Well, I played in a "Friday Action Quad (FAQ)" at the St. Louis Chess Club and Scholastic Center.  My rating was probably a little inflated after winning my first three games in a chess tournament two weeks ago (all my opponents were 600 and below, as I was unrated), so I expected to have a rough time, and I wasn't disappointed.  I got behind in the first game but then battle back, only to blunder the game away.  I won the second game fairly easily, as my opponent overlooked a couple of long diagonal attacks.  The final game I was thoroughly trounced, as we will see later.  I will present the first game tonight.  I have not run these through the computer yet, as its late and am quite sleepy. 





More to come!  I will edit this post with what the computer finds, as well as what happens to my provisional 1300P3 quick rating tomorrow!

Edit:  Rating not too bad, new rating 1239P6 Quick Rated, which I think is about where I should be.  Also of note, I think I'm going to limit the blog posts, probably 4 or 5 a week.  I feel like my annotations are coming out a bit rushed, and I'm doing less and less analysis.  I will try to get the next OTB game up either tomorrow or Monday.