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mojo_jojo_1985

After travelling back to Romania, the game that triggered your ELO rise (and dare I say the start of a friendship!) was a draw with black with a 1400 rated patzer in your "beloved" Alapin :))

Vlad_G92

#3

@mojo_jojo_1985 said in #2:

After travelling back to Romania, the game that triggered your ELO rise (and dare I say the start of a friendship!) was a draw with black with a 1400 rated patzer in your "beloved" Alapin :))

This is factually correct. Our game was the first one in 2021, and my first classical game after scoring that "beautiful" -53 Elo a few months prior...

@mojo_jojo_1985 said in #2: > After travelling back to Romania, the game that triggered your ELO rise (and dare I say the start of a friendship!) was a draw with black with a 1400 rated patzer in your "beloved" Alapin :)) This is factually correct. Our game was the first one in 2021, and my first classical game after scoring that "beautiful" -53 Elo a few months prior...

ChoszcznoWarrior

#4

Way too inspirational story

The_Skeleton

edited

#5

I understand your felling, tho in a smaller scale...
But wow, meeting Magnus and Garry in the SAME ROOM???? Wow I would have either fainted or began asking questions like "What do you think about Deep Blue, why aren't you FIDE president, Do you think chess affects the Geopolitical state of the world?"

I understand your felling, tho in a smaller scale... But wow, meeting Magnus and Garry in the SAME ROOM???? Wow I would have either fainted or began asking questions like "What do you think about Deep Blue, why aren't you FIDE president, Do you think chess affects the Geopolitical state of the world?"

andreagobbez

#6

16 years to move from 1700 to 2000 elo, shows how brutal this game is... :(

Vlad_G92

#7

@andreagobbez said in #6:

16 years to move from 1700 to 2000 elo, shows how brutal this game is... :(

Still, the overarching feeling is that of pride, for tackling something that is deemed difficult to improve at, especially as an adult, and showing meaningful improvement over the time period.

I would estimate that during these 16 years I got coaching for less than a year, so I would attribute most of my success to my own desire for improvement, while also recognizing the positive contributions that coaching has brought to my game.

@andreagobbez said in #6: > 16 years to move from 1700 to 2000 elo, shows how brutal this game is... :( Still, the overarching feeling is that of pride, for tackling something that is deemed difficult to improve at, especially as an adult, and showing meaningful improvement over the time period. I would estimate that during these 16 years I got coaching for less than a year, so I would attribute most of my success to my own desire for improvement, while also recognizing the positive contributions that coaching has brought to my game.

#8