This is the personal blog of Ben Strutt. Don't expect anything too profound.
Posts
Beating IM John Bartholomew in Online Blitz
Something amazing happened last weekend! I've been queueing up to play International Master John Bartholomew on the lichess plays streams on twitch. I'd played him once before and got roundly trounced, as one would expect.
Season Retrospective
A busy time
It's the end of the 2018-19 chess league season and a natural time for a retrospective post.
The French Resistance
LCA Arjay Preliminary
Each Wednesday I play some club chess. It's not always a league game like my first post was. This time I'm playing in a individual tournament, the Arjay preliminary. I had the black pieces and my opponent was rated 98 vs. my (estimated) 116 so before the game I hoping for winning chances. Let's see what happened.
Analysis of my first LCA game this season
Leeds Chess Association league
I play in the Leeds Chess Association (LCA) league for Rose Forgrove D. I'm new to club chess and I'm trying to improve as a player. One part of that effort is to do some analysis of my games. (Disclaimer: the fact that I play in the D team should give you some indication of my skill, currently my English Chess Federation (ECF) grade is 116, which is not high.)