So I've been playing with tsh a lot in the past week trying to figure out how to do pairing formats, etc for CUSS WORDS.  One of the conclusions that I have come to is that I might just scrap class prizes altogether.  The reason being that I might just have everything be team-play.

The idea is, you show up having been preassigned to a team.  ( Read more... )

When I move, I will be rated 4th in North Carolina.  I'm sorry, but I shouldn't be 4th in anything.

I'm not too worried about my rating.  I know that it is inflated, so if it goes down some then that is fine.  Asheville just won't have the same community that I have here and less opportunities to learn from players who are genuinely better than I am ( Read more... )

So, first things firts:  I love my son!

Look at these pictures:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28019499@N04/show/

Watch these videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xtdJa-0z2Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLpDwBmlZ-0

DO IT NOW!!

Secondly:

Tom K will be picking me up straight from work to meet up with Dave T and head on over to sunny Hazel Park, Michigan ( Read more... )

My play was the highest scoring play, and I considered the best sequence, but ruled it out because I was being really greedy (saw the potential for a pretty probable 102-point two play sequence) and therefore stupid.

What is the right play?


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Day 3.

I'm in a middle pod of players in the 3 round round-robin before the KOH round 20.  This includes Stephanie Steele, who whipped up on me earlier in the tourney, and Matthew Ridout, who I had only met over the board one other time and who had beaten me.  That's okay, I'm feeling good.

Game 17:  vs.  Jim Wedell

Play the Game

Not a whole lot of ( Read more... )

Coming Back from lunch on day 2, my record was a still meager 4-8.  With 8 games to go, my goal of finishing even still seemed very tough indeed.

Oh well, one game at a time.  Included here is one of my favorite games of the whole tournament with Scott Pianowski.

Game 13:  vs. Anita Berry

Play the Game

In which I feel like a play very well, but my ( Read more... )

Day 2.

I wake up feeling very stimulated.  My mind was racing all night while I slept, and I replayed all of my games in my sleep finding all of the stupid moves from the previous day.  I haven't done that in a while.  I get some breakfast in rush and a huge coffee, rush in, set-up my equipment and am very very ready to redeem myself.

Game 9:   vs.  ( Read more... )

Came back from lunch feeling kind of sorry for myself, but a little better than before.  Let's see how this pans out.

Game 5:  vs. Joseph Bowman

open with the crappy QI leaving BEKOS.  He dangles DINGO for next to know points and take the bait with the S-hook.  He rightfully challenges.  I'm still in an okay position cause he is not scoring terribly ( Read more... )

I'm going to do these in batches because it's a little bit easier to tackle like that.

Going into the Arden this year I had a pretty dim outlook on my game.  In the weeks leading up to the tourney, I had been getting my ass handed to me and couldn't really figure out why.  I was feeling like my brain wasn't very stimulated and was beginning to think ( Read more... )

Yowzers.  It's been almost 2 months since I have posted about live games.  That just goes to show how little I have been playing over the board recently.

Well tonight I am going over to etheridge2's house and Andrew Solomon and BriCap will be there.  Should make for some good playing.  I am looking forward to not only the games, but the analysis ( Read more... )