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When one takes a trip, then he has a lot to tell. Embarking on the the chess journey from Copenhagen to Miami, the Danish capital can already offers you something perplexing. At least if you arrive by train.
From the train, let's say you first look for a tourist office. In the large main station you look for a sign to point the way. You look in vain until, after a long search you find one — above the tourist office. (It's a bit like your friendly GPS voice informing you that "you have reached your destination". Why thank you! So I've seen.)
The search took time. Too much, considering you have five minuted until the door is locked. The posted hours says that closing time is 5 pm. Oh well, then you just grab a city map — no no my friend...there in none to be found at all.
And so, at last you must risk a taxi, that is, "risk" being laughed at by the driver when the hotel is only a few meters away from the station. Luckily, the hotel turns out to be just far enough away that it's worthwhile, and the driver proves to be extremely friendly. (Above) Statue of the Little Mermaid | Photo: M. D.
Grandmaster Jörg Hickl and his travel company took 18 participants on this trip, dubbed "The New in Chess Cup", and held on board the massive Norwegian Getaway cruise ship.
An international field has come aboard: two Danes, a Spaniard and an American are there. This fits well, and finally, the tournament is Elo rated. But although the tournament is normal, it has some unusual features. For example, the game time is "10 am ship time". This sounds strange, but since four time zones will be passed during the tournament, the clocks must be changed throughout. Needless to say, the very fact that the tournament hall itself moves 7800 kilometers over the course of the event is marvelous.
Cruise ship Norwegian Getaway, upper deck complete with waterslides | Photo: Michael Dombrowsky
After each round, a jury, led by the tournament organiser, and International Mhampion Erik Zude, selects the game of the day. In the first round the Spaniard Fernandez Garcia Alfonso Javier received this special honor. Here is a small sample.
Williams main teaching method behind this set of two DVDs is to teach you some simple yet effective set ups, without the need to rely on memorising numerous complicated variations.
| Rk. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 |
| 1 | Moelvig Julius Printzlau | 1951 | 5,0 | 20,5 |
| 2 | Moelvig Henrik Peter | 2090 | 4,5 | 22,0 |
| 3 | Wagner Frank | 1867 | 4,0 | 22,0 |
| 4 | Käsemann Holger Dr. | 1781 | 4,0 | 20,5 |
| 5 | Dombrowsky Michael Rudolf | 1997 | 4,0 | 19,0 |
| 6 | Hilbenz Guntram Dr. | 1940 | 4,0 | 15,5 |
| 7 | Hellmann Thomas | 1876 | 3,5 | 20,5 |
| 8 | Wunderlich Frank | 1897 | 3,0 | 19,0 |
| 9 | Kopischke Maik | 1850 | 3,0 | 17,5 |
| 10 | Ebeling Hans-Jürgen | 1584 | 3,0 | 15,5 |
| 11 | Grunwald Günther | 1611 | 3,0 | 15,5 |
| 12 | Fernandez Garcia Alfonso Javier | 1598 | 2,5 | 20,0 |
| 13 | Ludwig Ines Louise | 1661 | 2,5 | 17,5 |
| 14 | Moujan Pablo Miguel | 0 | 2,5 | 16,5 |
| 15 | Limper Cornelia | 1295 | 2,5 | 13,5 |
| 16 | Back Andreas | 1613 | 2,0 | 16,0 |
| 17 | Manthe Jörn Horst | 0 | 1,0 | 13,5 |
| 18 | Kolkmann Cornelis | 0 | 0,0 | 14,0 |
