My Biggest Collapse!! | How I Became an IM #16

After achieving my third IM norm, I was just 30 Elo points away from becoming an International Master. But then everything went wrong. During four terrible winter tournaments, I lost 91 Elo points, dropping from 2370 to 2279! In Chapter 16 of How I Became an International Master, I analyze two painful defeats from the L'Hospitalet tournament: one against an Indian Grandmaster and another against a Romanian International Master. Both of my opponents played excellent games, and these losses were part of one of the toughest periods of my chess career. HOW I BECAME AN INTERNATIONAL MASTER Follow my journey from my first chess tournaments to achieving the International Master title! New episodes every day!    • How I Became an IM   PROJECT DUNK Follow my journey to dunk a basketball for the first time! New episodes every Thursday!    • PROYECT DUNK   CHECKMATE FITNESS Follow my fitness journey and daily training!    • CHECKMATE FITNESS   FOLLOW ME: Instagram:   / buendiachess   TikTok:   / buendiachess   X: https://x.com/BuendiaChess Lichess: https://lichess.org/@/BuendiaChess #Chess #InternationalMaster #ChessJourney #BuendiaChess #RoadToIM