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This is an attempt to document my progress towards my target of getting a FIDE rating of 1800 in the next two years, which I guess isn't a terribly high target but one step at a time.
I must have spent litterally hours reading stuff on the internet about "How I became a Class A player or Expert" and have come to the conclusion that alot of it is pure crap. The blogs here have been the exception from this 'rule' as I can actually find some stats to back up what been written here. One favourite example of this is here:
http://www.kmdr.net/improvement.htm
If you take the time to check the USCF rating site his rating never went above 1525! And his FQE rating is currently around 1650, not quite as he states but then again if you read his website then he is some sort of motivational speaker type of person.
I want to discuss two games, one that I am proud of and one which I think sums me up as a player:
[Event "FICS rated standard game"]
[Site "FICS, San Jose, California USA"]
[Date "2006.06.27"]
[Time "15:15:46"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Magicmunky"]
[Black "UNBITABUL"]
[WhiteElo "1633"]
[BlackElo "2042"]
[TimeControl "3600+60"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. exf6 dxc4 8. fxg7 Rg8 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Qxd4 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 Rxg7 13. g3 Bd7 14. Re1 f6 15. Nc3 O-O-O 16. Ne6 Bxe6 17. Rxe6 Rd2 18. Rxf6 Rxc2 19. Rf8+ Kd7 20. Rd1+ Kc6 21. Rf6+ Kc5 22. Rd7 Rxb2 23. Na4+ Kb4 24. Nxb2 c3 25. Rf4+ Ka3 26. Nd3 Nf5 27. Rd5 Kxa2 28. Rb5 a6 29. Ra4# {Black checkmated} 1-0
[Event "FICS rated standard game"]
[Site "FICS, San Jose, California USA"]
[Date "2006.06.24"]
[Time "15:54:50"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Magicmunky"]
[Black "Foyan"]
[WhiteElo "1592"]
[BlackElo "1482"]
[TimeControl "1800+10"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 h6 5. O-O c5 6. Re1 Be7 7. c3 dxc3 8. Nxc3 Nf6 9. Be3 a6 10. Qd2 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Nd5 Nxe4 13. Qc1 O-O 14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. Rxe4 Bg5 16. Nxg5 Qxg5 17. Nf6+ Qxf6 18. Rg4+ Kh8 19. g3 Qf3 {White resigns} 0-1
I will go through these games in the next posts
I must have spent litterally hours reading stuff on the internet about "How I became a Class A player or Expert" and have come to the conclusion that alot of it is pure crap. The blogs here have been the exception from this 'rule' as I can actually find some stats to back up what been written here. One favourite example of this is here:
http://www.kmdr.net/improvement.htm
If you take the time to check the USCF rating site his rating never went above 1525! And his FQE rating is currently around 1650, not quite as he states but then again if you read his website then he is some sort of motivational speaker type of person.
I want to discuss two games, one that I am proud of and one which I think sums me up as a player:
[Event "FICS rated standard game"]
[Site "FICS, San Jose, California USA"]
[Date "2006.06.27"]
[Time "15:15:46"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Magicmunky"]
[Black "UNBITABUL"]
[WhiteElo "1633"]
[BlackElo "2042"]
[TimeControl "3600+60"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. exf6 dxc4 8. fxg7 Rg8 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Qxd4 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 Rxg7 13. g3 Bd7 14. Re1 f6 15. Nc3 O-O-O 16. Ne6 Bxe6 17. Rxe6 Rd2 18. Rxf6 Rxc2 19. Rf8+ Kd7 20. Rd1+ Kc6 21. Rf6+ Kc5 22. Rd7 Rxb2 23. Na4+ Kb4 24. Nxb2 c3 25. Rf4+ Ka3 26. Nd3 Nf5 27. Rd5 Kxa2 28. Rb5 a6 29. Ra4# {Black checkmated} 1-0
[Event "FICS rated standard game"]
[Site "FICS, San Jose, California USA"]
[Date "2006.06.24"]
[Time "15:54:50"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Magicmunky"]
[Black "Foyan"]
[WhiteElo "1592"]
[BlackElo "1482"]
[TimeControl "1800+10"]
[Mode "ICS"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 h6 5. O-O c5 6. Re1 Be7 7. c3 dxc3 8. Nxc3 Nf6 9. Be3 a6 10. Qd2 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Nd5 Nxe4 13. Qc1 O-O 14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. Rxe4 Bg5 16. Nxg5 Qxg5 17. Nf6+ Qxf6 18. Rg4+ Kh8 19. g3 Qf3 {White resigns} 0-1
I will go through these games in the next posts
posted by Dr Munky at 5:17 am
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