I went to my first chess tournament in Spain today (Saturday). They separated the 30 players into 4 groups. My group had 7 players in it. The way it works is that I play all of the other players in my group. Each group had a mix of good players and bad players in it. There were two boys that weren't that good, a guy that's pretty good, and 3 guys that were, uh, good. I beat the 2 boys, drew against the medium guy, and lost to the good players. I got 5th place in my group. However, the players are awarded trophies by age. Since I got 2.5 points, I might get 1st for the 12-17 age group. We left before they gave out the trophies, but I was able to get someone I knew there to hold the possible trophy for me until we saw him again.
This chess tournament was part of a festival in Spain, or maybe just Catalonia, or maybe just Barcelona. That's how much we know about it. But anyway, during the festival, there was music and inflatables that Kathryn, Liam, and Marianna enjoyed playing on. Apparently, in the inflatables, Kathryn met this girl who was helping smaller children get around in the inflatable. So Kathryn started helping her. Liam and Marianna were trying to help a little kid get over an obstacle. I never got from them whether they actually succeeded, but the thoughtfulness was nice.
Here are a couple pics from the festival:
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| Two more moves I got him. Whoops missed a move. |
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| Liam and Marianna trying to help a child |
10 comments:
Kentucky is extremely lucky this year! Actually, they are a great tournament team this year with Knight and 3 point shooting. Looks fun!
Graham
Yeah, let's see you up against Kemba on Saturday, all right?
Josiah
HA HA HA! We saw them against Sullenger and Zeller... I think they've proved that they are good. They are predicted to upset UCONN and win it all. We'll see!
Graham
That was a nice prediction. I think Kemba is a little too good.
Josiah
They were predicted by YOU to beat UCONN and win it all. Too bad, I guess that just didn't work out.
Yep. They shot 33% free throws, shots, and threes. They are still ranked #3 in the country. Also, they were playing in a NFL football stadium, that holds 80,000 people
Graham
#3 in the nation? Did you look that up, or just guess? I think you were a few hundred off.
Kathryn
Ya, it can hold around 80,000, but there wasn't that many people there. Since we went to the Final Four and we lost to the overall #1, they normally rank them under the two championship teams.
Actually, I didn't predict,(even though i thought) the ESPN commentators predicted us to win.
Graham
It definitely wasn't Kemba's fault we lost. We shot so bad, anyone could have beaten us with offense. They're whole team played defense!
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