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Alright, so round 4 of this quad, I was paired against DraggonZ, with the black pieces! He had a much lower rating, but with a FIDE rating of nearly 2200, he was clearly a better player than I, and just hadn't played many games in the Standard tim... | Read More
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Alright, so here's a change-up from the Slow Swiss! I recently entered a slow quad, which was halfway through, as a replacement for another player. The main thing that attracted me to it was that it was a Thematic Quad, based around the Modern Ben... | Read More
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Slow Swiss time again!
Ok, so in Round 3, I received a forfeit - my opponent just never showed up to arrange a time. Oh well.
Round 4, I was paired against eyfw, a player who I outrate by a few hundred points. I also had White again, so was conf... | Read More
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Just played the 2nd game in the Slow Swiss #5 tournament. After losing in the first round, I was determined to come back with a win here! I was paired against Sharrocks, and was favourite (by ratings).
I thought I played this game pretty accur... | Read More
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So the Slow Swiss 5 tournament has gotten underway this week at the DHLC. It's essentially a 5 round Swiss tournament, 1 round a week, at time controls of 45|45. This tournament is also the first of its kind at the DHLC to feature team play, as we... | Read More
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Round 6 in the quad! By this point actually, I had already won the quad, being on 4.5/5 - my nearest challenger was on 2.5/5! But, it would be nice to finish off the tournament with a win against flannufmed. Here's what happened:
Well this was c... | Read More
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Alright! So I was at 3.5/4 in the quad, going into the 5th round. I was facing vaiuuii for what would be our third game, although the first time with me as Black! Here's what happened:
This game was a little strange. I don't feel I played espe... | Read More
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Final round of the Slow Swiss 3, 1600+ section! If you read my last blog, you'll remember I was paired against flannufmed for this game, and was on 2/4 going into this round. Winning would mean a plus result and a high finish in the tournament, so... | Read More
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So, round 3 of the Slow Swiss 3 tournament! I was at 1/2 so far after bouncing back from defeat in the first round to win my second game. In the 3rd round I was facing a strong player in C-nack. We had already played once before, a friendly game -... | Read More
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The second round of the Swiss was against vaiuuii, who I had already played in the quad. I had White in our first game, and White again here!
This was a fun game! The h file attacks are always something to look out for and can be deadly. This pu... | Read More