I know many people have crazy high ratings, but just a month ago I was about 1500, so it is a huge accomplish to reach 1800, my end of the year goal. What's your rating? It seems mine is around 1800, because I have went below and above it 3 times so far.
Joseph Truelson
United States
Hi everyone! This is a (mostly inactive) blog that mostly covers my over the board tournament games.
For those confused about RAR, the RAR movement is a rising phenomenon that is mentioned in many blogs. Don’t take it to have a definite definition, but RAR has something to do with being unethical (cheating and intimidating) or just plain lucky.
Here is a list of my tournament blogs:
2015
Washington G/60 Championship Day 1
Washington G/60 Championship Day 2
2016
Seattle City Championship Day 1
Seattle City Championship Round 4
FIDE Junior Invitational Round 1
FIDE Junior Invitational Rounds 2-4
FIDE Junior Invitational Round 5
FIDE Junior Invitational Round 6
FIDE Junior Invitational Round 7
Clark Harmon Memorial Rounds 1-2
2017
Washington Junior Open Rounds 1-3
Washington Junior Open Round 4
Seattle Chess Classic Rounds 2-3
Seattle Chess Classic Rounds 4-5
2024
The RAR match against Samuel Deng!
Exclusive Interview with RookSacrifice Part 1
Exclusive Interview with RookSacrifice Part 2
NEW SERIES: Falling Stars
Falling Stars #1: Chesster3145
And of course, my "famous" essay extoling the virtues of cheating:
