So on move 12 I forked my opponent and he handled the exchange with the best moves. On move 14 he spend 3.5 minutes of thought then proceeded to rattle off 26 best moves out of the last 30 moves and 3 of the other 4 were top 2. Ill also throw in that almost every move was played between 8-15 seconds for the most part He finished the game after this blunder with 93% accuracy and a 2300 performance Check out this #chess game: Nevin807 vs JirkaHladky - https://www.chess.com/live/game/169495609006

Working on Artur Yusupov build up your chess u1800 book 1 chapter 5 tonight. Solving the tests for the double attack. Gotta keep grinding for 2000

My queenless‑game challenge is really paying off. I’ve been keeping a handwritten rating log where I track every game with +25 for wins and –25 for losses, and it’s been super helpful for seeing my actual progress. I started at the 750 bot because that’s half my Elo, and I wanted a clean baseline to measure from. From there I worked my way up the ladder to 775 — the highest bot in my system. There was a lot of losing and a lot of winning along the way, but the overall trend has been upward. My accuracy has been improving, and I’m now winning with both colors pretty consistently. I’m saving the 775 match for tomorrow morning since that’s when I play my best. It’s been wild seeing how much this queenless training has improved my full games too. One thing this challenge really exposed is how bad I used to be with my minor pieces. My knights and bishops were basically decorations — I’d leave them undeveloped, trade them for no reason, or stick them on squares where they had zero influence. Playing queenless games forced me to actually use them, coordinate them, and rely on them to win positions. Now I’m seeing a huge difference. I’m winning with both colors, my accuracy is trending up, and my minor pieces are finally doing real work instead of just existing. It’s been a humbling but super helpful part of the challenge.

I’m now playing at over half my Elo rating without a queen! Here is my PGN along with my notes: https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/pgn/2z7jt3QNsp/analysis

Played as blacks, sadly lost but this game is absolutely peak 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. e4 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bb4 5. Nf3 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3 7. dxc3 a5 8. Ng5 h6 9. Nh3 a4 10. Bxh6 gxh6 11. Qf3 Ra5 12. Qg3+ Kh8 13. b4 b6 14. bxa5 Nxa5 15. Bb1 Nxc4 16. O-O Rg8 17. Qd3 Nb2 18. Qb5 c6 19. Qxb2 Ba6 20. Re1 Rg4 21. c4 Bxc4 22. Qxe5 Qe8 23. Qxf6+ Kh7 24. Qf5+ Rg6 25. Re3 Be6 26. Ng5+ Kg7 27. Nxe6+ dxe6 28. Qe5+ f6 29. Qc7+ Kg8 30. e5 Rg7 31. Qxb6 Rg5 32. Ba2 fxe5 33. Bxe6+ Qxe6 34. Qb8+ Kg7 35. Rd3 Qf5 36. Qc7+ Kg8 37. Rd8+ Qf8 38. Rxf8+ Kxf8 39. Rd1 Rg7 40. Rd8#