I lost round 2. It went 60 moves. But ultimately it was me not seeing the knight fork after his rook sacrifice. I'll post the games later after I load them in pgn.
The 2nd game was also 60 moves and resulted in a draw. There were some very crucial positions and a lot of calculation involved on both sides. I was up two pawns at one point, but then was just up a pawn with two pawns on the g and h files to his one and one pawn on the a file to his one. He had a white-square bishop and I a knight. I'm sure there was a win there somewhere, but 1) I suck at endgames and 2) I suck at endgames. Anyway - he offered a draw, but I told him I'd prefer to play it out - heck, we're paying to play right?
Regardless - it was fun and I'm looking forward to rounds 4 and 5 today.
Donnie is cleaning house! Good luck to him today. Ivan had an interesting ending last night - after my game was over, I watched the end of his. He won after his opponent's flag fell.
We had our picture taken ... Ivan's posted it here.
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