Active Grand Prix #2

Hey guys,

Just came back from a Tuesday active sectional tournament, our 2nd Calgary "Grand Prix" tourny. There were around 20 people that participated, making it one of the biggest active tournaments we've had on Tuesdays.
I played 3 games in total, playing against three 2000-2150 strength players.
1st round: White against Walter Watson - Starting off in an exchange French, he closed up the position quickly with a premature c5 to c4. I had 2 knights on e5 and f3 and a supporting pawn on d4. I had a space advantage that forced him to move his knights into a bad position. Soon he missed a tactic on f7, which hung a knight on e6. 1-0
2nd round: White against Martin Robichaud - Martin decided to play e5 against my king's pawn, so I went for a Four Knights. It transposed into a Philidor's kinda' position, but Martin was a bit unfamiliar with it. I soon exchanged off the bishops and got a nice pawn push that threatened to isolate his pawns (d-file) in a rook endgame, he didn't go for it but got an inferior piece coordination. I generated a protected pass pawn on e6 and f5, and soon launched a kingside attack (successfully) with pawns, a knight, and a queen. 1-0
3rd round: Black against Hafiz Karmali - I wanted to win the tournament, so I offered him an early draw in the Caro-Kann which he declined. He got to my kingside early, with f4 and a rook lift, so I decided to castle queenside. He moved his queen out missed a pin and win on the back rank for me, and I got an easy pawn, and proceeded with mating threats. I made a mistake of moving my king to b8, which I should've moved to d7-e7 because he had no attack. He opened up some files and suddenly I was the person in trouble! He had many mating chances but he missed them and in the end I out blitzed him but offered a draw again. 1/2-1/2

I had won my first CCC active tournament! I feel proud with a 1550 rating. ;)

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