My Round 1 game
I took white against Jax Tham and he played the Caro Kann, the very opening I was planing to play as Black. Still, his version was pretty passive and he practically forced me to play easy but naturally strong moves. In the middle game I had a slight advantage but didn’t know what to do. That in turn, lead me to the loss at the end. 
Perhaps that’s Jax strategy against patzers like me. Give us enough rope, and we will go and hang ourselves 
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.04.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "ooi"]
[Black "jax"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. c4 Qd8 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O
Bd6 9. Ne5 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 O-O 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Rad1 Nfd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. f4 Nf6
15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. d5 cxd5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Rxd5 Qc6
21. Qd4 Rac8 22. Rg5 f6 23. Rd5 Rfe8 24. Qd2 Re2 25. Qxe2 Qxd5 26. Rd1 Qxa2 27.
Qg4 Re8 28. Rd7 Qb1+ 29. Rd1 Re1+ 0-1
The plan to sac the a2 pawn for a “winning” attack on the 7th rank was an illusion. Better if I just defended my keeping my Queen and Rook on the d-file. It would have led to a likely draw.
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Exchange Qs on move 23 with easy draw. Ample time to go home by LRT!