An Experiment in Rapid Chess Improvement

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

Tuesday, April 12, 2005

From the Depths of...Houston

A quick post since it is 12:15 a.m. and I'm in Houston on a business trip and I have to leave the hotel for a meeting at 7:30 a.m. tomorrow (er, today). Ouch. Like I said, sleep is for the weak...

Just finished level 50 tonight and was feeling pretty good. The stats:

Level Circle 1 % Circle 2 % Circle 3% Circle 4%
----- ---------- ---------- --------- ---------
10 96% 99% 100% 100%
20 91% 93% 95% 97%
30 74% 80% 87% 93%
40 69% 74% 82% 88%
50 67% 72% 81% 89%
60 55% 64% 75% (in progress)
70 60% 58% 68%
80 57% -- 64%
90+ 55% -- 58%
I was pretty psyched about my level 50 performance. It still took nearly 6 hours total time, but I'll worry about that the next time through. :-)

Thanks again to all the words of encouragement. Knowing you all are rooting for me helps a lot.

Off to bed...

2 Comments:

At 8:59 AM, Blogger David Glickman said...

I haven't actually been there myself, but from friends who have I have heard that it is just a short streetcar ride from Houston to Hell.

 
At 8:54 PM, Blogger fussylizard said...

That about sums it up. Houston does have great restaurants, though...

 

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