Road to Ranked - Life as a Beginner

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600 Elo - Chess is Hard

600 Elo - Chess is Hard

Aleay
| Nov 12, 2022
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I've gone up and down in rating over the last week. I was so excited when I reached 644 with, what felt like, very few losses and thought I would be posting about my 700 rating soon. Just to lose some really simple positions and a few queen 'sacri...

500 Elo - The Quest Begins

500 Elo - The Quest Begins

Aleay
| Nov 3, 2022
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Like most people I know, I learned how to play chess as a kid and forgot about it in middle school. What brought me back was, curiously enough, not Beth Harmon but the Pogchamps event. Watching streamers blunder left and right made me wonder how I...

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I became interested in learning how to be good at chess in 2022. I am journaling the process to become a good player.