4 - 4 - 1

Easy win. Jack's final opponent played an opening that Jack was very familiar with, and he dismantled it. His first low stress win, that game looked one sided before the first piece was taken as Jack seemingly had every one of the other guy's pieces either pinned or threatened. Nice way to end. And no doubt that he can play at this level. i think tonight's opponent was the first sub-1900 that he has faced, and he made it look easy.






Time for the fireworks? HA, good one, no, it's time for more chess. These guys are all signed up for the all-night blitz tournament! Starts at 11:30 and no, I won't be posting updates.

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3 - 4 - 1

Game eight ends in a draw. Jack was not discouraged, high ranked opponent, he'll take the draw. Final game tonight at 5:00!


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3 - 4

Jack thought he had weakened his position when he rushed a few moves to get the extra hour on his clock. He got back to the room too late to recap but it sounds like the loss was very close and tense. Still counting yesterday as a positive due to his excellent early game.
HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!



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Game 7 goes to OT

You might not want to stay up for this one. Jack's game just past 40 moves, which means each player adds an hour to his clock. Game looks even to me, but jack thinks he weakened his position while hurrying moves to beat the deadline for the extra hour.


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3 - 3

Excellent win, Jack just recapped his game and that looked like one of the best games he's played. Jack played white. He reviewed the game against the computer. He always does, to learn from the game, see if there were any better moves, etc. Well, his opponent played the best move available for the first 15 or so moves, a quality opponent, and Jack really had to work for the win. Impressive! Posted using BlogPress from my iPad

2 - 3

Tough loss. Two hours into this game and neither side had taken a piece. Jack said it was another opening variation that he was unfamiliar with. Thats becoming common, it seems to play at this level you need to be skilled at a larger arsenal of openings. Even a slight disadvantage coming out of the first 15 - 20 moves can be fatal. Anyway, the turnaround starts tomorrow, two games on both sunday and Monday.


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2 - 2

Jack lost game four. He was playing white and had a solid position after the opening, but couldn't capitalize. We get a break before the next game, only two games per day now thru Monday.


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2 - 1

Jack lost game 3. His opponent played an opening variation that he was not familiar with, he fell behind a pawn and couldn't recover. Given that he played black for two of the three games today .....
Two outta three ain't bad












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2 - 0

Great start, Jack wins his second game, another close one down to the wire. Jack was way behind on time - I think his opponent had 30 minutes and Jack was down to 5 - so Jack sacrificed a pawn just to open things up, see if he can make something happen, "I went into Pavillion mode" he said. And it worked, game three tonight, he'll be playing black against another undefeated, good luck Jack.


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1 - 0

Jack wins game one. Both players down to their last few seconds! How about that, very exciting. Jack thinks he had about four seconds left, and his opponent had about the same. the game was close all the way and easily could have been a draw, but the other guy made a mistake with time running out and Jack pulled it out. Game two is just starting now.


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It wouldn't be a chess tournament without a registration screw-up. A little frustration, a little standing in line, and we cleared it up - Jack "USFC Expired" Mallers is ready to play game one.

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Test

Elton john


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