tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-152619692011-04-21T17:46:20.307-07:00dark_knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779225707816239476noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15261969.post-1123852361843775902005-08-12T05:49:00.000-07:002005-08-12T06:12:41.850-07:00<a href="http://temposchlucker.blogspot.com/">Temposchlucker</a> added me to Knight Errant (thanks!), and suggested the nickname "Hooked Knight" which precisely describes me I think :-)<br /><br />A short introduction and current level:<br /><br />Learned chess rules while I was a kid, used to play at novice level (< 900) with my cousin who was also a novice. Used to think that Rook+King vs. King is a draw because my cousin's king could always escape. None of us used to exchange queens even if that was a good move. <br /><br />Anyway, now I am 27 years old. In the beginning of 2003 I saw someone playing chess on Yahoo! and gave it a try, I was at 1100 level. But I found myself tremendously attracted to the game, as I like logical things. Maths (especially Probability and Number Theory) , Logic and Philosophy is what I'm attracted to, and I think Chess poses questions at (and perhaps holds secrets answers to) all of these levels. Have been regularly playing chess since then.<br /><br />My current rating at Yahoo! is at 1700+, the maximum I reached was about 1850. I have no idea where my plataeu would be, but I have motivation to learn a lot more. But Yahoo Blitz ratings should not be directly compared with ELO ratings.<br /><br />I also played 2 seasons in German district level, first season I got initial rating of around 1750, also next year I did only the same performance although I thought I had improved. A bad weekend tournament with 5 games brought my rating under 1700.<br /><br />Last month we had a rapid chess tournament (25 min. per side) in our city where many 2000+ participated and I was pleasantly surprised with my result. I had 3 draws against 2100, 2190, and 2310, and in all 3 I had material advantage but slight time pressure, so I offered draws which they accepted. I won against 2090, 2080, 1400 and 1100, and lost the rest 4 games.<br /><br />So from all this I can only gather that my rating is rather transient at the moment (and depends if I am feeling like a tiger :-)), and hope to start circle training and vision training soon following your suggestions.<br /><br />have a nice day!<br /><br />The Hooked Knight.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15261969-112385236184377590?l=dark-knightt.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dark_knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779225707816239476noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15261969.post-1123610728167779112005-08-09T10:57:00.000-07:002005-08-09T11:05:28.170-07:00my first chess blog...<br /><br />it suffices to say for now that I am totally addicted to chess since 2 years, I often find myself daydreaming about it (analysing tactics in my head). I am also committed to improving my game, so I spend some evenings solving chess puzzles (and many more evenings playing on the net). <br /><br />What prompted me to make my own blog was seeing a group of chess oriented blogs. hope I would be a budding Knight Errant too and share my experiences with the royal game with you.<br /><br />Dark Knight<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15261969-112361072816777911?l=dark-knightt.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>dark_knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14779225707816239476noreply@blogger.com4