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Ladies and gentlemen, I’m pleased to announce that I finally have a DWZ!

1162 is my strength.

For those who are new and wonder that that is, your chess strength is measured in something called Elo.
The most official Elo you can get is the Fide Rating, which is international.
DWZ is Germanys answer to that.
An official German rating so to speak.

And after waiting for what felt like an eternity, I finally got one.

This puts me at the intermediate level of chess players :D

Hopefully I can bring out a blog post before my vacation.

#chess #chessclub #chessrating #DWZ

Fun fact. I used to belong to the #ChessClub in high school. I memorized what moves my pieces could make, then would beat my opponents by NOT using standard chess strategies, instead just doing some random move that would throw them off, allowing me to win. I never took chess very seriously either and had fun with it -- something else that would piss off my opponents. I think there's some sort of life-lesson there. Heh. No wonder #BugsBunny was one of my heroes growing up. He had a knack for throwing off his opponents as well (though I think giving my opponent a big wet kiss would violate protocol. Though I might have done that with one of my exes when we played chess. 💋 ).

#MedfordChessClub has added a new weekly meeting time and place! Drop by Mrs. Murphy's pub near Medford Square Wednesday at 7pm for "Pawns and Pints" #chess #chessClub #MedfordMA https://www.medfordchessclub.com https://www.mrsmurphs.com/