Czech Mated

PLAYED at the 13th annual Teplice tournament, which finished on Sunday.
It was held in spacious conditions in the city's Culture House - the only sour note being the many sets that had pieces with different-coloured tops, eg white bishops with black mitres..

Inside the excellent playing hall

Unfortunately, I forgot to pack my laptop's charger, and I could not a buy a replacement in Teplice, so I was unable to blog.
Perhaps it was just as well: my score of +3=2-4 saw me lose 9.6 elo - my first loss of Fide rating points since Newcastle in February.