Improving my chess game to the point at which I can be competitive at the 1100+ level has been an unofficial goal for a while. I mean… if Levy Rosman (AKA GothamChess) can create a path for himself to go after the GM title, I can surely follow in his footsteps to finally crest the top of the bell curve.
- Breaking into the 1100 ranking (blitz, 10+0 format) would place me within the top 1.2 million of the registered 5.8 million players on Chess.com currently.
- That is some place close to the top 20% of all of the chess players in the world.
I try not to nerd out too much and I only really play 2-3 games during one sitting. But even that amount of concentration is enough to see small strides in my game. I’m still prone to leaving pieces hanging and to committing to a “tactic” that just loses on the spot to a common sense response.
On occasion you get that ONE game that just goes really, really well. This was not a “you got 10 brilliants by playing like Tal” sort of game. This was just a controlled, capitalizing on the position, taking what the opponent gives you sort of game. And the game review rewarded me with a 98% accuracy score and all exclamations in the “phase map” graphic.
Pretty awesome! Makes the goal seem pretty plausible if I keep focused.
