I did it!!!!!!!!! I hit 1700!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yahoo! Games - John Blanco's Rating

A special congratulations to................ME....I hit the 1700 mark on Yahoo! Chess!!! :D :D This is great! Any time you hot a new 100-mark in chess, at any level, it's a great feat!!

The great part about all of this is that I've only been fighting to hit 1700 for a month. It was a month ago I hit 1600 for the first time in a while. I'd grazed it before, 6 or so months earlier, so when I hit it again it felt good but it wasn't an unseen score on my part. 1700 I've never hit...and my rating is currently 1701 to boot!!! :)

So th enext mark is 1800 I guess. This one will take a while...there's a big jump from 1700 to 1800, and it's called tactics. I need to get better in my calculation...but if I keep working hard I will no doubt reach it someday. As an extra incentive, on Yahoo!, when you hit 1800 you get an orange square next to your name.

ORANGE!!! WHOOO!

So for the next, possibly year, I will make my orange crush attempt at 1800. :)

On the downside...hitting 1700 came in a very unmemorable game! This is kind of dissapointing. When I hit 1600 it was with a great win. This game was over on move 3. Ah, well.

For those who understand chess notation, here it is:

;Title: Yahoo! Chess Game
;White: seb123ca
;Black: zablanc
;Date: Fri Sep 03 18:01:33 GMT 2004

1. d2-d4 g8-f6
2. c1-g5 f6-e4
3. b1-c3 e4xg5
4. g1-f3 e7-e6
5. h2-h4 g5xf3+
6. g2xf3 f8-b4
7. e2-e4 d7-d5
8. d1-e2 c8-d7
9. e4xd5 b4xc3+
10. b2xc3 o-o
11. h1-g1 e6xd5
12. e2-e5 f8-e8
13. g1xg7+ g8-f8
14. g7xf7+ f8xf7
15. e5xe8+ f7xe8
16. e1-d2 d8xh4
17. d2-e3 d7-f5
18. a1-e1 e8-f8
19. f1-d3 f5xd3
20. c2xd3 h7-h5
21. e1-b1 h4-g5+
22. f3-f4 g5-e7+
23. e3-f3 e7-g7
24. b1xb7 g7-g4+
25. f3-e3 h5-h4
26. f2-f3 g4-g1+
27. e3-e2 h4-h3
28. b7xc7 h3-h2
29. c7-h7 h2-h1
30. h7xh1 g1xh1
31. e2-f2 h1-h2+
32. f2-e3 h2xa2
33. f4-f5 a2-a1
34. f3-f4 a1xc3
35. f5-f6 c3-e1+
36. e3-f3 b8-d7
37. f4-f5 d7xf6
38. f3-f4 f8-f7
39. f4-f3 a8-g8
40. f3-f4 g8-g4+
41. f4-f3 g4-g3+
42. f3-f4 e1-e3++