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53% in 50 minutes!   Woohoooo!!!!  

I really found this lesson so much easier.  Again, most of the moves I found on my own, including the Qb1 move.  

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Lesson 2 51% in 45:53.   I got most of the moves once the preparation was done.

This lesson was 20 moves or so.  So if you want to take 60 minutes on the whole thing take about 3 minutes a move.

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I finished lesson 2 with 57% in 40:35.  Very interesting.  One thing I'm learning in these lessons is to fully prepare my forces before launching an attack.  I think I'm too often tempted to jump in when I see any tactical advantage, rather than move every piece to its best place before the assault.  I'm also enjoying the strategic advice - for example, in Lesson 2, of avoiding the exchange when you have a space advantage and doing what you can to restrict your opponents mobility.  Very instructive. 

Here's the Lesson 2 summary so far:

Name/ID        Rating     Date-Completed  Time-to-Complete    Score

--------------    ----------       --------------------   ------------------ -------

Groen              1686         1/25/2012                ??? min          52%

shepi13            1523         1/26/2012                ??? min         47%

suzettemy        1535         1/27/2012               50 min           53%

ECHOOooo       1771          1/28/2012              40 min             57%

jjeffrey            1746         1/17/2012               63 min             80%

AdamALonn      1265         1/27/2012               46 min             51%

Kolems             1770         

Constantine73   2050        

johnadamsx23   1326      

Lawdoginator    1906      

audiom101       1594        

royalbishop       ???

CalbaMan          ???

tipsybadger      ???

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Avatar of Constantine73

Lesson 2  ???mins   1/25/12   61%

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80% on lesson two?  I wish.  You accidentally included my lesson ONE score.  I found the second lesson considerably harder, and I think the grading was harsher as well (though I did make a couple of serious blunders).

jjeffrey 1746   1/27/12   45 min    48%

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Here's the Lesson 2 summary so far:

 

Name/ID        Rating     Date-Completed   Time-to-Complete   Score

 

--------------     ----------    ----------------------      -----------------------    --------

 

Groen               1686         1/25/2012              ??? min               52%

 

shepi13            1523          1/26/2012              ??? min               47%

 

suzettemy        1535          1/27/2012              50 min                 53%

 

ECHOOooo     1771          1/28/2012              40 min               57%

 

jjeffrey              1746         1/27/2012               45 min               48%

 

AdamALonn      1265         1/27/2012               46 min              51%

 

Constantine73   2050         1/25/2012              ??? min             61%

 

Kolems              1770        

 

johnadamsx23   1326     

 

Lawdoginator     1906     

 

audiom101        1594       

 

royalbishop        ???

 

CalbaMan           ???

 

tipsybadger       ???

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Avatar of ECHOOooo

I'd like to remind some of the newer members of our group that it's not necessary to start with the 1st exercise in IM Silman's Chess Mentor Strategy course (although everyone is certainly encouraged to do so).   From what I can tell, each lesson of the course is stand-alone, and does not depend on completing previous lessons in the series.  So, feel free to pick up at our current lesson and join in with the rest of our study group at any time.  As you complete the lesson, please respond to this forum with how long it took to complete the lesson, your % score on the lesson, your current chess.com rating, and any comments you might have on the lesson (things you learned, how you plan to apply this knowledge in your own games, etc.).  Most of all, enjoy the journey!

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This is a reminder that we're half way through the 2 week period allocated for Lesson 2.  Please take some time (45 min avg, it appears) this weekend, if you can, to complete the 2nd lesson in our Silman Chess Mentor Strategy Course.  I'd like to see as many as possible complete this lesson before we move to Lesson 3.

Thanks!

ECHOOooo....

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Lesson 3:  91%  in 12:14    

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Here's the final update for lesson 2:

 

 

Name/ID        Rating     Date-Completed   Time-to-Complete   Score

 

--------------     ----------    ----------------------      -----------------------    --------

 

Groen               1686         1/25/2012              ??? min               52%

 

shepi13            1523          1/26/2012              ??? min               47%

 

suzettemy        1535          1/27/2012              50 min                 53%

 

ECHOOooo     1771          1/28/2012              40 min               57%

 

jjeffrey              1746         1/27/2012               45 min               48%

 

AdamALonn      1265         1/27/2012               46 min              51%

 

Constantine73   2050         1/25/2012              ??? min             61%

 

enzoboxer         1252          2/5/2012                4:50                 46%

 

 

Kolems              1770        

 

johnadamsx23   1326     

 

Lawdoginator     1906     

 

audiom101        1594       

 

royalbishop        ???

 

CalbaMan           ???

 

tipsybadger       ???

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And a reminder:  Today we start lesson 3.  Good learning, everyone.

Avatar of Lawdoginator

Wow! That second lesson was very instructive. Tarrasch really squeezed Schlechter. Schlechter was totally defensive and missed his only chance. 

 

45 minutes.  75%.  Then I played through it again.  

Avatar of audiom101

Lesson 2, Time 22:14, 53%

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We had some late reports on lesson 2, so I'll report those scores one last time:

 

Name/ID        Rating     Date-Completed   Time-to-Complete   Score

--------------     ----------    ----------------------      -----------------------    --------

 

Groen               1686         1/25/2012              ??? min               52%

 

shepi13            1523          1/26/2012              ??? min               47%

 

suzettemy        1535          1/27/2012              50 min                 53%

 

ECHOOooo     1771          1/28/2012              40 min               57%

 

jjeffrey              1746         1/27/2012               45 min               48%

 

AdamALonn      1400         1/27/2012               46 min              51%

 

Constantine73   2050         1/25/2012              ??? min             61%

 

enzoboxer         1252          2/5/2012                4:50                 46%

 

Kolems              1770        

 

johnadamsx23   1326     

 

Lawdoginator     1906          2/10/2012             45:00              75%

 

audiom101        1594         2/10/2012              22:14              53%

 

royalbishop        ???

 

CalbaMan           ???

 

tipsybadger       ???

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And here's the start for Lesson 3:

 

Name/ID        Rating     Date-Completed   Time-to-Complete   Score

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enzoboxer     1252         2/10/2012                2:00                  86%

 

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Can it really be that easy?!!

Avatar of suzettemy

Lesson 3:  91%  in 12:14    (I posted this Feb.8)  Aren't we doing one lesson/wk?

Avatar of 4-way_chess_player

Lesson 3 92% in  0:47  If you get the first move, the notes after each move should give you more than enough clues.

Avatar of ECHOOooo

Just to remind everyone, here is the Silman Strategy course that we're studying:

Silman Strategy Course

We've completed Lessons 1 and 2 and this week we'll complete Lesson 3:

Lesson 1:  Botvinnik-Sorokin, USSR 1931        
Lesson 2:  Tarrasch-Schlechter, Leipzig 1894    
Lesson 3:  A variation from Tarrasch-Schlechter, Leipzig 1894

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Summary of scores for Lesson 3:

 

Name/ID        Rating     Date-Completed   Time-to-Complete   Score

--------------     ----------    ----------------------      -----------------------    --------

enzoboxer      1252         2/10/2012              2:00                    86%

suzettemy       1535        2/17/2012             12:14                    91%

AdamALonn    1400        2/18/2012              0:47                    92%

ECHOOooo    1789         2/18/2012              7:02                  100%

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 Note:  If you'd like me to update your rating in future posts, please provide it with your score.  Otherwise, I'll just use the last rating I had for you.  Thanks!

Avatar of Constantine73

Lesson 3    100%  

Avatar of audiom101

lesson 3 89% 3:00

Avatar of shepi13

Lesson 3 91%. I tried a second time and got 99%.