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An Experiment in Rapid Chess Improvement: March 2005
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An Experiment in Rapid Chess Improvement. Record of my experience in undertaking Michael de la Maza's "Rapid Chess Improvement" program. Monday, March 28, 2005. Circle Three Status Report. I thought I would update everyone on the third circle. Things are going well, but with a trip to Cirque du Soleil. This past Wednesday to see Varekai. Anyway, here's a look at my current numbers:. Circle 1 % Circle 2 % Circle 3%. Level 10 96% 99% 100%. Level 20 91% 93% 95%. Level 30 74% 80% 87%. Level 50 67% 72%. And 9...
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An Experiment in Rapid Chess Improvement: Second Lesson with Dan Heisman
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An Experiment in Rapid Chess Improvement. Record of my experience in undertaking Michael de la Maza's "Rapid Chess Improvement" program. Sunday, December 18, 2005. Second Lesson with Dan Heisman. Posted by fussylizard @ 4:39 PM. Thanks for the summary. It is always interesting to hear about people's lessons. That way we kinda get taught ourselves as well :). Thanks for posting that. It was very helpful. Location: Austin, Texas, USA. Web site: www.fussylizard.com. Chris Kilgore, now a class A player!
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An Experiment in Rapid Chess Improvement: More Lessons
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An Experiment in Rapid Chess Improvement. Record of my experience in undertaking Michael de la Maza's "Rapid Chess Improvement" program. Sunday, February 26, 2006. Just thought I'd do a quick post since it has been a while. I think I've done four more lessons w/ Dan Heisman since my last post. Here's a brief re-cap:. I found it interesting that his analysis was not nearly as ordered as I would have thought, but it was still a lot more structured than mine. For example, at the start. I moved a piece twice...
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An Experiment in Rapid Chess Improvement: June 2005
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An Experiment in Rapid Chess Improvement. Record of my experience in undertaking Michael de la Maza's "Rapid Chess Improvement" program. Monday, June 20, 2005. What a Strange Feeling. What a strange feeling it is to actually be reading. The chess books I've bought over the years. After finishing the MDLM plan I went through Chernev's Logical Chess. And tonight I just finished Snyder's Unbeatable Chess Lessons for Juniors. Snyder's More Unbeatable Chess Lessons for Juniors. The problems instantaneously)&#...
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An Experiment in Rapid Chess Improvement: August 2005
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An Experiment in Rapid Chess Improvement. Record of my experience in undertaking Michael de la Maza's "Rapid Chess Improvement" program. Saturday, August 27, 2005. I love my DGT board except. 1) Improve my thought process. One thing the DGT board has been really helpful with is seeing just how much time I'm spending on each move. It's pretty amazing to me to actually see how much time I spend per move. Link to replay this week's game with commentary. Posted by fussylizard @ 9:13 PM. Man de la Maza (Don).
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An Experiment in Rapid Chess Improvement: May 2005
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An Experiment in Rapid Chess Improvement. Record of my experience in undertaking Michael de la Maza's "Rapid Chess Improvement" program. Tuesday, May 24, 2005. Well, I'm still working on the life story part, but the chapter regarding my exploits in the MDLM plan are posted on my chess page. I really want to add a few more things to it, but I also wanted to get version 1.0 posted. I'd be curious to hear everyone's feedback. If you think I should add something to it, let me know. Monday, May 16, 2005.
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An Experiment in Rapid Chess Improvement: It's a Conspiracy...
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An Experiment in Rapid Chess Improvement. Record of my experience in undertaking Michael de la Maza's "Rapid Chess Improvement" program. Tuesday, March 07, 2006. I think there is some sort of conspiracy against me playing OTB tournament chess. Let's consider the evidence:. Three tournaments ago: Some work thing came up to where I had to work the weekend, thereby missing the tournament. Most recent: I was hoping to play in the March 4 round SS at the new chess club in Austin. Hi Peter. Whats happening?
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An Experiment in Rapid Chess Improvement: First Chess Lesson
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An Experiment in Rapid Chess Improvement. Record of my experience in undertaking Michael de la Maza's "Rapid Chess Improvement" program. Sunday, November 13, 2005. Yesterday I had my first chess lesson with NM Dan Heisman. Overall I would say the lesson was interesting, if not a bit insightful. In general I was not expecting too much since it was only an hour, and I was certainly not disappointed. Overall I enjoyed it and found Dan pleasant to work with. So what did we do? Posted by fussylizard @ 6:47 PM.
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An Experiment in Rapid Chess Improvement: September 2005
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An Experiment in Rapid Chess Improvement. Record of my experience in undertaking Michael de la Maza's "Rapid Chess Improvement" program. Sunday, September 11, 2005. Slow Games and Opening Repertoires. Anyway, I'll post some recent games soon. Posted by fussylizard @ 6:38 PM. Location: Austin, Texas, USA. Web site: www.fussylizard.com. Man de la Maza (Don), the original Knight Errant de la Maza (blog is complete). Chris Kilgore, now a class A player! Other Knights Errant de la Maza. Man de la Maza (Don).
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An Experiment in Rapid Chess Improvement: July 2005
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An Experiment in Rapid Chess Improvement. Record of my experience in undertaking Michael de la Maza's "Rapid Chess Improvement" program. Saturday, July 30, 2005. Happy birthday to me! My birthday was a couple of days ago and my wife got me one of those DGT sensory chess boards. Posted by fussylizard @ 1:00 PM. Saturday, July 23, 2005. 2005-07-21: fussylizard vs. OJ: 1-0. I'll post the game as soon as I analyze it. Posted by fussylizard @ 5:02 PM. Monday, July 18, 2005. OJ vs fussylizard: 1-0. Anyway, I'l...
