Temposchlucker

Today I did another 350 problems at CTS. Maybe GK is right and I have to warm up a little. My rating increased from 1470 to 1490. Except for 2 or 3 all problems looked simple. Update. 1500 There is something different. I don't have to think. Just to look.

Today I did 350 problems at CTS. My rating at CTS is 1470 now (was 1530 in januari) That is the same rating as I had in the summer of 2005. First conclusion that comes to mind is that the 40,000 problems I did at CTS are down the drain. Interesting.

I even played 2 OTB games already! Although life continues to be somewhat distracting, a lot of work lies behind me. I'm no longer the treasurer of our club (yippee!). I started a blog in dutch about our choir because we need more members. That's taking a lot of time from chessblogging. I intend not to play any tournaments this summer and use this time to focus on endgames instead. It's really necessary to take that hurdle. Further I'm somewhat rusty, so I will start with CTS again (if I can find my password). Some work around the house needs attention too.

Please all give a warm welcome to our newest Knight Old Fart . He decided that 55 is a good moment to start with serious chess. He is right of course. Let his enemies smell defeat!

The performances of our choir are now behind us. With very much succes! The transfer of my task as treasurer of our chessclub is almost completed (pfewww) I have sorted my Dutch-English dictionary so "fluted cap" ("neepjesmuts") comes after "no" ("neen") again. (did I allready mention it was from 1959:) So I hope to start with chess again by the end of next week. Even while not playing any games I gained 1 ratingpoint. They hadn't processed all rating data. After correction my rating increased from 1749 to 1750 (huzzah!) I wish they did that 400 times a year:)