Accomplishments And Celebrations

Also got 600 in bullet

Just hit 1900 Rapid!

Here's the game that got me there:

After 4 months of being in the 1700-1800s, I have finally broken this milestone! Thank you Improvers for helping me achieve this goal!

I'll be now working as hard as ever to get 2000.

I have 1180 in puzzle battle and 1077 in rapid(my peak)

and in chess.com open I beat players that had more rating than me by 800 rating

I hit 1750 today. On to 1800!

Hit 2100 Rapid yesterday. Road to Title continues

I got the Top Blogger award yesterday!

I reached 2500 elo rapid tdy! and im 2500 elo in all format i evn wrote my journey to 2500 i wish i could had post it here lol!

I'm celebrating three consecutive months of playing a Rapid game every day! Holding on to 1000 has been a struggle, but I'm still here. After a couple of losses on time, I made the switch from 10 minutes to 15+10, which has been a game changer. Endgame study has also been particularly productive right now.

As for the second half of my New Year's resolution, studying openings, I've settled on the Scotch as White and the Sicilian as Black vs. e4. D4 has been more of a challenge. At my level, I face a lot more systems than I do Queen's Gambits.

I hit 1300 blitz today!

I got back to 2100 rapid!

Stormed through bullet arena to get 9/9 and 100+ rating points! (1703 now)

Reached 1800 Blitz

Having gone just short of 1900 rapid last month (peak 1895) hopefully another milestone just on the horizon!

I hit 1100 bullet yesterday!

Nice. I had a similar experience after crossing 1900 and then got down to 1750. Now I stabilized around 1850. I noticed my games are mostly decided by simple tactics, as everyone is good at converting now, so I am working on detecting those.

I've just broken 1400 in rapid!!!

In preparation for an upcoming OTB tournament, I've been playing at least 2 rapid games a day this week and managed to gain 60 rating points and break 2100 for the first time! What I've come to realise is, that a lot of people in this rating range still aren't aware of many opening ideas, so as long as you know your stuff well, paired with good positional understanding (I won most games by exploiting my opponent's weaknesses, which led to them succumbing to the pressure) you can climb a lot!

Hey guys!

I crossed 2000 rapid for the first time, with a fantastic game.

What prevented me from breaking 2000 was not particularly my chess knowledge but my own conduct in the games. I used to play impatiently after opening, throwing wins by being careless and resigning too early. I had also given up twice this year.

Watching Sagar Shah (ChessBase India) comment on tournament games unlocked in me a new understanding about the game, the way grandmasters think:

• Center and development are the main goals, along with little tactical tricks to achieve these goals(not to win pawns)
• Move a piece only once, and if it is attacked, first consider moving it forward, bolstering it or another developing move that adds a stronger threat. Move it backwards or sidewards only such that it can re-enter the action
• Play openings which allow you a space and development advantage with no backward moves.
• Once you achieve full development, tactics will exist; if not, consider moving pawns(central or flank) forward to enhance the pressure
• Lastly, PATIENCE, if your opponent plays center and development as well you can not win immediately. Just sit tight and don't ruin the position.

You can see these things happening in all grandmaster games(up until World Champion level). I have added a couple of games that inspired me

Ding Liren vs Gukesh - Power of center, development and forward moves

https://youtu.be/-aYnrKI3hE0?si=xjrAtbbRvJ4hFCPY

Nihal Sarin vs Zhu Jiner - Great display of patience to convert an advantage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4a2LcP0Kk8

Watching grandmasters struggling, being clueless and losing to such straighforward chess proved to me how strong these basic ideas are.

I completely forgot to mention that I hit 1800 rapid a few days ago! I started the year at 1700, so I'm halfway there to my 1st rapid goal, 1900! I feel like I'm playing a lot better now and I've started to play more and watch some content so that I can learn whilst having fun! Can't wait to get to 1900 and onwards to my other rapid goal, 2050!

I reached 1950 bullet! My goal for the year was 2000 or higher so I think I have a good chance of reaching it