| 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
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