It has been a bit over a year since I got back into chess. I have done a fair amount of chess study in that time and I have played a bunch of online games and a few OTB rapid / blitz games.
When I started documenting my chess journey In 2021, I had a chess.com blitz rating of 1668 and my Survival Puzzle Rush scores were regularly in the 30s. Now my chess.com blitz rating is 1788 and I often get Survival Puzzle Rush scores in the 40-50 range.
I have seen a slight improvement in my chess, even though it feels like the more I learn the less I know.
Over the course of the year I played 1108 bullet games, 494 blitz games and 59 rapid games. I solved 447 chess.com puzzles and completed on average 1 Survival Puzzle Rush each day.
I successfully read through How To Reassess Your Chess, Simple Chess and The Power Of Pawns (almost finished this one) as well as half of Fisher’s My 60 Memorable Games.
I started a monthly chess newsletter. I watched a ton of chess events and kept up with chess news. I occasionally posted on Twitter to join in on chess discussions and to connect with other chess players.
I learned how to play the Caro-Kann and the Kings Indian Defense and exclusively played the openings in all of my games.
That is a snapshot of my year. Let’s see what the next 12 months bring.