2006 Peoria Winter Tornado
Well, some good news. My 1st round was a win against an unrated player - no big deal. My 2nd round was a loss against a Class A player. My 3rd game was a draw against an Expert. Now, what was great about that 3rd game is that I believe I had a chance to win it. Unfortunately, I didn't play the best at the end, and he was able to get a three-fold repetition against me (which, with seconds on the clock, I was happy to agree to!)
Here are the moves from the game:
NN (2011) - CelticDeath (1556)
2006 Peoria Winter Tornado 1/28/06
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nbxd7 5.c4 Nb6 6.b3 Qd7 7.Nf3 Qf5 8.0–0 0–0–0 9.Qe2 e6 10.dxe6 fxe6 11.Re1 Bc5 12.Nc3 Rhe8 13.Qe5 Bxf2+ 14.Kf1 Bxe1 15.Qxe1 g5 16.Kg1 e5 17.Qe2 e4 18.Ne1 Ng4 19.Ba3 Qf4 20.g3 Qf5 21.Rd1 e3 22.dxe3 Rxe3 23.Rxd8+ Kxd8 24.Qd2+ Kc8 25.Nd1 Re8 26.Nc3 Ne5 27.Kg2 g4 28.Qe3 a6 29.Ne4 Re6 30.Qd4 Qh5 31.Nf2 Nf3 32.Nxf3 gxf3+ 33.Kf1 Qxh2 34.Qh8+ Kd7 35.Qd4+ Kc6 36.Qc5+ Kd7 37.Qd4+ Kc6 38.Qc5+ Kd7 39.Qd4+ ½–½
I think I treasure this game even more than my other recent first - my win against a Class A player.
So, with one round to play, and wanting to leave on an up-note, I withdrew from the tournament. True, if I would have stayed and won my last round game, most likely I would have won some money. However, I wanted to enjoy the moment and the feeling of success.
Here are the moves from the game:
NN (2011) - CelticDeath (1556)
2006 Peoria Winter Tornado 1/28/06
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nbxd7 5.c4 Nb6 6.b3 Qd7 7.Nf3 Qf5 8.0–0 0–0–0 9.Qe2 e6 10.dxe6 fxe6 11.Re1 Bc5 12.Nc3 Rhe8 13.Qe5 Bxf2+ 14.Kf1 Bxe1 15.Qxe1 g5 16.Kg1 e5 17.Qe2 e4 18.Ne1 Ng4 19.Ba3 Qf4 20.g3 Qf5 21.Rd1 e3 22.dxe3 Rxe3 23.Rxd8+ Kxd8 24.Qd2+ Kc8 25.Nd1 Re8 26.Nc3 Ne5 27.Kg2 g4 28.Qe3 a6 29.Ne4 Re6 30.Qd4 Qh5 31.Nf2 Nf3 32.Nxf3 gxf3+ 33.Kf1 Qxh2 34.Qh8+ Kd7 35.Qd4+ Kc6 36.Qc5+ Kd7 37.Qd4+ Kc6 38.Qc5+ Kd7 39.Qd4+ ½–½
I think I treasure this game even more than my other recent first - my win against a Class A player.
So, with one round to play, and wanting to leave on an up-note, I withdrew from the tournament. True, if I would have stayed and won my last round game, most likely I would have won some money. However, I wanted to enjoy the moment and the feeling of success.
posted by CelticDeath at 8:13 PM
13 Comments:
Didn't you resign the last tournament because there was no chance you'd win any money? I think you need a tournament psychologist.
:P
LOL! Yeah, but I couldn't think straight after this near-win, that I didn't want to ruin it. I should be rated at least 1565 after this tournament. I'm having Fritz analyze this game as I write this, and already Fritz has found a number of ways I could have won that game. I just wasn't able to do it with all the time trouble I was in.
way to go! i wish i had more chances to play some OTB chess
Wow, a draw against an expert? Way to go CD. What were the time controls?
PS
It was g/80. The tournament has been rated and my rating is now 1568. 32 pts to go before Class B!
Congo Rats. Thats an excellent game.
If you were not mentally or spiritually in normal form, you were right not to play the last game.
That's what I feel. After such a feeling of success, I didn't want to risk losing my last game, because I couldn't think straight. Turns out that I was right about my mental state. The next day, I played 2 Teamchess 45 45 games. In the first one, I developed a winning position against an 1855-rated FICS opp, just to meltdown in the endgame. The next game was a loss against a 1670 rated opp, because I just couldn't calculate correctly (I think I was burnt out). I still have a game to play tonight in the OCL tournament against a tough opp, and tomorrow I have Round 2 of the Twin City Chess Tournament. Ah well, that which doesn't kill me....
Withdrawing from a tournament? Is that common practice in the US?
Not at all, but it was the right decision for me. Whatever money I could have won would have been minimal anyway.
Now, the next time I have that type of situation, you can bet I'll stay for the whole tournament. I just was not expecting to have performed as well as I did. So, for me, it was sort of like coming into an unexpected fortune.
Playing when you can't concentrate is just simply a handicap.
You might as well give knights' odds to your opponent when you are in normal form.
It sort of sounds like a reasonable thing to do against a very low-rated opponent, but you might get annoyed
if he takes advantage of the handicap, wins, and then brags about it to his friends. (;-)
Exactly. I only had one more round to play and there wasn't that much money I'd be a contender for, so it seemed like a logical decision to make.
Caught up in my ribbing, I forgot to say, great job!
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