<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><feed xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><id>https://lichess.org/@/matthewhuber/blog</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/matthewhuber/blog" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://lichess.org/@/matthewhuber/blog.atom" /><title>matthewhuber's Blog</title><updated>2024-12-18T15:28:36.529Z</updated><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/matthewhuber/blog/when-to-play-your-first-otb-tournament/w6toCCMI</id><published>2024-12-18T15:28:36.529Z</published><updated>2024-12-18T15:28:36.529Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/matthewhuber/blog/when-to-play-your-first-otb-tournament/w6toCCMI" /><title>When to Play Your First OTB Tournament</title><category term="Chess" label="Chess" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess"></category><category term="Over_the_board" label="Over the board" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Over_the_board"></category><category term="Tournament" label="Tournament" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Tournament"></category><content type="html">&lt;img class=&quot;ublog-post-image&quot; width=&quot;880&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;amp;h=550&amp;amp;op=thumbnail&amp;amp;path=ublog:w6toCCMI:KUNqYBjD.webp&amp;amp;w=880&amp;amp;sig=2598a68c77abf5b8b6a2a5fb0c72454a29436ca7&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;.....You're ready now!</content><media:thumbnail url="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;h=550&amp;op=thumbnail&amp;path=ublog:w6toCCMI:KUNqYBjD.webp&amp;w=880&amp;sig=2598a68c77abf5b8b6a2a5fb0c72454a29436ca7"></media:thumbnail><author><name>matthewhuber</name></author></entry><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/matthewhuber/blog/disaster-to-master-i-won-a-tournament-3/ec16vBxo</id><published>2024-10-11T16:31:36.409Z</published><updated>2024-10-11T16:31:36.409Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/matthewhuber/blog/disaster-to-master-i-won-a-tournament-3/ec16vBxo" /><title>Disaster to Master: I Won a Tournament! #3</title><category term="Chess" label="Chess" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess"></category><category term="Analysis" label="Analysis" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Analysis"></category><category term="Strategy" label="Strategy" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Strategy"></category><category term="Over_the_board" label="Over the board" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Over_the_board"></category><category term="Tournament" label="Tournament" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Tournament"></category><content type="html">&lt;img class=&quot;ublog-post-image&quot; width=&quot;880&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;amp;h=550&amp;amp;op=thumbnail&amp;amp;path=matthewhuber:ublog:ec16vBxo:7UWrXWC2.jpg&amp;amp;w=880&amp;amp;sig=e9546e8db9a453622f1c0b3a8344656a150b38f9&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;....and I don't feel good about it. In this post I will talk about the recent tournament I got 1st place in, and how despite my result, I am not happy with the result.</content><media:thumbnail url="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;h=550&amp;op=thumbnail&amp;path=matthewhuber:ublog:ec16vBxo:7UWrXWC2.jpg&amp;w=880&amp;sig=e9546e8db9a453622f1c0b3a8344656a150b38f9"></media:thumbnail><author><name>matthewhuber</name></author></entry><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/matthewhuber/blog/disaster-to-master-tournament-mindset-2/KO29vj0B</id><published>2024-10-01T19:17:12.66Z</published><updated>2024-10-01T19:17:12.66Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/matthewhuber/blog/disaster-to-master-tournament-mindset-2/KO29vj0B" /><title>Disaster to Master: Tournament Mindset #2</title><category term="Chess" label="Chess" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess"></category><category term="Over_the_board" label="Over the board" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Over_the_board"></category><category term="Tournament" label="Tournament" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Tournament"></category><content type="html">&lt;img class=&quot;ublog-post-image&quot; width=&quot;880&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;amp;h=550&amp;amp;op=thumbnail&amp;amp;path=matthewhuber:ublog:KO29vj0B:ddZExTGR.jpg&amp;amp;w=880&amp;amp;sig=3dac4e0e7a379b878ae6011e6ea3ad1ca8da572c&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this post, I will be talking about my tournament mindset and how I will be approaching tournaments for the time being. Please reference my last blog post for the background of this post.</content><media:thumbnail url="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;h=550&amp;op=thumbnail&amp;path=matthewhuber:ublog:KO29vj0B:ddZExTGR.jpg&amp;w=880&amp;sig=3dac4e0e7a379b878ae6011e6ea3ad1ca8da572c"></media:thumbnail><author><name>matthewhuber</name></author></entry><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/matthewhuber/blog/disaster-to-master-the-beginning-of-my-chess-journey-1/4PTdumlr</id><published>2024-09-27T21:51:06.123Z</published><updated>2024-09-27T21:51:06.123Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/matthewhuber/blog/disaster-to-master-the-beginning-of-my-chess-journey-1/4PTdumlr" /><title>Disaster to Master: The Beginning of My Chess Journey #1</title><category term="Chess" label="Chess" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess"></category><category term="Over_the_board" label="Over the board" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Over_the_board"></category><category term="Tournament" label="Tournament" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Tournament"></category><content type="html">&lt;img class=&quot;ublog-post-image&quot; width=&quot;880&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;amp;h=550&amp;amp;op=thumbnail&amp;amp;path=matthewhuber:ublog:4PTdumlr:H0Z0EhnY.jpg&amp;amp;w=880&amp;amp;sig=d97d513cb155e64cfb3a918f0cb7532cb0eaa5fb&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hello everyone! I am deciding to write a blog post because I want to document my chess improvement for the next few years. I hope to be as consistent as possible, but bear with me.</content><media:thumbnail url="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;h=550&amp;op=thumbnail&amp;path=matthewhuber:ublog:4PTdumlr:H0Z0EhnY.jpg&amp;w=880&amp;sig=d97d513cb155e64cfb3a918f0cb7532cb0eaa5fb"></media:thumbnail><author><name>matthewhuber</name></author></entry></feed>