The ELO graph has been updated with this month’s average! I have improved.
Also, my final scholastic tournament begins tomorrow. I am hoping I can at least win the region this time around.
As far as training goes, things are steadily rolling along. I haven’t had a lot of time to train lately because of school and [...]
Archive for January, 2008
ELO Graph Updated, Scholastic Tournament, Training Updates
Posted in Chess, Circles on January 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Back to Annihalating
Posted in Chess, Games on January 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Now that I have begun doing those warm-ups mentioned earlier, I am back to winning over half of my games. Here is one I played against Covak (1411) just moments ago. I had played him 80 games earlier with the result being a draw. During this game, with the aid of tactics, I was able [...]
Robert James “Bobby” Fischer Dies
Posted in Chess on January 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Yes, it’s official. Bobby Fischer, possibly the greatest chess player ever to live, has passed away.
Let’s not remember him for his strong personality and antics, but instead of what he did for the game. Mr. Fischer greatly helped chess evolve during the 70’s, and many modern masters look up to him. At least three [...]
Discovery in Light of Ratings Drop
Posted in Chess on January 16, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I’ve been working around how to fight my recent ratings drop. For some reason, I was doing tremendously well on PlayChess while working on my second set of problems. I went effortlessly with an eight win streak. I was easily able to compete with players rated 500 points higher than me while I was working [...]
3rd Problem Set Done; Progress Report
Posted in Chess, Circles on January 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I have finished my twelve circles of CTB problems 241-360 and am now moving on to problems 361-480.
Sadly, I have to say that during the course of doing this set of problems in particular, my PlayChess rating has dropped by 150 points. This is very discouraging to say the least, but I’ll stick with it. [...]
New Openings Repertoire
Posted in Chess on January 10, 2008 | 8 Comments »
I am currently working on a new openings repertoire! I feel like I need one because in my past several games, I keep getting caught in the opening!
My previous opening played mostly the Scotch Gambit with white and several 1…c4 variations with black. With my new repertoire, I will be sticking with the Scotch Gambit, [...]
CTB Stage 2 Problems 121-240 Completed, Knights Errant Acceptance
Posted in Chess, Circles on January 9, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I have completed my twelve circles of problems 121-240 and am now moving on to problems 241-360, which will almost finish CTB’s Stage Two. Also, as you can see, I am about to be accepted into the Knights Errant and I have added the current list of knights on the side of this blog.
Game of the Day
Posted in Chess, Games on January 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This actually was a game I played yesterday, but I decided to go ahead and post it today. This game was played against Johnnny1 (1175). The reason I posted this game in particular is because I think it shows how I am improving compared to the last game I posted (which can be found in [...]
Stage One Completed, Changes to Training Program
Posted in Chess, Circles on January 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have finished my eight circles of CTB’s Stage One. It wasn’t that hard, no doubt because I already knew most of the mating patterns and never finished with a score lower than 98% correct. Now moving on to Stage Two I will be continuing with 120 more exercises, but this time I’m going to [...]
Getting Out of Stage One
Posted in Chess, Circles on January 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Now that I’ve started using circles, I’m literally trying to get out of CTB’s Stage One as fast as I can. Why? If you’ll look to the right and see, I already know most – if not all – of the mating patterns. I can solve most of the problems in two to five seconds. [...]
