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I have just broken into the 1500s if you wish to have a few games and see what the difference is between us. might help?
Lichess ratings are usually higher than chess.com anyway, anywhere from 2 to 400 rating difference owing to there being more people on chess.com, and so the pool is higher
Harry,
I wouldn't mind a game with you at some point. Maybe next week.
Always a good chance to learn.
End of week 1:
Ratings:
-Blitz: 1271 (Up from 1257)
-Rapid: 1273 (Up from 1207)
-Daily: 1263 (Up from 1235. Only Finished one game.)
In the Yusupov chapter 1 test, I scored 13 out of 16.
Overall, not a bad 1st week.
Start of week 3:
I was pretty busy this week, so I didn't get to do Yusupov or all the rapid games.
Ratings:
-Blitz: 1256 (I got frustrated during one of my games, then I lost the next few. I did score 11.5 of 19 in the Autumn Marathon on Lichess.)
-Rapid: 1311
-Daily: 1357 (Had a solid win after a marathon game.)
Carrying on!
Week 3 here we go.
Start of week 4:
Pretty good week. Nothing special in my games but felt decent overall. I feel that I keep improving in my tactics through the puzzles and Yusupov.
-Blitz: 1272
-Rapid: 1359 (Still improving.)
-Daily: 1461
Week 4 is on!
I had to pause for a couple days but week 5 is now.
I had a decent week 4. I broke a couple barriers I am happy with. Didn't get to play any rapids games though.
-Blitz 1308 (Keep improving here.)
-Rapid 1359 (Nothing new here)
-Daily 1516 (Broke into 1500!)
This is one of my daily games. I know I missed some things early on, but I was happy I found all the possible mating sequences after Kg8.
I haven't updated in a while!
I increased in Blitz to nearly 1350, but I have recently made some seriously terrible blunders.
Blitz: 1307 (The game below is blitz.)
Rapid: 1357 (Just a couple games.)
Daily: 1510
I got my puzzle rating up to 1800 yesterday (up from 1540 when I started).
I will be doing Yusupov chapter 3 this week.
Here is one of my recent blitz games. I was happy with the finish.
I just played in a 7 round swiss tournament (5 minute blitz) in the 1200 to 1499 rating range.
I scored 4.5 out of 7 with a performance rating of 1483!
Some highlights from the tournament:
Game 1: Loss on time in a winning position.
After blundering an exchange, I was able to build up pressure with my knights to win the exchange back in addition to a couple pawns. Unfortunately, I lost on time in the rook endgame.
Game two: Win by checkmate
After starting off fine, I missed pushing e5 on several occasions that put me into a worse position. During my semi-haphazard attack, I missed f5 several times as well. Eventually, my opponent blundered into mate.
While watching one of the final games of the tournament, I saw the engine go crazy in this position. White just moved his king to h2; black can draw. Crazy position!
At any rate, a fun tournament!
Dec 5, 2020
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Nice result in the tournament. I really liked that attack against tigerclaw2011 and the way you cut off his king's escape route.
End of week 7:
- Blitz: 1349 (Two solid tournaments recently. I peaked at 1361.)
- Rapid: 1357
- Daily: 1598 (Several solid games lately.)
- Puzzles: 1833
In Yusupov chapter 3, I scored 19 out of 31 (Passing score but not great). It was really challenging for me. I'm not great at turning opening development into a continued initiative for an attack.
This is one of my recent daily games. I was proud of Ng5.
Middle of week 8 update:
- Blitz 1375 (current peak)
- Rapid 1375
- Daily 1667 (Really happy with the improvement here.)
- Puzzles 1968
Yusupov chapter 4 test: 19 of 22 (I enjoy king and pawn endgames.) Exercise 4-7 is a concept I've not learned yet. I believe I missed something like that in a recent game.
This is from a recent blitz game. Mostly solid attack ending the game because my opponent got side tracked.
Week 1 Day 1
Ratings:
-Blitz: 1257 ( I think this is low, because my lichess rating is 1609.)
-Rapid: 1207 (My lichess rating is 1721.)
-Daily: 1235 (Provisional: only two games)
Starting my daily games and rapid games today. looking forward to it. I'd like to break into 1500 by the end of this plan.