Day 10 - Not much happening today

Yeah, it was a very busy day today.  Not much progress.  And 1250 is going to be a very, very unreasonable goal.  I'll need two really good days to hit 200.

edit:  I did win a game on CA at level 4 (white), and start a game with Jakob on Facebook

Day 9 - Won a CA Game

I won a game on CA today, on level 3.  I will slowly start to beat a level 4, and try to get more practice.

A slight loss on CT, closing out on tactics 1161 from 1170.  No progress :-(

Day 8 - Holding pattern

I really just did more of the same today, no real improvements.  My tactics show a slight improvement, but nothing very significant.  I doubt I'll make the 2250 goal, unless I get some significant practice slipped in somewhere...

I was playing a few games on CA today.  That is still a weak point.  I'm starting to get tactics better, but applying them is still difficult.  Maybe I need to watch more analysis's of games, to get a better understanding of how to apply concepts.

Day 7 - Yet Another Tactic Slip

What happens when I try training tactics without really focusing?  I slip 15 points, that's what.  I regained ten, but I'm still under.

Day 6 - Tactics Recovery

I'm back up to 1175 on Tactics at CT, which isn't as high as my highest yesterday, but better than the slump I fell into yesterday.

I haven't listened to my own advice, and started really ramping up my Chessable practices, buying the Scandi book.  It's good because in a way, it's mindless, which is a good break from CT's intense puzzle solving.

Day 5 - Hit Tactics Goal

I hit the CT tactics goal fairly early today, hitting 1175.2, after having a good run last night before going to bed, and a good run this morning.  I'm going to try to hit 1250 by the end of next Saturday, but I'm still getting the hang of the goal setting, so that could be adjusted throughout the week.

Day 4 - Tactic Improvement

Daily Tactic Ratings for This Week

When I decided to set my 1250 tactic goal, it was right after the first two days, when my score was swinging around a bunch.  But I have to give ChessTempo a lot of credit, their system has found the right level of pressure to put on me.  If I keep going at the this rate, having improved by 19.1 17.1 points today, I will reach my revised goal of 1175 by the end of the day tomorrow.  

Finished one video lesson on CA, and am continuing to put a fair bit of time into Chessable.  Still not sure if it's worth it, but rote memorization is a good break from the more mind intensive tactics training.  I also grabbed an endgames lesson, to help learn some of the common end games as well.

edit:  head math wrong.  Would have to also do better than today by a few points to hit my goal