BEAU CHESS - the post-work workings-out of a chess amateur

I begin this blog after getting back into league chess following many years' absence due to work. My post-job status also means I am able to play more tournament chess. My new club in London is Battersea and my first game for them is on Thursday September 14, 2017. I start with a Fide rating of 1858, an ECF grade of 169 (=1968 elo) and an ICCF correspondence rating of 2267. My current Fide is 1902, my ECF is 1913 and my ICCF is 2277.

Monday 26 August 2019

Unrated & Ungraded - But Good Enough To Beat Me

FACED a junior with neither a Fide rating nor an ECF grade in round six of the Northumbria Challengers this morning.

Black to make his 13th move in Hangxuan Zhang - Spanton (1881/168)

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13...Qd8?? 14.Nc7+! (1-0, 42 moves)
I should have played 13...Bc6, and if 14.b4, then 14....Qd7. White has lots of compensation for his pawn deficit, but it's a game.

BEAU CHESS - the post-work workings-out of a chess amateur

Monday 26 August 2019

Unrated & Ungraded - But Good Enough To Beat Me

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