To those of you who are struggling at chess, a word of encouragement. To those of you who feel like you cannot improve, a word of advice. Back in the 2010's I started playing chess. Sure, I had played a little as a boy, but in 2010 I bought a ch...
When I first started my serious attempt to improve my chess game It was May of last year I was 1089. At the end of 2021 I was 1257. My Acceptable goal for 2022 is 1300 Three weeks ago I was 1320. Two weeks ago 1328. Last week 1332. This week ...
If this was the script for Dumb and Dumber or Austin Powers I could make some off color jokes about my title. Jokes about excrement never go out of style, but... no... come on Excheqquer you're not a preteen boy anymore --although I recently watch...
Week # 4 Day # 3 Rating 1269 + 103 points 15/16 wins to start the day. You may learn much more from a game you lose than from a game you win. You will have to lose hundreds of games before becoming a good player. – José Raúl Capablanca At the...
Week # 4 Day # 2 Rating 1260 up +94 points. 14/15 wins as I start the day. "Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. We're so glad you could attend. Come Inside. Come inside!" First off extra points if you can name the song that star...
Week # 4 Day # 1 Rating 1253 +87 points overall. to start the day. I am Excheqquer an inveterate nonimprover, a gentle slug who when he gets a small advantage let's it slip away, and I was tired of this life of no advancement, so I decided I wo...
Well, I was off the grid, high up in the mountains, with a rushing stream, pine trees and aspen, and brisk air. I was up for a couple of days after my recent two losses in a row. (No, it was not because of the two losses, though that would make f...
I had a 13 game win streak. I was improving. the day was going well Ah the gloom! It was: Week # 3 Day # 6 Rating 1262 + 96 points 13 wins in a row. that was how the day started. But this is the Chronicle of Excheqquer a chronic nonimprover,...
This is going to be my last change of plans. Hopefully I can stick to it. It just seems like I can't create a plan and then actually follow it. I've known that I'm not a great planner, but I didn't know that I would have to change my plan every si...
Resolution for August 8, 2021: plan better. I'm sort of going with the flow now. That shouldn't be too bad, though. Picking up all sorts of things here and there. Today I'm going be using IM Levy Rozman's advice. Quality over quantity. Meaning:...
This is my second day of this improvement plan and things are already veering off in another direction. When I planned this, somehow I forgot all about all those other things we do in life. I guess that's what chess does to us. Today I went on a ...
Week # 3 Day # 4 Rating 1257 + 91 on the plan. Currently on a 12 game winning streak! This is the Chronicle of Excheqquer a chronic nonimprover, a static patzer, a languid chess player, an inert blob that stank up the 64 squares, in other words I...
I have a problem. I'm not improving. Once I reached 2000 rapid rating. I stopped going up, and even went down a bit. Now I'm currently rated below 2000, and it doesn't look good. How do I improve? If I want to progress, I need some way to learn mo...
Week #3 Day # 3 (of my 12 week plan to improve) Rating 1252 +86 currently on an 11 game win streak! This is the Chronicle of Excheqquer a chronic nonimprover, a static patzer, a languid chess player, an inert blob that stank up the 64 squares, in...
In terms of playing capability, 150 rating points definitely shows a difference, although it's not a huge one. But does it really show a difference in how a game is analyzed? We'll be exploring this in this post. Last time I did this, I compared t...
Week # 3 Day # 2 Rating 1244 +78 I, Excheqquer, an inveterate nonimprover finally decided to put the Chess.com Study plan to the test. These are the Chronicles of my trials. So I am following the Chess.com Study plan, which you can find by learn...
Week # 3 Day # 1 Rating 1244 +78 points I, Excheqquer, an inveterate nonimprover finally decided to put the Chess.com Study plan to the test. These are the Chronicles of my trials. Yesterday I played Europoort. ( you can look at yesterday's blo...
Week # 2 Day # 7 Rating 1239 +73 points I, Excheqquer, an inveterate non improver. decided I would put the chess.com study plan to the test. Well, first off I was informed by Chess.com that in a previous game one of my opponents was found to...
Week # 2 Day # 6 Rating 1229 +63 as I start the day. I, Excheqquer as an inveterate nonimprover decided to put the the Chess.com Study Plan to the test. This is the chronicle of that challenge. I continue to work through Plans for Beginning ...
Week # 2 Day # 5 Rating 1218 +52 I, Excheqquer, as a chronic nonimprover decided to put the Chess.com Study Plan to the test. This is the record of that test. Well, it maybe too early to say the plan is a success, but it sure does look that way...
Week # 2 Day # 4 Rating 1212 +46 points on the plan to start the day I, Excheqquer, am a chronic non improver. Despite doing puzzles, annotating games, doing lessons, I continued to have a static rating. Thus I decided to put the Chess.com Study ...
What is the thought process of players when analyzing games? How do we dissect the game move by move and explain it all? And how much does that process differ by rating? This is what I'll be trying to figure out in this post. I'm new to this topic...
