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 I have finally beaten a 2300 in tournament time controls https://lichess.org/UJLuJXs4 This feels so much better than my game against justicebot who I beat in a casual one off game outside of tournament controls (it was not even rated!) This definitely shows that the Michael de la Maza method works, and I will continue to study tactics!

 tactics solve 50 puzzles on lichess per day. If I get them wrong I will review them until I get them right. Openings. I will ask justicebot how to study openings. Positional chess. I will study  Techniques of Positional Play: 45 Practical Methods to Gain the Upper Hand in Chess   for an hour each day. After I have improved the French Tarrasch and Kings Indian Defence I shall go into studying the endgame.

 I have been depressed today but I still managed to beat two 2000 rated players.

 I have got better at concentrating on chess. My tactical training has worked out and I have gained 400 rating points on Lichess.

https://lichess.org/q0KKKV56#6 https://lichess.org/VKzMniBJAHaz the training paid off

 If I was teaching myself chess these would be my comments on myself.

 https://lichess.org/cCXvuimJ

 I am going to stick with the repertoire Justicebot who trains me has taught me, I will not divulge from it at all, even if it means my rating going downwards on blitz,

  An easy £8 profit

 I tried several tournaments on Lichess today, but I couldn't focus as well as I should. I will try to train more in the gym. That said my focus has got better, but it is still not where I would like it to be,

 https://lichess.org/JB0sK40E

 Over the past four days I have beaten  eight 2000 graded players on lichess. This shows I am capable of playing master level chess. However I have lost to many lower-rated players and this shows I can't concentrate. I am playing in touraments to boost my concentration. My aim is to play in an hour long tournament without blundering.

 I solved 141 puzzles on lichess today. I still have issues focusing though.

 My grade on lichess has gone up 100 points by playing in Tournaments! I have found out how to cure my blunderitis.

 In the last tournament I beat five players over 2000 and my score went up 100 points. Playing in tournaments has definitely helped my concentration and I will do more of this in future.

 I'm still having issues focusing.

 In the second hourly tournament I played today I was able to focus a little bit better, but became sidetracked by a matched betting offer.  I managed to make £20, but my chess suffered. If I am to get better at this game I need to focus single mindedly on chess.

I feel like Linus from Ocean's 11 when I play chess. I keep blundering when I play on Lichess. My aim for January is to play one hourly tournament on Lichess without blundering in one game.  My knowledge of chess is very in depth, but I let myself down by blundering too much. I hope this is the end of my blunderitis.

 I have reached 1900 on Lichess and have played way too many games doing so. When I play I have other tabs open and am often googling something or doing matched betting whilst playing. In short I am not focusing on the game. I aim to get round this by only playing in tournaments on Lichess as hopefully this will encourage me to take my games more seriously. This is a great article on concentrating at chess https://chessimprover.com/how-to-focus-or-concentrate/#:~:text=To%20focus%20on%20the%20game,squares%20and%20mentally%20name%20them.

 I attempted to solve 500 chess puzzles in one day. My brain is frazzled.  Michael de la Maza suggests 1000 puzzles in one day, and I shall attempt that when I do the seven circles again in three months. I didn't get all the puzzles right, but my chess rating has gone up on lichess.  My next step will be taking chess more seriously and analysing my losses.  

 I solved 400 tactics puzzles today and my mind is aching from the effort. Tomorrow I will solve 500 puzzles in one day.  One of my chess new years resolutions is to focus more on games, and this will come with practice.

 I am doing a modified version of the training proscribed by Michael de la Maza in Rapid Chess Improvement.  I am doing puzzles on lichess. The first day I did 100 puzzles, the second day I did 200 puzzles and today I did 300 puzzles. This is very stressful and I find it hard to concentrate for so long. It reminds me of Catherine Jeta-Jones' character in entrapment being trained by Sean Connery "You will get a rest when you get it right!" After having solved 500 puzzles in one day I will go into positional chess as well as studying the endgames and openings. I think I need to improve my powers of concentration.