Chess Pundit

Over Memorial Day, I played in a seven round tournament. There were 118 people playing in a giant U2000 Amateur section, including over 30 class A players. For the Championship section, over 2000, School of Chess has a nice roundup of his games. There was a 17 year old GM there and he's been a GM for 2 years.

I took a first round bye. Here's my first game in round 2. I played a talented 13 year old girl. Whew, I won.

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1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb5 d4 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. Ne2 Nf6
8. d3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe1 h6 11. Ng3 Ba6 12. b3 Qc7 13. f5 e5 14. Bd2 Bd6
15. h3 Rae8 16. Nh1 Kh8 17. g4 Kg8 18. Kh2 Nh7 19. h4 f6 20. Qg3 Qf7 21. Nf2
Bc8 22. Rh1 Bd7 23. Kg2 g5 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Rh6 Re7 26. Rah1 Qg7 27. Rg6 1-0

ROUND 3
The next game was against a middle aged guy that I've played once before (and won). This time I was able to win again and leave the first day with a score of 2.5/3.

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. cxd5 Nxg5 6. h4 Ne4 7. Nxe4 cxd5
8. Nc3 Nc6 9. e3 e6 10. Nf3 Be7 11. Rc1 Bd7 12. Bd3 h6 13. h5 Rc8 14. O-O O-O
15. Bb1 f5 16. a3 Bf6 17. b4 Be8 18. b5 Ne7 19. Ne5 Qa5 20. a4 Bxe5 21. dxe5
Bxh5 22. Qxh5 Rxc3 23. Qe2 Rfc8 24. Rxc3 Qxc3 25. Rd1 Qxe5 26. f4 Qc3 27. Kf2
Qc7 28. Rd2 b6 29. g4 Qd8 30. Qd3 g6 31. g5 hxg5 32. fxg5 Kf7 33. Qf1 Qh8
34. Qg2 Qh4+ 35. Kf3 Rc4 36. Rc2 Qe4+ 37. Kg3 Qxe3+ 0-1