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 [...]
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 [...]
Bizarre days in Bhopal Rounds 7 and 8
Indian Kareoke Christmas
Oh, Tannenbaum, oh Tannenbaum, wie gruen sind deine blaetter…etc
This German Christmas song was my contribution to the Christmas Kareoky at the Hotel Kanta Shrawan Palace, where we are both staying and playing. Timur Gareyev sang a sang in Russian and David Bennett, also from the USA sang a Hanuka song. Our con [...]
Second double round day in Bhopal. Ro...
Before we turn to the chess, let me show you some more pictures of the lake we went to yesterday. I, and everyone else, am having big internet issues, as the wi-fi in the Hotel is intermittant at best and even when it is half working, is very slow. I also have a local sim, which is supposed to provide me with a Gig a day but seems to run out [...]
City of lakes and Bhopal GM Open roun...
Today, after the round, we got treated to a tour of the biggest lake in Bhopal, after a quick photo op at the Bhopal chess academy. As usual, the procedure was a bit chaotic but after waiting around half an hour and discussing the schedule, we got underway. I’ll start with the last picture first for its visual effect. This was taken fr [...]
Bhopal, first impressions and round1.
Bhopal
Bhopal first came to the worlds attention 0n December 3rd, 1984 in the most tragic way, after the Union Carbide factory spewed tons of poisonous gas, killing thousands of people and injuring over half a million. I remember the gutwrenching feeling when the news reports first appeared on the television and the images circled the globe. [...]
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