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Ep. 65 Ben Johnson - Perpetual Chess Podcast (2100 USCF)

Chess Journeys: Tales of Adult Improvement

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You Never Hit Your Floor, Ben Johnson?

Ben Johnson won an under 2200 section in the New York open in God knows what year, but I'm going to say 1994 ish. And they gave me a floor because of it. They used to have a rule where if you win that section, you win real money, you get the floor of the next section up. So for a while, he was feasting on that floor. But then as he got less active, and played in his late teens into his 20s, my peak ratings were like 2270. Then one day it was just gone. Now I want it back.

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