The first tournament I've played in a year so there were signs of rust. My openings in general were terrible so I can improve a lot in that area. And I got in time pressure in all 5 games despite the relatively long time control (115 d5 first 3 games, 40/120 sd30 d5 last 2. But I was surprised with my overall level of play. Two of my draws I accepted because of time difficulties in a deadlocked position, would have played on in them if I had more time.

This was my only loss in 5 games. Won my 3rd and Drew games 2,4,5. I rarely draw much didn't offer a draw, so the 3 draws was rare for me and was kind of happy about that.

Considering I had never drawn or beaten anyone above 1600 before (until game 4, which I'll probably post tomorrow) and not having played in a year I was amazed and encouraged that I even had a chance in this one.

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