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 1939 and my ICCF is 2369.

Saturday, 9 May 2026

The High Life

CAUGHT a train from Bregenz, crossing the Austro-German border to Lindau, and from there took another train to Friedrichshafen, home of the Zeppelin.

Monument to Ferdinand von Zeppelin

Zeppelin coming in to land

Touchdown

Taking off

Co-pilot addresses the passengers

Farmland

The cockpit

Lindau Island

Marina

Lake Constance

Insight into how a river delta is formed

The airship's shadow stands out starkly

We were apparently traveling at 35 knots (about 40mph or 65kph) at a height of 1,000ft (305 metres).

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