State Qualifier

          Yesterday I went to a state qualifier tournament. There were five rounds, and most of them were very exciting.
           During the first round, I played a person who was rated 946. I played the Queen's Gambit, and it was accepted. After that, I forked a knight and bishop. In the endgame, I played a discovered checkmate, also attacking the rook. She was forced to prevent the mate, and I got the rook! After that, I just mated some other way and won. The second round was easier, and I mated very quickly. The other player made a lot of mistakes, and got himself mated. The third round, I played a 1389! I was up a knight when I sacrificed a knight for two pawns. After that, I traded off rooks, and was left with a total of a pawn and a king, while the opponent only had a king. The opponent said I missed a mate in two somewhere. I drawed, since the pawn was a h-pawn. I ate lunch with a total of 2.5 points out of 3.
          The fourth round, where I played my friend Michael Kim, was very exciting. I lost. This was because I played too fast, and missed a skewer. If I had played that skewer, I would have won! The last round was boring. I played somebody I had played a long time ago. I was up by a lot of pieces and finally mated him on the 33rd move.
          In the end, I got 3.5 points and also 5th place!