Reaching 900!

[pgn]
[Event “Live Chess”]
[Site “Chess.com”]
[Date “2014.10.22”]
[Round “?”]
[White “921”]
[Black “Wesley Surber”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteElo “921”]
[BlackElo “903”]
[PlyCount “40”]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Be6 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. Bxc4 Bg4 6. f3 Bf5 7. Qb3 e6 8.
Ne2 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 a5 10. O-O Nf6 11. e4 Bg6 12. a3 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 14. Kh1
Bxd2 15. Nxd2 Qxd2 16. Qxb7 Rd8 17. Bb5+ Ke7 18. Qxc7+ Kf8 19. h3 Nxe4 20. Rad1
Nf2+ 0-1
[/pgn]

Today has been one of the worst days in recent memory, but it seems that there is always a silver lining to a darkened cloud. The game above was played today on Chess.com and although it is not much to look at, it represents an important milestone in my chess training because it is the first game to **ever** place me above 900 ELO in blitz! As I blogged about [recently](http://www.offmychess.com/approaching-900/) and followed-up with in the current edition of [OMC Weekend Review](http://www.offmychess.com/omc-weekend-review-volume-1-issue-10/), 900 has always eluded me, but today is a day for celebrating the fruits of hard-earned labor.