<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><feed xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><id>https://lichess.org/@/MrPawnWoodward/blog</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/MrPawnWoodward/blog" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://lichess.org/@/MrPawnWoodward/blog.atom" /><title>MrPawnWoodward's Blog</title><updated>2026-08-03T02:56:27.503Z</updated><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/MrPawnWoodward/blog/how-i-reached-a-2000-rapid-rating-my-journey-mindset-and-training-blueprint/Fh2Sk8Qx</id><published>2026-08-03T02:56:27.503Z</published><updated>2026-08-03T02:56:27.503Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/MrPawnWoodward/blog/how-i-reached-a-2000-rapid-rating-my-journey-mindset-and-training-blueprint/Fh2Sk8Qx" /><title>How I Reached a 2000 Rapid Rating: My Journey, Mindset, and Training Blueprint</title><category term="Chess" label="Chess" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess"></category><category term="Strategy" label="Strategy" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Strategy"></category><category term="Opening" label="Opening" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Opening"></category><category term="Endgame" label="Endgame" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Endgame"></category><category term="Puzzle" label="Puzzle" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Puzzle"></category><content type="html">&lt;img class=&quot;ublog-post-image&quot; width=&quot;880&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;amp;h=550&amp;amp;op=thumbnail&amp;amp;path=W2g4V6yXKoyC.webp&amp;amp;w=880&amp;amp;sig=0ccac64d81046ed4551aae51319a675d7ea75558&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How do you get to a 2000 rating in Rapid? What challenges do you face along the way?</content><media:thumbnail url="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;h=550&amp;op=thumbnail&amp;path=W2g4V6yXKoyC.webp&amp;w=880&amp;sig=0ccac64d81046ed4551aae51319a675d7ea75558"></media:thumbnail><author><name>MrPawnWoodward</name></author></entry></feed>