A one-time Expert OTB makes Rapid Expert on Chess dot com

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 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 3. c3 e6 4. d4 b6 5. Bd3 Be7 6. O-O d6 7. Bf4 g5 8. Bg3 g4 9.

Nfd2 h5 10. f3 h4 11. Bf4 gxf3 12. Qxf3 Bb7 13. Be3 f5 14. Qf4 Nh6 15. exf5 Rg8

16. Ne4 Nxf5 17. Nbd2 Nd7 18. Nf3 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 d5 20. Nf2 Nf8 21. Nh3 Qd6 22.

Nf4 O-O-O 23. Rae1 c4 24. Bc2 Kd7 25. Ne5+ Kc8 26. Nf7 Qc6 27. Nxd8 Bxd8 28.

Nxe6 Nxe6 29. Qxe6+ Qxe6 30. Rxe6 b5 31. Bf5 Kb8 32. Bh3 Bc8 33. Re3 Bg5 34.

Ref3 Bxh3 35. Rxh3 Re8 36. Rhf3 Re2 37. Rb1 Kc7 38. h3 Kb6 39. Kf1 Rc2 40. Rf2

Rxf2+ 41. Kxf2 a5 42. Kf3 b4 43. Kg4 Be7 44. Re1 Bd8 45. Re6+ Kb5 46. Re8 Bf6

47. Rf8 Be7 48. Rf5 Kc6 49. Rh5 bxc3 50. bxc3 Kb5 51. Rxh4 Bxh4 52. Kxh4 Ka4

53. Kg4 Ka3 54. h4 Kxa2 55. h5 Kb3 56. h6 a4 57. h7 a3 58. h8=Q a2 59. Qb8+

Kxc3 60. Qa7 Kb2 61. Qb6+ Kc2 62. Qa5 Kb2 63. Qb4+ Kc2 64. Qa3 c3 65. Qxa2+ Kd3

66. Qb1+ c2 67. Qc1 Kxd4 68. Qxc2  1-0



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