Chess Vibes | Vikram | Activity

Vikram posted a new activity comment

Thu, 05 Dec 2024 21:03:54 -0600

I play a lot of daily games, but to me they are just practice ground to apply in live game (15/10 rapid). When I play daily games, I usually have 1-2 specific goals, mostly to develop habits like blunder check every move, predicting opponents move etc – which are hard to cultivate during live game so doing that in daily game helps.

In reply to - Fred T posted an update

I’m been mostly playing daily chess games because I haven’t been able to dedicate time for a one sitting chess. But I’m finding that a game played over a few days isn’t helping me […]

Vikram: Reached 1000 on rapid. Thanks a ton to @ChessVibes . […]

Mon, 09 Sep 2024 19:51:01 -0600

Reached 1000 on rapid. Thanks a ton to @ChessVibes . You could see my ratings take off after I started the course and shoot up in the last month once I completed large portion of the course.

Vikram posted a new activity comment

Sun, 25 Aug 2024 02:43:25 -0600

I’m a big fan of daily game and it actually helped me a lot. I’ve had few experiences similar to yours but overwhelmingly has been positive – I’d say give it a few more tries. It is highly likely you’d love it.

In reply to - Edward S posted an update

Has anyone tried much of the daily games? I have been playing (and losing) in 10/0 rapid. I just don’t have time to sit down for a 30 min or longer game. So I thought maybe daily […]

Vikram posted an update: I'm so happy that I found this move in a game today. […]

Fri, 16 Aug 2024 23:14:16 -0600

I’m so happy that I found this move in a game today. It involved using so many things that were thought in this course and I can’t imagine me thinking along any of those lines few weeks back.

This small Qd7 resulted in getting a piece up with knight in otherwise tight game.

Here the opponent made Bg5 before my move and here’s what went through…

Vikram posted a new activity comment

Sun, 04 Aug 2024 06:20:37 -0600

Hi Nelson, thanks for the course – I’ve already made pivotal moves based on what I learnt from the course.

I have question – in openings, when is it ok to pin knights with bishop and when to take the pinned knight? This scenario seems to happen almost every single game and post game evaluation shows I get it right only about 50% of cases.

In reply to - Nelson posted an update

Hey guys! Post questions for the first group coaching call (Tuesday, August 6th at 8pm EST) here! Please check first if someone has already asked a similar question and just like/heart […]

Vikram posted a new activity comment

Wed, 31 Jul 2024 04:36:25 -0600

“extending the time doesn’t seem appealing right now” – I had similar feeling, but having few daily games going on helped a lot for me

In reply to - Nelson posted an update

Hey guys! Post questions for the first group coaching call (Tuesday, August 6th at 8pm EST) here! Please check first if someone has already asked a similar question and just like/heart […]

Vikram posted a new activity comment

Sat, 20 Jul 2024 04:54:19 -0600

That’s exactly me as well! I keep swinging between 7-8 winning and loosing streaks in 2ish months I have been playing. This is one important thing I want to get better at – try to understand better why this is happening and what can I do to prevent it.

In reply to - Seann posted an update

Hi everyone,

I’m excited to join this community and share my journey in improving my chess skills. Currently, my Rapid rating on Chess.com is 887, and my Puzzles rating is 2036. One of […]