St. Louis Chess Club. Decided to play. Maybe I’ll win a class C prize since They’ll use the November list…
My goal? To play well.
Cool beans. First game I was paired with a 1956. Managed to eek out a draw.I just swore i would have been on the top half of the list.
Managed a win in my second game against a 1976. Cool. Nice rook sacrifice.
Today I drew again with an 1800+ player. This afternoon I lost a dead drawn position to a player rated about 1775.
I have 2 points out of 4. Every single opponent has been rated at least 200 points above me.
Lost a drawn game yesterday but I came back this morning and got a big win, again over a player rated over 100 points higher I’m 3/5. Slight possibility of a small class prize. Last game at 4pm
Got 1.5 points out of my last two games. At a rating of 1578, my opponents avg rating was about 1800.
I ended up with 3.5/6. Good to tie for Class C prize. I’ll bring home $200.
Loved the tournament and everything about it.
Looks as though that’ll be the last time you’ll win a C prize. You’re a B player now. Congratulations!
Bill Smythe
Kudos. How much was your entry fee? How much of your winnings will you spend on chess related items? tyia
The entry fee was $90.
as it turned out, it was well worth it. Met a few Grandmasters, and the highlight of my day yesterday, I met GM Yasser Seirawan. One of my previous opponents was analyzing*7 our game with him. Nicest guy you’ll ever meet. He demonstrated how rich in possibilities even a simple position can hold.
One of my games…with a twist. During this game the water was turned off. there was a minor leak under the street outside. Due to a minor medical condition, I must be close to a restroom.
[Event “Thanksgiving Open”]
[Site St. Louis ]
[Date “2015.11.29”]
[Round “5”]
[White “John, Jomp”]
[Black “nope”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “1641”]
[BlackElo “1675”]
[ECO “D02”]
[Annotator “Doe,John”]
[PlyCount “81”]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 d5 3.e3 e6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nc3 c6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.h3 Re8
9.Re1 Nf8 10.Ne5 N8d7 11.Bd3 c5 12.Nb5 c4 13.Nxc4 dxc4 14.Bc7 cxd3 15.Bxd8
Rxd8 16.cxd3 a6 17.Nc3 b5 18.Qf3 Nb6 19.Rac1 Rb8 20.Ne4 Nfd5 21.a3 Bb7 22.
Qe2 Nd7 23.Nc5 Nxc5 24.dxc5 Bc6 25.d4 Nf6 26.f3 Rd5 27.Red1 Nh5 28.e4 Ng3
29.Qf2 Rg5 30.d5 exd5 31.exd5 Bxd5 32.Rxd5 Rxd5 33.Qxg3 Rbd8 34.c6 Bd6 35.
Qe1 Bc5+ 36.Kf1 Kf8 37.Qe4 Rd1+ 38.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 39.Ke2 Rd8 40.c7 Rc8 41.Qb7 1-0
Around move 24, I offered my opponent a draw which he refused. A few moves later the water came back on and I could finally use the restroom. So I proceeded to crush him.
Amazing