My first FIDE rated tournament

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Nice "Last minute" update - 

 

Just played a league game against the #4 rated woman in Belgium - Iuliia Morozova, FIDE 2073. 

Managed to lose a piece out of the opening, right after swapping the Qs - but with rather 'strangling' compensation. She felt that she had to give it back five moves later...

No sooner has that happened - and I felt the urge to make a long-term sacrifice of the exchange for a pawn. 

We played a complex position for some 30 moves, until it got simplified to essentials - Rook against bishop and pawn, with 3 more pawns each one. 

We played and played - and then she offers a draw. I say "no" and sacrifice another pawn...

To make a long story short, at the end the draw was just inevitable. 

My 2012 FIDE rating will be published in the January 2014 list - based on a 7.5 out 11 result against opposition averaging 1952 (a 2085 performance). 

 

The game (an exciting Sicilian, though with the Q swapped real quick!) will be added later, if public interest warrants it... :-)

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And now we finally conclude this topic, as regards content. 

One tournament plus four league games later, I have played 12 games against FIDE rated people, rated 1956 on the average. 

I got 8 points out of these people - 11 men and one woman (#4 woman player in Belgium, a "woman FIDE master" (yes, this title actually exists. It means that you're really a strong player, but as you're a woman, a special title is available to you 200 points earlier than the parallel, 'general' title). 

Eight out of twelve - six victories, four draws, two losses. One of the games actually didn't count as my opponent also received his first FIDE rating after we played. 

He received a rating of 2006, this is David Venet. Our game was a very eventful draw. 

I received 2012. Considerably lower than my performance (which was 2089 over these 12 games), but I'm actually quite happy to have it. 

Avatar of PsychoFin

Congratulations on your first official FIDE rating :)

Avatar of VLaurenT

Congratulations ! Take good care of your precious k=30 coeff. Smile

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Thanks, <PsychoFin> :-)

Precious, indeed :-) but it could be used for good or for evil... I don't take these things so seriously. Play chess, look for the adventure, and let the ratings do you justice, one way or the other :-)

That's one thing that we like about chess - the element of justice. You REALLY get what you deserve.