An Experiment in Rapid Chess Improvement

Record of my experience in undertaking Michael de la Maza's "Rapid Chess Improvement" program.

Friday, April 22, 2005

Caissa Smiles

A quick update: Caissa smiled upon me last night and her blessing- along with staying up until 1:30 a.m.- allowed me to complete day three of four in Circle Five on schedule. The stats:

Level 1 % 2 % 3 % 4 % 5 %
----- --- --- ---- ---- ----
10 96% 99% 100% 100% 100%
20 91% 93% 95% 97% 98%
30 74% 80% 87% 93% 96%
40 69% 74% 82% 88% 95%
50 67% 72% 81% 89% 90%
60 55% 64% 75% 83% 93%
70 60% 58% 68% -- (in progress)
80 57% -- 64% --
90+ 55% -- 58% --
I barely squeaked by an improvement in level 50, but I saw a nice +10% jump in level 60- woohoo! I guess I have gotten over my mental block on level 60. The times:

Circle 5 Time

Level Avg. Time per Problem
----- ---------------------
10 17.5 seconds
20 30.2 seconds
30 53.8 seconds
40 58.2 seconds
50 89.1 seconds
60 86.4 seconds
70 (in progress)
80
90+
I'm still a little slower than I'd like to be, but since sleep is optional I am squeaking by. Making that 9 a.m. meeting this morning was a bit rough. :-)

Wish me luck as I attempt to complete Circle 5 tonight. Since I've only gone through all the level 70+ problems 3 times (since I didn't finish them on circles two and four) I think I will stop around midnight regardless of how many I have left. Unless of course I'm close... :-)

The final assault on circles six and seven starts tomorrow. Onward fellow knights! For Caissa!

3 Comments:

At 2:24 PM, Blogger Blue Devil Knight said...

Looks like you've been working your arse off. Impressive feat so far!

GO GO GO GO !!!

 
At 5:19 PM, Blogger Temposchlucker said...

The figures are really impressive!

 
At 7:01 AM, Blogger Don Q. said...

Smell that! It's the barn. Open her up and run. Way to stick it out!

 

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