New Tournament (For Me)

AM making final preparations for traveling tomorrow to Bad Bertrich, a spa town in Rhineland-Palatinate about 50 miles from the border with Luxembourg.

I am playing in the 31st Bad Bertrich Chess Days, which is for players born before 1976, and consists of nine rounds over nine days, starting on Friday at 15:00, but then at 10:00 until the last round at 09:30.

The time control is 40 moves in 90 minutes, a further 30 minutes to finish, and a 30-second increment throughout.

There are 76 entries from seven countries, including two grandmasters, an international master and seven Fide masters, headed by Keith Arkell (2356).