From: Surinna Curtis <redacted>
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2023 14:33:22 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: update my chess study plan after week 6
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update my chess study plan after week 6
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diff --git a/Sources/Editor/Rinna/ChessStudyPlan.djot b/Sources/Editor/Rinna/ChessStudyPlan.djot
index a108c8d..3b4a85f 100644
--- a/Sources/Editor/Rinna/ChessStudyPlan.djot
+++ b/Sources/Editor/Rinna/ChessStudyPlan.djot
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ My rating and performance over time (on chess.com):
 |  4   | 694          | 535         | 3-9            | 0-0            |
 |  5   | 615          | 535         | 2-2 (0-4)      | 2-0 (0-3)      |
 |  6   | 588          | 628         | 0-0            | 0-0            |
+|  7   | 590          | 728         | 5-7            | 5-0            |
 
 Notes:
 
@@ -296,6 +297,38 @@ 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
+
+Blitz games this week didn't go too hot for me, though my rating stayed
+stable.
+Partly I just was really off my game on Sunday at least.
+Friday I did do pretty well on time management and went 3-1.
+Really I need to improve on consistency I guess, which may partly be a
+matter of improving in physical health (mostly in terms of getting
+adequate rest, but tbh that'll have to wait for next month at
+earliest).
+
+I played some extracurricular rapid games and did quite well in them.
+I also played some games against Will when he came up to visit me
+before my move.
+Our record ended up perfectly even across Saturday and Sunday at 3½-3½.
+I think we might have played a game or two on Friday but I don't
+remember.
+
+Finished up the coverage of the Queen's Gambit Declined in Seirawan's
+openings book, and started on modern king's pawn openings (covered the
+Alekhine, Scandinavian, and a bit of the French).
+Maybe finishing up the section on the French Defense will help me
+finally figure out how I want to play against it with the white pieces.
+
+In my endgame studies, I finished the tests from part 2 in Silman's
+endgame book, and did some of the practice problems lichess has for
+pawn endgames.
+Not sure where I'll go from here for next week, as the further parts of
+Silman's book are intended for much stronger players than me.
+
+We'll see how next week goes.
+
 [^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