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 1951, my ECF is 1954 and my ICCF is 2369.

Showing posts with label Bent Larsen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bent Larsen. Show all posts
Friday, 2 May 2025

Miniatures

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I WAS much taken by a quote from Bent Larsen in an old copy of the US Chess Federation's Chess Life magazine: "I don’t care very mu...
Saturday, 2 January 2021

Garry Kasparov's Forgotten Weapon Against The Queen's Gambit (part five)

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IN the same tournament in which Kasparov beat Yasser Seirawan he faced Bent Larsen. Larsen (2555) - Kasparov (2690) Nikšić (Yugoslavia) Roun...
Tuesday, 10 November 2020

Bobby Fischer v The Sicilian (part three)

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Sicilian Dragon Fischer always met 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 with the main move  6.Be3, to which Black nearly always re...
Thursday, 15 October 2020

Chess Evolution: QGD Exchange (part four)

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TWO of White's earliest plans in the Exchange Variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined were the Minority Attack (pawn-thrusts on the...
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