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    • Progress Update 6/13/09

      Tactics- From my last update post I had a rating of 1700 on chesstempo and I managed to bring it to 1800 but hit a plateau for the reasons stated in my last blog entry named the lazy tactician. Since that post I have raised my rating to 1915. I ha... | Read More

      • KingAlex24
      • | Jun 13 2009
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    • The Lazy Tactician

      So I realized what the problem was with my tactics. IM LAZY. Not in actually doing the problems thats not the problem as i spend a lot of time doing tactics problems. The problem is i get lazy when calculating variations, I calculate the line that... | Read More

      • KingAlex24
      • | Jun 10 2009
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    • 6/2/09 progress update

      Well first day and I already ran into complications concerning time, had to do some unexpected errands which cut into my chess study time. Today i managed to complete three hours working on tactics and i spent about an hour and 15 minutes on anal... | Read More

      • KingAlex24
      • | Jun 02 2009
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    • Intense training starts tomorrow

      Here is my exact plan of study for the next few months. minimum 6 hours per day study, i am going to wake up early everyday to fit it in. 1 hour with chess vision trainer to improve visualisation/ calculation. until i can play blindfold. 1 hour... | Read More

      • KingAlex24
      • | Jun 01 2009
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    • Road to Improvement

      My intentions of writing this blog is hopefully to keep myself on track ad force myself to go through  with my plan for improvement, and hopefully to also inspire others to work hard to  become better at chess. A little about my self- im a sore... | Read More

      • KingAlex24
      • | May 22 2009
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