‘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.’
An interesting point was raised in a previous post ‘Horizon Program due to Air Tonight’.
Simon Bibby was wondering if ‘anti-ginge was the last remaining ‘acceptable’ form of discrimination’?
I do not want this to turn into a serious post but I thought that he raised some interesting points.
For example, a top supermarket was going to launch this Christmas card. In the end they decided to take it off the shelves.
Imagine what would have happen if they had swapped the word ‘Ginger’ with ‘Black’ and then changed the ginger kid to a Black kid.
I thought that it would be interesting to have a look at some notorious people who have played chess and, vice versa, i.e. some chess players that have become notorious.
This is a kind of diversion tactic for me as it means that I do not have to analyse another one of my losses from Hastings!
Chess does seem to attract some interesting individuals from all walks of life. You will often see an 8 year old playing against a 70 year old, so you are bound to come across the odd ‘character’!
Anyway, enter below to read about this colourful chap!
I expect that most of you have read an earlier post, where Stuart Conquest and I were plugged up to an EEG machine for Horizon.
Well the program is due to air tonight. I have no idea if they will show any footage of us, as the main part of the program is based on ‘genius’ and neither Stuart nor I can fall into that category!
Just over a week ago myself and Stuart Conquest took part in a fascinating study for the Horizon TV Science program.
A certain Dr Amidzic and Dr Sautoy were also involved. Below is an actual EEG (Electroencephalography) reading of my brain whilst I was involved in a game of chess with Stuart Conquest.
You can read below the conclusions that were taken from the experiment.
The first surprise was that they did actually find something in my head!
Ginger GM is pleased to announce that our shop is now fully operational. Currently we are offering for sale The Killer Dutch DVD by Ginger GM himself Simon Williams (signed copies are available at no extra cost) and a selection of chess eBooks in Chessbase format courtesy of Everyman Chess. More items will be available in the coming weeks.
In the meantime please check out our featured products:
Some new photos have been added to the gallery and the layout improved.
Also development of the shop is close to complete, where you will be able to purchase books, ebooks, DVDs and videos.
I am sure that many of the readers of this Blog have come across the story about top Grandmaster Vladislav Tkachiev having a little nap at the chess board the other day.
This story, not unlike the Gormally-Aronian incident, has thrown chess 
into the media spotlight again. You can find it reported in most of the English broadsheets and tabloids (see links at bottom of this article).
There have been differing views on the topic. Some people have been disgusted whilst others have commented that any press is good press.
I have found the story quite amusing and tend to be in the second half of the above group. To get any real money into chess its profile needs to be raised. And like it or not the above 2 incidents have had more impact in the press then any great game or tournament result that a player has had in recent years.
GM Simon Williams
Welcome to gingergm.com, the personal website of chess grandmaster Simon Williams! The site is currently under construction and more content will be available shortly.
Content will include annotated games, opening theory and occasional articles from contributing authors.
You can contact me at simon@gingergm.com.
