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30 day tactics blitz: August 2005
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30 day tactics blitz. 500 tactics 5 times in 30 days. Wednesday, August 31, 2005. If I'm going to do this, then there should be a goal in mind at the end. otherwise how can I measure if it was a success or a failure? So the goals I've choosen are:. 1 Higher performance rating than in my previous tournament. 2 Higher percentage result than in my previous tournament. 3 Higher position than in my previous tournament. This means I am aiming for:. 1 Performance rating higher: was 1473. 1473, 2=4 -0, 4/6.
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30 day tactics blitz: September 2005
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30 day tactics blitz. 500 tactics 5 times in 30 days. Sunday, September 04, 2005. Circle 1: 500/500 completed, 458/500 correct = 91.6%. Circle 2: 500/500 completed, 482/500 correct = 96.4%. Circle 3: 500/500 completed, 475/500 correct = 95.0%. Circle 4: 500/500 completed, 483/500 correct = 96.6%. Circle 5: 500/500 completed, 485/500 correct = 97.0%. Didnt start day 1 until 9pm, got first one wrong! Didnt start day 2 until 10pm, but got 23/25 anyway. Day 3: 20/25, day 4: 23/25, day 5: 23/25. Day 17: 24/25...
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30 day tactics blitz: October 2005
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30 day tactics blitz. 500 tactics 5 times in 30 days. Friday, October 21, 2005. Score 3/6: 2 wins, 2 draws, 2 losses. Not a good result. Round 1: Easy win over unrated junior. They really should be put in a seperate sub tournament! I had black, so for my remaining 5 real games, I should get 3 whites which is good. Round 4: White against another unrated opponent in rd 4. This time its some guy who has just moved here from England, and he is quite good I think. A long hard game where I again had to...In th...
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30 day tactics blitz: March 2006
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30 day tactics blitz. 500 tactics 5 times in 30 days. Monday, March 06, 2006. First 2006 tourney :). Finally the first tourney of 2006 approaches and is now just one month away, so its time to dive back into the intensive tactics blitz ;) I have been spending most of my training time on studying chess openings using the very useful Bookup software. So, one month to improve my tactics, and I will again follow the same intensive method I used last time. Time to get to work! Posted by Smith-Morra at 10:59 PM.
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30 day tactics blitz: February 2006
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30 day tactics blitz. 500 tactics 5 times in 30 days. Thursday, February 02, 2006. IM Herman van Riemsdjik vs Smith-Morra fanatic. After playing at the 2006 Queenstown Class Classic. IM Herman van Riemsdijk gave a simul, which I was lucky to play in . here is what happened:. Date "2006.01.30"]. White "IM van Riemsdjik, Herman"]. Black "Smith Morra fanatic"]. 1 e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. h4 h5 7. Ng3 Nf6 21. hxg6 Ng4. Finally I try to get active! 22 gxf7 Rxf7 23. Qe1 Rf2? 7 exf5 gxf5...
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30 day tactics blitz: April 2006
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30 day tactics blitz. 500 tactics 5 times in 30 days. Tuesday, April 11, 2006. Unfortunately, something has come up and I've had to withdrawn from the tournament. Next tourney will be in early May. In an unrated club rapid tourney I scored 4/6, losing only to a 2200 and a 2100 player. Posted by Smith-Morra at 3:28 PM. View my complete profile. Software, DVDs, Databases. First 2006 tourney :). IM Herman van Riemsdjik vs Smith-Morra fanatic. IM Gary Lane vs Smith-Morra fanatic. Rating list finally in.
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30 day tactics blitz: December 2005
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30 day tactics blitz. 500 tactics 5 times in 30 days. Monday, December 05, 2005. Rating list finally in. 1 month late, but its good news: I've gained 72 rating points for a new all time highest rating . but its still just a few points short of 1500, hopefully I can make it in the next rating period :). Posted by Smith-Morra at 9:11 PM. View my complete profile. Software, DVDs, Databases. First 2006 tourney :). IM Herman van Riemsdjik vs Smith-Morra fanatic. IM Gary Lane vs Smith-Morra fanatic. Goals, pt 2.
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A Dragon´s Quest: July 2005
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A Dragon s Quest. A chessplayers quest for the Holy Grail. Thursday, July 21, 2005. Day 27, Tactics, tactics. Problems soved so far:. Problems solved at level 30 with a 71%. Posted by SilverDragon at 1:53 PM. Wednesday, July 20, 2005. Day 26, Alive and kicking again. Thank you for all the support. It was greatly appreciated. Posted by SilverDragon at 5:09 PM. Sunday, July 17, 2005. Day 23, Tired. Posted by SilverDragon at 7:31 AM. Wednesday, July 13, 2005. Day 19, The Final Plan. I have decided to study ...
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Online Chess Blog - All about Chess
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Thursday, September 29, 2005. I came across a new semi-monthly e-zine Chess Chronicle. That is delivered in Adobe Acrobat pdf file format and at around 40 pages, each issue is full of theoretical analysis, opening survey, chess. Novelties and well annotated games, instructive theories by Grandmasters. Do download and check out the sample issue on their site. Technorati Tags: Chess Chronicle. Blogs linking to this article. Links to this post. Saturday, September 17, 2005. I am enjoying playing Chess.
