Won a long game...I know...amazing...

Today I finally won. It was very cool game, definitely best I have played this year. With this last round win I ended up with 4/6 score. The sole winner has 4.5/6. So not that terribly after all.

4th draw in a row

Yesterday I drew again. Nothing new there, I have drawn now 4 games in a row and have poor 3/5 score in our club tournament. Yesterday I was paired 1600 rated opponent. I got worse position right out of the opening, did my best to mess things up and play for a win, but in the end I had to take a draw. So, 3/5 might sound decent but when the average rating of my opponents is about 1700, and I am rated 2000, the illusion is gone.

Some good news too: my long games suck, but blitz is going pretty well, although I am still far away from the best days. Week ago I won club blitz tournament with 20/22 (+19 =2 -1) score, 0.5 points ahead of #1 ranked player (FM).

Playchess

Today I registered (yet again) to playchess. I haven't been playing there (except some unrated games) since last winter when my previous account got terminated (didn't renew my subscription...). Now having played about 30-40 bullet games there, I already noticed something peculiar: ratings have deflated??! I mean about year ago I had my bullet rating solidly between 2100-2200, but now I barely managed to get it over 1900. I know I shouldn't make too many conclusions based on handful number of games, but I still wanted to say this. Maybe somebody else has noticed the same thing.

Or maybe I am just bit rusty. I shouldn't be thou because I have played lot of bullet/blitz lately with good results.

Made it back to top.

Back to finnish #1 on CTS. I admit that I took full advantage of my high RD, but as I solved only 3 problems during the session (compared to total number of tries = ~1500) and I my rating went "only" 10 points up, I think my rating is still very accurate. Furthermore my current rating is not even my record...

Now I will probably take a good break from CTS. At least until somebody takes over the "top ranked finn" title. Yet sadly, by looking the rating list, it seems like my position won't be challenged for a long long time...

Piece of cactus

White to play and draw.

I know you cheaters use Fritz, so...go ahead!

Today I found out what my main problem is. I can't focus on anything. Not chess, not studying, not anything. When I play longer than 2min games, my mind always starts wandering at some point. When I try to study economics, the same thing happens again.