I love playing chess. But I'm not the best. In my defense, I haven't really played regularly since high school, and that was over 13 years ago. But I started playing again last week on chess.com, and I am absolutely loving it. I thought that tracking my journey from beginner to wherever I end up would be interesting on two levels, both for giving me a way to track my own progress and learn, and to provide a blueprint of sorts for those who wish to learn the game and become better at it themselves.
If you're looking for expert advice on how to perfect your game, this is not the blog for you. Not yet, anyway. I currently am well under 900 rating in both standard and blitz games, with my standard game about 250 points higher than blitz. So I'm far from an expert. But I hope to be one in the next few years. Did you know some people make a living playing chess? I had no idea until a few days ago. This would be really cool, and while it's probably extremely stupid to bank my family's future on me bringing home a regular paycheck from chess, it would be amazing to say that I am that good.
So this blog is geared more toward those who are not very good at the game, but have lofty ambitions. I will be posting regularly here tracking my progress and documenting the improvements and setbacks that I experience. Hopefully this will be a learning experience for both of us and we can realize our dreams of kicking butt in the Royal Game. Good luck!
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