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Telsh
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
United States148 Posts
November 22 2012 03:41 GMT
#1
This weekend i'm going to a class chess tournament in St louis. 3 days 6 rounds G/120 ( each player gets 120 minutes for the whole game)

I'm rated 1590 in the U1800 section. 3 months ago in U1800 in Indy i went 2-1-1 and was half a point from 500$ ( so fucking pissed). I'm looking for blood this weekend. In preparation I've been doing 50- 100 tactics problems a day, I've been going through GM games every day. I even take lessons from an awesome IM from Arizona who i just happen to be rooming with this weekend! I'm so pumped and nervous at the same time.

For the first tournament ever i'm going to play the openings I know best : the tarrasch and the dragon as black -- 1.e4 ( "best by test"-- Fischer ) as white. I play the most aggressive openings possible because, well why not! This tournament might be my chance to cement my self as a class B player ( 3 tiers from masters). This last month I've played some of the best correspondence games of my life. I've raised my blitz and bullet ratings a decent amount too. Now it is time to go replicate this all OTB at the St Louis chess club. AMG

May my mind be as peaceful as this song----




TerranosaurusWrecks
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Canada187 Posts
November 22 2012 04:03 GMT
#2
that's so awesome i always wished i had the stones to play chess, gl, i hope you pwn some kids
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ "Like you can train a n00b, but they will just be a trained n00b."
Telsh
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
United States148 Posts
November 22 2012 05:23 GMT
#3
Thank you! i plan on it =D
Mothra
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States1448 Posts
November 22 2012 05:26 GMT
#4
Good luck, sounds like solid prep for it.
Ghostcom
Profile Joined March 2010
Denmark4783 Posts
November 22 2012 07:20 GMT
#5
Good luck! Do not get too hyped up, you need to keep calm
GolemMadness
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Canada11044 Posts
November 22 2012 12:24 GMT
#6
Look at the checks and captures first and all will be well.
http://na.op.gg/summoner/userName=FLABREZU
synapse
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
China13814 Posts
November 22 2012 13:05 GMT
#7
GL! I like the song
:)
jkillashark
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
United States5262 Posts
December 05 2012 03:41 GMT
#8
Whoa very nice. I've recently joined a chess club that has a round of rated swiss every Thursday. I drew against the #2 and #4 seeds in my first two games. Both were confused by my low rating. Maybe I should go to a cash tournament and steal some quick cash.
Do your best, God will do the rest.
hp.Shell
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States2527 Posts
December 05 2012 05:24 GMT
#9
Just curious. Where did you finish?
Please PM me with any songs you like that you think I haven't heard before!
Telsh
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
United States148 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-12-18 04:59:28
December 18 2012 04:54 GMT
#10
I ended leaving in a hurry and forgot my adhd medicine (Not for cheating).

I finished poorly actually i had some good positions but had used too much time to get to them.. ie one game i had a very very winning position but we had only played 30 moves and only 2 sets of minors had been traded, and i had 15 minutes left from G/120 I blundred 2 games in time trouble, i gave someone a draw because i was unsure how to convert the advantage ( bishop + 2 pawns vs 4 pawns endings are the devils playground ), and round six i was tired frustrated and annoyed and made some very poor moves and resigned before move 20.

I ended with 1-2-3 and my worst tournament of the year -_-

Also golem i usually check those already; I'm in the rating range where most people no longer wantonly hang pieces about lol ( normally i know everyone misses something dumb once in a while)
jdseemoreglass
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States3773 Posts
December 18 2012 07:20 GMT
#11
I've been looking for local chess tournaments for months, never actually played in one. Also been looking for players/clubs. I've given up hope though, gonna have to make the drive to a larger city one day to play OTB.

So anyway I am jealous. Good luck to you.
"If you want this forum to be full of half-baked philosophy discussions between pompous faggots like yourself forever, stay the course captain vanilla" - FakeSteve[TPR], 2006
Telsh
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
United States148 Posts
December 18 2012 07:27 GMT
#12
have you checked the USCF website? i think they have a list of clubs and stuff.. though i'll assume you know how to google stuff like that lol

when i was in seoul for a week i found and played in a chess tournament even thanks to the FIDE website. Some nice people there
]343[
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States10328 Posts
December 18 2012 08:56 GMT
#13
I wonder if I should pick up chess again... I stopped when my little brother got better than me (I was about 1300 lol).

He's 2000+ now.
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GolemMadness
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
Canada11044 Posts
December 18 2012 09:20 GMT
#14
On December 18 2012 13:54 Telsh wrote:
I ended leaving in a hurry and forgot my adhd medicine (Not for cheating).

I finished poorly actually i had some good positions but had used too much time to get to them.. ie one game i had a very very winning position but we had only played 30 moves and only 2 sets of minors had been traded, and i had 15 minutes left from G/120 I blundred 2 games in time trouble, i gave someone a draw because i was unsure how to convert the advantage ( bishop + 2 pawns vs 4 pawns endings are the devils playground ), and round six i was tired frustrated and annoyed and made some very poor moves and resigned before move 20.

I ended with 1-2-3 and my worst tournament of the year -_-

Also golem i usually check those already; I'm in the rating range where most people no longer wantonly hang pieces about lol ( normally i know everyone misses something dumb once in a while)


I'm ~2200 CFC and FIDE and it's still quite applicable for me! It's crazy the stuff people will miss sometimes.
http://na.op.gg/summoner/userName=FLABREZU
Telsh
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
United States148 Posts
December 18 2012 09:41 GMT
#15
I know i Should, i mean there was the game from the US championship where a GM hung his bishop on c1 to a queen on g5 on move 7 that is nice reminder of that lol
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