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Five rapid games a day, one long-term goal: 2000 Elo. This session finished at 1474, just 26 points from getting back to 1500.
Here are the three wins from my November 9 session, with every move and the key calculations kept in. There’s a queen captured in just 11 moves, a longer battle with Black, and a promotion finish that had me celebrating 93% accuracy in the review.
I started taking chess seriously at 32, around 400 Elo. Now I'm 33, I've reached the 1500 level in about a year, and I'm documenting the climb toward 2000—including the setbacks and what I'm learning.
The full five-game session was 3 wins and 2 losses, 1467 → 1474 (+7). This edit features the three wins in their original order. All games are 15+10 rapid.
Day 373 · Session recorded November 9, 2026.
0:00 The daily climb
0:38 Win 1: a queen in 11 moves
2:09 Win 2: the King's Gambit battle
11:15 Win 3: promotion and the 93% reaction
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