Dec 2014

December 2014 So I am back at chess. Significantly, I joined chess dot com and am playing with others. First long game was against a Russian ranked at 1500. I resigned after I was doomed. It was fun. A real game. Not a computer. Well I guess the other person could use a program to cheat. It is still good practice for me.  It has given me some ranking figures/ estimates based on my play. It is changing a good bit as I go along.  From that I estimate I am like a 500 rank. Maybe higher.  I am also trying to do the 5 daily tactics training puzzles. I am on their free plan so that is the limit.  Got a vinyl chess mat that is green and white. It was cheap but it is nice and has the algebraic notations on the side.