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 1911, my ECF is 1984 and my ICCF is 2320.

Sunday, 23 March 2025

Crossing Bavaria

COINCIDENTALLY I read an essay by DH Lawrence, The Crucifix Across The Mountains, on the day I flew to Germany.

I write "coincidentally" because the essay turned out to be about Lawrence's encounters with crucifixes as he traveled through Bavaria shortly before the outbreak of WW1.

Frankly I found the writing horribly overblown - give me TE rather than DH any day of the week - but anyone strolling around Bad Wörishofen can get a taste of what Lawrence encountered.

BEAU CHESS - the post-work workings-out of a chess amateur

Sunday, 23 March 2025

Crossing Bavaria

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