivars Gipslis (1937-2000) was a full fledged Grandmaster since 1967 and representing first the republic in Spartakiads then the country in international tournaments. Participant of several Soviet championships, an I [...]
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 [...]
GM Timur Gareyev Blindfold Simul at M...
A wonderful night at Morris Hall for the players and a fantastic display of brain power by Timur Gareyev – 4 hours of chess brilliance presented in a very unusual format.
This blog was supposed to be live… but I forgot to allow for Mr Murphy. I could not clearly hear the moves being called out – the c sounded like an e R [...]
Timur Gareyev “The Blindfold Ki...
Doubleroo is proudly hosting the Queensland portion of GM Timur Gareyev’s Australian visit.
In 2016 Timur broke the Guinness™ World Record for Blindfold Chess Simultaneous Chess playing 48 boards simultaneously at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas.
You can catch Timur’s extraordinary talent at Morris Hall Churchie on Monday 2 [...]
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 [...]
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