Game 2 (My First Tournament)

Round 2:  I'll keep this one short.  It was a disaster.  Some of my initial nerves about playing in a tournament were gone, but I made some fundamental errors in the opening and never recovered.  I slowed down in my study, stretching this out to 53 minutes, but I was crushed by the 6th move.

My opponent, a polite 11 year old boy, went straight to the Giocco Piano opening.  This is a basic opening, but I clearly need more fundamental strategic instruction.  When he began to advance his King side knight, I did not move my h pawn.  For me at that moment, that was THE only way I knew that could hold back the knight's next move.  When he moved it to g5, I panicked.  In hindsight, I can see it, and looking at the position for so long in terror, it's kind of burned into my head.  However, in the moment, I could not find d5 to break the attack.

2 Blunders in the first 6 moves, both with my Queen.  Talk about digging your own grave.  I ended up in a weak and reactive position.  The kid never even developed his queen side minor pieces.

My only positive take-aways were that I took more time to study and that I'll never do THAT again.

If you like good train wreck, here you go.  (spoiler, there are better games ahead )

Also, a question for those who know better:  In my place, when would you have resigned?