Yesterday was my first full day in Port Morseby, and while I spent most of the day catching up with FIDE work, I did get out in the evening to play some chess. I was invited to play some games at Chess InDa Hood which is an outdoor chess meetup in Gerehu. A couple of tables were set up under a very bright street light, and around 12 players turned up to play.
The quality of chess was quite good (around 1600 or about the halfway seeding at Street Chess) and I spent most of my games fighting off attacks from gambit opening. I faced King's Gambit's, Albin Counter Gambits, Scotch Gambits and even in the more solid opening (Ruy Lopez and Quiet Italians) I still had to deal with some early h4 attacks. Tactically my opponents were pretty sharp, but I was able to survive due to better king safety and having more sound positions.
Tomorrow I be giving an Arbiters/Organisers seminar, with about 30 attendees already booked. The next step is to try and organise some longer events, with the aim of getting players ratings.
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