It was an honour to have a number of Grandmaster’s join us in the commentary room and on this day we were lucky to have Shirov explain his game against Jussupow to us. A very exciting game!
Thanks to MacauleyPeterson for providing the video.
One of the most interesting days of chess was round eight, with two games taking the limelight. You can view the end of them here…
Thanks to MacauleyPeterson for providing the video.
A video of the second playoff game. Nigel Short becomes champion of Gibraltar!
Thanks to MacauleyPeterson for providing the video and also to Mickey Adams for helping me out!
The first playoff game between Yifan Hou and Nigel Short. It must be noted that I had a glass of wine by this stage… Thanks to MacauleyPeterson for providing the video.
This is a video of Yifan Hou’s memorable victory of Judit Polgar. Thanks to MacauleyPeterson for providing the video.
Gibraltar has gone and past and now it is time to reflect on the event.
One thing I should make clear is that, the Gibraltar chess congress is a great event!
All the players were lucky this year as the sun was shinning. I even managed to get a tan on my face, which is in stark contrast to England, where everything seems to be covered in snow!
In the next couple of posts, I will insert some videos that were taken from my commentary. Thanks has to be given to Macauley Peterson who arranged the professional broadcast that you will see.
Just a quick post to let you know that Ginger GM Simon Williams is commentating live on the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Congress daily until Wednesday 1 February. Players include Svidler, Shirov, Mamedyarov, Short, Adams, Polgar, Almasi, Le and many more! Games start at 3pm local time.
The direct link to the live video streaming commentary is http://www.livestream.com/gibchess2012. Interaction via twitter and livestream is encouraged!
The second weekend of the 4ncl has just passed and after my abysmal 0/2 showing at the first weekend (including a very quick loss against Gawain with the White pieces…) I was determined to put in a better performance.
I felt like my play of recent has been pretty good and I thought it was about time to give the Kings Gambit another showing.
My intended victim was Jonathan Parker, a strong GM who decided that his time was better spent making money in the city.
One of the most fun chess events to play in, is without a shadow of doubt, the four nations chess league.
This is often a great weekend, where friends can catch up to have a nice meal, some beer and maybe a little bit of chess.
I am lucky enough to play for one of the most social teams in the event, ‘The Jutes of Kent’, a great bunch of people with fantastic team spirit. Before I move onto my games from the weekend I thought that it would be a bit of fun to introduce the players in the team, to the readers of gingergm…
February 7th, 2012 | Author: 
