March 16, 2009

Idaho Open Chess Tournament

I here recently went to a Chess tournament in Twin Falls, ID. The tournament was from 2/13 to 2/15. I got 2 wins, 2 draws, and 2 losses. Here are some pictures from the tournament. In each game, there was a clock on the board with 3 hours on each side.

Here I'm playing one of my opponents.


I played a few 'for fun' games out side the tournament.


I got First Place in the unrated section. (And I also was the only unrated player there.)




While we waited for the other people to finish there games. We went to Shoshone Falls. This is a wall of ice that was on the way to the falls.


Another picture of the wall of ice.

Now this is the Shoshone Falls.



This is the left side of the falls.



Here is Caleb Kircher and I standing on the lookout deck. The Kirchers are friends of my family and they drove me up to Twin Falls.