‘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:
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!
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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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!
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!
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:
Before I dwell on my losses from Hastings I’m attempting to cheer myself up by looking at a couple of more positive moments! They were lacking but there was the occasional spark. For a start I had a chance to play against the Dutch and chose to play 1 d4 f5 2 h3!? Nf6 3 g4!? which lead to a very interesting game against my friendly opponent M. Goodger.
I have just covered this line for my DVD, ‘Killer Dutch’ and thought that it would be a good chance to try it. I saw that Korchnoi had played it. I had also had a chance to play it and win against Korchnoi in a 3 minute game! Anyway let’s take a look at the game:
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’!
I have recently just returned from playing at the London Chess Classic, what an event! More on that later. To start with I thought that I would show a game that I had, with the Black pieces, against Robert Bellin.
