My Idaho Closed 2021 Games

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Hello everyone, I will be posting my Idaho Closed games here. 

First game: 

Bg5 was a bit dubious, but it set up for b4, and a kingside attack won me the game.
 

 

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ummmm... there are no moves

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Yeah I know I fixed it.

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Second game:

My opponent offered a draw, and I didn't see a good line for me, so I accepted.

 

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Thanks for sharing, James! Good luck in the tournament.

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Interested in seeing how this goes. 

what prizes are available?

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There aren't any prizes, but the winner goes on a pretty cool plaque. 

Game 3:

 

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Game 4:

 

Kind of an unfortunate loss, but my opponent played well and he should win the tournament.

 

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Nice coverage happy.png I played Desmond back in July in the Northen Idaho Champion ship and he was good. Finn was at the event to! Who’s leading this tournament?

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Right now Kaustubh is 4/4. Finn and Larry Parsons both have 3.5/4.

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iballisticsquid123 wrote:

Right now Kaustubh is 4/4. Finn and Larry Parsons both have 3.5/4.

How are Hunter Holbrook and Josh Price doing? Also is Micheal not playing in this event?

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Round 5:
This win boosted my confidence and motivation.

 

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Game 6:

This puts me at 4.5/6. I'll post the final results when they come out.

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Results:

First place: Larry Parsons, 5.0/6 (19 times champion)

5 players tied for second (in alphabetical order by last name): Finn Belew, Hunter Holbrook, Kaustubh Kodihalli, Josh Price and James Wei.

 

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Good explanation of the games. Also imagine plagiarizing a GM's moves lol, but I guess it worked.

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Nice job, James!

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WaSabi5829 wrote:

Good explanation of the games. Also imagine plagiarizing a GM's moves lol, but I guess it worked.

Lol I accidentally (or not so accidentally) "forgot" to annotate our game. 

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Congrats James! I am a bit late to this forum, and I will cover my games as well soon. Congrats you played well!

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in your game vs Desmond, I have been using this really fun trappy line against the opening he played (Nimzo Sicilian)