this last week, playing has been about the same, though with the help of others here, at least now, i see my mistakes as soon as i make them, so some improvement - no wins yet , but i don’t expect any now for a long while, even though i complain about it i know its not a reality till i see what others see on the board. have been setting a new standard which to judge myself on trying to stem off players till i lose 20 stones and see how much of the board i can hold on to when that happens so far my record is not great but i have lost most games with 60 % to 80 % opponents control and then still just under 20 stones so i hope to improvement that stat iam keeping would like to get to 10 stones with reaching the 60 % control loss of the board maybe this week coming iam playing less chess and more go each day that is showing in my chess stats dropped below 300 just yesterday from a high of 400 a couple weeks ago – but thats ok in chess i only play 7 day games and my goal there is get to 30 moves each game with my queen intact – its tought mind you, i mainly play against 750 to 1000 plus players so i get beaten up quite easily well back to chores before i stop to play go again at noon