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 1954, my ECF is 1940 and my ICCF is 2331.

Wednesday, 28 May 2025

Old Bregenz

BREGENZ was apparently first settled 3,500 years ago by the Celtic Brigantii.

They heavily fortified the town, but it fell to the Romans in 15 BC, becoming headquarters for the Roman fleet on the lake, called Raetiae Brigantinus by Pliny the Elder (now Lake Constance in English, Bodensee in German).

The Germanic Alemanni destroyed Brigantium, as it became known, in AD 260, but a new town, on higher ground, was founded around 1170.