taking the test on the rainman's site, i get...
HA -- funny, I'm this guy after 3 tests (the last one even with some random answers)
On a sad note, I lost my first game at the Open tonight. Not only did I lose, but I LOST. I cannot say that I was beaten as much as I beat myself. It was a short game and pretty much reflected that I broke all of the rules or decent chess. While getting a decent position coming out of my opening, I made a critical error which allowed my opponent to take advantage of a trap. It's the third round of 1999 amateur team tournament all over again, except here I lasted a few more moves to 14.
Afterward, I got a good tongue lashing from Albert Chow my unofficial chess mentor. It was well deserved, I had not developed pieces, I had made moves without thinking and played quickly when I had two hours as well as some opponent time to think. I think the post-mortem went longer than the game, every minute a little less pleasant than losing as Al pounded all of the things I did wrong. So what did I do wrong? Well I can remember all of the things I did technically, but it comes down to my own mental preparation. When I played Al before, I was loose and comfortable and played well against a master, playing now, i was tight, unfocused and lost to a D player. A good night's sleep, a big breakfast and round 2 at 11 AM.
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