Day 1 of NM Memorial. I registered in the Open Section. I decided to play up to see how I could do. My expectation was to win at least one. I believe the avg rating was about 1900+ with a few of us below 1800.

My first game was against a player from Wisconsin. He was an older player and I hadn't look at his rating until well into the game. He played white and I played black. He played e4 and I decided to start out with the Sicilian. He played a version that I was not very familiar with and I quickly got into an inferior position and eventually lost the game.