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Alec Nicol

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ECF rating: 1803
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Member since May 26, 2016

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Time spent playing: 216 days 1 hour 47 minutes

Time on TV: 15 days 1 hour 33 minutes

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Activity51,356 games

11 wins1 draw1 loss
Played 13 Classical games226728
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Played 3 Rapid games215211
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Played 1 Bullet game176510
Competed in 1 tournament
Ranked #436 (top 98%) with 1 game in Hourly Bullet Arena

4 wins1 loss
Played 5 Classical games22956
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Played 2 Rapid games214110
1 win1 loss
Played 2 Bullet games17751
Played 12 moves in 1 correspondence game
Game vs Sofia-Mary (2013?)
Completed 1 correspondence game1 draw
Draw vs Sofia-Mary (2013?)
Competed in 1 tournament
Ranked #245 (top 66%) with 1 game in Hourly Bullet Arena

3 wins2 draws2 losses
Played 7 Rapid games213114
1 win
Played 1 Blitz game19914
Posted 11 messages in Effective training methods - doing tactics
Thanks for the praise pokerram. @SamuelSilver said in #43: > But, it didn't show in my OTB strength (about 1700 FIDE) We…
To fail puzzles is allowed. Indeed, "we learn from our mistakes". Sound familiar? It is less exhausting, less torturous,…
@SamuelSilver said in #47: > I train both slow ye skip that. read my thought: where you calculate more? in one 90 minute…
what is calculation? what is visualization skill? Now: where is the difference in you vizualization if you look at somet…
I mean, read pokkerram, understand what I wrote, get rid of the "idea" that training must be frustrating, and you are no…
@SamuelSilver said in #53: > you are telling me that I am doing it all wrong yes, correct. You do it wrong, and actually…
@SamuelSilver said in #55: > I have already improved a lot A bit surpising to me, considering how you train, but that do…
hm, half of the time you spend on easier tactics, so ... thats at least something. Do you filter for tags such as "mate …
Im Asperger, maybe that explains what is putting you off. I have not the capacity to asses "tone". late night my wife ca…
(and, maybe I am not fully aware how you train. I mainly picked up you do difficult puzzles, often up to 90 minutes, no …
I think that tactics become less important when you are above 2000 elo level. They are important, sure, but most tactics…
Played 1 move in 1 correspondence game
Game vs Sofia-Mary (2013?)
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melani2000
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pokerram

6 wins1 draw
Played 7 Rapid games214513
1 win2 losses
Played 3 Bullet games17741
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Played 2 Blitz games198712
Played 3 moves in 1 correspondence game
Game vs Sofia-Mary (2013?)
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Sofia-Mary

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Played 3 Rapid games213225
Played 3 moves in 1 correspondence game
Game vs Sofia-Mary (2013?)
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davidnore, chiaze

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Played 2 Rapid games215710
Posted 5 messages in Effective training methods - doing tactics
@Munich said in #12: > here a good page with describing typical tactical motives. > > But there are 2 kinds of knowledge…
Indeed the caro kann variation you play is statistically strongest @gpa150chess said in #22: > I also played 1.e4 c6 2.N…
P.S. a lot of players mess up after 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4, most common weak move are 2...Nf6 or 2...dxc4, both terrible choices,…
@LiamJoseph2011 said in #28: > Because how often do basic tactics occur in 2200+ games? I said this already: very often.…
Edit: i did not remember the exact rating ranges correctly. sorry. Here the correct bell-curve: https://old.chesstempo.c…
Posted 1 message in How to make your chess training effective
maybe see this thread: https://lichess.org/forum/community-blog-discussions/ublog-5tyH0JJg?page=3#22
Played 5 moves in 2 correspondence games
Game vs Sofia-Mary (2013?)
Game vs Sofia-Mary (2013?)
Completed 1 correspondence game1 draw
Draw vs Sofia-Mary (2013?)
Gained 1 new follower
pionGris

7 wins2 losses
Solved 9 tactical puzzles2417135
1 win
Played 1 Rapid game21473
Played 4 moves in 2 correspondence games
Game vs Sofia-Mary (2013?)
Game vs Sofia-Mary (2013?)