Ceithearnach

Is there any good site to find chess tournaments in Europe suited to a 1600-1700 rated player?

I've found long lists of tournaments but not in a very user friendly version. Hoping for more Trip Advisor and less MS Excel..

#chesspunks

Seriously impressive!

Thanks! Onwards!

Got my first FIDE classical rating this weekend.... And it makes my Chesscom rapid look meek 🤔😂🤔 280 points higher OTB

Very much enjoying your road to 2200 series!

3/4 am 😂

@samsung.bsky.social The new "AI" screen capture is bad. The old one was easy and precise. The new one is imprecise and wastes my time. If you change something someone has paid €1200 for, without their consent, and make it worse, you then lose their trust. I've probably bought my last Samsung.

I'm only in the 1400s. Happy to play you if you like!

What's your rating? Why not!

Oh I didn't realise we were fellow Euros haha. I'd suggest going max on the pieces. Maybe try www.niggemann.com/en/sets-boar... and board www.niggemann.com/en/sets-boar...
Look on etsy too. N.B. Google piece base size to square size ratio.

I'm a big fan of Staunton Castle. Have a few sets by them. Great quality and competitive prices. Personally after bad experiences I probably won't but from House of Staunton anymore. The reputation is for the old company, doesn't hold up since it was sold.

Ah, didn't go deep enough. Nice!

..., Rxd4, cxd4, Bb4 and ending up a piece?... Now to the Alt text to see what I missed 😂

The board was a lot smaller back then too.

Same. I find myself being terribly envious of the kids I teach who don't have the same obligations and distractions. Everything passes though.

The good place!

The worms everywhere

I certainly wouldn't make sure I had UblockOrigin extension installed before I didn't do that.

Oh brilliant! Good to know!

Nice one! 7.Qb5+ was such an odd move. Very wasteful of time and then later when you had two knights in his face and his bishop wasn't even developed... He should have traded Queens on move 19 I think, and tried to consolidate and connect his pawns with the lonely one on e5

Mate in 2.

Puzzle time!

WHITE TO MOVE.

Hint in the Alt text.

🏆 The king has several moves other than Kb7 but they're all leading to Ra7. Well done!

Tap the photo open and the text appears at the bottom.

#chesspunks I'm bad at hashtagging 😂😂

Skewer - 4 moves

Puzzle time!

WHITE TO MOVE

Hint is in the ALT text of the image.

I'll put it in the Alt Text of the photo if I can remember to!

I'd love to see it absolutely! You're inspiring me using your own games. I mist think if I have something from one of mine.

Woah. I need to pop this into an engine in the morning an look at it. What a game!

Nc4 and Bxc4 but yup you saw it! 🏆

Have a 🏆!