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 How the openings got their names. Show all posts
Showing posts with label How the openings got their names. Show all posts
Tuesday, 6 August 2019

What's So French About The French?

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THIS is the fourth in an occasional series on How The Openings Got Their Names. The French Defence ( 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 ) dates back to at lea...
Thursday, 25 July 2019

How The Openings Got Their Names - Mar Del Plata

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FELLOW Battersea Chess Club member Joe Skielnik returned earlier this month from a tournament in Spain where a mutual friend "had a cou...
Monday, 15 July 2019

Marvellous Meran

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THIS is the second in an occasional series on How The Openings Got Their Names. The Meran System, aka the Meran Variation, is a series of l...
Monday, 1 July 2019

Earliest Falkbeer

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THIS is the first in what is planned as an occasional series on How The Chess Openings Got Their Names. The Falkbeer Countergambit is a lin...
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