Pilsen Open 2023 - Game 9 "Final comeback"
After an intense tournament so far, I was ready for my last game. I did feel that the tournament was wearing me down a bit, but then...
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Ralf Weijers
Jun 3, 20234 min read
Pilsen Open 2023 - Game 8 "First loss"
Man, oh man, this 8th game was a tough battle. Again, I was playing a higher rated player, as I had no losses yet during the tournament....
Ralf Weijers
May 27, 20232 min read
Pilsen Open 2023 - Game 7 "Uneventful Hillbilly attack"
Starting at my 7th game with no losses yet, while being in a pretty strong field, felt very good of course. I was again facing a higher...
Ralf Weijers
May 21, 20234 min read
Pilsen Open 2023 - Game 6 "Staying alive"
Where my last game finished in 17 moves, this one took me quite some more. It was a hard struggle from the start, where both of us had...
Ralf Weijers
May 19, 20232 min read
Pilsen Open 2023 - Game 5 "Short and sweet"
Ok, so game number 5 I was playing a young player with a lower rating as well. This is something I always find quite tricky, as they tend...
Ralf Weijers
May 17, 20233 min read
Pilsen Open 2023 - Game 4
After a very successful start I was of course very happy, but also for me the phycological element started to kick in. As I was doing so...
Ralf Weijers
Apr 30, 20235 min read
Pilsen Open 2023 - part 1 (games 1-3)
It is my aim to play a couple of tournaments a year to try and improve my game. A couple of years back I started playing the 9 rounds at...
Alex Bladder
Mar 21, 20232 min read
My first internal blitz tournament
To be frank with you, I consider myself a novice in the world of chess. I stumbled upon this hobby during the pandemic while taking a...
lithoknights
Mar 16, 20233 min read
First Tournament - ECCC 2022 Rotterdam
My hand was shaking as I hit the clock. I was in my first tournament after thousands of games I played online and dozens of careless...
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