I am way behind on posting things. Here are my games from the 2012 SC/NC Border Battle held in Traveler's Rest, South Carolina. North Carolina won the champion's match, but South Carolina won the team match. My first two games were against a clas...
I recently played in my third Columbia Open. It's a great nearby tournament that grows every year. Just as in the South Carolina Open, I gave the Under-1800 section another shot. I don't feel I played as well this time, but I came out with a bette...
This is my first tournament where I had a go at "playing up." My rating is in the 1300s and I decided to play in the under-1800 section instead of the under-1400. A few weeks earlier, I had played poorly in a one-off rated game against an 1100 whi...
I enjoyed last year's SC/NC Border Battle so much that I was happy to participate again this year. I again played in the Class D match, my rating having taken a beating in the past year. These are all G/90 games. The neat thing about this match i...
I traveled to Charlotte, NC on Labor Day weekend to play in the North Carolina Open tournament, just two weeks after a so-so performance in the Columbia Open. I was hoping to play better and tear up the Under 1300 section. I decided to play the tw...
I hadn't played a serious chess game in four months, and the Columbia Open was a good excuse to get back into it. I played a ton of tactics recently and definitely noticed an improvement there, and hoped it would translate into wins in the Under ...
I joined a group of South and North Carolina chess players for a weekend "border battle." The match would pit the state champs against each other, as well as the high school champs, and two pairs of players from each class. I was one of the class...
Here are the games from my third chess tournament. I came in with a rating of 1225 and played 4 higher-rated players (and an unrated who beat a 1400). These were tough games, and I only managed two wins, but I was pretty happy with that. I think i...
My games from the Greater Charlotte Championship. I scored 3.5/5 and won the Under-1200 prize. I'm pretty happy with the performance! Big thanks to my friend Joerg for coming with me and doing all the driving! Game 1: I had a solid game going and...
My simul game against GM Kaidanov:
