Arianne: I'm Serious

It's nice to know that Australia's most famous chess player, at least for the moment, is a regular blog reader. Here's a quick email to her fans.

I'm in Sicily at the moment, having a mini holiday and studying chess. I have analysed all my games from Turin and Lodi and have been playing hours of blitz online. I've gained 200 points in 2 days.

I am serious about this man. I have so many tournaments but I need to get my rating back up and it requires hard work which I am doing now. No year 12, no nothing. Just chess this year and this is the point.

Good luck to her.