AlStevo's Study Plan

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Beginner 1

Ditched the Dojo in favour of this. Let's see what happens.

Start Ratings:
Blitz: 667 (and falling!)
Rapid: 1077 (and falling!)
I don't think i've hit the bottom of my free-fall yet though lol!

Progress Tracker:

Week Blitz (Diff from start) Rapid (Diff from start)
1 667 (-) 1077 (-)
2 601 (-66) 1140 (+63)
3 574 (-93) 1141 (+63)
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Week 1

Day 1

  • Daily game [See tasks explained]
  • Solve five puzzles
  • Play one rapid game (15+10 time control)

Day 2

  • Daily game
  • Solve five puzzles
  • Play one rapid game (15+10 time control)

Day 3

  • Daily game
  • Solve five puzzles
  • Play four blitz games (5+5 time control)

Day 4

  • Daily game
  • Solve five puzzles
  • Play one rapid game (15+10 time control)

Day 5

  • Daily game
  • Solve five puzzles
  • Play one rapid game (15+10 time control)

Day 6

  • Daily game
  • Solve five puzzles
  • Chess.com Lessons for 45 minutes

Day 7

  • Daily game
  • Solve five puzzles
  • Play one rapid game (15+10 time control)
  • Learn 5 Endgames
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I'm curious why you quit the Dojo. I follow them as well as ChessGoals.

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subalias wrote:

I'm curious why you quit the Dojo. I follow them as well as ChessGoals.

It was a tough/close call, and I may way well go back to the Dojo at a later date. I think the Dojo is amazing but boy is it daunting.
I think when I boil it down, my issue is I'm not playing enough Chess (Sounds crazy lol). I struggled with the long time controls at the Dojo, and whilst it's probably the BEST way to improve, I need to be realistic about my ambitions and expectations around my chess improvement. ChessGoals has encouraged me that I can probably go reasonably far and still have fun. I think I'm content with the shame of blitz and rapid xD

I think if my circumstances changed in a way in which i could get super super serious about my chess, then I'd go back to the Dojo.

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Brutal day. Lost all 4 of my blitz games, -46 points.

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oh well get them next time you got this

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Week 1 Reflection

WIll need to catchup on the end game learning, I've already completed Logical Chess game 1 so ill swap that out. 

Blitz -66, Rapid +63 - Reserving judgement

Week 2 - Blitz & Game Analysis

Day 1

  • Daily game
  • Solve five puzzles
  • Play four blitz games (5+5 time control)

Day 2

  • Daily game
  • Solve five puzzles
  • Logical Chess Move by Move Game 1
  • (Learn 5 Endgames)

Day 3

  • Daily game
  • Solve five puzzles
  • Play four blitz games (5+5 time control)

Day 4

  • Daily game
  • Solve five puzzles
  • Logical Chess Move by Move Game 2

Day 5

  • Daily game
  • Solve five puzzles
  • Play four blitz games (5+5 time control)

Day 6

  • Daily game
  • Solve five puzzles
  • Logical Chess Move by Move Game 3

Day 7

  • Daily game
  • Solve five puzzles
  • Openings for 45 minutes
  • Practice the Five Basic Endgames
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Pausing due to bereavement 😢

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Week 3 - Rapid

Day 1

  • Daily game
  • Solve five puzzles
  • Play one rapid game (15+10 time control)

Day 2

  • Daily game
  • Solve five puzzles
  • Logical Chess Move by Move Game 4

Day 3

  • Daily game
  • Solve five puzzles
  • Play four blitz games (5+5 time control)

Day 4

  • Daily game
  • Solve five puzzles
  • Logical Chess Move by Move Game 5

Day 5

  • Daily game
  • Solve five puzzles
  • Play one rapid game (15+10 time control)

Day 6

  • Daily game
  • Solve five puzzles
  • Logical Chess Move by Move Game 6

Day 7

  • Daily game
  • Solve five puzzles
  • Openings for 45 minutes
  • Practice 5 Endgames