Posts in category Live Tournaments
Cheating and Online Chess
I woke this morning and the first article in my news-feed was a youtube link to IM Danny Rensch from chess dot com talking about online cheating. He mentioned the word “pandemic” in describing the avalanche of evidence gathered by their site on players using engines or bots to assist their play.
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Photos of the Australian Juniors 2020
Official Photographs AJCC 2020
Claire Liu is the official photographers for the Australian Juniors 2020 – so to see more of her fantastic work please follow the link by clicking the image!
Australian Junior Chess Championships...
Almost ready – despite falling bridges and flooded roads!
Live Games Here!
Timur Gareyev’s Stunning Blindf...
Timur Gareyev’s Stunning Blindfold Queen Sacrifice
Charm City Motel Open 2019 Roving Cam...
A video walk-around among the Charm City Motel Open players! What an unique sport where the youngest novice can play against the world’s best in an event open to all!
Bundaberg Blitz Simul with GM Timur G...
GM Timur Gareyev is a wonderful ambassador for Chess. On Friday night he and his students push-biked to “Grunske’s by the River” – a local Bundy seafood hotspot; then off to see the visiting Great Moscow Circus. Next morning it was a healthy start to the tournament by cooking breakfast for all the chess players hosted [...]
Charm City Motel Open – Prizegi...
So to start the Sunday off on a great note, Karen from Charm City Motel served up a Bundaberg friendly style breakfast by the pool! The kids loved the pancakes!
Grand Master Timur Gareyev, holder of the world record for blindfold chess, won the Charm City Motel Open 2019 event with a perfect 6.
WIM Heather Richards and IM Brodie McClymont fi [...]
Timur Gareyev Blindfold Simul live st...
Front Cam
Commentary with IM Aleks Wohl
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Charm City Motel Open 2019 – Bu...
The Charm City Motel Open is a new tournament on the Queensland Chess calendar – the venue is the Thabeban State School auditorium in the very friendly city of Bundaberg!
4 International Masters took part in the Bundaberg Open 2019 held in the same venue, and they are seen here enjoying the hospitality of the Spotted Dog Hotel!
It is [...]