San Antonio Chess

I located the San Antonio Chess Club (oldest in Texas) and found they hold a monthly tournament on Wednesday nights, 1 game a week and was able to jump right in after the St. Louis tournament.  They had 16 people in the April 2011 tournament so had 4 games against opponents rated 1775-1254.  I lost all 4 games, as expected with still lots of rust to get through and remembering what I had forgotten 20 yrs ago.  As the summer and fall wore on, the tournament grew with as many as 24 one month while we had some youth jon us with school out.  I started playing better, and at times finding my way winning against higher rated opponents, but not able to play a complete error free game to get the win. While frustrating at times, it was encouraging that I was playing better, often being one of the last games to finish.   I finally won my first game in S.A. during the August tournament, and another in the Oct 2011 tournament.  After 7 months of playing (50+ games) I feel I'm getting much closer to getting an upset against one of my fellow club members.  I'm planning on taking Nov & Dec off to recharge, relax, and study some of my games that I've only had time to look at briefly with computer analysis right after the games.  My next tournament will be the Austin Chess Club Championship in Jan 2012.