Damien M
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Damien M posted an update 6 months ago
Finally broke into 1300 ELO territory after a long climb from 900 with a 94.5 accuracy and 2 brilliant moves in a row!!! I’ve scored a 95.6 accuracy once before with the Stonewall but this one was definitely the most satisfying! I got so close to losing on time which would’ve been devastating but managed to pull through with 5 seconds…
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Damomck (1303) vs 5_Creator (1349). Damomck won by checkmate in 27 moves. Click to review the game, move by move.
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Beautiful attack! Way to go!
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Wow, I like the double bishop sacrifice. Great game!
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The 2 Bishop Sacs. Great playing. I am glad I didn’t have to play you .
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Damien M posted an update 8 months ago
Just wondering if anyone has had a similar experience, I was around 800 when starting the course and gradually worked my way up to 1235 over 6 months. Since then I’ve had huge losing streaks and am down to low 900 in just a couple of months. It seems most of my opponents are playing much stronger than before and the 900’s are not playing any…
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There isn’t a huge difference between 1100 and 900. Just keep playing solid and do your blunder checks. Also, you may need to address your mental state and stop playing when you get on a losing streak and don’t throw away elo when you are tilted. Believe me I know, I dropped myself 100 points last Sunday rage queuing and losing 7 in a row *lol*
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Also, you may want to pick new openings. The only part about the course I didn’t really like was Nelson spent a couple of chapters telling you to “Do these fundamental things” and then recommended two openings that didn’t do any of those fundamentals. I’d look into the London for white (super easy to learn, super safe and can play against…
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Thanks Nate!
I agree the Stonewall and Owen’s Defence go completely against opening principles but despite that I was having really good success with them. Was so weird how all of a sudden I wasn’t. It might be good to try out the openings you suggested to mix things up and maybe coming back to the Stonewall and Owen’s I’ll have fresh eyes and…
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Damien M posted an update 9 months ago
Hey does anyone know if there’s going to be a third group coaching call like there was with the first round of joiners or was there only ever going to be 2 the 2nd time round?
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My understanding was that the coaching calls were for the first two rounds. He may do some in the future, but I wouldn’t count on it.
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