Did you play this bad in your first(s) tournament(s)?
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My brother was messing with my computer...
I have never played a tourney yet, hopefully someday!
Probably the nerves? don't worry it's like that the 1st couple of tournaments, just don't feel bad about it and try to play harder :)
G-Perez wrote:
Probably the nerves? don't worry it's like that the 1st couple of tournaments, just don't feel bad about it and try to play harder :)
It seems to be a good explanation. I also have school everyday before each round and maybe tiredness is a factor. I leave home at 12 PM and and come back at 9 PM. Few days like that in a row is really tiring for me. 3 hours of sport would not make me as tired as playing 3 hours of chess. It's very exhausting sometimes.
I'm currently playing in my second tournament. The first was last month and I finished with the decent first-tournament score of 3/9 (it actually was 4/9 but I won one round because my opponent didn't show up) - 2 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses. I played much worse than my current potential. In almost every game I blundered heavily and inexplicably. I even lost games where I had a winning advantage because I blundered pawns or exchanges in a very sily manner for my level. Well, that was the first tournament and I didn't expect much. But now, on my second tournament, I've played even worse. I started with 3 straight losses (again, in all games I had a winning advantage but I blundered heavily and lost), then won two against fairly low rated opponents, so nothing to be proud of. Then I lost round 6 against a CM after I reached a dead draw position because I didn't find the drawing method in time trouble. Today I lost again. I felt tired and that might have been the cause. I have two more rounds to go but I can already say that I've had an awful tournament.
Do I have bad luck or everybody else had this crappy results when they started competing in tournaments? I am not a total patzer. I've played chess for some time and I play decently, considering I started taking it serious only one year ago. My problem is it seems I play way below my level OTB, comparing to internet. And I don't mean to compare the internet vs OTB ratings. I've outplayed 1700+ opponents in OTB but then lost in a sillish manner. With this bad results, I have already started to feel OTB is not for me and I have a hard time playing my best face to face. Or is it just lack of experience?