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This is a great story. Congrats! Good inspiration. I worked fairly consistently on chess this year and saw essentially no rating growth - so good timing for reading this post :)
Thanks so much for sharing your journey. You mentioned that you started using Chessable. How useful did you find it? I noticed that you are using Keep it Simple 1.e4. How useful was the course? Many thanks, Mark
The long haul journey. Shows if you put in the work things will improve. Wonderful to see. Congratulations. I should take a look at my long term history and do a similar write up for the chess community for those who need the inspiration.
This is really inspiring. Thank you for sharing. This goes to show that Chess is a long term investment. If you want to be good, one must be in it for the long haul.
Jul 28, 2022·edited Jul 28, 2022Liked by Martin B. Justesen
Martin, Hi! Thanks for another excellent content. I’ve a question: I’m a real beginner and I’m just playing longer/correspondence games right now (5-10 days). I don’t have much time for chess, and I think lower time control matches (like blitz or bullet) will not help me improving in tactics/ calculation.
Do you think that longer games (online) could help beginners to get experience / train or I should try some “shorter” games too? Thanks!
Jul 26, 2022·edited Jul 26, 2022Liked by Martin B. Justesen
Great newsletter! Thanks for the year-by-year analysis.
One question came to mind. I have chess.com and lichess accounts, but I essentially never play on lichess. What drives you to play on one platform or the other?
From 1400 to 2000 in Blitz on Chess.com - A 10½ Year Journey
This is a great story. Congrats! Good inspiration. I worked fairly consistently on chess this year and saw essentially no rating growth - so good timing for reading this post :)
Thanks so much for sharing your journey. You mentioned that you started using Chessable. How useful did you find it? I noticed that you are using Keep it Simple 1.e4. How useful was the course? Many thanks, Mark
The long haul journey. Shows if you put in the work things will improve. Wonderful to see. Congratulations. I should take a look at my long term history and do a similar write up for the chess community for those who need the inspiration.
This is really inspiring. Thank you for sharing. This goes to show that Chess is a long term investment. If you want to be good, one must be in it for the long haul.
A good read thank you
Martin, Hi! Thanks for another excellent content. I’ve a question: I’m a real beginner and I’m just playing longer/correspondence games right now (5-10 days). I don’t have much time for chess, and I think lower time control matches (like blitz or bullet) will not help me improving in tactics/ calculation.
Do you think that longer games (online) could help beginners to get experience / train or I should try some “shorter” games too? Thanks!
Great newsletter! Thanks for the year-by-year analysis.
One question came to mind. I have chess.com and lichess accounts, but I essentially never play on lichess. What drives you to play on one platform or the other?
Could you post the moves of that last game? Would like to look at it lichess Analyser. ty
Thank you! And yes, rating growth comes at strange times and not always when you expect it. And good luck with your substack :)