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 1908, my ECF is 1944 and my ICCF is 2369.

Friday, 3 April 2026

Easter Egg-stras

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AS well as the three swisses run by the Four Nations Chess League at Daventry, Northants, over Easter, there is a Saturday evening blitz and...
Thursday, 2 April 2026

Easter Treat

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AM traveling to the Northamptonshire market town of Daventry today for the Four Nations Chess League's Easter congress, which has three ...
Wednesday, 1 April 2026

League Chess

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PLAYED on board one (of four) for Battersea against Lewisham last night in Croydon & District League's Dave Luckin division, where t...
Tuesday, 31 March 2026

Miniatures 32

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IN this occasional series I am going through my decisive games of 20 moves or fewer. R White (?) - Spanton (147 BCF) Highbury (London) Rapid...
Monday, 30 March 2026

Miniatures 31

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IN this occasional series I am going through my decisive games of 20 moves or fewer. P Orn (150 BCF) - Spanton (147 BCF) Highbury (London) R...
Sunday, 29 March 2026

Miniatures 30

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IN this occasional series I am going through my decisive games of 20 moves or fewer. D Muroko (174 BCF) - Spanton (147 BCF) London League 19...
Saturday, 28 March 2026

Thoughts On Bad Wörishofen IV

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MY round-seven  game  in the Bad Wörishofen seniors was an Old Indian that began  1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.f3!? e5 4.d5 c6 5.c4 Qb6 6.Qb3 Be7 7.Be...
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Friday, 27 March 2026

League Chess

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PLAYED on board one (of five) for Battersea 3 against Hackney in Central London League Division Three last night. Ben Cullen (1942) - Spanto...
Thursday, 26 March 2026

Thoughts On Bad Wörishofen III

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CAPTURING with check nearly always improves your position, often dramatically, and is rarely bad. It was just my luck that my round-three  g...
Wednesday, 25 March 2026

Championship Chess

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PLAYED last night in the Battersea club championship. Spanton (1921) - Ibrahim Abouchakra (1780) Sicilian Accelerated Dragon 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g...
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