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.

Saturday 26 March 2022

Tegernsee

FLEW to Munich yesterday afternoon for the 10th Senioren Cup on the shore of Tegernsee, a lake in south Bavaria close to the Austrian border.

I have played in the tournament twice before, when it was held in Bad Wiessee, but this year it has been moved around the lake to a new venue in Rottach-Egern.

Originally I was on the waiting list, with not much hope of playing, but last week, while in Bad Wörishofen, I was told there had been sufficient withdrawals - Germany has experienced a covid spike - to let me participate.

Here is the list of entrants: SC.