Blogs updated with fresh analysis! + updates

Hey guys, just wanted to let you guys know that both my tourney blogs have been updated fully. I have used my stronger engine that I got with a Diamond membership (gifted by my uncle as a birthday present!), and I re-annotated the games with fresh eyes as well. Additionally, for the first blog, I was able to get all my opponent's names and their ratings (except for the third opponent) when I remembered that my dad took pictures of all the pairings. Except for the third one. Weird. Same with the second blog.

My dad emailed @turnkit for pictures from the second tournament, but he hasn't responded yet (it's been about a week) so I'm not gonna wait for him for me to say that they're updated. Hopefully they will come pretty soon.

I'm at a total of 707 followers and 615 friends at the time of this post. The first blog was posted about April 1st, and the second sometime around April 21st. So if you haven't read them, I'd appreciate it if you did. It helps me out a lot. 

If you're in CHT and you read the March edition of the Homeschooler's Post you already know what I look like. However, for fun (and for the sake of, for example the CYCTers and CCYGers and pretty much everyone else) I decided to have my first tourney blog an official face reveal/celebration for my first tourney. 

Also, let me immediately get something out of the way: The pfp you see on my profile is NOT ME. It is a picture of Robert Topala (aka RobTop), who is a game developer and the creator of Geometry Dash (that's GD in my username). I have gotten random friend requests from people who thought I was RobTop. lol also my background is Congregation which is a level that's surrounded with a bunch of memes. I dare you to click on the link (not a rickroll dw)

(Edit 8/21/2024: I have now changed my background back to Tidal Wave 95%)

If you've been wondering why I haven't been going to tourneys lately (aka past 4 months) one of the reasons has been because they are simply too far away to go to, and round trip it takes up almost the entire day and costs a lot of money overall (Gas is actually one of the main problems. Round trip it can be up to six hours of driving...) as well. Plus, weekends are sometimes full for either me or the rest of my family, and unfortunately, with the summer ending, that won't be getting any better. And finances are pretty tight rn too :/

So with the current situation, I won't be able to go to any more tourneys for what's probably likely going to be at worst the rest of the year. (yep, that's how bad it's gotten). It's really sad, and my parents have expressed multiple times that they wish it could be different. But now I'm forced to have everything online now, for better...or worse. OTB is my favorite way to play chess, especially in a tournament/competitive setting. I really don't like playing chess online for various reasons, too. Probs only way for this to change is if, for example, someone could take me (chances are pretty low for that to happen, probably) or if somehow a huge stream of cash came in (even lower chances of that lol). 

On the bright side, however, I'm almost to 4k views. If everyone reading this will click on my profile, I'll achieve my goal. It only takes a few seconds and it helps me a lot!! And thank you!