My recent OTB Tournament Rapid 15-minutes celebrating Indonesia Independence Day

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The games are played OTB Rapid 15-minutes celebrating Indonesia Independence day at GKI Church Natuna street, Bandung, Indonesia 11 Aug 2024. 23 participants.

1st Round : I play Black and got lost after some struggle and time trouble.

2nd Round : Bye.

3rd Round : To my remembrance this is the position we have (I play White) ->

4th Round : I play Black.

5th Round : I play White.

After winning 1 piece, the games still continue for some moves in all the 3 games. All in all I have 4 points out of 5. PTL.


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For the sake of completeness, here are my opponents' names:

1st round: GM Akin

2nd round: Bye

3rd round: GM Suherman

4th round: GM Agus Pramana (His id at Chess.com is Agus_P)

5th round: GM Ferry

Note: GM is not the usual Grand master title, here it means "Gila Main" (in Indonesian language, meaning "Crazy Playing" or "Gemar Main" meaning "Like Playing").

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1st round: GM Akin (His id at Lichess is WhiteMouse)

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Above is a pic from the 2024 event. Below is 2025 one.

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GKI Church Natuna street, Bandung, Indonesia 2 Aug 2025. OTB Rapid 15-minutes.

1st Round : I play White. London system. Lost.

2nd Round : I play Black. Sicilian defence, McDonnell, Tal Gambit. Lost.

3rd Round : I play White. 1.e4 opening. Won.

4th Round : I play Black. King's Indian defence with pawn at d5. Won.

5th Round : I play White. English opening. Won.

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Everyone has become the Champion!

Of course the Champion numero-n where n = 1,2,3, ..., Total number of participants. ^-^