The format where I actually play chess — and this week it showed. 27–8–2, plus-142 to 1234, a twelve-game win streak, 87.9% accuracy. There's no wall here: I beat my own bracket (68%), the 1100s (57%), even the 1200s, five wins in seven. Black is the weapon at 75%, and the Caro-Kann that leaks in blitz wins 83% in rapid — the engine behind the whole climb. Slow the game down and the chess finally shows up.
From 1092 to a 1242 peak inside one week — plus-142, with a twelve-game run through the middle. The line barely takes a breath.
75% as Black over 36 games, 55% as White over 44. The mirror image of blitz — here the Caro-Kann and Sicilian carry me, and it's White that needs the work.
The blitz wall doesn't exist here. I beat my own bracket (68% over 37), the 1100s (57% over 30), even the 1200s (five of seven). With time on the clock, the rating gap stops mattering.
I finish people: 53% of wins by checkmate, just 6% by flag. The losses come by resignation (54%) — outplayed, not out-clocked. Time pressure isn't what beats me here.
No weak slot this season: afternoons and mornings at 67%, evenings still 64% over 45 games. Unlike blitz, the late hours don't drag me down.
Three months, 80 games, 51–26–3 — a 64% clip against a pool mostly rated above me. Peak 1242, a twelve-game best streak, biggest scalp a 1237. This is the one format where the number actually goes up.