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@Loluores
My chess training regimen is as systematic as it can get.... i know exactly what i am aiming at and the next step is to fashion out how to get to my destination... i have consulted many real life Grand masters, IMs and chess tutors than you can imagine my target is not to become a GM.... my target is CHESS MASTERY while enjoying the game.... improving my thought process steadily and making steady progress then taking part in Tournaments off course i will take a shot at becoming a GM at the African individual....the end will justify the means bro.... matter of time***

Loluores:
GM ke, when I still dey hustle

To be honest though, I have things in my playing that I'm just a lil' lazy to work on. Y'know, just like not taking your pills you know will cure the malaria you have, that kinda thing.

Also, I'm kinda becoming less and less of a perfectionist, which, ironically, is not good for a chessplayer. To be a strong player you have to be more of a perfectionist, a trait I feel like I'm losing (at least for chess... in some other areas in life I can still be veeery paranoid).

Buh I know where someone like chessguru's coming from, from a place of burning passion and strong dedication, and probably has gigabytes of chess material on his PC and phone , buh there's just too much overload.

Loluores you have no idea where i am coming from..... i play chess for the fun of it now and my target is simple to keep improving till i get to the best i can in the mastery of the thing i love so much. i was in a tournament just a week ago which ended with a very poor score for me...... 2 loses , 2 draws and just 1 win in a 5 round event at the pro chess event in ibadan... i had 2/5 as a result which is poor by my standard but i know exactly why it was that way...... my focus is on my next event now and if i can be physically fit for the event many will be shocked . actually i was ill during the ibadan event which affected my performance where i threw away my second round game that was completely winning . i am back to training now and its been very nice making progress.

many chess tournaments happening all over Nigeria...... watch this space as i update you guys

NAtional Friensd of chess tournament 2015 is on at the moment in Lagos and its been very very explosive

We Nigerians have a problem with our perspective, the amount of money is immaterial here, No Bank has a right to deprive you of what belongs to you no matter how minute, a bank that stole 1 naira from all its customers could reap millions of naira from it if added together.... i lost three thousand Naira to First Bank of Nigeria via ATM transaction when i wanted to load 3,000 worth of airtime on my phone, i did the right thing by walking into the Alagbaka branch , Akure to lay my complaint, after so many visits they still refused to refund me, it was so annoying as i wasted precious time going to the bank.... i eventually decided to forgo it because by Gods grace i am well paid and could afford to do so , more so to save myself more stress that could cost me more than the 3 k itself. what the actress did is very correct .... SHE SHOULD stage a protest if need be. the amount does not matter. IT IS HER MONEY!! its her right. - AKINOV!!

joywendy:
Happy birthday chessguru!

many many thanks

creatures of instinct..... suffering from the malaria of Logic ....two of the children of the late professor are my close friends and i can say authoritatively that theirs is a very decent family... they do not deserve this kind of cruel action from these nonentities . its very unfortunate and painful but God knows best.

see mumu topic for front page?!

The events enters its last two rounds as i type this and three great plays are leading on 5.5/7 the players are CM Uwanna Eugene, CM Femi Balogun and Daniel Anwuli all on 5.5/7 with 2 rounds to go. in case of a tie there shall be play off to determine the winners

Trailer kill person, you no know if na last year or 10 years ago picture dem give you.... you rush hang the bad news for front page....... something good happening in Nigeria for the first time and improving people's lives ..... you will not put on front page na so so bad news and mumu gossips SHIOR lalasticlala sounds like bad news and Tonto Dike fart. https://www.nairaland.com/2341874/millionaire-chess-brought-nigeria-millionaire#34475079

http://www.akinov.com/2015/06/lagos-millionaire-satellite-chess.html
UPDATE

LAGOS MILLIONAIRE SATELLITE CHESS FESTIVAL 2015
RATED
Round 1
Bo. SNo. Name Pts Res. Pts Name SNo.
1 27 Manan Yoboue Hermann 0 0 CM Unwana Eugene Ekpoikong 1
2 2 IM Adu Oladapo 0 0 Dr Martin Odum 28
3 29 Okpo Uwe 0 0 IM Olape Bunmi 3
4 4 CM Edunwale Hakeem 0 0 Ble Kouko Hubert 30
5 31 Aramude Sandra 0 0 CM Balogun Oluwafemi 5
6 6 Anwuli Daniel 0 0 . Abdullahi Musa 32
7 33 Cole Michael Christopher 0 0 CM Adesina Adeyinka 8
8 9 Onovughe Ochuko Emmanuel 0 0 Daramola Dennis 34
9 35 Dooterna Shaapera 0 0 Ajibola Olanrewaju 10
10 11 Okubuarere Karebo 0 0 Edoukou Ernest 36
11 37 Ekpo Edidiong Friday 0 0 Akinseye Abiola 12
12 13 FM Degondo Simplice Armel 0 0 Fajemirokun Abimbola 38
13 39 Ikuenomore Ayodeji Olumuyiwa 0 0 Osunfuyi Abimbola 14
14 15 Onabogun Kolade 0 0 Lapite Oluwadurotimi 40
15 41 Obioma Onuoha 0 0 Ajele Rotimi 16
16 17 FM Ajibowo Olamide Patrick 0 0 Odiase Oluwaseun 42
17 43 Ofowino Toritsemuwa 0 0 Edet Udeme 19
18 20 Oyeneyin Tajudeen 0 0 Ogbor Offoboche 44
19 45 Ogunwobi Tolulope 0 0 Onokpite Kennedy 21
20 22 Omoifo Osemekhian I 0 0 Oluwadara Adegbayi 47
21 48 Ositelu Oluwasiji 0 0 Oyama Ekok 23
22 25 Babalola Bayo 0 0 Osunkoya Sulaiman.o. 49
23 50 Salawu Mutiu.Omobolaji 0 0 Oluwaseyitan Femi 26
24 7 Eluekezie Chukwuwikeh 0 0 -
25 18 Caiafas Theophilus 0 0 -
26 24 Dennis Ogbogho 0 0 -
27 46 Ojikutu Samuel 0 0 -

tushbobo:
You forgot to add the prize monies for the competition.Even if you are not the overall winner,there are still other prizes.

the prize money and other details is in the link i posted

cc lalasticlala

shadowbox:
Thanks for the info.

If I may ask, are there other cheaper hotel/motel/guest-house alternatives that is close to the playing venue?

Hope to hear from you.
Thanks.

if you have friends in lagos you can tell them to make enquirers for you

cc lalasticlala

The Second edition of Millionaire Chess event that debuted in Las Vegas U.S.A which was the first of its kind because of the good organization and the mouth watering prize money involved has beamed its search light on Africa and Nigeria has been chosen to host a satellite event for a player to qualify for the Las Vegas Event coming up in October 8-12 this year , the winner gets a free trip to the main event for more info about the main event check https://millionairechess.com/

OFFICIAL INVITATION RELEASED **** LAGOS MILLIONAIRE SATELLITE CHESS FESTIVAL*** The Nigeria Chess Federation in association with the Kasparov Chess Foundation Africa wish to formally announce the LAGOS MILLIONAIRE SATELLITE CHESS FESTIVAL coming up from 10th to 14th June 2015 at the Chevron event center, Gbagada, Lagos.
The Overall winner will receive free entry,Flight, accommodation,and meal allowance to facilitate their participation in Millionaire Chess ,all-expenses paid trip to Las Vegas U.S.A for the Main millionaire Open Event !! Where you will have a chance to win Millions !! I have brought all the information together in one write up to EASE things up. Please follow the LINK Below for all necessary details. on the tournament
http://www.akinov..com/2015/05/lagos-millionaire-satellite-chess.html

Brought to you by GM AKINOV AKINSEYE

cc lalastica

Sorry guys i have been extremely busy with my ambitious chess study plans and training regimen.

19-05-15
Intermediate Tactics by IM Jeremy Silman (Chess mentor) **

RATING is mainly to estimate improvement made and is not the goal itself... the goal is to improve (Rating is a measure of progress made) *** *** implementing modern learning methods *****
Based line aimed at - The aim at this stage is to acquire a playing skill of approximately 2200 ELO. At this stage i must have a successfully tested opening repertoire which includes 2 openings as White and 2 openings with the black pieces. i must master tactics (60-70 per cent of a success rate solving problems of an intermediate difficulty), acquire a firm knowledge of the basics of chess strategy, ie. How a position's evaluation is developed and what are its components, familiarize with about 15-25 common plans from the chess classic examples, know typical chess endings: evaluation, plan of play and standard tactical methods for approximately 250 endgame positions. It is necessary to acquire the skills of working with a computer and with chess software.

Baseline to achieve on C- WORLD * (by measurement) BLITZ - 2000 , BULLET - 2000 ,Standard- 2200 , Correspondence- 2200 , Tactics- 2500 , CM (Coach) 2500.



**A series of competitions and training games is designed to facilitate better assimilation of what has been learnt.
(y) After achieving the Baseline goals in (x)
a training course aimed GM title is started It is at this point that a clearer record is set up The most important short-term goal was to achieve a performance level that made it possible to fulfill the FIDE requirements for the IM/GM title in competition. ( Zone 4.4 /African Individuals) To this aim, a schedule is designed and its content and also arranged participation in various competitions, Partially, the training process will also include participation in some active chess tournaments with the time controls of 15, 10 and 5 minutes per game".
WEEKLY PLAN

Stage 2 ( Assess self) be flexible.
Throw in everything you have got into your training regimen
when planning training sessions , take into account your style of play which is mainly Open play, your tournament performance over the first 7 weeks in performing the tasks. then put the chess tools to use by doing the following with it:

solving combinations;
solving studies (endgame-like positions with tactical content);
solving strategic tests;
studying typical middlegame positions;
studying typical schemes of attack against the advarsary's king;
studying typical methods of play in opening;
elaborating on an opening repertoire and developing plans for the transposition into the middlegame.
incorporate 3-4 openings into my repertoire as White and an equal number as the player of Black. master the tactics (90 per cent correctly solving tests of a high complexity with the theme of the tests unknown). Also to understand a wide palette of strategic devices - how the relationships of the elements of a position evaluation vary depending on the pawn configuration or on the alignment of forces on the board; know more then 100 typical plans from classical games; master elementary knowledge on chess endings: evaluation, plan of play, standard tactical methods from approximately 600 endgame positions; master methods of play in endings and the so-called 'simple' positions.

The training process includes playing in tournaments for testing the practical readiness and the my opening repertoire . Participation in the quick and rapid play tournaments with shortened time controls - 10, 15 or 25 minutes per game has been found extremely useful for this.

(x) 11th May - 28th July (7 weeks) - Target and achieve base line goals ***
(y) 29th july - 16th August (7weeks)
(z) 1th August - 4th October (7weeks)
* 5th October - 18th October

Short-term GOAL - achieve an ELO rating of 2300 thus getting the FIDE master title * Lagos classics 2015* (score of 5/5 vs AVG 2200= 2300)
Internediate tasks - achieving an ELO rating of 2400 +; (2016) and become a Grand Master by winning * African individual championship*

C-World
Aim to rubbing shoulders (and be consistent) vs the best GMs in the world at their level. you will know when you are at this level when you can achieve and MAINTAIN.
2700 (Blitz,Bullet, Standard , Tactics, CM)

The training period must include intermediate control stages. It is well known from practice that intense intellectual studying gives a practical result after approximately 5 - 6 months. breaking the training period into small parts is a very good idea. The working results of each stage must be cross-checked practically by participation in competitions on C-WORLD and against Silicon monsters. Further evaluation of my practical preparedness may be provided by solving test tasks using C-World tools ( Chess mentor, Computer workout,Tactics trainer ETC) to learn "Strategy",Tactics Middlegame ,Opening Endgame Chess Training". A desirable picture of how the test results may score is given below as
Stage 1. CHESS MENTOR- 2500 , Tactics trainer - 2000 , Blitz - 2000 , Bullet - 2000, Standard - 2000.
Stage 2 - CHESS MENTOR- 2300 , Tactics trainer - 2300 , Blitz - 2300 , Bullet - 2300, Standard - 2300.
Stage 3 - CHESS MENTOR- 2500 , Tactics trainer - 2500 , Blitz - 2500 , Bullet - 2500, Standard - 2500.

Its about 22 weeks to the NBl and there has been a little adjustment to my training regimen and content. I am now adopting the training regimen code named C - WORLD where i shall be training 1. Opening (Basic at this level) 2. Tactics 3. Strategy 4 Endgame using a foreign coach Code named CM-2700 .
in the C - WORLD which is a virtual replica of a country like Russia i have a chance to study with the best coach and try to see how far i can get in the rankings ...... target here is to go from Amateur (so to speak) to Grand Master strength .
in the C- WORLD my rating is currently as follows BLITZ - 1683 , BULLET - 1519 ,Standard- 1648 , Correspondence- 1835 , Tactics- 1735 , CM (Coach) 2003.

African individual chess championship 2015 is going on at the moment Nigeria's National Chess Champion CM Bomo drew with three strong African Grand Masters

C4 2015 CHESS TOURNAMENT
INVITATION
The Chess Players Association of Nigeria (CPAN) have the honour of inviting all State Chess Associations, Chess Clubs, and All Chess players to participate in the Fide-Rated 3rd CPAN CHEVRON CHESS CHALLENGE (C4).
Dates: Thursday May 14th – Sunday May 17th 2015.
Arrival: Wednesday, May 13th 2015.
Departure: Monday, May 18th 2015.
Venue: Chevron Recreational Centre, Gbagada-Lagos.
Accommodation: There are lots of hotels around the venue and players will be responsible for their own
For FULL DETAILS check http://www.akinov.com/2015/04/c4-2015-chess-tournament-announcement.html


CC: lalastical

ADJUSTMENT OF PLANS*** Being flexible is part of a potential champions attributes

I got Premium membership of a to Chess site today , therefore my training is going to be extensively based on the training program on the website which is believed to be world class.
a working program has now been developed where the immediate, short term & long term aims and tasks is clearly defined. The most important short-term goal was to achieve a performance level that will make it possible to fulfill the FIDE requirements for the GM title in competitions. (African Individuals standard) To this aim, i have designed the schedule and its content and also arranged participation in various competitions. training process includes participation in some active chess tournaments with the time controls of 15, 10 and 5 minutes per game". (http://www.convekta.com/softscho/l1/lesson_3.html ) was a good guide to me in formulating a better preparatory system for this task **
The Short term target is to gradually improve bit by bit every day (steady)
Using the Tools on the chess website ***

Preparation has been seriously on.......been too busy to update here.... but update will surely continue Progress report**

Next action is for him to break or smash his DSTV decoder and dish

Next action is for him to break or smash his DSTV decoder and dish

DAY 10 ( April 10, 2015)
-Calculation training
* ICHESS
*Greatest 365 Puzzles - Csaba
*101 Endgame tips
*My daily chess exercise
- Strategy/Ideas/plan
* Understanding chess (move by move) John Nunn
-Opening *** Basics*** Repertoire 'y'
*Go through some videos
-SILICON CLASH.