Category Archives: Events
London Candidates (7)
The ground-swell of weekend spectators had less to cheer about at the IET Lecture Theatre at Savoy Court than many football grounds facing bad weather issues. Maybe the snow discouraged long games?(Four draws) M Carlsen …
London Candidates (3)
https://sites.google.com/site/shakthinking/home/learn-from-the-world-s-best All games began 1.d4 and no games lacked interest. ‘Your Aged Editor’ attended for a short while and was struck by how formal everything was. The Press Room was besiged by Russian speakers, Speelman …
London Candidates (1)
FIDE Candidates Tournament https://sites.google.com/site/shakthinking/home/learn-from-the-world-s-best L Aronian draw M Carlsen, Bogo-Indian B Gelfand draw T Radjabov, Bogo-Keres V Ivanchuk draw A Grischuk, Catalan P Svidler draw V Kramnik, Queen’s Gambit Declined. Four draws in the opening …
Hastings (7) – Three tied at top with three rounds to go — !
The round opened with seven players still undefeated. It turned-out to be a black day for the Whites, ‘Your Aged Editor’ having to run his thumb down the charts as far as board 13 before …
Hastings (6). Three way tie as the leader stumbles
The lead changes hands, the going gets tough, now tougher still. Still, what can you do? The Hastings spectators enjoyed themselves and that’s important. Opposite coloured bishops on board 2, surely that means a draw? …
