My Story

 

This is a short story of my personal Chess Journey from 0 to Grandmaster.

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I am 39 years old from the beautiful country of Norway. 

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I started learning and playing chess at a very young age and stopped at 19. I traveled all around Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and participated in everything I could find of chess tournaments.  

 

I must say that I have been incredible fortunate to have the most supporting parents, just like Magnus Carlsen and I can´t thank them enough today.

 

When Magnus Carlsen became World Champion there was a chess fever in my country and I started playing chess again after a short break of 18 years! The first thing I did when I started playing chess again in 2015, was to invest in a DGT Chess Board, some good chessbooks and joined a local chess club. My first tournament after my long break away from chess was the Norwegian Championship 2015 in Oslo and I was positively surprised to get 4.5 points of 9 possible. My first rating at age 35 and a short break of 18 years was 1550, not to bad but when I was19 my rating was about 1900. 

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So this blog would be about My Personal Chess Journey towards Grandmaster Title or to become the best chess player I could ever be. I hope you will find my Journey interesting and maybe it will give you some good ideas yourself! I am always open to suggestions, so please don´t hesitate to send me some comments.

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To help me achieve my biggest dream in life I have support from an amazing Coach FM Alejandro González Vega, good Friends and amazing parents.

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Find Me Online

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I am mostly on chess.com and you may challenge me for a game of course!

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My username is: AlbinJoha

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Donations

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If you wish to help me achieve my dream you may donate to my PayPal.Me Account. 

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All contributions are welcomed and appreciated!

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Lets start the wonderful Chess Journey together!