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News from the Front lines

I haven’t posted in a while, and I need to make more time to do so. During my silence, I have continued to work on my chess improvement, and I am currently on day 112 of a program I am putting together for myself. My FICS standard rating has gone from 1607 to 1699 during this time and my blitz rating...

From Disappointment Comes Change

I haven’t posted for several months, because I have not been happy with my chess improvement.  I have taken these past few months to review my training program and to try to figure out the missing piece of my chess improvement puzzle. I am not any closer to coming up with an answer than I was back in...

Yet Another Training Plateau

I haven’t written a new blog post in quite a while, and I wanted to give an update on what I have been up to in the past few months. I have started writing about my specific training on my Chess Notebook blog and that has taken some of the time I dedicate to writing for beginchess.com. I have modified...

Redoubling Efforts

I am organizing my chess training, and trying to simplify the material that I will be using in my studies. One of the new changes I have made is to create a site dedicated to my training program, which is called chessnotebook.com. I will be using chessnotebook.com as my online chess training diary and...

What's The Frequency Kenneth?

Chess is temporarily taking a backseat to new hobbies I am currently exploring…so my posting frequency will somewhat diminish. I am adjusting my chess training so that I will continue to spend 30 minutes per day doing chess tempo puzzles.  In the meantime, I have compiled the most popular posts for...

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