Philadelphia Freedom!!

That damn Elton John song kept running through my mind.

I'm back in Philadelphia for this year's Liberty Bell Open.  Unlike last year where I spent the weekend being pushed around in a wheelchair, I am quite mobile and free to move about the playing room as needed.  That's a good thing because I played a 5 hour and 48 minute game last night in round .  I drew with a 1900 from upstate NY who I've played a few times before. I'm so glad to travel to Philadelphia to play players from New York.   Italics for the sarcasm challenged.  :-)

I will post the game later.  I'm about to start round 2.  I decided to play up in the under 2100 section.  Am I nuts? Maybe.  But I did get a draw against a higher rated player.  I'm playing the 4 day schedule which means all 7 of my games will be 40/2 SD/60.  I can't use the "I had trouble transitioning from the fast control to the slow control" excuse.  Last night's game lasted longer then my last 6 games this week combined.  That's what happens when I play 6 games of "cracktion" in a week.  Last night I scored a half point less then my other 6 games combined.  Yep it wasn't a great week.  Lots of clock issues. More on that later.