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Feb 11, 2021
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#3
Week 1 Day 1
Efficient (1st hour per day)
Start study plan post 
Daily games
Play four 5+5’s
Maximize (+1 hour per day)
Play four 5+5’s
Quick opening review on those games
Extra
30 minutes puzzles
Feb 13, 2021
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#4
Week 1 Day 2
Efficient (1st hour per day)
Daily games
Play 30+0 game
Analyze 30+0
Maximize (+1 hour per day)
Play four 5+5’s
Quick opening review on those games
Extra
30 minutes puzzles
Feb 14, 2021
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#5
Week 1 Day 3
Efficient (1st hour per day)
Daily games
Play two 15+10 games
Analyze 15+10's
Maximize (+1 hour per day)
30 minutes puzzles
30 minute puzzle rush
Feb 14, 2021
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#6
Week 1 Day 4
Efficient (1st hour per day)
Daily games
Play 30+0 game
Analyze 30+0
Maximize (+1 hour per day)
Play four 5+5's
Quick opening review on 5+5's
Extra
30 minutes puzzles
Feb 15, 2021
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#8
Week 1 Day 5
Efficient (1st hour per day)
Daily games
Play two 15+10's
Analyze 15+10's
Maximize (+1 hour per day)
Play four 5+5's
Quick opening review on 5+5's
Extra
30 minutes puzzles
Feb 16, 2021
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#9
Week 1 Day 6
Efficient (1st hour per day)
Daily games
Play two 15+10's
Yusupov Chap 1 examples
Maximize (+1 hour per day)
Play one Slow Classical Game 30+30
Extra
30 minutes puzzles
Feb 16, 2021
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#10
Week 1 Day 6
Efficient (1st hour per day)
Daily games
Yusupov Chap 1 examples
Maximize (+1 hour per day)
Play one Slow Classical Game 30+30
Extra
30 minutes puzzles
Feb 17, 2021
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#11
Week 1 Day 7
Efficient (1st hour per day)
Daily games
Yusupov Chap 1 test
Maximize (+1 hour per day)
Analyze one Slow Classical Game 30+30
Extra
30 minutes puzzles
Feb 17, 2021
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#12
Week 1: Chess Goals 12 week Intermediate Rapid & Classical Plan Review
Metrics: Start/Week
Chess.com Blitz: -NR-/608
Chess.com Daily: 1233/1233
Chess.com Rapid: 918/907
Chess.com Puzzles: 1004/1171
Chess.com Puzzle Rush (3min): 9/11
Lichess Puzzles: 1650/1700
Take aways:
1. Very uncomfortable playing blitz for the first time. Started off with no repertoire either for white or black. Decided to play a simple system system for both: Inverted Hanham for white and Philidor for black. Midweek I was able to win four in a row after a very rough start to the week.
2. Played above openings in both rapid and slow time control games. Need to start documenting positive and negative take aways from all games. Also, need to formalize method for reviewing openings of all games. Lost slow time control game by blundering and becoming mated after having a significant advantage for majority of the game.
3. No daily games completed during the week.
4. Good puzzle week with all time highs for chess.com puzzles and puzzle rush and Lichess puzzles.
5. After having the Yusupov book for a while now the program prompted me to start. Only scored 50% on the chapter 1 test. I did not spend sufficient time solving at ~ 30 minutes. Need to review and spend more time in the future understanding the examples and solving the problems.
6. Put in a lot of work this week and plan on continuing. In the future I may spread daily work over two days or add a rest day in between.
Feb 18, 2021
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#13
Week 2 Day 1
Efficient (1st hour per day)
Update study plan post
Daily games
Play four 5+5’s
Maximize (+1 hour per day)
Play four 5+5’s
Quick opening review on those games
Extra
30 minutes puzzles
Feb 21, 2021
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#14
Week 2 Day 2
Efficient (1st hour per day)
Daily games
Play two 15+10's
Analyze 15+10's
Maximize (+1 hour per day)
Play four 5+5’s
Quick opening review on those games
Extra
30 minutes puzzles
Feb 22, 2021
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#15
Week 2 Day 3
Efficient (1st hour per day)
Daily games
Play two 10+0's games
Analyze 10+0's
Maximize (+1 hour per day)
30 minutes puzzles
30 minute puzzle rush
Feb 23, 2021
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#16
Week 2 Day 4
Efficient (1st hour per day)
Daily games
Play two 15+10's
Analyze 15+10's
Maximize (+1 hour per day)
Play four 5+5's
Quick opening review on 5+5's
Extra
30 minutes puzzles
Feb 24, 2021
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#17
Week 2 Day 5
Efficient (1st hour per day)
Daily games
Play two 10+0's
Analyze 10+0's
Maximize (+1 hour per day)
Play four 5+5's
Quick opening review on 5+5's
Extra
30 minutes puzzles
Feb 25, 2021
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#18
Week 2 Day 6
Efficient (1st hour per day)
Daily games
60 minutes puzzles
Maximize (+1 hour per day)
Play one Slow Classical Game 45+45
Feb 26, 2021
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#19
Week 2 Day 7
Efficient (1st hour per day)
Daily games
60 minutes opening repertoire work
Maximize (+1 hour per day)
Analyze one Slow Classical Game 30+30
Extra
30 minutes puzzles
Feb 26, 2021
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#20
Week 2: Chess Goals 12 week Intermediate Rapid & Classical Plan Review
Metrics: Start / Week2 / Week +/-
Chess.com Blitz: -NR- / 511 / -97
Chess.com Daily: 1233 / 1153 / -80
Chess.com Rapid: 918/ 859 / -48
Chess.com Puzzles: 1004/ 1052 / -119
Chess.com Puzzle Rush (3min): 9 / 11 / 0
Lichess Puzzles: 1650 / 1702 / +2
Take aways:
1. A bit disappointed with myself this week as I was not as focused as I was during week 1. This definitely shows itself in lousy metrics this past week.
2. With my goal to focus on rapid and classical improvement the plan as presented has too much time dedicated to blitz as presented at ~1/3 of the training time.
3. Games seem more pertinent from learning standpoint for me as time control increases.
4. I am going to stick with the plan, however, focusing on 15+10, 30+30, and 45+45 time controls.
5. I will post my updated plan in a later post.
6. Need to include review of failed puzzles in that plan update.
7. One thing I have struggled with in this journey is my opening repertoire. I have revisited that again this week and will update in a later post.
8. The Chess Goals plan has provided me a framework to organize my training relevant to my skill level.
Beginning Chess Goals 12 week Intermediate Rapid & Classical Plan today!
Planning to accomplish both efficient and maximize tasks each day.
Beginning metrics:
Chess.com Blitz: -NR-
Chess.com Daily: 1233
Chess.com Rapid: 918
Chess.com Puzzles: 1004
Chess.com Puzzle Rush (3min): 9
Lichess Puzzles: 1650