Simon Williams

Skip to 01:46:00 for general analysis until the conclusion of the game/stream! My 6th round game opponent was FM Varshini M Sahithi (IND) rating 2262. This is a quick edit of the stream with Blair and special guest GM Nick Pert, live from the GingerGM studio! I'm currently playing in the Reykjavik Open 2023 and my friend Blair Connell (of Jobava London System fame) + … [Read more...] about Reykjavik Open 2023 – Round 6 – A painful loss

Skip to 00:58 for endgame analysis and the conclusion of the game/stream! My round 5 game was against John Cornelisse (NED) rating 2203. This is a quick edit of the stream with Blair and special guest Fiona! I'm currently playing in the Reykjavik Open 2023 and my friend Blair Connell (of Jobava London System fame) + special guests will be live streaming all of my games on … [Read more...] about Reykjavik Open 2023 – Round 5 – Certified Swindler

Skip to 00:50 for endgame analysis until the conclusion of the game/stream! My 4th round game was against GM Emre Can (TUR) rating 2600. This is a quick edit of the stream with Blair and special guest Mr Dodgy! I'm currently playing in the Reykjavik Open 2023 and my friend Blair Connell (of Jobava London System fame) + special guests will be live streaming all of my games … [Read more...] about Reykjavik Open 2023 – Round 4 – Trying tricky ideas against a 2600… what could go wrong?

Skip to 1:20:00 for the finish! My 3rd round game was against FM Patryk Cieslak (POL) rating 2207. I had my eye on Patryk's name as he beat a 2600+ GM in the first round. After my round 2 game that morning, I decided it was important not to go too crazy and lose all my pieces... If you like the positional setup you see with the Hippo, then check out my recent Chessable … [Read more...] about Reykjavik Open 2023 – Round 3 – Lying in wait under the surface with the Hippo!

Skip to 1:13:00 for the finish and 1:17:00 for a quick recap of the full game! My 2nd round game was against WIM Anastasiya Rakhmangulova (URK) rating 2266. This is a quick edit of the stream with Blair and GM Danny Gormally - I will of course post my own analysis video of this game when I'm back from the tournament. Agadmator has kindly analysed the game on his channel … [Read more...] about Reykjavik Open 2023 – Round 2 – and now time for a boring Exchange Slav…