I win again, unspectacularly

I got paired down in the U2000 section at the club in round 1 of the April swiss. Wiley veteran Ray Behenna has been a 1400-1500 player for a long time who started playing regularly again a few years ago. He played well; holding me even for most of the game. To my credit, I didn't freak out and blunder.

Draw!!

I managed a draw last Tuesday. So I finished at 2.5/4.0 for the March MCC tournament. Rating points were gained, so the climb back to Class A/First Category has begun.

I win... again!

My meteoric rise back to mediocrity continued last night.

In which I actually win a chess game

I haven't won a game in quite some time, and my rating has taken quite the plunge because of it:


Well, last night I finally won a clean game; didn't blow it after my opponent blundered:

So... Yeah, a Blog.

I know, so 2005... but hey, here's a blog tied to my domain, mattphelps.com. I don't expect to post here often, unless I become famous or something.

Here's a picture of barn near where I live. Pretty.