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 2009, my ECF is 1955 and my ICCF is 2325.

Thursday 2 November 2023

Tegernsee Town

THE town of Tegernsee grew up around St Quirinus's Abbey, which was founded in 746.

It became a popular pilgrimage destination after the abbey received from the Vatican the body of Quirinus, a Roman tribune whose tongue, hands and feet were cut off in 116 before his execution.

The abbey was secularised in 1803 and became a summer residence for the kings of Bavaria.