Levels for “The gym” (General)

by AndreaCoda, Monday, September 29, 2008, 14:24 (6043 days ago)

I am just trying to rebuild some confidence in myself, after having tried the exercises from “the gym”!

The introduction says that the levels are as follows:

Beginner: you know the moves;
Intermediate: you are between 1200 and 1500;
Advanced: you are graded up to 2000.

Now, I would consider myself an advanced beginner; I have been doing tactics for quite some time now, and on tactics site like chesstempo.com I am rated about 1600 (which, of course, has nothing to do with an ELO rating, but it is still relatively good)

Here, after one session done at beginner level, I managed nothing more than a mere 55% success rate, which I consider really a poor result. I believe, though, that the positions are very tough, and I seriously doubt that somebody who “just knows the moves” can solve them! Just the fact that, this month, they are all coming from Petriosian’s games, gives an hint about the fact that they can’t be sooooo basic!

What is your experience?

Thanks in advance for any reply!

Andrea