Finished Circle 1
I finished Circle 1 on Sunday. I will resist the temptation to do another mini-circle with some of the tougher problems. I got 96 percent correct, which is a little disappointing (the last 100 problems or so really nailed me), but I'll move on and hope I continue to improve. Here is a problem that I missed, which I expect next time I'll solve in three seconds:
In Circle 2, I will do the same 723 problems randomly sorted, i.e., no themes labeled. I expect this to be much more challenging. It really helps when you know the theme is 'Capture the Enemy Queen.'
In Circle 2, I will do the same 723 problems randomly sorted, i.e., no themes labeled. I expect this to be much more challenging. It really helps when you know the theme is 'Capture the Enemy Queen.'
| Circle # | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| Total # | 723 | 723 |
| # Done | 723 | 723 |
| % Correct | 92 | 96 |
NOTE: Circles done with CTB.
posted by Blue Devil Knight at 7/24/2006 02:22:00 PM
7 Comments:
beatiful post Eric!!
sounds like you are on the right track.
me? VERY hard time downloading jpg.files to blogger, my new learning curve. from bloggers help area, know there are ways around this, just all very time consumming...
good job my friend. 96% is damn good. dk
Played my first GPA and was crushed. I am going to try if for a dozen times and take a look at it. See if I like it better than the Keres attack once I understand it.
Good to hear you are giving it a shot, Takchess. Please let us know what you end up doing! Do you think the opening was partly responsible for the loss, or were you comfortable with the first ten or so moves?
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I only know the first 2 moves I want to figure if I can determine the rest over the board. I did win my second GPA but only because I pulled it out in the endgame, I was down a piece so I was lucky.
okay here is my third gpa I am not ashamed of this one. though with proper play I would of been in trouble.
[WhiteElo "1463"]
[BlackElo "1541"]
1. e4 {2} c5 {28} 2. f4 {3} Nc6 {2} 3. Nf3 {5} g6 {23} 4. Nc3 {15} d6 {2} 5.
Bc4 {9} a6 {5} 6. a3 {6} b5 {2} 7. Ba2 {5} Rb8 {12} 8. f5 {38} Bg7 {7} 9. Ng5 {
11} Nh6 {17} 10. O-O {14} O-O {3} 11. fxg6 {23} hxg6 {14} 12. d3 {16} a5 {6}
13. Nf3 {49} Bd7 {72} 14. Nh4 {4} Ne5 {6} 15. d4 {60} Neg4 {21} 16. Nxg6 {20}
Bxd4+ {14} 17. Kh1 {17} Nf2+ {61} 18. Rxf2 {15} Bxf2 {2} 19. Bxh6 {5} Kh7 {47}
20. Qh5 {21} Rg8 {22} 21. Bf8# {(Lag: Av=0.29s, max=0.6s) 18} 1-0
Nice mate. It looks like the white bishop is often in danger of being trapped queenside in the GPA, so a3 is usually a must.
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