Blaah...
I dropped my CTS rating from +1800 to ~1700. Yippii.
More importantly tho, I regained my confidence in blitz chess. I achieved 85% score against fairly strong opposition (1800-2200 players) in recent tournament and ended up finishing 2nd. Having pretty nice performance after three disaster-tournaments was really important.
Friday, July 20, 2007
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Eeeeew
Good news: I broke 1800 CTS.
Bad news: My blitz sucks. After excellent (what comes to blitz) first half of the year 2007, I am at the moment experiencing pretty deep downswing.
June started pretty well. In first club blitz tournament I managed to achieve solid 87% score against opponents averaging ~1950 strenght. The next tournament was little worse, I scored 75%, which may seem like a good performance, but this time the average opposition was just ~1700.
Then the next tournament was about the same, I scored 67%. But now the latest result, 47%, is just horrible by all standards. I think that was the first time, since year 2003, I scored under 50% in any OTB tournament (incl. all time controls). Suddenly I was playing very slowly and I lost most of the games on time. In good old days I could have 30 seconds time against opponent's 60 seconds in an even position, and still I felt confident. But now I feel shaky, and way too often I "freeze" trying to find that famous "better move" after I've found a good one. And when I finally find it, I have 10 seconds left...
Well, I think I am at the absolute bottom right now. I know I can't get any worse from here. But still for sheer fun I calculated what my rating would be in end of the year if I keep dropping my level at this pace. It'll be...wait...negative.
Bad news: My blitz sucks. After excellent (what comes to blitz) first half of the year 2007, I am at the moment experiencing pretty deep downswing.
June started pretty well. In first club blitz tournament I managed to achieve solid 87% score against opponents averaging ~1950 strenght. The next tournament was little worse, I scored 75%, which may seem like a good performance, but this time the average opposition was just ~1700.
Then the next tournament was about the same, I scored 67%. But now the latest result, 47%, is just horrible by all standards. I think that was the first time, since year 2003, I scored under 50% in any OTB tournament (incl. all time controls). Suddenly I was playing very slowly and I lost most of the games on time. In good old days I could have 30 seconds time against opponent's 60 seconds in an even position, and still I felt confident. But now I feel shaky, and way too often I "freeze" trying to find that famous "better move" after I've found a good one. And when I finally find it, I have 10 seconds left...
Well, I think I am at the absolute bottom right now. I know I can't get any worse from here. But still for sheer fun I calculated what my rating would be in end of the year if I keep dropping my level at this pace. It'll be...wait...negative.
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