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 1913, my ECF is 1904 and my ICCF is 2330.

Friday, 12 December 2025

Lessons From Benidorm V

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MY round-six  game , in which I had black against Singaporean junior Rahul Lakshminarasimhan (1626), featured a simple missed opportunity. W...
Thursday, 11 December 2025

Fault!

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I WAS supposed to be playing on board one (of five) for Battersea 3 against Hackney's Salim Kriman (1965) in Central London League Divis...

Lessons From Benidorm IV

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MY round-five  game , in which I had white against Spanish junior Tarek Kaji Senas (1711), reached an instructive endgame position after 31 ...
Wednesday, 10 December 2025

League Chess

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PLAYED on board five (of eight) for Battersea against East Ham in London League Division Two last night. Spanton (1904) - Aakarsch Boswan (1...
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Tuesday, 9 December 2025

Lessons From Benidorm III

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NOTES  to my round-four game - I took a halfpoint bye in round three - tell a story that will be familiar to most clubplayers. I had black i...
Monday, 8 December 2025

Lessons From Benidorm II

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MY round-two  game , where I had white against Enrique Martínez Pérez (1726), gave an interesting example of why it can be dangerous to take...
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Sunday, 7 December 2025

Lessons From Benidorm

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MY round-one  game , where I had black against Samuel Salas Lerida (1669), reached a position after 10 moves that is not easy to judge. I ha...
Saturday, 6 December 2025

Correspondence Chess

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I PLAY correspondence chess at the Fide-recognised International Correspondence Chess Federation, where the strength of modern engines means...

Summing Up Benidorm Bali

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MY score in the U2000 of +3=5-0 (I also took a halfpoint bye) gained exactly two Fide elo. I now have an 11-game over-the-board unbeaten str...
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Friday, 5 December 2025

Benidorm Bali Round Nine

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FACED  a Romanian. Emilian-Paul Ioniță (1972) - Spanton (1896) Vienna Game 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nxe4!? This well-known combination, which...
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