Tag Archives: Sicilian
Hastings (8) – draw, draw, draw
Rather a dull round with six draws on the top seven boards down on the Sussex coast. Vovk drew quickly, Hebden won again, young Yang-Fan downed Pert’s French and Rayner drew with the highly-tipped Williams. …
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 …
Book Review: 1 e4 c5 2 d4 cxd4 3 c3
I have been a gambiteer all my life, man and boy, and recommend the life. The King’s Gambit, the Goring, the good ole Blackmar-Diemer, various systems in the French (Milner-Barry, Matulovic); everything I suppose but …
Gawain 2 v Stephen 0
Grandmasters Gordon and Jones, having tied in the championship proper, played two rapidplay games this morning to decide the fate of the title. In an amazing turn-around in game one, Jones fought back – he …
The British is in North Shields 7
Stephen Gordon joined the long-time leader, Gawain Jones, when he won on board two this afternoon at the British Chess Championship on Tyneside. http://britishchesschampionships.co.uk/ D Howell (5) Nimzo-Indian 4. Qc2 draw G Jones (5.5) K …
