Currently Playing a Local Chess Rapid Tournament

"Unlike other games in which lucre is the end and aim, [chess] recommends itself to the wise by the fact that its mimic battles are fought for no prize but honor. It is eminently and emphatically the philosopher’s game.” -- Paul Morphy

Hello everyone,

It's a bight Saturday morning and I'm currently playing a chess tournament. It's a rapid tournament organized by our local chess club. I'm writing this post as I might not be able to write again today except if I win the tournament of course :)

I'm currently on 2/2 and for the first time in a long while I played the first round. A classic sam always misses the first round due to one reason or the other. Not today, I woke up early and booked a ride, and boom I'm in the tournament venue. And guess what, I got rewarded with a round 1 walkover.

_{The highest rated player drew a 1700 player!}

Talking about seeded players, The tournament has just 31 participants and I'm ranked number 8 in the starting position. In my last rapid tournament, I lost 6 points, but I'm still not far from the 2000 mark. Let's sew how the next 5 rounds play out.

So it is evident why I've had fairly easy pairings. Take a look at my second-round game. I played a beautiful lady on board 6. And complimenting her beauty was a beautiful checkmate on the board.

A game that ended in a spectacular finish. While I wait for the next set of games which I know would be tough. I just wanted to complete my daily blogging challenge.

The games are not live, However you can follow the results online.

https://chess-results.com/tnr661778.aspx?lan=1&art=2&rd=2

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Thanks For Reading!