1875 DWZ rated German player and avid student of chess

This video is so me coded: https://youtu.be/pfG5A5CuCto?si=qP6kSOGYsaoyJM16

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2025 goals (in order):

started year at 2207 LC Rapid and 2116 CC Rapid (both current and peak)
2260 Lichess Rapid (2100 isorating)
2140 chess.com Rapid (2200 isorating)
2310 Lichess Rapid (2200 isorating)
2205 chess.com Rapid (2300 isorating)
2370 Lichess Rapid (2300 isorating)

Plan to achieve these:

Focus on instructional Rapid games, especially 10+5 (max. 2 per day) and 15+10 (max. 1 per day)
Ban on Blitz games until I hit the 2200 isorating goal for that platform, then max. 5 per day
10h/week on tactics, openings, books, and game analysis (NO playing)
use the diamond membership in January (thanks Chessgasms_on_Twitch!)

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2024 goals:

started atintermediate goalreal goalchess.com Rapid19542000 (2024-02-24)2100Lichess Rapid21802200 (2024-03-08)2300puzzles1000 ("Puzzle Veteran")1500DWZ17031750 (2024-05-20)1800 (2024-06-20)chess.com Blitz19041950 (2024-06-03)2000 (2024-07-18)book(s)Tigersprung auf 1500

2024 gallery:

chess.com 2000 Rapid: https://www.chess.com/game/live/102540742793
Lichess 2200 Rapid: https://lichess.org/rQVLQmPt/black#0

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2023 goals: !! Grinding chess HARD in 2023 (starting 2023-04-01) !!

! GOALS !peak--04-01+50+100+150+200Rapid19541737
1800 (-04-08)
1850 (-09-16)1900 (-10-31)1950 (-12-16)Blitz19041683
1750 (-04-23)1800 (-05-23)1850 (-10-24)1900 (-12-15)

bold = achieved

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2022 section:

Best Blitz wins:

Gogogogogogogogo5 (2289) sacrificed both bishops for a "quick mate"
Trophies100 (2193) bongclouded which lost a piece
Aiden1500 (1876) dared to play the Fantasy (:<
MankinPlaz (1856) hung the queen

Best UTT wins:

radjagoeks (2021) blundered mate-in-2
Samiha2000 (1788) blundered mate-in-2
chessknight222 (1866) simply better

Best Rapid wins:

kbkhan91 (1777) I trapped his queen. He was streaming when this happened
JDVictoria (1820) 4 pawns > bishop
kevbot (1825) lol fork

Quick Rapid checkmates:

Craw2706 (1288) 7 moves, Danish Gambit
vinmaszko (1777) 8 moves, Slav Defense (Delayed Mankin Trap)
superaaron14 (1553) Dardanac (1627) 8 moves, Budapest Gambit
tn_1968 (1797) 8 moves, Budapest Gambit
Abdan111 (1725) 11 moves, Slav Denfense (Mankin Trap)
DimitrisL13 (1639) 12 moves, Queen's Gambit Accepted
reckoner09 (1590) 12 moves, Queen Pawn's Opening

Perfect Live tournaments:

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