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, 18 June 2025

Lessons From Munich: Long Live The King!

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IN round two my opponent offered a draw in the following position. White has just played 20.Be2-f3 in Andreas Moser (1768) - Spanton (1954) ...
Tuesday, 17 June 2025

Lessons From Munich: First Things First

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MY round-one  game  in the Munich 60+ seniors featured a fashionable line in the Caro-Kann. It starts 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 ...
Monday, 16 June 2025

Puzzle

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A POSITION from one of my games features in the "intermediate" section of this month's Find The Winning Moves in Chess magazin...
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Sunday, 15 June 2025

Summing Up Munich

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MY score in the 60+ seniors of +3=2-2 lost exactly nine Fide elo. Biergarten near the venue in Munich's Moosach district
Saturday, 14 June 2025

Munich 60+ Round Seven

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RECEIVED a double-upfloat against an Indian born in 1973 (the tournament is supposedly for players born before 1966, but having a 'junio...
Friday, 13 June 2025

Munich 60+ Round Six

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FACED an Indian. Spanton (1954) - RR Vasudevan* (1932) Petrov/French Exchange 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d3!? Nf6 6.d4 d5 This...
Thursday, 12 June 2025

Munich 60+ Round Five

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I WAS downfloated. Spanton (1954) - Alfred Schattmann (1798) Sicilian Scheveningen 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Nf3!? Partly to keep Black guessing w...
Wednesday, 11 June 2025

Munich 60+ Round Four

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RECEIVED a double-upfloat. Bernhard Solger (1866) - Spanton (1954) QGD Exchange 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.cxd5!? This is generally regarded as being...
Tuesday, 10 June 2025

Munich 60+ Round Three

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FACED a Pole. Spanton (1954) - Adam Wilczyński (1617) Sicilian ...e6 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Be3!? There are 4,644 examples ...
Monday, 9 June 2025

Munich 60+ Round Two

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I WAS upfloated. Andreas Moser (1768) - Spanton (1954) King's Pawn Irregular 1.e4 e5 2.d3!? There are 3,353 examples of this position in...
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