BA somehow failed to send it after a day of chaos at Terminal 5, where the conveyor-belt system broke down.
Meanwhile I was delayed for the best part of two hours at Frankfurt passport control, thanks to new partly-automated border controls.
I finally arrived shortly after 21:00 at my hotel in Weimar, where the 3rd Thüringer seniors starts tomorrow.
Fortunately the hotel, which is also the venue, has lent me a charger for my phone - buying one tonight was out of the question, and it might have proved difficult tomorrow, being a Sunday.
BA say my luggage should reach me tomorrow, or maybe Monday! Apparently it all depends on the driver employed by their baggage-handlers at Frankfurt ...
Hopefully all will work out well as I have seven rounds of chess ahead, with a time limit of 40 moves in 90 minutes, plus 30 minutes to finish, and a 30-second increment throughout.
The first round is at 15:00, with the rest at 10:00, and there is no double-round day.
Three international masters and three Fide masters are among the 145 entries.
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