Well, we got to the last match, I lost both, and… I never recorded or posted my self-review in ptn.ninja. At the time Simmon streamed live commentary on Twitch, however, and now the video has made it to YouTube. I figured I’d add it to my collection here to complete the set, even if I …
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Beginners Tournament IV: Gioqw
My last matching of the round-robin group, and we split wins as white. Game One Game one was excellent (I lost), I flagged a number of key mistakes in my review (too many!), and Gio held onto their cap for some time to cause me trouble when it finally came down. Game Two Game two …
Beginners Tournament IV: Skyward
Another pair of matches from our round-robin group, this time with Skyward. Match 1 The first match had a lot of back and forth and some trading of Tak threats— Skyward got his cap out somewhat later, but in an excellent position, and it took me a few more rounds to get it neutralized. Our …
Beginners Tournament IV: Millsmess
Second matching of the beginners tournament, and we split white wins. Not much more meta-commentary for this pair of matches. Game 1 A road win as white, with our caps up against each other for most of the fight. As with game 1 previously, pinning the black cap with a road under it kept options …
Beginners Tournament IV: Evoshen
Another year, another tournament, and only gotten a bit better. With a new member of the family last year I missed the July beginner tournament, and had to drop from the ’21 Open (I did get to play GenCon Online though!), but am excited to give it another shot this year. My first of the …