From: Surinna Curtis Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2023 16:45:32 +0000 (-0600) Subject: chess study plan update after week 9 X-Git-Url: https://git.ladys.computer/Wiki/commitdiff_plain/397df2a30f1016660065b8c7ca9b1d7bc355a70e?ds=inline;hp=25f3dd378278471b8ed911fa015b615d71312cf4 chess study plan update after week 9 --- diff --git a/Sources/Editor/Rinna/ChessStudyPlan.djot b/Sources/Editor/Rinna/ChessStudyPlan.djot index af93f22..72d032c 100644 --- a/Sources/Editor/Rinna/ChessStudyPlan.djot +++ b/Sources/Editor/Rinna/ChessStudyPlan.djot @@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ My rating and performance over time (on chess.com): | 6 | 588 | 628 | 5-7 | 5-0 | | 7 | 590 | 728 | 2-2 | 4-4 | | 8 | 587 | 739 | 5-6-1 | 9-3 | -| 9 | 579 | 795 | 0-0 | 0-0 | +| 9 | 579 | 795 | 3-0-1 | 25-6 | +| 10 | 604 | 935 | 0-0 | 0-0 | Notes: @@ -386,7 +387,7 @@ response to 1. e4, although I'm considering switching to playing 1. e4 e5 just to see a broader variety of positions and build a broader variety of skills. -# Week 8 +## Week 8 This was a blitz week for the study plan. The blitz games did not go super great, although I had my first ever @@ -416,6 +417,56 @@ sacrifice"). I really liked the draw puzzles and the mate in 2 problems are also proving very enjoyable. +## Week 9 + +This week went well. +I played a lot of games and had 28 wins, 6 losses, and 1 draw. +My rapid rating went up a lotttt, and now I'm higher rated than my +friend Will. :3 + +I've reached the third (and final) "stage" of the puzzle book. +I'm on target to finish the whole thing in the four weeks, though some +of the remaining days might be a lot of work (I have to do ~28.5 +puzzles each remaining day). + +There's a chess.com official tournament for correspondence games for +people rated under 1000 that started this morning as I write this (the +morning after Week 9 ended). +I look forward to seeing how I do in that (it'll take ages, as there's +4528 players signed up..., 6 person group size, so it'll take 5 rounds, +at up to 3 days a move). +But that's more of a next week thing anyway! + +I started in on the new endgame book's "basic endings" chapter, which +has been covering the basics of King + Pawn v. King endings so far. +It's review for me, although its coverage makes some things clearer or +more explicit than in my previous studies. + +I'm still not through the Sicilian Defense coverage from the openings +book, which is more remarkable for the fact that it's being very +summary about some major variations. + +As for my own openings, I've continued my experiment with replying +classically to 1. e4 with e5 as black. +I've been having difficulty with some of the sharper openings (the +Vienna Game mostly this week), but it's otherwise been going pretty +well. +I might try learning the Nimzo-Indian and Queen's Indian as my +responses to 1. d4. +They're a bit more flexible and less focused on specific lines compared +the Queen's Gambit Declined, which is kinda nice given that I rarely +actually face 1. d4 openings (and even more rarely the Queen's Gambit). + +I've started a spreadsheet (going back to the start of this month, +November) of my performance in different openings. +My big weak spot definitely looks to be the sharper king's pawn (1. e4 +e5) openings, so depending on if they improve by the end of the month +I might switch back to the Sicilian or put in a lot of effort next +month on studying those. + +All in all, a great week for chess for me. +I'll be writing next week's update from Argentina! + [^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