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 4 July 2024

Getting There (Bad Herrenalb)

FLEW on Ryanair's 13:05 flight from Stansted to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden.

I was supposed to be met at the latter airport by a taxi booked through Booking.com.

But there was no sign of it when I arrived, and the driver only turned up, after a phone call, more than 15 minutes later.

So much for Booking.com's much-heralded flight tracking.

However, I got to my hotel safe and sound at 17:20 (central European summer time).

My hotel ... about 100 metres from the chess venue

2 comments:

Anonymous4 July 2024 at 22:35
It was hardly worth going home after playing in Bischofsgrün unless something meant you had to. You could have got a direct train from Nürnberg to Karlsruhe.
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Tim Spanton5 July 2024 at 01:55
Something to remember for next year!
Bur I would have to be careful as the extra three days inside Schengen would have taken me to the 90-day limit.
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