Christian Laverton

My best tournament last year was definetely Bondeofferet 2008, a rapid tournament where I scored 6 out of 6! Before this year’s Bondeofferet I was joking that I had to score 6 out of 6 again, but I didn’t really believe I would make it. As it turned out, I came really close! Read on…

The first real challenge came in round 2, when I played Håkon Haugsrud, rated same as me. After a great opening, I messed up and equaled the chances. However, Håkon returned the favour and allowed a few blows resulting in mate. After this, I continued playing relatively solid, and was able to convert advantages in each of the following games. Before the last round I had an impressive 5 out of 5, and the tournament program showed that I was secured first place! Håkon could also get 5 points, but would be behind on quality.
Unfortunately I messed up the last game, and failed to score 100%. But I can’t really complain, winning the tournament!

The crosstable is here

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Since I’m in a bragging mood (see previous post), I want to tell about the computer I bought a few months ago. For many years I’ve been sceptical to buying computers from Dell, HP, Compaq, etc…, and have chosen to assemble all my computers from scratch. But in this case I was talked into buying a Dell Studio XPS, and so far have not regretted it even a little bit!

First of all, the computer is very quiet, which is a big plus when you spend a lot of time on it. Second, with the new Intel i7-core processor and 6 Gb RAM it really has all the power I need for my work. It’s not the best gaming-computer, as the graphics card is very cheap, but I don’t really do a lot of gaming anymore. For heavy multi-tasking it’s great!

Also, the 23″ widescreen LCD is great!

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Just now I set a new personal best in the 5-minute pool on ICC. So, why not brag a little about it I achieved my new rating of 2125 after beating two IMs in a row. The first win was well deserved, the second a little lucky.  2000-2100 in the 5-minute pool on ICC is quite respectable. At this level, quite a lot of the players are titled players.

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