X-Git-Url: https://git.ladys.computer/Wiki/blobdiff_plain/858e5b044d58dfd1ade97d8643d8106a8999b0be..563e21b2ab2f887f0e6c451edf3d12364a9b5555:/Sources/Editor/Rinna/ChessStudyPlan.djot diff --git a/Sources/Editor/Rinna/ChessStudyPlan.djot b/Sources/Editor/Rinna/ChessStudyPlan.djot new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ed12a27 --- /dev/null +++ b/Sources/Editor/Rinna/ChessStudyPlan.djot @@ -0,0 +1,126 @@ +# rinna's chess study plan + +On 13th September 2023, I started following a formal 12-week study plan +from [some website][ChessGoals] that has different study plans for +different skill levels/rating bands. +I'm just doing their plan for beginners right now. + +(Note: all books rinna mentions are likely available from your +not-so-local library.) + +## Overall structure + +The basic structure of the study plan has me do three things each day +(four on the last day of each week, so Tuesdays for me). + +Two parts are the same each day: + +1. Check on my "daily"[^daily explanation] game. + That is, a game which allows 1 or more days per move (I went with 3 + days, although so far each player has moved at least once or twice a + day). + Once it completes I am to analyze the game and start a new one. +2. Do 5 chess puzzles. + I've been using lichess's ["Practice" section][lichess practice] for + this, working my way through the basic tactics puzzles. + +The third part varies from day to day and week to week between these +options: + +* Play 1 rapid game with a 15+10[^time controls] time control. +* Play 4 blitz games with a 5+5[^time controls] time control. +* Study/practice basic endgames. + I'm using the book _Silman's Complete Endgame Course_ by IM Jeremy + Silman for this, and the endgame practice features on lichess and + chess.com to practice endgames. + The ones the study plan recommends studying for newbs like myself are + those involving one or two queens or rooks (+ king) vs. a lone enemy + king. +* Study openings for 45 minutes. + The study plan suggests several options to use for this and I'm going + to be reading _Winning Chess Openings_ by GM Yasser Seirawan for + this. + This starts from week 2 and takes place on the same day as the + endgame practice. +* Read and play through a game from _Logical Chess: Move by Move_ by + Irving Chernev. + +After each game I play, I'm supposed to analyze the game for things I +could improve on and what went well. + +## Rating Table + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Rating and performance over time (on chess.com)
Rating Win-Loss
Week Blitz Rapid BlitzRapid
1 N/A 429 4-1 3-1
2 686 508 0-0 3-1
+ +Notes: + +* Each row represents my ratings at the beginning of each week unless + stated otherwise. + Game results are for games played during that week. +* 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 + be my having improved since when I had last been playing on + chess.com. + +## Status report + +### Week 1 + +I've really appreciated having a more structured plan going on. +I have done some extracurricular studying hehe, because the study plan +has helped me get even more excited about chess (also because I have +some spaced repetition stuff going on, so I'm obviously not gonna +abandon that just because I've also got this study plan). + +The plan has also helped to ensure I actually play games. :) +The blitz games are helping me learn to use my time more efficiently. + +My first daily game has been going really excitingly. +I've included an animated GIF below showing the game so far (up through +move 19 for both white and black). +I have the black pieces. + + +[![an animated display of the moves from the game][gif versus +TPTCOAT]][daily game versus TPTCOAT] + +[gif versus TPTCOAT]: + https://alicebenighted.neocities.org/misc-images/chess/vs-tptcoat.gif +[daily game versus TPTCOAT]: + https://www.chess.com/game/daily/561280087 + +[^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 + site, chess.com blitz rating is most well-correlated with + over-the-board FIDE ratings, despite the very different time + controls), so the study plan used that terminology. +[^time controls]: + Chess time controls (at least in the shorter range) are often written + as N+M. + This means that each player starts out with N minutes on their clock + and gets M seconds added to it for each move. + Currently I am sticking to 5+5 (5 minutes initially + 5 seconds per + move) for blitz games and 15+10 (15 minutes initially + 10 seconds + per move) for rapid games. + "Blitz" and "rapid" are just terms that refer to ranges of time + controls shorter than the classical time controls used in + most over-the-board tournaments. + +[ChessGoals]: + https://chessgoals.com +[lichess practice]: + https://lichess.org/practice