‘GM Simon Williams is an expert on this opening and his confidence in the defence and material is evident throughout the entire disc. His presentation skills are excellent. He is relaxed in front of the camera, maintains steady eye contact with the viewer and speaks very clearly.’
‘The graphics are impressive too, with footage from various chess events being played before each chapter starts. We see snippets of chess boxing, open-air chess with huge pieces at Trafalgar Square and various other bits and pieces. The production values are very high and the presentation is never allowed to become dry.’
I had an interesting game against Jonathan Rowson on Saturday at the 4NCL.
I suspected before the match that I would be playing Jonathan so I had a bit of time to prepare. After my recent bad result at Hastings I wanted to play as good a game as possible.
As expected it was a Samisch variation of the Kings Indian and the following chaos emerged:
Ginger GM in association with Chilli Pepper Films presents footage from the London Chess Classic at Kensington Olympia, December 2010.
The film is just over 20 minutes long and includes interviews with Simon Williams, Vladimir Kramnik, Malcolm Pein, David Howell, Stuart Conquest, Aaron Summerscale, Stephen Gordon and more. Enter the post to watch. Please leave your comments!
A short film of the Killer Dutch launch party at the Pig in Paradise pub, Hastings, January 2010. Thanks to Chilli Pepper Films.
We also have over 20 minutes of exclusive footage from the London Chess Classic, including interviews with Vladimir Kramnik, David Howell, Malcolm Pein, Stuart Conquest, Stephen Gordon and more which will be available shortly on this website!
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Grandmaster Simon Williams, the world’s leading exponent of The Classical Dutch, introduces his debut DVD where the viewer explores the spectrum of exciting opportunities that Black will encounter when playing this opening. With a running time of over 6 hours, this innovative chess tutorial DVD is serious value for [...]
The time has come for me to look at one of my losses from Hastings. This is a moment I have been postponing for a while but I suppose it might be therapeutic for me.
The game I am going to look at is Hawkins-Williams. This game was my most painful loss as I thought that I was winning for the majority of the game. I was rather on tilt after this match and I went on to lose to a number of much lower rated players than myself, even though a number of these players played very well against me.
I have recorded the game as a video and I hope you enjoy it!
In general the Hastings chess tournament was a horrible affair for me but on the odd occasion there was the odd glimmer of sunshine. One of these rays was my last round game which managed to win me the Best Game Prize. It was a fun game in the true spirit of Coffee House chess. Anyway below is a quick video on it:
Last Monday was a breath of fresh air for me in an otherwise torrid and depressing Hastings Chess Congress. We successfully managed to launch our first DVD, the ‘Killer Dutch’!
A promotional film leading up to the release of chess grandmaster Simon Williams’ new DVD ‘The Classical Dutch’ due to be released at the Hastings Chess Tournament in December 2009.
Footage includes chess at Trafalgar Square, chess-boxing and games with UK chess team ‘The Drunken Knights’. A Chilli Pepper Films production.
NEW! There will be a DVD launch event at The Pig in Paradise, Hastings on Monday 4th January. This will be a Dutch theme blitz tournament with cash and other special prizes. More details to follow. Contact simon@gingergm.com.
I am going to stick with games that I played at the British as I had a number of exciting encounters. This next game was played in the last round and my opponent was Stephen Gordon. A very talented and young player who is improving at an alarming rate.
There was extra pressure as it was the last round and this was shown with some of the moves played. The last round is always a difficult one for professional chess players as it can make the difference between them paying the rent or not! Luckily I was just about ok for a couple of months after this game. The opening was interesting and we will take a look at it in this the next video instalment.
I had a fair few interesting games at the British Championship this year, the most painful of which was my loss to Lawrence Trent. Lawrence is a very talented player and came up with a great defensive idea. Most onlookers I spoke to after the game thought that the plan was just plain crazy but it turned out to be a stroke of genius.
I have attempted to analyse the game via video. Just enter this post and press play and hopefully you can see my analysis. Please bear with me as this was my first attempt so it has been a learning curve but if it gets a good response I will post some more in the future. Please leave your comments!
