My Chess Improvement Journey of 2022
Hey everyone! first of all I would like to wish you all a very happy new year and hope that you all reach your dreams and enjoy your new journey in the year 2023.
the blog was a bit delayed due to my laziness ;-; my apologies...
I'll be covering my up and downs throughout my chess journey of 2022 in this.
My overall rating graph for the year 2022 was this:
During the starting months of 2022, I felt a great improvement in my game than the previous months... But there was one thing which was still bothering me- My openings
I never had a proper opening repertoire and was trying to find the openings which suit my playing style.
And after the starting months I was more inclined towards getting a proper opening repertoire which gives me the position which I like to play. But there was a problem! My Middlegame and Endgame training were affected due to this as I was trying to get a "perfect repertoire".
I spent a bit too much time on opening.
I also had to manage my studies along with chess so my time was limited.
June, July months were more focused on openings. I also made a mistake, I was learning to play the najdorf despite the fact that I didn't like the memorisation of the moves. I was desperately trying to learn the najdorf but I finally gave up ;-;
September, I didn't do much training due to my exams.
During the months of October, November and December-
Somehow I wasn't feeling the desired improvement in my game. I was wondering if I was stuck on a certain level. I asked a friend of mine about this, He said that this might be the learning curve. I didn't know what a learning curve was and he told me that It says that the more better you get the more time you take to improve and this is not limited to chess only.
I was like okay, alright I'll just keep working hard and will do a rating climb on chess.com after a few days.
I trained and read the Silman's Endgame Course, A wonderful book written by Jeremy Silman and completed 3 books of the Yusupov Series by the end of December
Build up your Chess 1, Boost Up your Chess 1, Chess Evolution 1 (The fundamentals)
Awesome books by Sir Artur Yusupov, I underestimated the first 3 books to be easy but they were not at all that easy for me ;-; However I enjoyed learning from his books.
Overall I learned a lot in the year 2022. I hope to be more productive in 2023. I'll be doing the 3 books (Beyond the Basics) which are a part of Yusupov series next. I'll also be reading The Amateur's Mind by Jeremy Silman.
Any other book recommendations from you guys would be appreciated
My Lessons from 2022:
-> Don't spend too much time on openings.
-> Don't be lazy.
-> Maintain your health.
-> Daily tactics are a must.
-> Work hard for your dreams.
-> Don't play in a hurry, play patiently.
-> Play principled chess.
I learned a lot from the year 2022 and I look forward to learn more things in the year 2023 to improve my game
Thanks for reading the blog till the last and reading about by chess journey in 2022
I'll be meeting you guys in the next blog. Till then, Goodbye and again a happy new year!
I would love to get some suggestions for my next blog in the comments
