Menorca

AM flying to the Balearic island of Menorca today with Joe Skielnik and - hopefully - Ray Kearsley for a seven-round tournament that starts tomorrow.

I write "hopefully" in the case of Ray as his covid travel pass from the NHS has not arrived in time.

It seems there is a workaround involving filling out a Spanish health form - roughly the equivalent of the UK's former passenger locator form - but only time will tell whether that has been done correctly and with sufficient evidence to prove he has had his (four) covid jabs.

Details of the chess can be found at Mn, but I guess the main point is the schedule, which involves a 6pm game tomorrow, 10am and 5pm on Thursday, 5pm on Friday, 10am and 5pm on Saturday, and 9.30am on Sunday.