This game went first slightly worse for me on move 12 and move after that I blundered so badly that the game would have been resignable at that point. I tried to continue a bit longer but on move 20 I resigned as my position was completely hopeless. This game was played in the first round of the LA BELLE FRANCE TOURNAMENT 3. The tournament has 16 players on round one and they are divided in to groups of four. Two best players from each group will advance to the next round. I have only finished one game on round one so far, the loss you see below. Rating range in the tournament is 1751-2050 and the time control is 3 days per move. Around the time I played that horrible move, I also blundered in some other games as well and lost a couple of games under 20 moves. I played last weekend in a over the board tournament and the results there were somewhat promising that I may be able to get back to level of play that I once had. Well, talking about my rating to be exact, I think when I am able to concentrate on the games properly, I play better chess than I have ever played. My over the board rating has had some roller-coaster movement the past few years, I get it to my highest ever rating and then I plummet down a couple hundred points. This has happened a few times, usually ending with me taking a long break from chess. Since I started doing this blog, I think I have been able to improve my play quite a bit. I was able to get two wins against International Masters and one draw against a FIDE Master in 2014 and those results did gave me a confidence boost. Maybe I am doing something right when playing chess. The only problem I have is that my level of play is not all that consistent, some positions I play much better than others. I have added two mate in one, one mate in four, one mate in six and one mate in nine puzzle today.
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