A few days ago, I posted the following question to my two closest chess buddies:
"In the next two months I will..."
"My goal will be evaluated by......"
"Should I fail to reach My goal, I then promise to...."
Here are the responses:
Goals:
- 10 "Guess-the-move", analysis shared on my blog (selected positions) or with AndreaCoda/Farbror
- no Blitz nor 5min games from next Monday onwards, Sunday rating will be sent by email and must not change
Penalty:
- one item from the Amazon wishlist (com, uk) for my buddies AndreaCoda and Farbror
AndreaCoda
Goals:
Complete at least 50% (16/33) of "Logical Chess Move by Move", both in GTM mode on chessgames and through thorough analysis
My goal will be evaluated by......
Farbror, through snapshot of chessgames window which I will send
Should I fail to reach My goal, I then promise to....
Get to both Farbror and ScotchYeta a book of their choice from Amazon.com
Farbror
Chess Goals for August, September and October:
Goals:
8 slow games and analysis (some to be posted at my blog)
8 “Guess-the-Move” (to be commented on my blog)
(Re-)Read a Chess Book I have not yet reviewed (Review to be posted)
Penalty:
Should I fail to reach the goals, I will then pay for the next six months of membership at ICC/Playchess etc for my Chess Training Buddies
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Hi farbror,
ReplyDeleteI am looking forward to 6 free ICC months. :-)
To motivate you further: if you reach your goal then I will send you a book from your Amazon wishlist. I am sure you have already laid your eyes on the book that might change everything.
-ScotchYeti
Intresting!!!
ReplyDeleteI wonder if you are all about the same in chess strenght?
May other join?
It will be my pleasure, coderyder! As a proud sponsor of 6 months of your ICC membership I will consider myself responsible for 10-25% of your first norm.
ReplyDeleteWe all know that there are a book out there that will add 500 points to our ratings, double our saleries and solve global warming.
Chesstiger, please join! We are a mixture of playing strengths. I will add you to my "penalty list".
In the next two months I will read/study the first two books written by Yelena Dembo and post a review of these books on my blog (http://www.myfootstepsinchess.com).
ReplyDeleteI will post atleast once a week a post on my blog about my road to chess improvement.
My goal will be evaluated by Farbror and coderyder aka ScotchYeti.
Should I fail to reach My goal, I then promise to
Get to both Farbror and ScotchYeta (and AndreaCoda?) a chess book of their choice from Amazon.com .
"We all know that there are a book out there that will add 500 points to our ratings, double our saleries and solve global warming."
Erase the all, I dont know the book. Dont even have a clue. (I hate circles!!! :-) )
You might consider the following book:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.amazon.com/dp/0307465357
2200 reviews, 1900 with 4+5 stars, wow.
Two "Guess-the-Move" in the bag this weekend. Great!!
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