I am going to use this blog as a sort of diary. We'll see how that goes.
Yesterday I watched about a quarter of Lubomir Ftacnic's Chessbase program on 1.Nf3. So far I am liking it very much. He is suggesting lines that cut down on theory without going straight for a dead draw. He seems to be seeking calm waters rather than stormy seas.
I have been going to the chess tactics server practically every day and sometimes a few times a day. My rating is not that great see "anotherpatzer". It is about 1250. And my success rate is about 91%. Apart from a few bugs and glitches that might account for a few of my mistakes I think this is accurate.
I believe these exercises are very good for me. In addition I am going through 1001 tactical exercises for beginners. I misplace this book often and start over at the beginning of the marked page. But I don't care. I'm not going anywhere.
As usual the chess dream is to play an opening that is both enjoyable and successful, be sharp on tactics, accumulate positional advantages, and culminate the game by taking advantage of a tactical oversight by the opponent or grinding out an end game win.
Does this blog need a pretty picture? Think about what you want... Got it? Good.
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