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@@ -65,13 +65,15 @@ My rating and performance over time (on chess.com):
 |  9   | 579          | 795         | 3-0-1               | 25-6           |
 |  10  | 604          | 935         | 5-8                 | 9-5            |
 |  11  | 585          | 974         | 2-2                 | 11-6-3         |
-|  12  | 585          | 1000        | 0-0                 | 0-0            |
+|  12  | 585          | 1000        | 6-6                 | 12-8-1         |
+|  end | 588          | 1023        | N/A                 | N/A            |
 
 Notes:
 
 * Each row represents my ratings at the beginning of each week unless
   stated otherwise.
   Game results are for games played during that week.
+  End row is for the end of the study plan.
 * I had never played any blitz games prior to starting the study plan.
 * Prior to starting the study plan I had mostly been playing on lichess
   rather than chess.com, so improvements from week 1 to week 2 may just
@@ -582,6 +584,39 @@ Some of them so far have been pretty tough for an introductory book!
 Anyway, I'm midway through the chapter on force (currently at the
 section on traps), so I'm excited to read more. :)
 
+### Week 12: the End
+
+I've completed the study plan, and I'm very pleased with how it's gone.
+I'll be starting a new one tomorrow.
+I've also planned out a (5-week, to be reassessed and repeated after
+that) study plan for my Spanish learning, to emphasize how pleased I've
+been with this approach.
+
+I've gotten a lot better at chess, if not at blitz time controls, over
+these twelve weeks.
+Rating-wise, I've gone from 429 (or 508 after the first week) to 1023
+in Chess.com Rapid rating.
+Blitz has fallen from 686 after that good first week (before which I
+had not played any blitz) to 588, so it feels safe to say I haven't
+really improved at fast time controls;
+I still struggle to play quickly and not get into time pressure, and
+sometimes make horrific blunders due to trying to play quickly.
+I hadn't been tracking the progress of my daily rating, but I'm
+certainly also doing well at that.
+My daily rating was something like 326 at the start, and is now 1053.
+I've only lost a single daily game out of 30 I've played in that time.
+
+The books the study plan recommended have been very helpful, as has it
+just forcing me to play regularly.
+It is also true that the "extra-curricular" studies I've gotten up to
+have certainly contributed to my improvement, though they probably
+wouldn't have helped nearly as much without the opportunities to
+integrate them through actual play.
+As well, I suspect the study plan helped to ensure I maintained focus
+on improving at chess.
+
+Tomorrow I'll start with one of their intermediate plans. :)
+
 [^daily explanation]:
   "Daily" is just what chess.com calls games with such a time control.
   Chess.com is very popular (and according to the data gathered by that