My Longest Chess Tournament Experience & A Puzzle Challenge!

Two weekends ago at age 44, I played in the longest chess tournament of my life The 90th Annual Southwest Open—a grueling 9-round event over 5 days. It was an intense chess tournament experience, and I even had to take a bye for Round 2 since I was teaching chess that day. As a USCF Expert rated 2153, I was seeded 35th out of 62 players, but unfortunately, I underperformed slightly and finished 45th with 3.5 points out of 9.

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