Travis Olson sent me the game (I lost my notation!) so here it is.
It is clear now that I am overrated, but hopefully that will change in the next events! Don't forget, if you play me and you are winning (which will almost always happen), you better make the right moves or I will be lucky.
Joseph Truelson
United States
Hi everyone! This is a (mostly inactive) blog that mostly covers my over the board tournament games.
For those confused about RAR, the RAR movement is a rising phenomenon that is mentioned in many blogs. Don’t take it to have a definite definition, but RAR has something to do with being unethical (cheating and intimidating) or just plain lucky.
Here is a list of my tournament blogs:
2015
Washington G/60 Championship Day 1
Washington G/60 Championship Day 2
2016
Seattle City Championship Day 1
Seattle City Championship Round 4
FIDE Junior Invitational Round 1
FIDE Junior Invitational Rounds 2-4
FIDE Junior Invitational Round 5
FIDE Junior Invitational Round 6
FIDE Junior Invitational Round 7
Clark Harmon Memorial Rounds 1-2
2017
Washington Junior Open Rounds 1-3
Washington Junior Open Round 4
Seattle Chess Classic Rounds 2-3
Seattle Chess Classic Rounds 4-5
2024
The RAR match against Samuel Deng!
Exclusive Interview with RookSacrifice Part 1
Exclusive Interview with RookSacrifice Part 2
NEW SERIES: Falling Stars
Falling Stars #1: Chesster3145
And of course, my "famous" essay extoling the virtues of cheating:
