After coming out of the Seattle Fall Open victorious, I thought I should give a tornado a try. It was 4-SS, G/60 d5. But it went horrible! I drew a 900 rated girl (Alison Xiao, who ended up gaining more than 200 points and got 2.5/4!), lost to 1700 and 1800's, and blundered a piece to a 1200, resulting in a draw. It was one of my worst performances ever, dropping over 50 rating points.
John Readey won the event with 4/4, with a win over Anthony He in the last round (3/4)
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:
