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 2012, my ECF is 1965 and my ICCF is 2325.

Thursday, 30 March 2023

Scandinavian

AM making final preparations for flying to Oslo tomorrow, where I will be overnighting at the airport (in a hotel), before catching a shuttle to Fagernes on Saturday.

I played there 11 years ago, but all I can really remember is that Fagernes is a small town (population under 2,000) set in pretty countryside.

There are 93 entries in the "GM Swiss," which is open to males rated over 2,000 and females over 1900.

I have entered the "Open Swiss," which has 46 entries with no limits on ratings, although the highest-rated player is a modest 1872.

There are are nine rounds over eight days with a time limit of 40 moves in 100 minutes, followed by a further 40 minutes, with a 30-second increment from the start.

The full list of entries is here.

2 comments:

Anonymous30 March 2023 at 21:18
wish you a good journey and goodluck with your games.a pitty of many low rated players,but enjoy it.! regards Stef
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Tim Spanton31 March 2023 at 09:27
It is not the low-rated players per se that worry me, but the juniors lurking among them!
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