Lack-of-progress report might be a better title for this post, as I’ve done very little chess (~7 hours 10 minutes) over the university exam period. The good news is that my exams are now over, and I have at least three months to dedicate largely to chess. Here’s what I’ve done:
Monday 18th of April: 10 minutes playing on ChessCube, 70 minutes playing a 90 30 game
Tuesday 19th: 60 minutes lesson with Blitz-King
Wednesday 20th: 15 minutes playing on ChessCube
Thursday 21st: 10 minutes playing on ICC, 10 minutes playing on PlayChess
Friday 22nd: 20 minutes playing on ChessCube
Saturday 30th: 10 minutes playing and analysing on ICC
Wednesday 4th of May: 20 minutes preparing for the final round of the Durham City Club Championships, ~2 hours 30 minutes playing and analysing the game
Sunday 8th: 25 minutes playing on ICC (15 minutes with derfel)
Saturday 28th: 15 minutes playing on ChessCube
Sunday 29th: 25 minutes playing on ChessCube
This Friday and Saturday I intend to play in the 1st ICC Open. Another post will follow soon about plans for the summer.
I hope you don’t find this rude, but can I ask why you play so much online chess? Surely, an hour spent studying, say, a Capablanca endgame, or solving tactics/analysing positions, or learning about the strategical aims of an opening etc., would be time better spent than an hour’s online blitz?
Over exam period the point was that studying an endgame isn’t much of a break from studying physics/chemistry, whereas online blitz is pretty good stress-relief. However, I’m sure I play relatively too much online chess at other times too, so over the summer I’ll try to decrease the proportion.
Ah, yes I see. I’d love to see you make GM, so was curious about the online stuff.
Welcome back 🙂 Hope exams went well.