SJCorrie
Sarel Corrie
Upington, South Africa 
Member Since: Nov 26, 2008
Last Login: Nov 21, 2009
Profile Views: 1542
Points: 1029
Status: exams is nearing its end, hooray!!! (10 days ago)
Birthday: Jan 12, 1958
About Me:
I'm completely addicted to chess. I just can't get enough of it. After 6 months of none stop chess (and more than 1100 games) I decided to take it much more slowly and concentrate more. I now know a little bit more and have learned about every opening move there is. Thanks for all the competitors who have teached me a lot. I really love playing in tournaments because then you can see your progression much better. After about a month taking it more slowly my rating has gone up slowly and my winning percentage is getting better by the day. That is why I'm taking on a little bit more than usual because I see the results. If I decline a challenge then I'm busy for a short period, but you can try again in a week's time. I'm now nearing my 2000 chess game at chess.com. If I achieve this mark, it will be in less than a year. This meant that I've finished more than 5.5 games per day!!! Anybody out there that also have done it? Well, I've done 2000 games in less than a year, in 11 months. My best win were against Tom543 with a rating of 1774. I nearly bettered it against Laurat with a rating of 1771 on the 10th of October. My most frequent opponent is barnbybob (12W, 7L, 3D) with 22 games. My most losses against the same opponent is Salvador Moncholi with 17 losses (I've never beaten him). My highest ranking during this time were 1447 (30 Aug 2009) and the ranking of my average opponent is 1340. When I won, my opponent average ranking were 1232; when I lost, my opponent's ranking were 1412 and when I had a draw my opponent's ranking were 1305. I'm now looking forward to the next 1000 games, but it will be much slower because of exams and other responsibilities.