What I need to do to improve:

• Read more theory. Forget buying physical books. Get more ebooks/playable pgn files for greater efficiency. I especially need to read up on middlegames/endgame strategy.
• Organise my games using Chessbase. Learn how to use databases as a tool for research and organisation of opening files
• Blog more to consistently motivate myself.
• Set down some realistic goals for this year: Lichess Classical rating 2200, chess.com blitz/rapid 2000 by the end of 2023

There is no excuse. In Chess, you only get what you give.

Lately, I’ve been thinking that my chess really hasn’t improved all that much in the past 1-2 years. I’m not sure whether it’s cause I haven’t really put in the effort to improve my chess understanding, or whether it’s just a normal latency period that every adult chess player go through before they reach a new peak.

Beyond that, I really want to improve my frequency of writing chess blog posts.

I’m also thinking of changing up my white repertoire to the more ambitious 1.e4, where at least I can hope to get a winning position right out of the opening.

Anyway, here are my 2 league games I played this week. I won my 30|30 lone wolf and lost my 45|45 game. I’m still recovering from a bad flu so scoring 50% this week has to be considered ‘not bad’.