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London City Championship U1800 Round 10

Submitted by ericmittens on Fri May 22, 2009 5:45am.

I learned a valuable lesson last night. Never try to play a round of chess when you have the flu! Thanks to my lovely girlfriend, I have contracted a lovely flu bug which has kept me in bed for the last few days, I was feeling a little better yest... Read more »

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London City Championships U1800 Round 9

Submitted by ericmittens on Thu May 14, 2009 8:30pm.

Tonight I played a young girl on the rise, her rating has gone up consistently for the past while so she's one of those kids you really have to watch out for. I had black and we played into a mainline of the benko. She played a couple of opening i... Read more »

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London City Championship U1800 Round 8

Submitted by ericmittens on Fri May 8, 2009 10:14am.

Tonight I played a Mr. Ortiz. I always have such a tricky time with this guy for some reason. I've played him 3 times previously and all three of the games were drawn. I always get these really nice positions but somehow can't convert into a win. ... Read more »

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London City Championship U1800 Round 7

Submitted by ericmittens on Thu Apr 30, 2009 8:35pm.

Tonight I had black against the other guy with 5/6 in the tournament. I think I played a nice opening/middlegame and got myself into a winning rook endgame. I then proceeded to completely screw up the endgame and get into one that was probably dra... Read more »

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London April Open

Submitted by ericmittens on Sat Apr 25, 2009 5:42pm.

Today I played in a 4-round G/60 swiss tournament here in London. It was a single section event and attracted players from around the province. I ended up playing rather well, with a 1921 performance rating. The only problem was I would get into r... Read more »

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London City Championship U1800 Round 6

Submitted by ericmittens on Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:23pm.

Tonight my opponent actually showed up I had black, we played into a Milner-Barry gambit in the advance french. My opponent decided he didn't want to gambit the pawn afterall and soon lost the initiative. I think it was a pretty cool little game... Read more »

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London City Championships U1800 Round 5

Submitted by ericmittens on Thu Apr 16, 2009 7:29pm.

Tonight was rather uneventful. My opponent didn't bother to show up so I waited around until his clock ran out. Bummer. Here's the awe inspiring game. Read more »

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London U1800 Championship Round 4

Submitted by ericmittens on Thu Apr 9, 2009 7:50pm.

Tonight I played the #1 seed in my section. He played the exchange variation against my french, livened it up with an early c4, and a back and forth game ensued. In the end we called it a draw on move 49. Read more »

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London City Championships U1800 Round 3

Submitted by ericmittens on Fri Apr 3, 2009 8:03am.

Tonight I played an unrated guy, who has a 1700-something performance rating in this tournament so far. I had white and we played into a mainline of the Fiancetto King's Indian. In the early middlegame my opponent offered me a piece for two pawns ... Read more »

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London March Open U1700

Submitted by ericmittens on Sat Mar 28, 2009 6:58pm.

Today I played in a 4-round G/60 tournament. I played in the U1700 section. I was heavily favored to win, and I did with a 3.5/4 score. I think my first 2 games were rather smooth wins, but my third was a little sloppy and I could only draw. In my... Read more »

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