Blue Horizon Chess Blog charts the journey of a patzer on his way to (hopefully) becoming a half-decent chess player!
Rated a fairly average 94 (ECF), Dave, currently living in Bristol, plays for Horfield Chess Club and is captain of the D team.
Having dabbled in the school chess club I didn’t start playing chess with any purpose until I was 23 (in 2003). I’m determined to improve and in this blog I will share some of my thoughts and experiences along the way. I can be found playing correspondence chess at ChessWorld.net - so if you fancy a game you can look me up under the alias ‘BlueHorizon‘.
Rating history
| Season | ECF | ~ Elo | Score | Win | Draw | Loss | Avg Opp ECF |
| 2008-09 | 94 | 1720 | |||||
| 2007-08 | 83 | 1665 | 14.5/18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 67.38 |
| 2006-07 | 79 | 1645 | 5/9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 91.25 |
| 2005-06 | 77 | 1635 | 4.5/7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 72.75 |
| 2004-05 | - | - | 9.5/15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 63.25 |