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| From | Message | Posted by jstevens1 intochess.com
7/31/2008 11:58:26 play online chess | Subject: 1700 Rating for jstevens1
Message: Hi everyone, just to let you know that at 1956 BST on 31 July 2008 I achieved my 1700 rating for the first time in my chess career. My current rating is 1705.
Have a nice evening everyone.
Cheers and bye for now.
Joanne
| Posted by tim_b intochess.com
7/31/2008 14:18:09 play online chess |
Message: Well done, Joanne! :)
| Posted by chessnovice intochess.com
7/31/2008 14:57:31 play online chess | ..
Message: Congrats!
| Posted by cascadejames intochess.com
7/31/2008 21:36:51 play online chess | WTG
Message: :-)
| Posted by spurtus intochess.com
8/02/2008 13:48:12 play online chess |
Message: congratulations, but beware every 50 rating points or so now may take years now. so dont be afraid in going down in rating in order to improve long term.
| Posted by apastpawn intochess.com
8/02/2008 15:28:13 play online chess |
Message: Congratulations in your achievement.
You have annotated numerous games here at GK. Apparently this has helped. May you continue to improve. When I first met you here your rating was almost 200 points lower. This is a fantastic improvement but you worked hard for it.
If I can be of any further help, please let me know.
Wayne
| Posted by chessnovice intochess.com
8/02/2008 16:23:45 play online chess | ...
Message: Annotating probably helped a lot, yeah, but I think the major source of your success is playing well above your rating and asking lots of questions.
| Posted by ketchuplover intochess.com
8/03/2008 10:11:45 play online chess |
Message: kudos :)
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