Saturday, 31 December 2016

2016/17 Hastings International - Day 3

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Icelandic IM Gudmunder Kjartansson has taken the outright lead after three rounds of the 2016/17 Hastings International. Kjartansson was the...
Friday, 30 December 2016

2016/17 Hastings International Day 2 - A good day for the Australians

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Day 2 of the 2016/17 Hastings International saw the 3 Australian players all end up with good results. IM Bobby Cheng defeated GM Deep Sengu...
Thursday, 29 December 2016

2016/17 Hastings International - Day 1

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It is tough at the top. The first day of the 2016/17 Hastings International saw a number of upsets on the higher boards, with seeds 1 and 3 ...
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Wednesday, 28 December 2016

Hastings - First Impressions

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I am starting to settle in at Hastings, with the 2016/17 Hastings International Chess Congress starting this afternoon. Despite the stories ...
Tuesday, 27 December 2016

Rapid and Blitz in Qatar

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For the last few years the Qatar Masters has been a big event this time of year, but for 2016 it has been replaced with the FIDE World rapid...
Monday, 26 December 2016

Christmas Cracking

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It is Christmas Day here in the UK, so I've just enough time to throw in a late Christmas present. This was an online game played earlie...
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Sunday, 25 December 2016

Rapidplay Revisted

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Having seen the success of big Rapidplay in the UK, I am still wondering why it didn't catch on in Australia. There was a push in the 19...