1.Have a go at 2200 (though, it might be the sort of rating that takes several years before I have refined my game enough to hang with players of that level).
2.Coach a player to 1800 strength.
3.Try and find a compromise between my very positional over the board game and more tactical correspondence play (quite likely by playing more positional games on here, as I lose too often when I try and mix it up in 1 hour games)
4.Finish Think Like A Grand Master and Play Like A Grand Master by kotov - I started them both and learned the secrets of planning, but I feel like there is probably alot more for me to learn yet.
5.Attempt getting to the final of the 2008 championship (with a favourable grouping, quite possible)
6.Try and be part of a winning league team, in division 1!
7.Win 4 more hardcore tournaments - therefore being able to crown myself "The King Of Hardcore"
Originally posted by vipiuhow is it going for you ?
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 ...[text shortened]... FM (I have only 2 draws against them in long games until now)
5-to get 2000+ rating on RHP
for me:
1- done
2- lagging behind a lot (not even 1 completed book)
3- in a decent progress (practiced some fast games with Alekhine and Benko)
4- done
5- lagging behind a lot (=no progress)