Road to 2500 - Day 1

Yesterday I decided to invest time in my chess daily and set the goal to reach 2500 in blitz.

I started by solving 13 exercises from the book the Woodpecker method.

You can also study it on Chessable at https://www.chessable.com/the-woodpecker-method/course/10582/ 

You can solve a few of them:

My starting blitz rating was 2423.

In the first game I played the Cambridge-Springs variation and got an equal middlegame and endgame. He blundered a pawn, then I missed his possible attack on my king 2 times. When I defended his treats and got a winning position I lost on time:

An exercise from the game:

In the 2nd game my opponent played the Colle system and I got an advantage from the opening. I missed a tactics to win a pawn. He allowed me good exchanges to get a much better endgame, but the time was low and in a winning position I lost on time again.

A tactic from the game:

So yesterday I lost 19 points. Today I had a better day. I will write about it tomorrow.

Starting rating: 2423

Current rating: 2404

          Change: -19

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