My First Tournament Victory! The Road to GM Begins!
Hi everyone!
Haven't blogged in a while. Has a lot of projects and exams.
But they are all finished. And I'm very happy because I can take a break from school (2 months)!
So I played in a tournament Saturday.
Here's the link of info: https://www.milibrary.org/chess-tournaments/mechanics-institute-kids-swiss-june-2021-person
And I won first place out of 8 people in the 700+ section. Yes, it sounds trash. But my goal is to get to 25 games so I can probably get a NM title (since it's USCF).
I can't play that much OTB. The airplane tickets are expensive and my mom has to work. She doesn't earn that much money and I really feel cringed when I see her coming home because her hands hurt. 
It's hard earned money.
But nevertheless, I completed my first five USCF rated games and I'm starting to earn a title (probably NM).
So let me share the games with you. Yes, they are all 1200-s, but they still created some problems for me.
The ratings are all pre-tournament ratings. The tme is 30 min d/5.
Link of tournament: https://www.milibrary.org/chess-tournaments/mechanics-institute-kids-swiss-june-2021-person
Game #1:
Such a lucky game! THIS IS EXACTLY WHY YOU TAKE YOUR TIME. I am way too lucky.
Game #3:
Game #4:
This is what happens to you when you are thinking "I must." In this case, black thought "I must defend," and he was miserably wrecked.
According to the engine, I played NO MISTAKES, NO MISSED WINS, NO INACCURACIES, AND NO BLUNDERS! 
So that's it. Hope you enjoyed it and I'm now on the way to GM!
Won every single OTB game in US until now. It's time to train harder. Have a nice day!
