Trip report - chess though

[TimM]

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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]