Round 6 - FIDE Amateur World Championship
I felt lucky being 3 and 2 going into the 6th round on Monday. I hoped that Sunday was the only "bad day" that I would have. In the 6th round, I faced a man from Indiana who visits Chicago to play chess when bigger tournaments are here. I had seen him on the tournament scene, but never had the pleasure of meeting him. We had a good conversation after the game ... he is also a Unix Administrator. His rating is 1940. I guess that its time that I reveal my USCF rating ... its 1603.
The beginning of the game gave me difficulties, I had a horrible Bishop and bad pawn structure on the Q-side with nothing going on on the K-side. I was able to nullify things on the Q-side, then systematically build on the K-side until there was a pretty good attack. I hope you enjoy the game ...