Despite the warm weather, I decided to go to the cinema today with a friend. We saw Batman - The Dark Knight, and what a movie it was!
Earlier today I had noticed the incredible 9.4/10 score it has on imdb. I thought maybe this rating was a little biased, because most of the people who have rated it so far are probably Batman-fans. Thus, it might even out after a few weeks. But, the movie really lived up to the expectations. Especially Heath Ledger impressed me in the role of The Joker.
The tournament ended well for me, as I was able to snatch a full point on the final day. This put me on 50% with 4.5 of 9 points, and a nice 35th place. Doesn’t sound too impressive, but my performance was well above expected. The norwegian rating performance was 1881 (+172), and the international was 2021. I already have a provisional international rating of somewhere around 1800, so including this tournament I should get my first official international rating of somewhere around 1900 on the next FIDE list.
My friend and clubmate Anders Rundgren had a disappointing final day, but anyway ended up on a respectable 3 out of 9 points. His norwegian rating performance was 1573 (+143), so nothing to complain about!
Unfortunately I caught a heavy cold on wednesday, meaning that I’ve not been able to do anything useful the last few days. Hopefully I’ll be fit for fight again soon. Luckily I didn’t catch the cold during the tournament…
