I hit 700 today. For anyone reading, I was pretty stagnant in the low 600s until I had the epiphany of playing 15|10 minute games. Since then I've gone 26 - 15 with my best stretch being my current one at 21 - 8. Very happy with my improvement. Even 50+ year olds can get 'serious' about chess late in life and have fun.
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good game! keep at it and you will be 1000 in no time!
Daily tip:
Take notes (lots) and use some of them to annotate your game. Identify mistakes (either side) and any critical positions. Add the calculations/evaluations/pawn structures/tactics/plans/endings. Find other games (from stronger players) and reference preferred continuations.
Thanks for the tips mentioned.
I have to replace the above with my new best game (and win against my strongest opponent yet). One blunder early, but I managed to not throw the game away. btw, I love the Morra Gambit, even if my theoretical knowledge isn't more than superficial.
It started off with a 3.d5! untheoretical , wild and aggressive Italian gambit game with opposite sides castling and then eventually an exchange sacrifice to break open the white king with Rxf3!!! all calculated then after Rh5!!! Qg4 Qxg4!!! started the mating net with the rook , queen and dark-squared bishop where zugzwang was imminent and then of course back rank mate !
I mean, sure, I had some help from my opponent. But generally speaking, I didn't blunder away my advantage like I did previously (I attribute a lot of that to the 15|10 format as opposed to the 10 minute games I started with, and my studying).