The Dallas Open is a unique event in that there are no divisions. Instead, it's possible for any player to play any other player in a giant free-for-all. That boded well for me, being seeded 69th out of about 110 players, many of whom were rated hundreds of points above me. All I would need to do would be to beat an expert or two, and my rating would skyrocket. Did it happen? Well... read on.

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