#100DaysOfChess

Inspired by the #100DaysOfCode challenge, where you commit to code at least for an hour a day and tweet your progress, I'm starting today my own version of what I call the #100DaysOfChess challenge. For those familiar with the Code challenge the rules will be barely the same; for those who not, here is an explanation of what my #100DaysOfChess challenge is about.

Objective and rules

There are only two rules for the #100DaysOfChess challenge:

1. Work on any chess related aspect of the game for al least an hour for 100 consecutive days.
2. Tweet the progress every day with the hashtag of the challenge.

My main objective in doing this challenge is to see how much I can improve my game in the span of 100 days, but the later is not my only objective. I believe that chess is a multifaceted activity and that it not only reduces to train in order to get better at the game or to play (online or OTB). There are many more chess related activities in which you can also live and enjoy the passion for chess. For that purpose, I will also be including chess related activities such as chess meetings, content creation, tournament refereeing, Etc., in my Twitter progress tweets.

Starting point

Although I try not to worry much about rating (online at least) and try not to be what I call an Elo-centric player, I believe there is no best way to measure chess progress than rating. Rating is based purely on game results, so is an objective parameter. As today, December 19th, 2021, my chess ratings are:

Ratings not included are because I'm unrated in that time control, the rating is very low that it may bias the final result or time controls I will not be focusing on (like bullet). Shortly after the end of the 100 days I will compare and post the results to see if there is any positive or negative change.

Final remarks

Some readers may object that the training plan in this challenge is not well structured. Worst of all, there is no training plan at all. To answer those objections, this challenge is designed to generate constant work habits and if this challenge works well, why not try a #365DaysOfChess challenge with proper training? We'll see.

Finally, I'm not going to lie, before committing to this challenge I did like a month and a half of daily chess training/activities in order to see if I could keep the motivation and the pace for the challenge. Pace seemed to be OK and the motivation is at 100%.

So with out further to say, you can follow my daily progress on my Twitter Th3Kishimoto.

Let's get started.