IM Silman Chess Mentor Study Group
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Feb 23, 2012
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#61
I just realized that today was the last day for our scheduled completion of Lesson 3. On Friday, we start Lesson 4. I'll post the final Lesson 3 summary tomorrow evening.
Feb 25, 2012
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#62
Summary of scores for Lesson 3:
Date Time To
Name/ID Rating Completed Complete Score
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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%
Constantine73 2050 2/19/2012 ?:?? 100%
audiom101 1594 2/20/2012 3:00 89%
shepi13 1523 2/20/2012 ?:?? 99%
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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!
Good luck on Lesson 4, which started yesterday. We'll move to Lesson 5 in 2 weeks.
lesson 4 results:
71% and 9 min.
i'm a 1253...
completed 2/25/2012
Rating update 1233
Mar 1, 2012
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#69
Summary of scores for Lesson 4 :
Date Time To
Name/ID Rating Completed Complete Score
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Chessking47 1233 2/25/2012 9:00 71%
Constantine73 2020 2/25/2012 19:50 77%
AdamALonn 1437 2/26/2012 11:21 67%
shepi13 1642 2/26/2012 3:21 69%
enzoboxer 1260 2/28/2012 5:31 71%
suzettemy 1535 3/01/2012 14:16 53%
ECHOOooo 1801 3/04/2012 18:28 63%
audiom101 1594
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I found the 1st move of this exercise to be particularly difficult. I think (no, I'm certain) I would not have considered this move in a real game. The thing I like about these exercises is that each one teaches me something about how to handle particular situations I'm sure to encounter OTB one day. I hope I can remember the lesson when that time comes!
Newer members: You can jump into our study group at any time. Each lesson is stand-alone -- there's no need to do them in any particular order. So, just pick up with the current lesson (Lesson 4 ). Feel free to work through any of the earlier lessons at your leisure.
Mar 10, 2012
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#70
Today we start Lesson 5 of IM Silman's Chess Mentor Strategy (1) course (click the Lesson 5 link to go directly to the lesson, or the Chess Mentor Strategy link to see the complete list of lessons for this course.
As before, please reply to this forum with your score, time to complete, online chess rating, and any comments you may have about the lesson (what you learned, how you liked it, but no spoilers). And, again, new members are encouraged to jump in any time, with the current lesson.
Have fun,
ECHOOooo......
83%, completed today, 0:54
Lesson 5 96% in 5:57
Really only one move that tripped me up. I think have seen this game or one similar to it before.
Lesson 5 88% 07:53 Rating 1855
new participant
Mar 24, 2012
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#75
New participant too. I had trouble with the rook move back to A1.
Lesson 5
88%/9:46/1850
Mar 25, 2012
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#76
I finished with 87% in 17:51. I really liked this lesson. Later this afternoon, I'll summarize our scores for this one and kick off Lesson 6. At that time, I'll also post the full game score for the game used in lesson 5 as I'd like to play through the game to see how Fischer got into the starting position for the lesson. So...if you want to complete this one before we move on, please do so soon. This is your spoiler alert warning.
Mar 25, 2012
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#77
I must say that I am sure I have already played thru this game as some of the positions where "familiar" I had trouble with the tower movement too, as usual a positional move!
Mar 25, 2012
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#78
Rather than post the PGN and spoil future participants, I'll just post a link to the game on chess games.com. Here it is: Fischer-Giada 1960
Mar 25, 2012
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#79
Summary of scores for Lesson 5:
Date Time To
Name/ID Rating Completed Complete Score
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enzoboxer 1316 3/10/2012 5:07 84%
Chessking47 1220 3/11/2012 0:54 83%
AdamALonn 1596 3/15/2012 5:57 96%
robredwine 1855 3/24/2012 7:53 88%
gfollana 1866 3/24/2012 14:22 85%
digitalknight 1850 3/24/2012 9:46 88%
ECHOOooo 1794 3/25/2012 17:51 87%
suzettemy 1535 4/??/2012 23:52 87%
Constantine73 2050
audiom101 1594
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Next up is Lesson 6: Petrosian-Najdorf, Bled 1961
Although we're moving on to Lesson 6, if anyone who didn't get a chance to do Lesson 5, feel free to do it first and report your scores. I'll post a final update if there are any late changes.
Also, as a reminder to new members, feel free to jump in at any time with the current lesson. Each lesson is stand-alone, and does not depend in any way on completing any previous lesson in this series. So join in whereever we happen to be (currently, Lesson 6).
ECHOOooo.....
