From: Surinna Curtis <redacted>
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2023 13:24:50 +0000 (-0300)
Subject: chess study plan update after week 10
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chess study plan update after week 10
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diff --git a/Sources/Editor/Rinna/ChessStudyPlan.djot b/Sources/Editor/Rinna/ChessStudyPlan.djot
index 72d032c..e9077e0 100644
--- a/Sources/Editor/Rinna/ChessStudyPlan.djot
+++ b/Sources/Editor/Rinna/ChessStudyPlan.djot
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ My rating and performance over time (on chess.com):
 |  7   | 590          | 728         | 2-2                 | 4-4            |
 |  8   | 587          | 739         | 5-6-1               | 9-3            |
 |  9   | 579          | 795         | 3-0-1               | 25-6           |
-|  10  | 604          | 935         | 0-0                 | 0-0            |
+|  10  | 604          | 935         | 5-8                 | 9-5            |
+|  11  | 585          | 974         | 0-0                 | 0-0            |
 
 Notes:
 
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@ to safety.
 I've managed to stabilize the situation so we'll see how that works
 out. :)
 
-## Week 3
+### Week 3
 
 Blitz games didn't go so hot this week.
 My big weakness there was not thinking quickly enough and getting short
@@ -202,7 +203,7 @@ Anyway, interesting stuff. ^^
 
 That's been week 3.
 
-## Week 4
+### Week 4
 
 Once again I've done poorly in blitz, alas (0-4, 1-3, and 2-2 on the
 three days I played blitz games).
@@ -254,7 +255,7 @@ going into open Sicilian positions).
 This week is back to some rapid games, so I think those will go better
 for me. :)
 
-## Week 5
+### Week 5
 
 Hey, I was right.
 This week's rapid games did go better for me!
@@ -300,7 +301,7 @@ Anyway, week 6 will be a blitz week, so...
 it'll be a challenge but hopefully it'll help me get better at thinking
 more quickly.
 
-## Week 6
+### Week 6
 
 Blitz games this week didn't go too hot for me, though my rating stayed
 stable.
@@ -332,7 +333,7 @@ Silman's book are intended for much stronger players than me.
 
 We'll see how next week goes.
 
-## Week 7
+### Week 7
 
 Went completely even in my games this week, which resulted in a slight
 drop in my blitz rating and a slight increase in my rapid rating.
@@ -387,7 +388,7 @@ 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
@@ -417,7 +418,7 @@ sacrifice").
 I really liked the draw puzzles and the mate in 2 problems are also
 proving very enjoyable.
 
-## Week 9
+### Week 9
 
 This week went well.
 I played a lot of games and had 28 wins, 6 losses, and 1 draw.
@@ -467,6 +468,37 @@ month on studying those.
 All in all, a great week for chess for me.
 I'll be writing next week's update from Argentina!
 
+### Week 10
+
+Blitz games didn't go well this week, as usual.
+Extracurricular rapid games did tho!
+
+The correspondence tournament is going well: so far I've won four games and
+lost zero so far (I also won two against the person in my group who
+just timed out against everybody, but those are hardly worth counting).
+As for the remaining four games in round 1: one I'm very ahead and
+should win; another I feel pretty good about; and the other two are
+very hard for me to judge (they're still early, material is even, and
+neither of us have a clearly better position).
+
+I didn't get in very much endgame study this week due to having just
+arrived in Argentina.
+In the openings book I made it on to the modern queen's pawn openings
+chapter, and just barely to the start of the covering of the Indian
+Defenses (1. d4 Nf6 openings).
+Looking forward to the rest of the coverage of those, as well as to
+reading about rarer defenses to 1. d4.
+
+Two weeks left!
+I have clearly improved a lot at rapid time controls so far!
+Not so much at blitz, but ah well!
+When it ends I'll definitely continue with another study plan, but I'm
+not yet sure if I'll try the more advanced variant of the beginner
+plan, or move on to the intermediate plan (I'm not at the suggested
+rating for that but still considering it), or come up with something
+custom. Tbd!
+
+
 [^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