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 13 January 2024

Spa Chess

FLEW to Prague yesterday afternoon - it should have been yesterday morning, but my British Airways flight from Heathrow took off more than three hours late - and caught a train to Mariánské Lázně.

It is a spa town in Bohemia, better known until WW1 under its Germanic name of Marienbad.

This is the 22nd edition of a chess festival held by the CzechTour, and includes round-robin norm tournaments, an open, a 50+ seniors, a rapid and a blitz.

I am playing in the seniors, which has 79 entries, including an international master and three Fide masters.

The format is nine rounds over eight days, with a time control of 40 moves in 90 minutes, a further 30 minutes to finish, and a 30-second increment throughout.

The Colonnade (tourist office photo)

2 comments:

Anonymous15 January 2024 at 11:51
Assuming your flight was also more than 3 hours late arriving in Prague, and the delay was the airline's fault, you can claim £220 compensation.
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