HOOOOORAY!

today my rating has gone over 1500 for the first time
(after a couple of time-outs, plus some resignations)

yey!

Great work!

I finally got there about 2 months ago....

Then it dropped below again :-(

I've just got over 1400 for the first time and sinking fast, glug glug.

good work, i'm trying to push my rating up but i'm having trouble just maintaining it at the minute, like you a couple of timeouts and resignations helped, would like to get back to 1600

yup i'm sure it won't last, but i also hope i've got a bit better, i've been studying some books and online lectures and some of it is starting to sink in. not very much, mind. i think the most important thing for beginners like me to increase their rating here is simply to play fewer games and take more time over each move. oh and for me, NO PLAYING AFTER MOJITOS.🙄

yes get into the habit of telling yourself your no good at anything let alone chess while extremely drunk or hungover, classic example of me trying to play a move while drunk Game 800869

edit: oh my i really was a dumbass looking back at that game

Congratulations! I wish mine was that good. :-)

good job. lol my rating graph looks like a mountain range, but it's steadily improving if you look at the general trend.

And woohoo! I just won a game and have now won 35% of the games I've played 😀
(considering it was about 22% after 100 games, that's a nice improvement 😉)

Angie 😀