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I actually didn't realize that he had transposed two moves in the opening until later that night when I was wondering how my position was so bad after only five moves. I lucked out and he ended up only winning one pawn in an opposite side castling position. After a lot of back and fourth he bailed into a rook endgame where I was up two pawns.

It wasn't a clean conversion, but eventually I won. In contrast, round four was one of my best games of the event. If the opening appeals to you, I'd recommend coverage in a couple different series. I'd drawn him before in our one slow tournament game. This time I somehow achieved great positions out of the opening as both colors.

I don't remember the exact moves of these games well enough, but to give a taste, this was the opening in round five. White is completely tied down in the final position above and I eventually traded into a winning king and pawn ending. I don't remember enough of game six to show any moves, but it was a fun game. I somehow managed to get the position below with white, or something very similar.

After a perfect start, I completely failed to keep things up in this key match. Round seven was a typical game between a GM and a lower master.

I was slightly worse for most of it and then fell too low on time to put up much of a defense. Round eight was my big missed opportunity of the event. I then made a terrible blunder to throw it all away in one move.

About the National Chess Academy. Community Collaborators:. Washington Tennis and Education Foundation. Vaughn Bennett- President. Bennett, an acclaimed and committed chess instructor, began playing organized chess in Now, more than 21 years later, he has shared his love of chess with more than 5, children. Registration deadline: Friday, June 12 at p.

PDT - No exceptions! For complete event information including registration link , see post on Chess Life Online. There were three players undefeated after two rounds, and one player, top-rated Bijan Tahmassebi just 0. Bijan Tahmassebi and Ryan He also were paired, and despite being the longest game of the round, Tahmassebi could not escape the draw result. This set up a round 4 matchup with between the top ranked players - Shoykhet and He with He needing a win to capture the title.

The two players played a relatively quick draw - leaving Shoykhet with the Maryland Sweet 16 titile. Shoykhet is the recepient of a tuition scholarship to UMBC. He has moved from the St. Louis, Missouri area this past summer.

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