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My friends of course immediately informed me that I had beaten a little girl, probably made her cry, and that they hoped I was very proud, to which I replied "eminently."

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Enjoy it while you can. A few years ago I beat an 8 year old kid and made him cry. Now he's a Grandmaster and will probably kick my ass next time.

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Round 2: Playing the only person in the sectional I didn't know anything about, an older fellow from Minnesota. He had been fairly soundly beaten in round 1, but I had really no idea what to expect.

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Strange pairings up there? You won in round 1 but played someone who lost?

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From BigBiceps:

I guess even the internet is a small world.

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Very, you are not the first person here to recognize dogdog.

In case there are any other chessplayers here:

I will be going down to the Borgata on 6/30, then across to Philadelphia for the World Open 5-day. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Re: Trip report - chess though
 

I am novice chess enthusiast. And, I was trying to play out your first game...

I think 13.hxg5 cxd5 should read 13.hxg5 cxd4... a typo? Or am I screwed up somewhere?

-RMJ

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I played in a chess tourney before.

In one match I got beat in about 5 moves. That was embarassing.

At least in poker you can say "bad beat" and move along. No such excuses in chess.

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"Strange pairings up there? You won in round 1 but played someone who lost?"

Was a round robin.

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You are correct; the other games I entered using chessbase so there should be no other errors.