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I first learned how the chess pieces moved about 40 years ago, and honestly have not played but maybe 50 games since then. Starting earlier this year, I was reading an article about AI, then something about chess popped up, and into the rabbit hole I went. I'm really trying to figure out the best way for me to learn, and after hearing Matt on the Chess Journeys podcast, figured I would give this a try. My goal is to get at least to the 1500 level on Lichess, or 1000 on chess.com, or just be a strong hobbyist player. I'm currently not going to play on Lichess, except for puzzles until after the 12 weeks are over. Or maybe I'll just stay over on chess.com... Week 1 - Current chess.com ratings: blitz - 429 rapid - 579 puzzles - 530 daily - 996 Current Lichess ratings: Rapid - 1030 Classical - 1370 Correspondence - 1518 (provisional) Puzzles - 1239 (which I play daily) Takeaways - when I blunder, I blunder big. I tend to give my queen away at the worst possible time. I need to slow down and stop attacking so much and also remember that I am playing against someone else and they are trying to figure out what I am doing. I also need to work on strategy and planning. Piece development seems OK, but once they are ready, I really do not have any plans. Hoping that working through Logical Chess Move By Move will help me a bit there.

Wassup y’all, I’m T. I’ve been playing at my school chess club since February, this year, and just recently started playing at my local chess club. I’m a classical based player and I will be doing a mix of the two beginner plans. I’m doing a mix because I enjoy classical time control mor, and my rapid rating is 1062. But my blitz rating is much lower (681) and I’d like to get better at blitz. I leave for recruit training for USMC in less than 12 weeks so I’ll just kinda be speeding through. Although I’ll probably forget most I learn, that’s okay, I’m just having fun while I can. Maybe I’ll lose chess for a while but come back in my older years, who knows.

Hello all! I think I'm a classic case of the "vaguely interested in chess, but too scared to actually play much" archetype. I love doing chess puzzles on my commute, and have been playing daily games for the past few weeks. But shorter time controls stress me out, and I don't play anything other than Daily games regularly because (childishly, despite being in my late-twenties) I don't like losing - and I tend to lose a lot! So my main goal for this 12-week programme is really just to play more, have fun, and get over myself! In terms of rating, my current blitz rating is very low because I tanked it when I first joined the website and then never played again, whoops. But I feel like once I'm more comfortable with shorter time controls I might experience some "noob gains", so if I can pull myself closer to 800 and maybe even be ready to do the Beginner 2 plan after this one, I'd call that a huuuuuge success Game Reviews -> https://www.chess.com/c/2G71ZePg2 WEEK ONE/STARTING RATINGS(all Chess.com)Blitz - 178Rapid - 602Daily - 915Puzzles - 1480

Saw a lot of others are doing for accountability so I figured I'd give that a go as well. Feel free to add my account we can get a game going.

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Hello ChessGoals, This is where I will document my journey to master level. Right now, my chess.com rating is 1690 and my USCF is 1361. IDK what else to put lol

This is where I want to log my activities and journey towards USCF 1200 OTB I started the program today May 2, 2023 - Current rating: USCF 909 OTB; Chess.com rapid: 718 Week 1 - Day 1 (W1-D1). Started Daily game, played rapid 15+10 (1-0), analyzed the game, added to my database and solved five puzzles. In addition to the program, I intend to play once a week USCF rated OTB (G90/d5) at my local club.

Fresh off of a depressing end to my Beginner 2 plan, I utilized the ChessGoals plan format to create something that fit where I feel motivation right now. I'll just call it my 'New' Plan. I want to eventually do the two Intermediate plans, but I needed a break from being obsessed with my Rapid and Puzzle ratings on chess.com! I love the simplicity of Matt's study plans and using those as a template made creating my own a fun task. My plan consists of a weekly block comprising ~10 hours of chess study/games with add-on items if I finish a day's allotment and want to spend more time. The bulk of my time is spent in two 'long' games on Lichess and then analysis of those games. I will play in the Classical section and shoot for games where I can average 45-60 seconds per move. It's not G/120, but I played a 20|30 game this week and felt like I had plenty of time. A second piece of the weekly time is review of my typical opening lines on Chessercise. The remainder of my weekly time will be on an Empirical Rabbit style tactics study plan. I am building sets of 50-70 problems on Chesstempo in defined blitz rating ranges between 900-1250. The goal is fast recognition of basic tactics. Bonus time each week includes a smattering of blitz games, a more thorough (slow) study of Logical Chess Move by Move, other books I have on the shelf, etc. I have them ranked in order of priority, so I doubt I will get much past blitz games and Logical Chess each week. Starting ratings that I'll track for this Plan: Chess.com Blitz :: 764 Lichess Classical :: 1707? (provisional) Off to the races.

Can you please subscribe to my youtube channel. I am documenting my progression towards 1200. This is the link https://www.youtube.com/@CIHFR/videos.

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My chess.com ratings: Current Target Daily 1428 1500 Puzzles 1719 1900 Rapid 1079 1200 Blitz 625 800 Game Analysis Notes: ChessGoals Game Analysis Collection I will check in after each completed week!

Hey everyone, I'm Jake and I am doing the Beginner 2 Study Plan. I've been playing chess for about a month now, and have already seen improvement, but wanna see much more as I'm starting to plateau. Here are my starting stats: Chess.com Rapid : 935 Chess.com Blitz : 510 Chess.com Daily : Unrated Chess.com Puzzles: 1673 As everyone can see, my Blitz is severely lacking, and I am trying to work on my speed as well as precision. I plan on spending around 15 hours a week on chess, as I very much enjoy studying it. In addition to the default beginner study plan, I am going to throw in an extra 30 minutes of opening theory per day, as I find it comforting to make sound moves at the beginning of the game. I have the tendency to panic sometimes when I see something unfamiliar. Anyways, I look forward to seeing some future progress and I hope the same for y'all as well!

If you want you can join here: https://www.chess.com/club/the-club-of-classical/join

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Hi all, I started the beginner plan yesterday. My name on the discord channel is MikePageDev. My Goal for this year is to finish the year with an ECF rating above 1500. Chess.com Blitz 721 Chess.com Rapid 1046 Chess.com Daily 1179 Chess.com Puzzles 2049 LiChess Blitz ur LiChess Rapid 1507 LiChess Classical 1593 LiChess Daily 1870 LiChess Puzzles 2165 ECF 1477 FIDE n/a

Ratings on 7.1.2023 Lichess Classical: 2046 Rapid: 1935 Blitz: 1727 Puzzles: 2340 Chess .com Daily: 1673 Rapid: 1646 Blitz: 1299 Puzzles: 2693 I'm going to combine both Intermediate adult plan and Yusopov plan with my own plan Week 1 : RBRBCSYWeek 2 : RBRBCOYWeek 3 : RBRBCWYWeek 4 : RBRBCEY 4x3 = 12 weeks R: Rapid, B: Blitz, C: Classical (Fridays on lichess), S: Strategy book, Y: Yusopov book, O: Opening book/database, W: Woodpacker puzzles, E: Endgame (Silman's endgame) Puzzles: 15-30 min everyday Daily games: 30-60 min Analysis: 30 min Video watching: 30-60 min 1 Rapid game: 20-30 min x 2 = max 1 hr 1 blitz game: 5-10 min x 4 = max 1 hr 1 classical game: 30-60 min x 2 = 1-2 hr Time everyday: 2-4hr 1 OTB every week: 1-2hr (Sundays) Update 6.2.2023 (4/12 weaks) Lichess Classical: 2046 -> 2089 (+43) [Achieved highest 2099] Rapid: 1935 -> 1923 (-12) Blitz: 1727 -> 1724 (-3) Puzzles: 2340 -> 2359 (+19) Chess .com Daily: 1673 -> 1695 (+12) Rapid: 1646 -> 1646 (+0) Blitz: 1299 -> 1306 (+7) Puzzles: 2693 -> 2626 (-67) Update 4.2.2023 (12/12 weeks) Lichess Classical: 2046 -> 2073 (+27) Rapid: 1935 -> 1887 (-48) Blitz: 1727 -> 1713 (-14) Puzzles: 2340 -> 2144 (-196) Chess .com Daily: 1673 -> 1668 (-5) Rapid: 1646 -> 1621 (-25) Blitz: 1299 -> 1380 (+81) Puzzles: 2693 -> 2576 (-117)

Week 1, Day 1 Summary: Rapid Rating: 1414 Blitz Rating: 996 Daily Rating: (Have not played any games yet) 15 | 10 game: What is the main thing I should learn from this? -Spend more time to calculate your moves

Howdy folks! I'll be following a modified version of the Beginner 2 Study Plan. By modified, I mean playing only Rapid games, no Blitz. Everything else will follow the plan as outlined. I will also try to get in one longer game per week. I haven't played much in the last month so hopefully not too bumpy of a start. Starting Ratings: Chess.com Rapid :: 1122 Chess.com Daily :: 1294 Chess.com Puzzles :: 2001 I will officially start on Monday, January 2 and will check-in weekly. Side Note: I previously ran the Beginner 1 plan (Sep-Nov 2022) and saw great improvement! Start End TOTAL CHANGE Chess.com Rapid :: 973 -> 1148 +175 Chess.com Daily :: 1105 -> 1255 +150 Chess.com Puzzles :: 1530 -> 2001 +471 EDIT TO ADD FINAL STATS Final Ratings Start Week 4 Week 8 Week 12 TOTAL Peak Chess.com Rapid :: 1122 -> 1211 (+89) -> 1305 (+94) -> 1242 (-63) +120 1307 (-65) Chess.com Daily :: 1294 -> 1306 (+12) -> 1297 (-9) -> 1296 (-1) -10 1310 (-14) Chess.com Puzzles :: 2001 -> 1817 (-184) -> 2202 (+385) -> 2145 (-57) +144 2393 (-248) Beginner Plans 1 & 2 Combined Progress Start End Peak TOTAL CHANGE PEAK TOTAL CHANGE Chess.com Rapid :: 973 -> 1242 1307 +269 +334 Chess.com Daily :: 1105 -> 1296 1310 +191 +205 Chess.com Puzzles :: 1530 -> 2145 2393 +615 +863

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My first Intermediate Study Plan starting 20.3.2023 - 12 week intermediate. My rating: blitz: 931 rapid: 1241 bullet: 458