Category: Representing England
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European Teams Chess Championship
We’ve been back home now for just over a week since coming back from Crete and weather wise it’s been a shock to the system! Though Crete was not as warm as I had hoped it to be, it was still mostly t-shirts and shorts kind of weather so once we got back and I…
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European Teams Chess Championship, Crete.
I’m so glad to announce that both Gawain and I have been selected to play for England at the European Teams later this year. The tournament will be held late October until early November. You can check out the official regulations here. It’s normally a very strong team event because, unlike the Chess Olympiad where you…
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2014 Chess Olympiad
My last Olympiad was in Khanty Mansiysk playing for New Zealand in 2010. I missed the 2012 Istanbul Olympiad due to visa issues. I was denied a spousal visa for the UK but it sorted itself out. Unfortunately, I was without my passport for 9months but I have it back now. Since then, I switched…
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Istanbul Olympiad continued
I left off the last report after four rounds when I had drawn every game but the team was on a very creditable 3.5/4 (or 7 match points). Round Five we were paired against India, another very close match. I had White against Pentala Harikrishna and decided to surprise him with the English. The game…
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European Team Championships – Porto Carras
Hello all. Apologies for not updating during the tournament but I had very little time and the internet was sporadic at best. I started this before the last round, which I didn’t think I was going to play, but the situation changed and in the end I played all nine. I had the 4ncl straightaway…
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Grand Prix is back..
Well not played by Gawain but by Vugar Gashimov of Azerbajin against Bulgaria’s Ivan Cheparinov. I read somewhere that this was also the opening Luke McShane used a few years ago to beat Cheparinov! ###pgn###[Event “European Team Championship”] [Site “Porto Carras GRE”] [Date “2011.11.09”] [EventDate “2011.11.03”] [Round “7”] [Result “1-0”] [White “Vugar Gashimov”] [Black “Ivan…
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European Team Chess Championship
Currently Gawain is in Greece, representing England alongside (in board order) 1. GM Mickey Adams 2. GM Nigel Short 3. GM David Howell 4. GM Gawain Jones 5. GM Nick Pert Yesterday, England beat Latvia 2.5-1.5 and today they face the home team Greece. Here you can view the live games, as long as they…