I did not win first place this time. I lost my very first round against class A player James Pollitt. This was the opponent I defeated two years ago, and I mentioned him and showed the game in one of my previous posts. This time, however, he got the best of me. He was grinding me down out of the opening and I cracked under the pressure and blundered two pawns. This blunder happened on move 18. Nf4. It was really just a mistake of carelessness.
[Event "Mark Oestreich Memorial "] [Site "Salem"] [Date "2014.03.08"] [Round "1"] [White "Terlizzi"] [Black "Pollitt"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B01"] [PlyCount "38"] [SourceDate "2014.03.08"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. f3 Bh5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. O-O O-O-O 9. Be3 Nb4 10. Ng3 Nxd3 11. Qxd3 Bg6 12. Qc4 e6 13. Nce4 Nd5 14. Bf2 h5 15. Ne2 h4 16. Be1 Qb6 17. Bd2 Be7 18. Nf4 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 Rxd4 0-1'/>
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