Even though I have a long way to go in terms of calculation before I'm fully chess master strength this tournament was a huge success for me. I was fortunate enough to tie for first place alongside Santiago El Awad Ibrahim. My coach, IM Giorgi Sibasvhili gave me a wonderful compliment that he feels my middlegame and positional understanding are IM level, but my calculation discipline really needs some work. As a result, I am working 95% on my visualization, and calculation di

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I managed to score 4/5 and went from 2180 to 2177. Had I won my last game versus Blake, Herrera pictured on the left, I would have won 1st place instead of 3rd place out of about 3