Budapest Days 7, 8 and 9

Day 7

Was playing against a lovely old Hungarian man called Lajos. I managed to win after playing quite well for a change! Won a pawn in the opening and slowly ground him down. The opening was quite sharp, and when I played a move he sighed and started talking Hungarian. We made eye contact and I had a wee giggle, then he started laughing too and pointing to the move and was obviously saying "I just wanted a nice, quiet game, and you're playing this crazy aggressive stuff!". Was nice to win a game and not have to watch my back for the remainder of the night.

Day 8

Wasn't feeling great yesterday - Being away from home so long definitely takes it toll. The general daily routine is wake up, Prepare for your opponent (About two hours), have breakfast, Play your game (Anywhere between Three and five hours), then have some tea whilst going over your game for the rest of the night. I prepared a daft line, that the computer claims is good, but as you get further into the game it starts to realise its just complete junk. My opponent played well though and managed to beat me.

Day 9

Rest day today - Thank goodness, actually just lazed about playing Bloons TD 5 and Bobber the Robber 2. Went to the playing hall in the evening as the games were finishing, and met up with Nicholas and Simon to grab some food. That's about as exciting as it gets I'm afraid - Tomorrow I play against Zsuzsanna (Susanna) Terbe, and blood will flow!