I Broke the 1800 barrier
http://www.uschess.org/assets/msa_joomla/XtblMain.php?201508088772-15157654
I finally got past 1800. In a 3 round tournament I got 2nd out of 4 people.
In the first round I played the highest rated player in the section
The second round I played a 1700 and was white
Sadly, I don't have my last game, but He held the 2 pawn down knight ending which I couldn't win because my king was on the other side of the board. The game ended in a draw against the 2025
I got 20$ for getting 2nd, but more importantly my rating went from
1751---->1810! I broke the 1800 barrier!