tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3192113584757325016.post7048891644440004900..comments2023-12-07T03:12:47.504-08:00Comments on Pawn to Rook 4: Year 1 recap. 700 points in 365 days.SilentKnighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17050951919945684210noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3192113584757325016.post-83800172662363578572015-06-20T13:33:16.857-07:002015-06-20T13:33:16.857-07:00liarliarAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3192113584757325016.post-45764121014586301562015-06-09T16:26:00.581-07:002015-06-09T16:26:00.581-07:00lollolSilentKnighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17050951919945684210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3192113584757325016.post-33981095544830147722015-06-09T16:20:37.631-07:002015-06-09T16:20:37.631-07:00I doesn't beleves you make so grate prograss a...I doesn't beleves you make so grate prograss and is adult. What yor name is? ...I will to look it up. You are child or tean not adult. Cant be to tell if zis is yor graf or no.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3192113584757325016.post-34377945739944806092015-04-07T11:17:23.538-07:002015-04-07T11:17:23.538-07:00My point was that, if you had played tournaments o...My point was that, if you had played tournaments over the time, your rating would have relaxed as any residual knowledge integrated. The fact that much of what a human learning takes place after the educating process, in a consolidation and integration process, is important in claiming to have gained 700 points in one year. It simply isn't clear how much strength was actually gained over the course of this one year. It may have been only a couple of hundred points. There's no way to tell.<br /><br />When I take up playing tournaments again this year, I'll hardly be able to say that all of the rating points I earn during this calendar year will be due what I am doing over this past year and the year to come. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3192113584757325016.post-4335269226016241712015-03-31T10:39:04.438-07:002015-03-31T10:39:04.438-07:00I didn't start playing chess until I was 16. ...I didn't start playing chess until I was 16. <br /><br />After a year of playing chess in HS, my rating was 1050. I played no more chess from there until I was 20 and tried to make a comeback after reading over the Alburt book. My rating after 10 more games across 2 tournaments dropped me another 40 points. 2 of my losses were to players rated under 750. I also drew a 600. I'm shocked at just how terrible I was back then since I didn't remember the details of my games. I kept most of my score sheets for a really long time then one day decided to toss them all since I figured I had no use for them. I can only imagine what those games looked like.<br /><br />I didn't play chess again for another 16 years, which is right about where this blog picks up.<br /><br />About a month before I figured out what my training program was going to be, I played a single standard rated game on chess.com. I dropped a pawn before move 10. Not a huge sample of games, but that's exactly where my chess was at 20. I've been meaning to post that game for a while and maybe now is a good time for it.<br /><br />There's no telling what may have happened if I had randomly played in a few tournaments 5 years ago, but I have no reason to expect different results.SilentKnighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17050951919945684210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3192113584757325016.post-40053593445169911302015-03-31T10:08:44.458-07:002015-03-31T10:08:44.458-07:00I hate having to take you down a notch, but I abso...I hate having to take you down a notch, but I absolutely feel I must. There is a big difference between someone who played chess prior to the 18-21 range and someone who begins playing afterward. To lump all "adult learning" into one bag is to completely miss the fact that the brain of a youth may have knowledge that has not been integrated, but that is integrated by the time you returned to chess. I have seen this with children who played chess between 6-9, then resume playing at 16. The seeds for the neural pathways had already been sown, so, while Micky was only 885 USCF when he stopped playing at 9, it should be no surprise that 1 month after picking the game back up at 16 that he moved his rating to 1350 after two or three tournaments. High-functioning autists are known to have delays in knowledge integration, similar to that of youths, despite being adults.<br /><br />In sum, there is no way to be sure how much the post hoc knowledge integration effected your rating increase over the course of that year. I would imagine that your hard work contributed a majority of the points you earned during the year, even if only a slight majority, but, regardless, I think it is difficult to say how many points of strength were truly earned in that year without occasional random USCF tournaments prior.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08426614529062139898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3192113584757325016.post-83810600293517193302015-02-03T16:37:42.198-08:002015-02-03T16:37:42.198-08:00It is a really nice achievement! :) Well done Sil...It is a really nice achievement! :) Well done SilentKnight!<br /><br />What I found quite shocking was this one --> "1,162 annotated master games". I have played chess since 1997 and I have read/studied just about 80 annotated games so far. Of course studying (replaying) such games should give you the whole picture how the game is conducted.<br /><br />Looking forward to your second year! If you achieve 2000 in 2 years time (from 1000 level) it will be remarkable :). Good luck!Tomaszhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09690570865003924020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3192113584757325016.post-27350099981926771242015-01-28T06:19:35.258-08:002015-01-28T06:19:35.258-08:00well I'm very impressed! and.. encouraged.
f...well I'm very impressed! and.. encouraged.<br /><br />from everything I've read, I was find Dan Heisman's advice on improvement- very persuasive and comprehensive. and I'm happy to hear someone chime in with OTB results on his advice.<br /><br />I appreciate the endorsement...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03801353514449135462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3192113584757325016.post-61700893174250683192015-01-27T14:59:09.991-08:002015-01-27T14:59:09.991-08:00Great job on your last year. Looking ahead, don...Great job on your last year. Looking ahead, don't get discouraged if you plateau for a while, it's bound to happen eventually. Also glad to see you've got the "taking breaks" part built in as well, that'll help avoid burnout - the bane of chess bloggers.ChessAdminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02231584333139931889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3192113584757325016.post-67859407623416195402015-01-27T08:46:36.850-08:002015-01-27T08:46:36.850-08:00Super! Really super. Wish you a continued success,...Super! Really super. Wish you a continued success, I am hoping that you will become an expert in 2015. SVChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01519988058952350513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3192113584757325016.post-5644885162815183932015-01-26T13:15:18.974-08:002015-01-26T13:15:18.974-08:00Fantastic result and great summary as well !
I wi...Fantastic result and great summary as well !<br /><br />I wish you the very best for your 2nd year :-)Laurent Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05371507031711622435noreply@blogger.com