@chestas @priscillaharing ooh congrats! That’s excellent.
Thanks, I moved from Victoria which has a bigger pool of stronger players, so was probably the favourite but it still felt great to win the title
@chestas @aarblaster I can imagine - I'm just really happy if I can win from my husband (which I did last night) as we are about equally not so great at chess 😋
I've been playing competitively for nearly 50 years, first in England, then Australia after I emigrated in 2005. I guess chess is really a part of me
@chestas @aarblaster are you professional chesser or is there also a day job?
I teach chess in schools and privately. I've been doing this since I moved to Australia
@chestas @aarblaster in the Netherlands I hear chess is immensely popular in high school since the Queen's Gambit - is it like that over there too?
Not so much I think. I haven't seen that much publicised explosion, though I don't know about online players from Australia.
Btw, I played a tournament in Amsterdam in about 1989, and still have some friends there who I keep in touch with