GM Simon K Williams comes to Camberley Chess Club
GM Simon Williams is well known in the English and International chess scene, creating many online courses and presenting coverage and analysis of top level matches and tournaments. Currently, GM Williams is ranked number 18 in the country with a rating of 2476! After the match, he informed us that in the coming weeks he is off to Norway, to cover the World Chess Championship.
Quite a few of our club are actively watching every game of this historic event, and are discussing and following along with each game via Whatsapp, so we are looking forward to seeing him cover it.
Last thursday the 28th of November, the Rapid A team had a scheduled match against Fleet and Farnborough in the Surrey Border League RP1. GM Simon K Williams (also known as Ginger GM on social platforms) had played as a junior at Fleet and Farnborough Chess Club, and has recently returned to playing for them in the local leagues. This is where we found him down as playing on Board 1 against our very own “GM” (General Manager) and chairperson Martin Wallman.
On the right, for Fleet & Farnborough: GM Simon K Williams (2476), Blair Connell (2231)
Game 2, Martin Wallman v. GM Simon K Williams
I had the pleasure of being able to witness the final few blows of the last game between Ginger GM and Martin, and some key analysis after the game. Let’s take a look at the second game between GM Simon Williams and Martin Wallman. If you wish to easily plug this into chess.com’s analysis click here!
The game ended with an astounding checkmate that came from the Grandmaster’s advanced pawns out of the opening, nullifying Martin’s bishop and knight. The engine reads black’s accuracy at 95%, which is a level of play most cannot get in a standardplay game. Yet, when I had watched GM Williams deliver his final few moves to checkmate Martin, he had only used just over a minute on the clock!
We at Camberley Chess Club are glad to see Grandmaster Simon Williams playing locally. We remain in correspondence with him, and our chess club looks forward to exploring opportunities to collaborate with him in the future. It’s inspiring to see a player of his caliber engaging with the local chess community, and we eagerly anticipate following his continued contributions to the game.
