In round 3, I played Tom Byers, rated 1288. Tom is a 50ish fellow who was short but resembled a large block of granite, complete with a giant face and jaw. I thought I should have a good chance to win this game, and was going to follow my normal plan of keeping complications to a minimum and pouncing on his mistakes. Sadly, I missed my pounce and the game dribbled to a draw.
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On Tom's offer. This was a big blow to my confidence. I left this game wondering if I had lost the will to win or maybe the knack to win, but was encouraged that I was never in any danger of losing and at -1 for the tournament, I still had a chance to better my -2 score of 3 years ago.
Tom did have a fine tournament. He drew a 1763 and 1842 and beat a 1561 gaining over 100 rating points.
After 3 rounds : +0 -1 =2 Total 1.0
On Tom's offer. This was a big blow to my confidence. I left this game wondering if I had lost the will to win or maybe the knack to win, but was encouraged that I was never in any danger of losing and at -1 for the tournament, I still had a chance to better my -2 score of 3 years ago.
Tom did have a fine tournament. He drew a 1763 and 1842 and beat a 1561 gaining over 100 rating points.
After 3 rounds : +0 -1 =2 Total 1.0
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