Gawain Jones

Hey guys, As we’re halfway through the month, and considering I really doubt I’ll manage a GOTM from June what with getting married and all, I decided to combine the two. In the past month we’ve had two big matches. First there was the Kramnik-Aronian friendly match. As they weren’t playing for a title they [...]

I’m pleased to announce that Gawain is playing into XXXII Benasque Open held in Benasque, Spain from the 5th until the 14th of July. After conferring with his fellow grandmasters this was the winner this year but there are many summer tournaments this year including Leiden in the Netherlands and Rethymos in Crete, Greece, Benasque is [...]

Gawain returns this year to Ennis, Ireland to defend his title. This weekender is held from the 18th-20th May in the Auburn Lodge. Ennis is one of Gawains former hometowns. He lived there from 16 until the age of 18. He sat his final exams at St Flannas where he had an offer to study [...]

The final weekend of the Four Nations Chess League otherwise known as 4ncl was held this past bank holiday weekend. For those of you not from the UK , a bank holiday is effectively a public holiday and is called that as it was traditionally when the banks shut shop. Firstly we should congratulate 3 players who [...]

MAY 2012 TWIC is very good at keeping up to date with the latest tournaments on calendars, but there are some that are still missed. From now on, at the beginning of each month, I’ll include a list of up and coming tournaments that you should keep an eye out on. This will be mainly [...]

Hello dear readers, Don’t worry the game of the month is on its way, but for now I’ll give a brief recap of my most recent tournament – the Italian Club Championships in Arvier, Val d’Aosta. This was my first time playing in the top division, Serie Master, and I made my debut for Chieti. [...]

Gawain is now in Arvier, where he’ll make his debut for Chieti in the Italian League. No, I haven’t made a mistake – it’s not like the famous red wine which is Chianti. Chieti is a city not far from Rome with a population of about 55,000 (wiki). The football team S.S Chieti Calcio play in [...]

Apologies again for a long break between posting but again I’ve been very busy. I promise to update as much as possible now while I have a bit of time at home. This year I made my debut for SC Remagen in the German Bundesliga. The top division is composed of 18 teams with 8 [...]

Apologies for missing out March’s GOTM but I’m been really busy! Updates on the Reykjavik Open and European Individual Championships will be written when I get time, but for now here’s the GOTM. After winning my first four rounds I started being paired up with the big boys. After draws with White against Nikita Vitiugov [...]

Hi everyone, We are still awaiting final confirmation but according to the final standings published on Chess Results, Gawain finished in 15th place therefore qualifying for the 2013 World Cup. This is an amazing achievement and I’m sure he’ll be working hard to play in Tromsø. These questions were asked by Colin Patterson last December and Gawain has [...]