TopGChessPerson wrote:
I won 4/4 games in a 30min tournament. 1st place had 3.5 points. 2nd place had 3 points. 2 people in 3rd place had 2.5 points. I ended up with "--" on the side of my name. I had won all my games but didn't end up in first place. Why? That would have been my first won tournament on this platform. I really don't know what happened. Please help.
You are not alone. Don't worry.
I suffered a similar fate when I clicked an "x" wrongly last time, causing me to "leave" the tournament before the prizes were awarded. 6/6 would have been a good result for a trophy at the time.
If I'd took the draw, I would win the tournament with 4.5/5 score, my opponent was a 74 years old CM and I beat him before in a friendly tournament. In this match I had the white pieces and feeling confident about myself. I didn't wanted a draw so I played. (in last 70 tournament games i only drew once, against a NM) Lond https://omegle.onl/on is my main opening so I opened with d4, he answered with C5 and we entered the Benoni. I always win against Benko Gambit but I have hard time playing against other variations of Benoni. We played a Czech Benoni, game was wild. I sacrificed a pawn to open lines, he sacrificed his knight to avoid getting checkmated but it worked for him. I had knight+bishop+rook+ 5 pawn against rook+bishop and 8 pawn. Position was still draw but I wasted a good amount of time in the opening while he didn't and I flagged while he had 10 seconds. Everybody finished their games before us and there was a crowd watching us which made me nervous. In the end I shared the second place with 2 other players and the veteran CM won the tournament. I learned a valuable lesson yesterday and currently I'm studying Benoni so my lost wasn't all that bad for my progression.
Long story short: Don't be cocky like me and accept the draw if it helps you win the tournament and don't underestimate old players, they still have it.