2008 in Review

Wow, I haven't posted in a month. Well, between finals and Christmas, I never really thought about this blog until now. I had started a game review back in early December, and maybe I'll finish it next update, but for now, here are my stats for 2007 and 2008:

2007:

Games: 578
Wins: 335
Losses: 243
Win Percentage: 57.96%

Black: 189-159 (54.31%)
White: 146-84 (63.48%)

2008:

Games: 689
Wins: 401
Losses: 288
Win Percentage: 58.2%

Black: 191-162 (54.11%)
White: 210-126 (62.5%)

Note that I only began playing in August of 2007, so the average number of games per month fell off drastically, from 115.6 to 57.4 (and 115.6 counts August as a whole month even though I only started at the end of August, so the 2007 number should really be even higher). But, I am pretty sure the average time spent per game also went up a lot in 2008.

Total win percentage and win percentages playing as black and white remained remarkably consistent, despite individual months often having wild swings in these stats (for example, in December 2008 I had a 38% win rate with black, and 70% with white). It should be noted that I played a much higher share of my games as white in 2008; that means I played more against even and lower ranked players, and less against higher ranked players.

Monthly win percentages:

8/07: 38% (18k-16k)
9/07: 53% (16k-11k)
10/07: 59% (11k-10k)
11/07: 59% (10k-9k)
12/07: 67% (9k-8k)
1/08: 66% (8k-6k)
2/08: 64% (6k)
3/08: 60% (6k-5k)
4/08: 60% (5k-4k)
5/08: 55% (4k)
6/08: 68% (4k)
7/08: 51% (4k-3k)
8/08: 51% (3k)
9/08: 44% (3k)
10/08: 48% (3k)
11/08: 60% (3k)
12/08: 56% (3k)