100 Days of Chess
100 days of chess (starting 2/15/26)
2h 25m
total
· 1h 4m
study
· 7
games
· 9
picks
· 1078
rating
Feb 15, 2026
· 60 min total · 29 min study · 2 games
· rating 1038
· 2 picks
Did 19 positions on Checkmate Patterns I on Lichess, played one game, and then analyzed. I wish we had played through so I could practice the endgame I just learned, but they resigned. I then played my son and messed up annotation so can't analyze, but we chatted about it. I need to be careful about pins and count attackers and defenders. Also - PCR - protect, capture, run when I am in check. He had a lot of good pointers. Feb 16, 2026 · 35 min total · 20 min study · 3 games · rating 1054 · 4 picks
Did Checkmate Patterns II on Lichess, played one game, that ended in under 2min because they resigned and then another that I totally blunderd with my knight. I need to think more about protecting first.In the evening I played another game and felt more confident- even after blundering my queen. And then my son and I played after dinner for two games. Feb 17, 2026 · 50 min total · 15 min study · 2 games · rating 1078 · 3 picks
Did puzzles for a bit - I like those a lot. They helped me relize how often I am not really looking for the best move. I got a checkmate on the lichess game and felt like I saw it better than I would have yesterday. I then played my partner - we blundered together until the end, but it was fun. My pawn was a bowling pin to a checkmate. I missed some important moves that I reflected on, and annotated the whole game well enough to actually get it into the computer!
Did 19 positions on Checkmate Patterns I on Lichess, played one game, and then analyzed. I wish we had played through so I could practice the endgame I just learned, but they resigned. I then played my son and messed up annotation so can't analyze, but we chatted about it. I need to be careful about pins and count attackers and defenders. Also - PCR - protect, capture, run when I am in check. He had a lot of good pointers. Feb 16, 2026 · 35 min total · 20 min study · 3 games · rating 1054 · 4 picks
Did Checkmate Patterns II on Lichess, played one game, that ended in under 2min because they resigned and then another that I totally blunderd with my knight. I need to think more about protecting first.In the evening I played another game and felt more confident- even after blundering my queen. And then my son and I played after dinner for two games. Feb 17, 2026 · 50 min total · 15 min study · 2 games · rating 1078 · 3 picks
Did puzzles for a bit - I like those a lot. They helped me relize how often I am not really looking for the best move. I got a checkmate on the lichess game and felt like I saw it better than I would have yesterday. I then played my partner - we blundered together until the end, but it was fun. My pawn was a bowling pin to a checkmate. I missed some important moves that I reflected on, and annotated the whole game well enough to actually get it into the computer!
milestones
I have a plan.
Feb 15, 2026
I have set up this journal, a lichess account, and played games to get a baseline. My plan is to play a 10+5 game daily and analyze it after 15-20 minutes of studying. Picks will be my score on a scale of 0-5 for what I feel I've learned that day.