(The 2010 post is here)
First, a review of 2011.
Me (Tony Boron) - Well, it looks like I forgot to state my goals !
I think they would have been
1. To achieve a 2100 CFC Rating - Well, I didn't play all that much before August (17 games), and was only sitting at 2000 when the September TNT started, but ended at 2054 - with enough good results to qualify for the 2012 Manitoba Championship (there will an updated post on that soon)
2. Assist in getting 4 players their FIDE ratings
Melamedoff, Lipic, J. Green, Pottinger, and Nikouline got their FIDE ratings in 2011
What did others say:
Steven (de Groot I will assume):
Goal 1: 1900 CFC (Steven got back to 1848 gaining 76 points in 4 tournaments)
Goal 2: +0 score in open AY (yup. 2.5 from 5 )
Goal 3: Defeat an opponent rated over 2000.(I don't think it happened, but he drew with at least 2, and if he played more it certainly will happen)
Stephen Lipic
1. Get to 2000 rating. (He didn't have a good shot at this - as most times he acted as the house player for our tournaments)
2. Win a TNT (He tied for first in the March TNT, defeating Les Mundwiler in the last round !)
3. Beat a titled player !(I don't think he played one - maybe Yermo in a simul ?)
Well, life gets in the way and Stephen had a big year - got engaged, bought a house - that's enough!
Jonathon Zaczek
-Become Manitoba Champion. The only tournament that I haven't won. (Trevor Vincent won the final)
-Become a FIDE Master (or any other title is fine too) :P (Tougher than it looks, unless one travels - he did to Poland, but he keeps losing to little unrated kids)
-Become a FIDE Master (or any other title is fine too) :P (Tougher than it looks, unless one travels - he did to Poland, but he keeps losing to little unrated kids)
Oh and I want to be the #1 CFC rated player in Manitoba (sorry, I knocked Jonathan off in the FIDE Futurity when was exactly 2300, and its a long road back to 2300. And Trevor is sitting at a healthy 2365. But being # 2 means trying harder)
4 comments:
My New Year's chess resolutions include :
1. To actually analyze and learn from my games this year!
2. 1900 CFC or bust !
3. 3.5/6 or better in U2000 section in Vegas in June
4. Finally , to get either 1/2 or 1 point off of Babb who has been crushing me since the early seventies ! :))
Cheers everyone
Jim Green
I certainly didn't expect to travel to Poland 4 times in a year + to Vegas for only the WSOP so that got a bit in the way of my tournament schedule. Aside from losing to Tony I thought I had a good year anyway.
I plan to move to Poland for chess this year so I don't really have any goals set for within Manitoba.
Goals for 2012
1. FIDE rating of 2226+. This is 100 points higher than what I currently have
2. Read all of John Nunn's "Understanding Chess Middlegames". I've crunched an endless array of complex chess puzzles for 8 years. I'll take Kaptsan's advice and actually learn how to play chess. I'll also dabble into "Understanding Chess Endgames" as well but don't expect to have both volumes read by the end of the year.
3. Don't give Tony any points greater than the sum of 0 in tournament play.
I certainly didn't expect to travel to Poland 4 times in a year + to Vegas for only the WSOP so that got a bit in the way of my tournament schedule. Aside from losing to Tony I thought I had a good year anyway.
I plan to move to Poland for chess this year so I don't really have any goals set for within Manitoba.
Goals for 2012
1. FIDE rating of 2226+. This is 100 points higher than what I currently have
2. Read all of John Nunn's "Understanding Chess Middlegames". I've crunched an endless array of complex chess puzzles for 8 years. I'll take Kaptsan's advice and actually learn how to play chess. I'll also dabble into "Understanding Chess Endgames" as well but don't expect to have both volumes read by the end of the year.
3. Don't give Tony any points greater than the sum of 0 in tournament play.
Last year I didn't really get into playing until it was pretty late in the year. This year I plan on playing a lot more, but we'll see what life brings.
Goal 1: 1950 CFC
Goal 2: +1 score in open AY
Goal 3: Give up no more than .5 points to players under 1800 in any given event.
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