A surprise at Christmas

When I made the last move, I thought still there would be a long game ahead. To my surprise, it only took me a few moves to finish the game. Can you guess how it happened?

A native language puzzle

My mother tongue is Russian as is my mother’s first language. She learnt English at school and then studied English and Polish at college. I learnt German at school and University and I started studying English a bit later.

What is the first language of my baby’s mother? What is the mother tongue of my baby going to be?

My first rating update.

I’ve just finished my fifth game and got a new rating. It’s extremely high (1619) and I feel that it will drop very soon since it’s a bit difficult to play at a such high level after such a long break.

When a few weeks ago I started playing chess, I got a provisional rating which was 1200. I played a few games against players with the same provisional rating and a few games against players with a rating that was a bit higher than mine. Some of these players were really good and it was difficult to defeat them. The result was too close to call. I’m happy that I managed to get points against some of them. Thanks guys for the good games.

So, I’ve won my first five games and now I can sign up for the tournament in January and try my skills in Advanced Chess.