eat a good meal before you start playing. staying hungry will fatigue you
My first tournament since like 10 months is tomorrow!!! how do I prepare???
 
    
  
  
  eat a good meal before you start playing. staying hungry will fatigue you
the tournament is over, they got second...
 
    
  
  
  I feel as if I played like a 1800- :(
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Aren't you an 1800?
That’s my point
 
    
  
  
  eat a good meal before you start playing. staying hungry will fatigue you
the tournament is over, they got second...
oh my bad lol
 
    
  
  
  Relax. You are not going to make a vast improvement in your game in that short amount of time no matter what kind of studying you might do--you'll just burn out or exhaust yourself by trying to cram a lot of learning into such a short period.
Remember to take your time and analyze the positions thoroughly, you have more time for each move that playing blitz online. And don't put too much pressure on yourself, thinking you have to win. You haven't done this for some time--think of this first tournament as "spring training" to get yourself back into shape.
Go even if your parents won't let you. It is your life, you are 16, you are not a baby. I wish you the best. Your online ratings are great, 1900 blitz, 2100 rapid is strong. Based on your online rating you are probably class A player. The important thing is that you play games on a real board as well, you need to do that because the feel can be a little bit different if you are not used to playing games over the board. You need to sleep well before the tournament and don't do any mental work on the day of the tournament.

 
     
     
     
    
I feel as if I played like a 1800- :(
What is your OTB rating?