A one-time Expert OTB makes Rapid Expert on Chess dot com
I suppose this would have seemed more appropriate as a goal during the pandemic, but better late than never sums up my entire chess career. Before this, I had had a difficult time getting my bullet rating there to 1500 and my blitz rating there back up to 1700. I never seriously considered making 2000 Rapid on this site, but as slow chess is my strong suite it makes sense that my play would be stronger on the longer side of ten minutes. A nervy game that I wouldn't normally bother to post, but well sums up a typical style of game for me on that site. linuxguy1 makes 2000 Rapid on Chess dot com! [Event "Live Chess - chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2022.10.11"] [Round "?"] [White "linuxguy1"] [Black "serabigaul"] [Result "1-0"] [BlackElo "1917"] [ECO "B28"] [Termination "linuxguy1 won by resignation"] [TimeControl "600"] [WhiteElo "2002"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6