09 Dec 06
Originally posted by ChessMachine2004lol my first is the opposite of yours:
In the spirit of the up-coming new year, I decided it might be fun to post your new years chess resolutions. I'll get it started by stating mine.
- Move faster so I don't get into major time-trouble in OTB play.
1. Use my time more effectively otb by taking more time (I tend to end up with huge time advantages but in in some games miss opportunities.
2. More analysis of completed games.
3. In cc stop using databases and the analyse board facility.
09 Dec 06
Originally posted by BedlamWhere did you find a coach and how much does it cost, I ask because I too would be interested
Yes Kasparov does play at playchess a friend of mine asked him if "Did you posion my orange juice" much to the annoyance of the admins there 😛
I tend to play games no shorter than 40 mins the longer the better in my view, I tend to play pretty fast most of the time but some games (those that need more caculation rather than more positional wooing) I reall ...[text shortened]... elf though and he wins most games now although I still do get the odd result here and there 🙂
28 Dec 08
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Originally posted by Helder Octavio1. No OTB... yet;
1. Come back to play OTB tourns;
2. teach my godson (13 years) to play chess better;
3. teach my daughter (8 months) as soon as possible.
2. my godson (User 443535) don´t have the gift to play chess (:'();
3. I hope my daughter (31 months) has the gift of to play chess...
28 Dec 08
Originally posted by ericmittensAlways put school first !!!
-Make 1700 OTB
-Get back to my daily CTS regimen
-Regularly attend the local chess club events (school is always getting in the way of this, I just need to make time.)
Chess is great, but nothing is more rewarding than a good education.
🙂
28 Dec 08
Originally posted by ChessMachine2004I'd better limit myself to only two for 2009:
In the spirit of the up-coming new year, I decided it might be fun to post your new years chess resolutions. I'll get it started by stating mine.
- Move faster so I don't get into major time-trouble in OTB play.
1. Continue to play with my average tournament game load of 10-20 games.
2. Play through all the exercises in my Tactics book by Yasser Seriwan, and all the exercises in My System by Nimzovich 😏