My chess tournament- Part 6

Hi people of chess.com! Last Saturday and Sunday I went to a small local tournament around 10 minutes from where I live. I didn't do too well but I at least proved that my rating should never dropped. It stayed around the same dropping from 1999 to 1998.

It was a hassle to get ready, but luckily the first round started late. I was paired with a strong kid rated 2168 whom I've played before. I had the advantage until I got careless and he broke through my pawns and with innaccuracies I quickly lost. Here's the game:

Ugh..so that was that game. I had once last chance to defend but I was pretty happy that I spotted moves like Nf8. Probably the 5th time I play that person I'll be sure to try harder.

My next round I got paired with an old man rated 1886. Apparently in his last tournament he beat 2000's, and his rating jumped so I shouldn't underestimate him. But I had to as the win was rather quick.

Actually, after Qxd4 I thought Bb5 would win the game. Turns out Black had Nfd7! Sneaky! Instead Rxe6+ and Bxg6+ would have won the queen, but I would be too dumb to realize that as I already planned what I would do.

So I came out of the tournament room in the hour and got a nice rest. 

The next day I was paired with an adult rated 1820, rather weak. I finished him off quicker than the other player. He was unfamiliar with my opening and let me get an early advantage, and with some tactics I capitalized my advantage and he resigned. Here's the game:

I have this annoying habit of saying to my opponent "You resign" which is rather dumb. Since, people resign in different ways. I wish everyone would resign by knocking their king down. Ugh

Okay, in the next round I was paired with the same guy I played in Reno, but this time I was white. I missed a draw against him (see my chess tournament- part 4), and now I looked for REVENGE! I had a slight advantage for most of the game and it was really only one oppurtunity to capitalize on his mistake, but I got some weird hallucination with low time and I rejected the move. Then I didn't have the SENSE to trade queens and ruined an equal position. All in all, I self destructed in a winning position. The next time I REALLY want revenge!  My opponent is actually quite friendly and interesting. He recently joined USCF from Germany and speaks good English. I always learn a lot when I analyze with him. He respects my play and my moves much more than I do! Here's the game:

Really can't explain that hallucination. Really.

This tournament was surprisingly important to me. It served as a wake up call to quit slacking off and study more. Also, since I keep getting weird hallucinations when I calculated I decided to work on Melik's series on calculation (very helpful). My next tournament is in Las Vegas, I've decided to play in the U2000 section to boost my confidence since in the last few tournaments I've played up. And maybe to get my rating to a new peak. Thanks for reading! 

I don't understand what you're saying in part of the last game. On move 28. Qf4?? you suggest Qc3 as an alternative. I don't see how that's possible. I'm thinking Qf3 was correct?

In your last game, I think you missed 29.  Qxg5! where fxg5 Rxe5 and you can sac the exchange and push the pawn.  Then you'll have a rook and a bishop with a resignable position for him.   I haven't checked a computer, so maybe black has a perpetual?

Entertaining games, but I'm confused - do you tell your opponent "you resign" before or after he resigns?  The latter is somewhat weird, but the former would be spectacularly rude.

I agree with what he is saying, when someone sticks their hand out they might be trying to trick you into agreeing a draw when you are up a queen.  (You obviously assume they are resigning.)  It sounds absurd, but you would do that too to make sure they are resigning, right?  

after of course because my opponents resign in the weirdest ways. Like, they start packing up their pieces, reset the clock, and dont even shake my hand. So how will I know that!

yeah, I have to make sure. When they offer a draw they should say something like "Would you like a draw", and when they offer their hand in resignation they should knock their king down.  

oh yeah, you're right!  Don't worry I wont make mistakes like that in Vegas

in the 2nd game, black's position is so bad after Qxd4, that even Bb5+ is still okay for white...Nfd7 Qf3 Be5 Rac1 Qf4 Qxb7 Qxh2 Kf1 (as given by the computer lol) and black has no defense...as a demanding attacking position. Black requires white to checkmate him.

nice job Abhishek!!

good luck in Las Vegas!!

 Hope you get your revenge.

I have to keep myself on track, too and start studying more!

I've been spending too much useless time on bullet games!!

Wow, I played at several tourneys that Hans Poschmann directed! 

I can see that...

yeah I realized that too.

yeah he unfortunately passed away in 2006.