Post your CTS tries, and improvement

ivan2908

SelfProclaimedTitler

Only Chess

01 Dec 07

ivan2908

SelfProclaimedTitler

Joined: 06 Feb 06
Moves: 23543

01 Dec 07

I just passed 3000 tries within a year, improving by 400 points (1500 high)

wormwood

If Theres Hell Below

We're All Gonna Go!

Joined: 10 Sep 05
Moves: 10228

01 Dec 07

98,187 tries, 1650 at 90%, started from 1050 as a complete beginner two years ago.

ivan2908

SelfProclaimedTitler

Joined: 06 Feb 06
Moves: 23543

01 Dec 07

1650 is very high rating there. I don't know how can you be "bad" at blitz then, probably with some more blitz games you would start to improve very rapidly?

I am stuck at the same place on CTS because of very low RD now.
Two succeses, one failure and you are on the same 😛

Schumi

Dublin

Joined: 07 Feb 05
Moves: 8227

01 Dec 07

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1492 after 4037 tries now, usually oscillate between 1470 and 1500. I was probably in the low 1400s when I started. Made it to 1540 once when my RD was high!

wormwood

If Theres Hell Below

We're All Gonna Go!

Joined: 10 Sep 05
Moves: 10228

01 Dec 07

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Originally posted by ivan2908
1650 is very high rating there. I don't know how can you be "bad" at blitz then, probably with some more blitz games you would start to improve very rapidly?

I am stuck at the same place on CTS because of very low RD now.
Two succeses, one failure and you are on the same 😛

too much training, too little playing.

my guess is I just don't know my openings like I should, and my technique is crappy. I can usually win a piece or two because I spot tactics well, but still manage to lose because I commit some beginner mistake and get mated, drop the queen or just blatantly misplay the endings. it all comes down to experience, or lack of it to be precise. I can think my way through all these things in slow games, but in blitz there's no time. I should know there's that nasty check on that open line even without looking, but I'm still in the phase where I have to look before I spot it. and if I forget to look, I get surprised over and over again.

RD doesn't affect your rating. if you perform better than your rating suggests, your rating rises very quickly even with a low RD. you can peak high with a big RD, but if you can't keep the high rating it was just a statistical anomaly.

Papyn Chase

Joined: 21 Oct 05
Moves: 48

02 Dec 07

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Funny to note that I know someone living in the same town with a FIDE elo of 2000+ with lower (now) CTS rating than wormwood

Here's the link to his tactics page.
http://chess.emrald.net/tProfile.php?TacID=7701

Here's his FIDE card.
http://www.fide.com/ratings/card.phtml?event=5702461

The only memorable thing about him is that he once beat the World Police chess champion.

wormwood

If Theres Hell Below

We're All Gonna Go!

Joined: 10 Sep 05
Moves: 10228

02 Dec 07

Originally posted by Papyn Chase
Funny to note that I know someone living in the same town with a FIDE elo of 2000+ with lower (now) CTS rating than wormwood

Here's the link to his tactics page.
http://chess.emrald.net/tProfile.php?TacID=7701

Here's his FIDE card.
http://www.fide.com/ratings/card.phtml?event=5702461

The only memorable thing about him is that he once beat the World Police chess champion.

of rhp people only korch and jusuh do better than me, as far as I know...