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National High School Championships (Editing in Progress)

I was fortunate enough to be able to participate in National High School Chess Championships in Nashville, Tennessee last weekend, and I thought I'd share my games here.  I only played in the U1600 section, since my team wasn't very highly rated,and we wanted to be together.

In the first round, I played a pretty small girl, but she played well.  I managed to win a pawn but took a long time to convert the advantage.

My second round game was definitely my worst, and my only loss.  20. Bd3? Was a huge mistake, and one that I'm not really sure why I made.  I could see 7 or 8 moves down the line from that move, yet I still made it, apparently hoping that my opponent would miss the tactics.  Bad move, self.
In the third round I quickly won a piece in my favorite opening, only to blunder it away a few moves later. 
My next game was definitely my easiest of the tournament, against a very weak 1300.  Not a lot of difficulty in this one, and it was also very quick.

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