Introduce Yourself and Your Goals!

Hi all. I am Mike. I live in Japan. My goal is to get to 1000 in rapid.

Hi, I'm codenamelasker and I'm in my 20s. People say it's harder to learn to play chess when you're an adult, but I'm not going to let that stand in my way. :)

I'm in the 600 ELO range and I confess that the journey so far has been a bit frustrating because I haven't made much progress studying on my own. Now that this club exists I feel more motivated to reach 1000 ELO rapid in 2025.

Improving in blitz is also important to me, as it exercises my ability to play under pressure due to the reduced time and I currently struggle a lot with this.

Hi everyone, I'm Gabo from Mexico. I learned how to play chess as a kid but never took it seriously until about 3 years ago. Ever since, I've engaged in this world and developed a passion for it.

I'm currently at my peak rating of 1384 rapid and my goal for this year is to reach 1800. I know it's a lot but with hard work and dedication anything is possible. I look forward to reading about everyone's accomplishments, best of luck to all !

Hi,

Puzzle Targets:
35 in 3min Rush
40 in 5min Rush
50 in Survival Rush
1500 in Puzzle Battle
2800 in Puzzles

Finish the 3 courses I bought & stopped after 20% completion😐

I’m Chetan from USA and I’ve been playing chess on chess.com for 1-2 years. My goal is to increase 500-750 rating this year. That is a lot of rating, but I’m only 1055 now. I have many friends who play OTB tournaments, but I haven’’t played and personally. Their rating is pretty good, 1700-1800. I get tips from them, but wanted more. This club will help me get better from tips from much higher rated players. Thanks!

Hi am the same age as my friend and have been playing chess for around 2 years. By blitz goal for 2025 is 1500, and my rapid goal is 1300. Finally I am hoping to get 1900 in bullet. But I can't improve significantly without having any resources like courses or a coach. Can anyone help me? Thanks!

I made a video for my 2025 goals and 2024 recap: https://youtu.be/I4jhPGJ-SXM

Hey everybody! I used to play chess quite a bit over 25 years ago. I competed in some OTB classical time control events and established a 1640 USCF rating. At that time, I also played quite of blitz and bulletI on ICC. I recently decided to start playing again and Chess.com seems a great place to restart my quest to get back to form.
I just started playing some blitz and rapid arenas, which have been good fun. This year I hope to focus on improving my opening repertoire, online blitz rating and minimize the epic blunders that tank my games. Good luck to all in your improvement journey!

Blake

Hello everyone, I am Arnab from India. I started playing chess 2 years ago. Currently my rating is around 1400. My goal is to become 1800 chess.com and 1200 Fide by the end of this year.

Hello guys i am Curtis Lesure. My goal for the coming year is to get my ELO to 1300. i want to learn to study more deeply and find places i can play over the board.

Hello,

A dream of mine would be to live of chess either by working for chess.com, chessable or any company around chess. Either as a coach, web developer or anything.

Regarding chess, I would very like to win an amateur tournament or simply to feel a deeper understanding of the game. 2200 on rapid would be a major milestone for me.

I am Tapas from India. My current chess.com rating is around 2100 and my goal is to reach 2300 . Thank you. Am 32 years old.

hey my names tinashe i played chess here and there growing up but really got serious a year ago. so i've been playin for the past 2yrs i really hope to get a 1200 rating in rapid, maybe 900 in blitz and bullet and 10000 for puzzles. favorite opening is d4

Hi everyone!! I am from NZ, and I started playing chess last year. My goal is to increase my rapid rating to 800 this year. My favourite piece is the knight because it moves so differently than the other pieces. That's all I have to say but good luck with your chess goals! 😄

Hi! My name is Laurits, I’m thirteen and I’m from Estonia. I started playing chess when I was five. Stopped playing for a couple of years, and now I’m back into it. I got my official FIDE rating in December - it’s 1400 - and I want to improve a lot this year. I’d like to learn new openings, master endgames and have a much better tactical understanding. This improvement challenge looked like the perfect opportunity, and I wish a wonderful year to all participants!

hello, i'm Victor from Nigeria and i've made it a goal to improve my elo this year and become a better player. i hope this club helps me achieve my goals. chess is exciting and i hope to be an exciting player.

Hi every one, i'm Haftom.I start playing chess two week before I start playing on chess.com,in those weeks i had a game with my friends on our school he was good enough to defeat me.and when I want home i searched for chess videos and suddenly I hear chess.com and it was Apr 7 2024 and i start playing with 400 rating on rapid and play a lot and my rating lower down to 200-250 i was only trying to won the game on time that was the only way to me.then i played for 6 months daily almost 3200 games and watch same videos then my rating goes up to 1507 rating rapid and able to defeat my classmates one by one.but i did continue my progress due to my education for 2 months.but now i think i am ready for my improvement and my goal is to reach 2100 rating rapid and 1800-2000 rating blitz .

i do not offer money for training because i don't have any i am student.but i try to improve through online videos and by solving puzzles.

i hope everyone of you to reach your goals.

check my account if it helps you

Hello everyone, my name is Adam and I'm an improving player. I used to play chess on this account 2 years ago but I was never any good (I got lucky and got really high on bullet but I didn't play that much games so it wasn't really accurate) and my rapid and blitz rating was about 350. I came back in the start of September after getting some books and now magically I'm way better, and just 8 days ago I reached 1200 elo for the first time. My goal is 1700 rapid, which might be difficult, but at the rate of progress I've been doing I think it should be possible.

Also I play piano so ye

Hi everyone, My name is Ryan and the last few years i got back into chess and started really enjoying it again and recently hit 1300 in rapid. I recently became a dad and have only now found time again to start my chess Journey to try and improve as much as possible. My goal is to try and hit 1600 by the end of this year, and also when my kid is old enough hopefully get them into chess.

Hello Everyone my name is David and I have been playing chess for nearly 50 years! I got really hoked watching the Master Game on the BBC where GM's played games and then recorded their thoughts afterwards. The following year was the Baguio City World chess championship Karpov v Korchnoi which was fascinating with all the events off and on the board.

I am not a good player but I keep going and try to learn more. My goal is to try and become more consistent in chess and get my rating up a little in OTB to show that I do know what I am doing. At the moment I can battle and draw against up to 2100 players and the next day lose to a 1500. If I can stop that happening I will be happy.

I wish everyone well on this years journey.