Tonight, I was paired with a player rated 1115 (I am rated 1335). This is a large difference, so I was expected to win. We started with the Sicilian opening, 1. e4 c5. I got a lot of control over the center and got a huge lead in development. I won a pawn in a bishop exchange, capturing his c pawn. My knights controlled a lot of the edge squares, making it difficult for him to mount an attack. On the eighth move, he made a blunder and gave me his queen. He resigned after I took it. After I recorded the official result, we rewound the blunder and proceeded with the game. I won anyway, probably because of my pawn advantage.
After finishing that, I went to teach a smaller child who had come to the club tonight. I played a game with him and helped in a bit of tactics. Afterwards, I showed him how to write moves down in algebraic notation. He seemed to understand and we left after my dad finished his game.
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