I managed to go a month without posting anything until just a few days ago. So what was I doing with my time?
As it turns out, there were a couple of things that I was up to.
The first is that I am working on doing more organizing. Tournaments don’t organize themselves, so I am working on becoming a better organizer and TD.
Second, I have been getting back in the swing of writing. As I write a regular column in American Chess Magazine I do spend a bit of my time there.
Mostly though, what I’ve been doing is working hard on openings. Yes, you read that right…I’m working on openings.
I’ve changed my repertoire a few times over the years, and I went from 1.e4 to 1.d4 to 1.c4 to 1.Nf3.
Now I think I’ve settled on what I want to play going forward. You’ll see me start to post some games and you’ll figure it out pretty quick. One thing I did though is I took a look at what I was doing during the times I was gaining the most rating, and I decided to place the focus there.
I expect that as always I will get some terrible positions as I retool my openings, but the main difference is that when I’ve changed my repertoire in the past I’ve never bothered learning it deeply. Now I am.
So we’ll see where all this leads, but I, for one, am excited.
Til Next Time,
Chris Wainscott
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