Category: Calendar
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Titled Tuesday and Match vs Nils Grandelius
I’ll be playing this evening in chess.com’s Titled Tuesday event which starts at 6pm BST. My last few events have gone better and I’ve been challenging for the prizes. I’ll be streaming live on twitch.tv/verdenotte so please come and check me out and don’t forget to follow me. On Wednesday evening, I’ll be playing a…
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Streaming: Twitch/verdenotte
Due to coronavirus I’ve been home since the start of March with all leagues and tournaments cancelled. I’ve been spending my time writing my next book and playing online chess. I try to play in the Titled Tuesday events on chess.com each week, and am intending on playing in the online European Chess Championship that…
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A successful two weeks
On Saturday 9th April I headed back to Munich. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to play much for Munich 1836 this year but at least could drop in en-route to Dubai for the last round. We were in second place, ahead of the other Munich team (Tarrasch) by just one and a half board points, and…
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4ncl Round 3 and 4 Update
We left Friday evening to make it up to Daventry but while we were on the train we realized we weren’t sure which hotel we were going to. Since we don’t have smart phones we couldn’t just google it so we had to call up our flatmates and learnt it was the De Vere hotel…
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2013 Tradewise Gibraltar Festival
Gawain’s heading over to Gib for this year’s Tradewise Gibraltar Festival from the 21st-31st of January. Entries for the Masters are now closed as it has reach it’s capacity. If you haven’t heard of this tournament it’s one of the Must Do Tournaments (along with Reykjavik, Queenstown,Bangkok e.t.c).Gib is at the Southern tip of Spain but…
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Kilkenny 2012
Gawain will be back in Kilkenny, Ireland to defend his title. You can see the report below by Gerry Graham from last’s years event. If you have never been to an Irish weekender I highly recommend visiting Kilkenny. Kilkenny has a lovely castle, some nice shops and of course some pubs. Last time I visited…
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32nd Benasque Open
I’m pleased to announce that Gawain is playing into XXXII Benasque Open held in Benasque, Spain from the 5th until the 14th of July. After conferring with his fellow grandmasters this was the winner this year but there are many summer tournaments this year including Leiden in the Netherlands and Rethymos in Crete, Greece, Benasque is…
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2012 Ennis Open
Gawain returns this year to Ennis, Ireland to defend his title. This weekender is held from the 18th-20th May in the Auburn Lodge. Ennis is one of Gawains former hometowns. He lived there from 16 until the age of 18. He sat his final exams at St Flannas where he had an offer to study…
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What’s On
MAY 2012 TWIC is very good at keeping up to date with the latest tournaments on calendars, but there are some that are still missed. From now on, at the beginning of each month, I’ll include a list of up and coming tournaments that you should keep an eye out on. This will be mainly…
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Kilkenny and Reykjavik Open 2012
Gawain has headed over the Irish Sea via plane this time to play the Kilkenny Masters held in Kilkenny, Ireland. This year’s event included more or less the same players from the 2010 Kilkenny Masters with players such as Ivan Cheparinov, Sebastian Maze and Mark Hebden. Hopefully we’ll be able to check out the live games if…
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Kilkenny and London Chess Classic
Gawain has confirmed his attendance for another Irish Weekender. Having been over to Ireland for Bunratty,Ennis as well as Galway this year (and I believe coming 1st in all of them..). Kilkenny has a strong line up including GMs Ivan Cheparinov, Sebastien Maze,Fabien Libiszewski, Alex Baburin and Mark Hebden. Next up will be the London…
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European Team Championship
I’m pleased to announce that Gawain will be participating in the European Team Championship. Open: GM Michael Adams GM Nigel Short GM David Howell GM Gawain Jones GM Nick Pert Captain: To be confirmed. Women: IM Jovanka Houska IM Dagne Ciuksyte WFM Maria Yurenok WFM Kanwal Bhatia WFM Sarah Hegarty Captain: Glenn Flear Dates: 3rd-11th…
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Corsican Masters
Gawain will return to Corsica to participate in the Corsican Circuit from the 22nd until the 30th of October. Last year he reached the quarter finals where he unfortunately lost to the eventual winner, Shak Mamedyarov. I remember last year, we were confused about the format of the event but now we know how it’s played. There…
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Galway Congress 2011
Gawain returns back to Ireland after winning in 2007. The Galway Chess Congress(there are many Irish Weekenders.. Bunratty, Ennis, Kilkenny..) starts on the Friday 3oth of September until Sunday 2nd of October with 6 games are played over 3 days. I unfortunately won’t be joining him or watching him while he drinks at the Pub.…
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Rome & Corsica
Gawain the history buff will be back in Italy early September for the 1st edition of the Barclay’s International Tournament. Barclays is what I thought was an English bank but after a quick Wiki session I see that they are in over 50 countries! After that he’s booked to return back to Corsica where he reached the quarter…