November 8, 2025 With the tournament only 5 days away, I started my preparation by doing puzzles on Lichess, as I had cancelled my Chess.com subscription because I wasn't using it as often. Therefore, I'm not willing to pay for a service that I ...
February 3, 2025 On this day, while on my way to school, around 7 A.M., I received a message from the Jamaica Chess Federation group on WhatsApp; it was an invitation to the National Junior Chess Championship. I was excited about my chances of q...
October 28, 2023 My classical chess journey began on this day when I competed in my first classical chess tournament alongside my previous teammates. The National High Schools Chess Championships was a few weeks away and my teammates and I were ...
When I first joined chess.com on November 26, 2022, I started at the beginner level since I only knew how the pieces move and capture. I wasn't too fixated on playing blitz since my aim was to improve my rapid elo and have fun playing, however aft...
What I've been up to lately After taking a 3 week break from playing on chess.com, I returned on the 3rd of April to make use of chesscom free trial to do unlimited puzzles. I completed over 5000 puzzles within a week and although I hit a peak ra...
The Journey To 2000 Elo The Journey to 2000 was an uphill battle for me, but like any other challenge, I faced it head on with one goal in mind; to get to 2000 elo on chess.com. On Tuesday, March 5, 2024, my rating was at 1982, I only needed 3-4 ...
After hitting a peak rating of 1900 on chess.com in January 2024, I took a 3 week break from playing rapid chess and set my sights on training even harder than before to improve. During that 3 week break, I studied some new openings to add to my r...
November 26, 2022 I became aware of Chess.com a few days before I decided to create an account on November 26, 2022. It was my close friend, @Insanity_sl, who encouraged me to sign up so that we could play online. Initially, I was reluctant becau...
