28 Apr '19 16:31>1 edit
Greetings players and fellow patzers 🙂
Over Easter Weekend, I played in a 4-day 7-round event, the longest I've done so far.
The section I entered was the FIDE rated Under 1825.
There's a dispute over whether the ECF or the FIDE ratings of players are more trustworthy.
In particular, there were many junior players in the U2050 section
who's playing strength was at least 200 points higher than their listed rating.
My own rating at the moment is 1660, I'm not even sure how I got it.
I simply turned up hoping to play well and have some good games worth sharing.
I'll share all 7 games, in separate posts as usual... hopefully you'll find them enjoyable!
The time controls were 90 minutes + 30secs increment for all moves.
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Game 1 - Zak Tomlinson (1660) vs Neal Fisher (1473)
I had faced Neal last year in Telford, where he played very aggressively and very fast.
He came at me like a train, I managed to defend well and in the end he fell to a tactic and lost.
I was a little worried to face him in the opening round... would he come out guns blazing again?
Over Easter Weekend, I played in a 4-day 7-round event, the longest I've done so far.
The section I entered was the FIDE rated Under 1825.
There's a dispute over whether the ECF or the FIDE ratings of players are more trustworthy.
In particular, there were many junior players in the U2050 section
who's playing strength was at least 200 points higher than their listed rating.
My own rating at the moment is 1660, I'm not even sure how I got it.
I simply turned up hoping to play well and have some good games worth sharing.
I'll share all 7 games, in separate posts as usual... hopefully you'll find them enjoyable!
The time controls were 90 minutes + 30secs increment for all moves.
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Game 1 - Zak Tomlinson (1660) vs Neal Fisher (1473)
I had faced Neal last year in Telford, where he played very aggressively and very fast.
He came at me like a train, I managed to defend well and in the end he fell to a tactic and lost.
I was a little worried to face him in the opening round... would he come out guns blazing again?