PLAYED at St Albans over the weekend, losing all three of my games on Saturday in the U181 (against players graded 180, 158 and 145).
I cannot remember ever losing three (non-rapid) games in one day before.
The playing conditions were certainly no excuse as the tournament hall was spacious, despite hosting five sections, and the facilities, including catering, plenty of toilets and even a bookstall (courtesy of Chess & Bridge), were also good.
The only knock on the venue is its isolation, a long way from any shops and even further from the mainline rail station, but all in all it is definitely a tournament I would be happy to go back to.
To be fair, I did do a little better today, drawing with a 169 and beating a 106 for an overall grading performance of 135.
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