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Shocking preformance at the C.F.C.C Winter Open?.....

Shocking preformance at the C.F.C.C Winter Open?.....

ricorat
| Jan 27, 2022
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Hello everyone, recently I played in the Central Florida Chess Club's Winter Open tournament! It was a five round swiss and the time control was G120 D5 that took place from January 21st-January 23rd. I didn't have many expectations going into my ...

OTB Tournament in Rochester recap!

OTB Tournament in Rochester recap!

ricorat
| Oct 18, 2021
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Hey y'all on Saturday October 16th I played in my 2nd OTB chess tournament held by the Rochester Chess Center and this is my recap of my tournament 10:00 AM: So because I'm lazy I wake up at 10:00 AM. Awwwww yes the privileges of being homeschoo...

I'll be playing in another OTB soon!

I'll be playing in another OTB soon!

ricorat
| Oct 9, 2021
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Hey y'all I have some (hopefully) exciting news! On Saturday October 16th I will be playing my 2nd OTB tournament (that is as long as nothing happens). It will be one of the Rochester Chess Center's Saturday tournaments. It will have 3 rounds at 2...

Playing a chess hustler in Chicago!

Playing a chess hustler in Chicago!

ricorat
| Sep 20, 2021
| 2,140
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Hey y'all I'm going to share a cool story that happened yesterday! So for about a month now my Dad was planning our trip to Chicago and during his planning he found out that there was a chess pavilion at the end of Lincoln park. So after seeing t...

First OTB tourney part 2!

First OTB tourney part 2!

ricorat
| Jul 22, 2021
| 442
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So the Idaho Chess Association posted there blog on the tourney if you guys would like to check it out https://www.idahochessassociation.com/post/winner-of-north-idaho-championship They even mentioned that some of these unrated players came to th...

First OTB tourny recap!

First OTB tourny recap!

ricorat
| Jul 11, 2021
| 296
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Hello everyone this is going to be a recap of my first OTB chess tournament! 6:30 AM: So I got out of bed at 6:30 because I wanted to get out by 7:30 AM as round 1 starts at 10:00 AM and the drive takes about an hour and a half. 7:30 AM: We lef...

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