AIO for withdrawing from a tournament after my coach entered me in a section I said no to?
me (17M), i play tournament chess, rated around 1900. my coach has been with me three years. there's an open section and an under-2000 section at a tournament next month. i told him in july i wanted the open, because i want the rating games against stronger players even if i go 1.5 out of 5. he entered me in the under-2000. he told me a week later, framed as good news, said i'd have a real shot at placing and that a trophy looks better on applications than getting "beaten up in the open." i withdrew from the whole tournament instead of playing the section he picked. my parents think that's cutting off my nose. they're not wrong that i now play nothing that month. my coach said i'm being precious and that at 17 i don't get to design my own development. the thing is i told him in july. he didn't forget, he decided.
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