<?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/@/TheNoobiestNoob/blog</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/TheNoobiestNoob/blog" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://lichess.org/@/TheNoobiestNoob/blog.atom" /><title>TheNoobiestNoob's Blog</title><updated>2024-11-21T04:09:54.743Z</updated><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/TheNoobiestNoob/blog/my-game-of-the-month-submission/MMLw8SDp</id><published>2024-11-21T04:09:54.743Z</published><updated>2024-11-21T04:09:54.743Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/TheNoobiestNoob/blog/my-game-of-the-month-submission/MMLw8SDp" /><title>My Game of the Month Submission</title><category term="Chess" label="Chess" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess"></category><category term="Tactics" label="Tactics" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Tactics"></category><content type="html">&lt;img class=&quot;ublog-post-image&quot; width=&quot;880&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://lichess1.org/assets/hashed/user-blog-default.08ce0024.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have found my game of the month, not the best game I’ve ever played, but the story is worth it.</content><media:thumbnail url="https://lichess1.org/assets/hashed/user-blog-default.08ce0024.png"></media:thumbnail><author><name>TheNoobiestNoob</name></author></entry><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/TheNoobiestNoob/blog/my-2024-tournament-schedule/U5JQvFk9</id><published>2024-11-19T20:57:10.474Z</published><updated>2024-11-19T20:57:10.474Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/TheNoobiestNoob/blog/my-2024-tournament-schedule/U5JQvFk9" /><title>My 2024 Tournament Schedule</title><category term="Chess" label="Chess" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess"></category><category term="Over_the_board" label="Over the board" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Over_the_board"></category><category term="Tournament" label="Tournament" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Tournament"></category><content type="html">&lt;img class=&quot;ublog-post-image&quot; width=&quot;880&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://lichess1.org/assets/hashed/user-blog-default.08ce0024.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This list is not finalized, though I will do my best to make all of the tournaments listed. If you have a tournament in December that is not listed, let me know.</content><media:thumbnail url="https://lichess1.org/assets/hashed/user-blog-default.08ce0024.png"></media:thumbnail><author><name>TheNoobiestNoob</name></author></entry><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/TheNoobiestNoob/blog/how-i-chose-my-opening-repertoire/yp8XJKKp</id><published>2024-11-02T02:50:27.522Z</published><updated>2024-11-02T02:50:27.522Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/TheNoobiestNoob/blog/how-i-chose-my-opening-repertoire/yp8XJKKp" /><title>How I chose my opening repertoire</title><category term="Opening" label="Opening" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Opening"></category><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><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=thenoobiestnoob:ublog:yp8XJKKp:Glsli6N0.webp&amp;amp;w=880&amp;amp;sig=3f0e877c448bd2e49ae4c6f75f195ddd18c7eee6&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A lot of thought goes into an opening repertoire as you move up the rating ladder. Here's my story of how I chose what to play as white and black.</content><media:thumbnail url="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;h=550&amp;op=thumbnail&amp;path=thenoobiestnoob:ublog:yp8XJKKp:Glsli6N0.webp&amp;w=880&amp;sig=3f0e877c448bd2e49ae4c6f75f195ddd18c7eee6"></media:thumbnail><author><name>TheNoobiestNoob</name></author></entry><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/TheNoobiestNoob/blog/want-to-win-more-games-faster-learn-this/A5Zq0qOc</id><published>2024-10-24T15:01:34.401Z</published><updated>2024-10-24T15:01:34.401Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/TheNoobiestNoob/blog/want-to-win-more-games-faster-learn-this/A5Zq0qOc" /><title>Want to win more games faster? Learn this</title><category term="Analysis" label="Analysis" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Analysis"></category><category term="Chess" label="Chess" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess"></category><category term="Over_the_board" label="Over the board" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Over_the_board"></category><category term="Tournament" label="Tournament" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Tournament"></category><category term="Lichess" label="Lichess" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Lichess"></category><content type="html">&lt;img class=&quot;ublog-post-image&quot; width=&quot;880&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://lichess1.org/assets/hashed/user-blog-default.08ce0024.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've done a lot of self-analysis, and have figured out when the best time is to resign, and when you should play on.</content><media:thumbnail url="https://lichess1.org/assets/hashed/user-blog-default.08ce0024.png"></media:thumbnail><author><name>TheNoobiestNoob</name></author></entry><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/TheNoobiestNoob/blog/january-6th-tournament-recap/pXvGzw50</id><published>2024-01-09T03:53:45.657Z</published><updated>2024-01-09T03:53:45.657Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/TheNoobiestNoob/blog/january-6th-tournament-recap/pXvGzw50" /><title>January 6th Tournament Recap!</title><category term="Chess" label="Chess" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess"></category><category term="Analysis" label="Analysis" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Analysis"></category><category term="Over_the_board" label="Over the board" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Over_the_board"></category><category term="Tournament" label="Tournament" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Tournament"></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=thenoobiestnoob:ublog:pXvGzw50:U2Evr6gf.jpg&amp;amp;w=880&amp;amp;sig=94e9f143c800a012203c6a9335679762b150a973&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I played in a three-round RR tournament on Saturday. Here are the results:</content><media:thumbnail url="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;h=550&amp;op=thumbnail&amp;path=thenoobiestnoob:ublog:pXvGzw50:U2Evr6gf.jpg&amp;w=880&amp;sig=94e9f143c800a012203c6a9335679762b150a973"></media:thumbnail><author><name>TheNoobiestNoob</name></author></entry><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/TheNoobiestNoob/blog/planning-my-2024-otb-tournament-schedule/fKQfV2MN</id><published>2023-12-11T13:27:25.864Z</published><updated>2023-12-11T13:27:25.864Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/TheNoobiestNoob/blog/planning-my-2024-otb-tournament-schedule/fKQfV2MN" /><title>Planning my 2024 OTB tournament schedule!</title><category term="Chess" label="Chess" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess"></category><category term="Over_the_board" label="Over the board" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Over_the_board"></category><category term="Tournament" label="Tournament" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Tournament"></category><category term="Lichess" label="Lichess" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Lichess"></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=thenoobiestnoob:ublog:fKQfV2MN:W2tn17v9.jpg&amp;amp;w=880&amp;amp;sig=c2d043bd8200768ce42035a856e6e0761e3cdfa9&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've been playing chess since October of 2019, a few months before the coronavirus pandemic. I went to my first OTB tournament in September of 2021 with a friend, then to three more with that same friend. Here, I am planning my tournament schedule for 2024, and am planning a blog post for each of my tournaments.</content><media:thumbnail url="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;h=550&amp;op=thumbnail&amp;path=thenoobiestnoob:ublog:fKQfV2MN:W2tn17v9.jpg&amp;w=880&amp;sig=c2d043bd8200768ce42035a856e6e0761e3cdfa9"></media:thumbnail><author><name>TheNoobiestNoob</name></author></entry></feed>