Take 1
I arrived for the first round late because of a flight delay, and also with very little sleep the two previous nights. Despite these handicaps I managed to get the following position as White.
In bad time trouble I played Rg1?! , instead the obvious f4 was much better. I managed to lose this game.
Take 2
I decided to re-enter with a bye for the first round, and scored 4.5/5.0 in rounds 2-6
My best game was in round five where I played Bg6 as White in the following position against Daniel Pecherski . After ...f6, Nf7+ Rxf7, Bxf7 Qxf7, Rd8+ Bf8, Bxb8 Black is paralyzed.
I found Re2 as Black in round four vs Roland Zhu in bad time trouble (Thanks CTS)
Round 7
Win = $2500.00
Draw=$1000.00
Loss=$75.00
My last round opponent was Michael G Da-cruz from California. He has been rated as high as 2048 in the past.
I had the opportunity to see some of his games since he was sitting next to me in several previous rounds. He was winning most of his games very easily in tactic heavy positions. In fact we became friends and he helped me analyze a couple of my games.
He was the only opponent I did not want to face in round 7. When we were paired in the last round I was already at a psychological disadvantage.
I then got the following position as White and was sure that Black had to repeat moves. I was happy with a draw, but he was not!
Instead of playing the expected ...Rb8 (3-fold repetition draw), he played ...cxd!? My best move after that is to take the rook and play Ke2 after the Bishop check, but I played Be2.He won around $2500.00, and me $75.00! Michael did bye me dinner after the game though!
Old guy 4, young guys 0
As an adult player I am envious of the young guys, they mostly:
- have more time to study
- improve faster
- have experienced coaches
- don't have to worry about finances etc.
In this tournament I am happy to report that I won all four games against younger opponents.
My round three draw was against Daniel Mallaghan who came all the way from Ireland!
CCA Results etc. here
USCF results here
CCA Results etc. here
USCF results here
I am White here and if I played 
I played f4, which is still winning, but 
The above position is from my loss. I am Black with the move. 
Round 5:
I am White here. Instead of playing Re8, I decided to complicate matters since my opponent was short on time and played Ne5, But I am the one who later got into time trouble and lost!
All have to do is play Rb8, and White's best move is probably to resign! But I got greedy and completely overlooked the Rook check on h7 (after the check on c8). I never thought of it that way, but because of the check White essentially got to play two moves in a row. Even after the move I played, I had several chances to draw, but botched it. After this narrow escape Matthew went on draw 2425 rated top seed 
Aug. 15 
I am Black. Here I should have played 
I am Black. White had just played 
I am playing White here, but could not come up with a good plan and the game ended in a draw. 
There is absolutely no reason not to play ...e5 here. In fact playing ...e5 was my plan all along, but for some reason I decided to delay it. Then lost to a simple tactic. 