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This was my first big "real" tournament.  I didn't know what to expect and I just walked in with an open mind with my sights set on winning.  Our time control was 30/90 with SD/60, for those not too familiar with chess time controls that is you have 90 minutes to make 30 moves, after which you get 60 minutes added on to whatever time you have left after 30 moves.

So play through the games and I will analyze them soon and put up my annotations.

 

This is the first game:

 

 

Thus follows game 2:

 

 

 

And now game 3:

 

 

The final day was here before I knew it and with it, the fourth game:

 

 

The final game was a must-win situation if I wanted to place and win some $$$, here it goes:

 

With that I finished with a score of 3.0/5.0.

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My name is David Blackwelder. I started playing tournament chess at the age of 22. I have worked my way from the 1200s to a peak rating of 1844 (December 2021). Those are my United States Chess Federation (USCF) ratings. My short-term goal is to reach a rating of 2000 which will earn me the Expert title. My long-term goal is to get the National Master (NM) title at a rating of 2200. As an adult they say it is near impossible, well I don't believe that. Therefore I am creating blogs and videos to help other adult players improve their chess. Thanks for following me!