I hit 900 (Rapid)
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Good job. If you hit plateaus don’t worry, because once it clicks your rating will shoot up. Keep grinding and enjoy the game. 👍
Jan 31, 2025
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Fr3nchToastCrunch wrote:
WHOOP WHOOOOOOOOOOP!!!
I honestly never thought it would happen, but here I am. For the first time in a while, I am very optimistic about my chess future. I've been cooking with gas as of late, and it's really showed in my greatly improved gameplay. I'm far from one of the best, but I'm definitely better than I was before.
I don't know how much longer it'll take until I hit a roadblock again, but I'm going to enjoy this while it lasts.
Good job! If you have the time and are not already doing it, I recommend you a coach (physical, not online) and a few books such as An Amateurs Mind by Silman and some puzzle books like 1001 Deadly Checkmates and John Nun's books. Hope this helps improve your rating! Just to mention, if you can't get any of these, its fine. Doing free puzzles online and learning from there is completely fine as well. It just isn't as good.
Jan 31, 2025
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The biggest problem here is, so many of the supposed (900 to 1,000) are playing at a skill level of 1300 to 1500, but then somehow have a rapid of around 900 to 1,000... Something is very wrong there imo...
Grats ! 
WHOOP WHOOOOOOOOOOP!!!
I honestly never thought it would happen, but here I am. For the first time in a while, I am very optimistic about my chess future. I've been cooking with gas as of late, and it's really showed in my greatly improved gameplay. I'm far from one of the best, but I'm definitely better than I was before.
I don't know how much longer it'll take until I hit a roadblock again, but I'm going to enjoy this while it lasts.