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 Greek Gift sac. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Greek Gift sac. Show all posts
Thursday, 13 November 2025

Cap Negret Round Six

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Spanton (1896) - Josep Fernández Pérez (1801) French Exchange 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.c4!? Stockfish17.1 and Dragon1 slight...
Saturday, 10 May 2025

Lesa Round Two

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Maurizio Platino (1805) - Spanton (1907) QGD Exchange 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.Qc2 Bd6!? This is fifth-most popular ...
Wednesday, 5 June 2024

Lessons From Kenilworth V

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MY round-six  game  featured the Exchange Variation of the French Defence, quickly reaching the following position. White has just played 9....
Sunday, 16 April 2023

Lessons From Fagernes V

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MY round-five  game  reached the following position. What should White play? ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** The posit...
Tuesday, 11 April 2023

Fagernes Game Nine

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Spanton (1806) - Jiabao Eivind Ji (1704) French Winawer 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.Bd2 Nc6 The mainline in ChessBase's 2023 Meg...
Friday, 10 April 2020

New Spice (part six)

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AFTER 1.d4 d5 , the most-popular move at club level is probably 2.Nf3 , rather than immediately playing the Queen's Gambit with 2.c4. ...
Saturday, 11 January 2020

Morphing The French XII

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WHILE playing at Bournemouth in October, I was invited by Keith Gregory to play for Wessex in Britain's top team competition, the 4NCL. ...
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