I just managed the 12 hour target this week, with 12 hours 20 minutes. I’ve restarted lessons with GM Damian Lemos after a break, and I’ve (probably) dropped to second place in the Durham City Chess Club championships after drawing my game on Wednesday. I’ll write a report about the club championship once it’s over, as it’s been interesting. Here’s the breakdown:
Monday: 1 hour lesson with GM Lemos and 10 minutes reviewing the material, 2 hours 20 minutes playing a Team 45 45 league game
Tuesday: Nothing recorded
Wednesday: ~3 hours playing a club championship game
Thursday: ~1 hour analysing the club champs game
Friday: 2 hours lesson with FM David Eggleston, 25 minutes playing on ChessCube
Saturday: 2 hours playing and 5 minutes analysing a Team 45 45 league game
Sunday: 20 minutes playing on PlayChess
Term has now finished, but I will be keeping the weekly target at 12 hours for the holidays in an effort to encourage myself to revise. I may even have to set myself an upper weekly limit if it doesn’t happen. 😉
Hi Will.
How does the Scoring work in your club championship?
I’m not sure. I think it could be a Schweizer system (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schweizer_System), but I may be misremembering. It’s similar to a Swiss, but the scoring’s somewhat different – for example, I got around a third of a point for the one round when I had to take a bye.