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Originally Posted by TexAg06
And we don't get anymore details than that?
Congrats though man. Do you have to maintain the title through the tournament's end, or are you now an FM?
Haha sorry was celebrating pretty hard last night
In the tournament I had 3 shots at making FM against higher rated opposition, but didn't take any of them. My draw against a 2495 GM actually put me to 2299
and the fact that I should have won didn't make things better.
Finally closed the deal with a win against a 2169, I think I managed to play a reasonable game (with the usual hiccups in a winning position, I must be winning more easily after 28...h5)
http://chess.tuxtown.net/game-replay...6406ec15fa1bea
Today drew this position vs a 2420 IM
So yeah back to my old problems. I have some ideas about fixing this, and honestly I think once I do the IM norms will start coming. I'm dropping a ridiculous amount of half points at the moment.