My Rating Debut
Well, the tournament results were turned in, and while the next rating list has not been published, my yet-to-be published rating will be 1542. I have no idea how my 1478 performance rating from the tournament gets converted into a 1542 provisional rating, but I'm not complaining. I was really hoping to have an initial rating in the 1500s, so I'm pretty psyched.
The club has another 4SS tournament this month, so I'm planning on playing in that. There's two sections, 1800+ and U1800, so obviously I'll be playing in the latter. I've not been playing much this month, so hopefully I won't be too rusty. :-)
I've been doing some work on my opening repertoire (highly classified, of course) but I'm getting close to at least having a vague idea of what to play against most major lines. That's a heck of a lot better than I was doing this time last year, so I am making some progress..
posted by fussylizard @ 5:03 PM
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Hi, I just created a chess blog and posted a couple of my games (I'm an amateur). I'd appreciate if anyone has the time to maybe analyze and leave feedback about my play or my blog. Thanks.
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I'm at 1230 and going nowhere fast. Halp?
Focus on the tactics per the program. Then don't forget to have a good thinking process. In the second ChessCafe article MDLM gives a simple 8-step process for each move. Give it a look. That's where I personally need to focus (and I've gotten a bit rusty on my tactics). I've not played in ages though. :-(
Good luck!
Sounds like you are making progress. Keep it up.
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