Noble Park Chess Club Allegro

I justed played in the Noble Park Chess Club Allegro. 24 players ended up playing in the event. Considering, few of the regular players weren't able to play today, it's a good turnout.

Here is a crosstable of the event. I came =1st.

Standings

Place Name                    Feder Rtg Loc  Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.

1-2  Dragicevic, Domagoj               2087 5.5      21.0  30.0   23.0
   Lin, Zhigen                       2097 5.5      21.0  29.5   21.5
3   Rashid, Abdulwahab                1918 5        22.5  31.5   21.0
4-9  Hacche, David                     2035 4.5      21.5  29.0   19.5
   Gorka, Carl                       2071 4.5      20.0  26.0   22.5
   Pecak, Mariusz                    2055 4.5      19.5  27.0   18.5
   Cheng, Bobby                      1562 4.5      18.0  25.0   15.0
   Morris, James                     2035 4.5      17.0  25.0   19.0
   Highem, Luke                           4.5      16.5  23.5   14.5
10-11 Voon, Richard                     1903 4        22.0  29.0   16.5
   Rujevic, Mirko                    2254 4        18.0  24.5   15.0
12-13 Pyke, Malcolm                     2137 3.5      23.0  31.5   20.0
   Dizdarevic, Mehmedalija           1956 3.5      18.5  24.5   16.0
14-18 Lee, Kam                          1635 3        19.0  26.5   11.0
   Mijatovic, Bosko                  1866 3        17.0  23.5   12.0
   Jago, Stephen                     1670 3        16.5  24.0   11.0
   Premaka, Sujendra                 1866 3        16.5  23.0   13.0
   Ghayoori, Pezhman                 1396 3        15.0  21.5   10.0
19   Toro, Eduardo                     1506 2.5      11.5  16.5    6.5
20-22 Ivanov, Nikola                    1538 2        16.0  21.0    7.0
   Anton, Sarah                      1228 2        14.5  19.5    8.0
   Spiric, Bob                       1500 2        14.5  19.5    6.0
23   Huynh, Phong                           1.5      12.5  17.5    2.5
24   Krysiak, Jerzy                         1        13.5  19.5    7.0
25-26 Sucevic, Milic                    1695 0         0.5   0.5    0.0
   Sabolcki, Daniel                  1421 0         0.5   0.5    0.0

I had a shaky start to the tournament - in game 1, I castled queenside, moved my king back to e1, and forgot I did that at all and castled kingside. In the end, I still managed to win. In game 2, I was simply outplayed in the opening and middlegame, losing two pawns. I managed to return with 4 wins in a row. In game 5, I defeated Domagoj for the first time ever in a game with any sort of seriousness (I have only ever defeated him on one other occasion, but that was a simul by him). In game 6, my opponent snatched a pawn early in the opening. I got some compensation, but I misplayed the position. I was about to lose when my opponent blundered into a position where it was mate quite quickly. In game 7, I was a solid pawn up in the endgame, but I lost my queen. Fortunately, I managed to hold the 'queen vs. rook + a few pawns' endgame and draw.