Chess Related New Year's resolution??

Any suggestions? OTB goals? RHP Goals?

Quality instead of quantity

Originally posted by sydsad
Any suggestions? OTB goals? RHP Goals?

1-to finish in top 5 in some important tournament for me(and from this to get a good ELO~2050)

2-to finish the current book(Silman's Workbook) and read 5 more books (in this order: Vukovic: Art of Attack in chess; Dvoresky's: Endgames Manual; Kotov: Think like a GM; D Marovic: Understanding Pawn Play in Chess; Kotov: Play like a GM)

3-to learn and play a new opening as black(I know somehow only KID and French now)

4-to get a win in a long OTB chess game against an FM (I have only 2 draws against them in long games until now)

5-to get 2000+ rating on RHP

I usually have a well-defined measurable goal as a New Years resolution.
Just "be better in chess" is not good enough.

Then I want to have a realistic chance of actually getting there.
Getting 1800 in rating is not a good idea.

So, this is my resolution for year of 2008:
Going through a chess book, play every game in it, and read all comments. This means about one (or two) game a week, about one chapter a month.
Yes, I've picked a chess book but that's a secret which one I chosed.

With this kind of resolution I will be better in chess. (How much? No idea.).
I will also get a higher rating when the year is over. (To what level? No idea.)

But do I really know for sure that my higher rating at the end of the year has to do with me studying a book?
No, so the only resolution I hve is to study this book, nothing else. The result is to come later and is not a goal for itself.

more blitz, less CC.

My chess new year's resolution is to play through and study all of Akiba Rubinstein's games this year.

To finally finish my collection of Frank Marshall's games and to have a more steady +1600 rating. (no more big slumps with large drop offs)

1750+ OTB Rating (currently 1670 but I can only play 3-4 tournaments per year)

Fewer than 50 concurrent RHP games, played slowly with thought and deliberation.

Win a RHP tournament.

Originally posted by sydsad
Any suggestions? OTB goals? RHP Goals?

Allow me to put in the Hippo's:

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ONE DAY I WILL BE 1800 ONE DAY I WILL BE 1800
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ONE DAY I WILL BE 1800 ONE DAY I WILL BE 1800
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ONE DAY I WILL BE 1800 ONE DAY I WILL BE 1800

Originally posted by stevetodd
How about play less and study and analyse more? Too late for me though as a new year's resolution as I have just started doing that. Previously it was about 90% play, 10% analysis and 0% study. Recently I have switched to about 60% study, 25% play and 15% analysis

OTB: - 2000 Rating (current 1865)
- Play more positional if the position calls for it, less on tactics.

RHP: - 2000 Rating, by the end of the year
- Stop blundering! take my time and analyze before moving

Other:
Do a threesome with two hot chicks 😛

My goal for 2008 is to have more games played than hung pieces. 😛

Analyze every drawn or lost game from when I achieved a rating of 1500.