Is Winning a state of mind in chess?

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I am a USCF 1868 (dec. supplement) and I been an A player for almost 7 years without being able to break 2000 rating and reach expert.  Then on Thanksgiving I woke and said 'I'm done losing to A players (those rated below 2000) and I signed up for the IL class A championship where I got many bad positions from the open be no loses.  Next I went to the Greater midwest class with my new attitude the following weekend and once again entered into the A class and once again no loses.  I am now registered for the U1900 in Las Vegas to test my theory that whoever refuses to lose the most will not lose.  Resources will just like magic appear over the chess board and present themselves like ripe apples falling from the tree.  Here is my only draw/ dead lost positions and one of the games that pushed my unoffical rating over 2000!



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William,  Interesting game... thanks for sharing.  I'm pretty sure I would not be able to mate with Knight and Bishop OTB within the 50 move limit.

Congratulations on your success.  I do believe a refuse-to-lose attitude can be very important in chess and many other endeavors.

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The ha ha is back and it is winning lots of games so book up guys because I now have a following after this skokie event where I got the following position 2x and won both games.

 

Blackman, William (2017) vs. Vitkauskas, Victor (1802)
Na Chess Event | Skokie, IL | Round 3 | 1-0
1. h4e52. a4d53. h5Nf64. a5Bd65. h6g66. a6Nxa6Wait this is my opening and I won no less than 5 tournament games with uscf player north of 1800. never mind. 
 

I invented this opening for two reasons:

  1. is the obvious its great (takes opp out of book and prep and forces them to think on their own early on)
  2. and me score sheet reads ha ha ha (laughing out loud) now who can't play an opening as fun as that.  

Side note I can't seem to win with it as Black; that extra tempo means alot.