coriollis' beginner study plan

Not very educational but very satisfying 😆

W11D5 (Rapid):

• Daily 
• Puzzles: 
• Game:
  • https://www.chess.com/live#g=9335747559 (win)
    • Vienna prep

Week 11 overview:

Stats:

•  Rapid: 1079 -> 1101 (+22)
•  Blitz: 972 (=)
•  Daily: 1261  (=)
•  Puzzles: 1941 -> 1926 (-15)

W12D1 (Blitz):

• Daily 
• Puzzles: 
• Games:
  • https://www.chess.com/live#g=9567953795 (loss)
    • Lost a winning opportunity because of a mouseslip
  • https://www.chess.com/live#g=9569154141 (win on time)
    • It is better to prepare attacks while making threats at the same time.
    • Must open lines to enemy king when attacking, e.g. by taking pawns near the king.
  • https://www.chess.com/live/game/9570381399 (win)
    • Played the opening mechanically, hindering my development and ignoring winning opportunities.
    • Lost too many tempi preparing attacks because of playing too fast.
  • https://www.chess.com/live/game/9571523785 (win)
    • Opponent resigned way too early.
    • Focused too much in preparing a kingside attack and missed winning opportunities elsewhere.

Maybe I'm not as observant because I'm still getting used to blitz again, but good day.

W12D2 (Blitz):

• Daily 
• Puzzles: 
• Games:
  • https://www.chess.com/game/live/9675945133 (loss)
    • Did not protect enough center pawns in the opening.
    • Went for attacks before developing all my pieces.
    • Blundered a queen 'cause I missed a bishop pin.
  • https://www.chess.com/game/live/9677143859 (win)
    • Thought I'd blundered a pawn in the opening and did not look for ways to get it back.
      • Learned a tactical trick in this type of positions.
    • Could've played to increase pressure on a pin (6... Qf6)
    • Trapped my own pieces with my pawns
  • https://www.chess.com/game/live/9678300095 (win)
    • Blundered a piece but got lucky.
  • https://www.chess.com/game/live/9679490687 (win)
    • Misplayed the opening because of mechanically following a master game I studied.
      • Hindered the development of my own pieces and blundered a pawn.

Blitz seems so hard after the rapid week and analyzing master games, and I don't know why, but hey, 1000 blitz

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W12D2 (Blitz):

• Daily 
• Puzzles: 
• Games:
  • https://www.chess.com/game/live/9766739173 (loss)
    • Too slow
  • https://www.chess.com/game/live/9767873391 (loss)
    • Blundered a piece in the opening and did not look for ways to get it back.
    • Too slow, again
  • https://www.chess.com/game/live/9769030537 (loss)
    • Resigned in a winning position, thought mate was inevitable.
      • I'm not looking for forcing moves.
  • https://www.chess.com/game/live/9769126417 (win)
    • Created enough complications for my opponent to resign.

Wow, now I suck at blitz. How dissapointing.

W12D4 (Blitz):

• Daily 
• Puzzles: 
• Games:
  • https://www.chess.com/a/8vL9Eohgq9rE (loss)
    • Did not look for forcing moves and missed all tactics (and hung mate)
  • https://www.chess.com/game/live/9858057287 (loss)
    • Was winning until blundered mate
  • https://www.chess.com/game/live/9858685595 (win)
    • Smooth game
  • https://www.chess.com/game/live/9859263241
    • Smooth game

Not enjoying this blitz week too much, but that's how it is sometimes.

W12D5 (Blitz):

• Daily 
• Puzzles: 
• Games:
  • https://www.chess.com/live#a=126458 & https://www.chess.com/a/2gdWPTR2nq9rE (losses)
    • Blundering pieces & hanging mate
  • https://www.chess.com/game/live/9941488211 (loss)
    • More hung pieces
  • https://www.chess.com/game/live/9942103707 (win)
    • Opponent blundered mate

W12D6 (Blitz):

• Daily 
• Puzzles: 
• Games:  (very bad)

I suspect I must stop playing blitz. After the plan is over, I'll substitute many blitz weeks for rapid or slow weeks. It cannot be good for my chess to blunder pieces every game, I think need to train slowly if I want to keep improving..

W12D7 (Blitz):

• Daily 
• Puzzles: 
• Study

Week 12 overview:

Stats:

•  Rapid: 1101 (=)
•  Blitz: 972 -> 978 (+6)
•  Daily: 1271  (+10)
•  Puzzles: 1926 -> 1932 (+6)

Final Overview:

Day 0 to Week 12 stats:

•  Rapid: 988 -> 1101 (+113)
•  Blitz: 709 -> 978 (+269)
•  Daily: 1264 -> 1271 (+5)
•  Puzzles: 1686 -> 1932 (+246)

Nice gains!

Nice work!

Hope you guys don't mind if I keep posting here, it makes me feel accountable (and by now it's a hard habit).

W13D2 (Rapid):

• Daily 
• Puzzles:  (PR Survival: 36, new record!)
• Game:
  • https://www.chess.com/a/bbePzPNNq9rE (win)
    • Found a sequence that gave me an advantage after accidentally "trapping my bishop"
    • Kept fighting while down an exchange and turned the game around ("Passed pawns must be pushed")
    • Miscalculated a winning sequence and lost an exchange
      • Must take my time in critical positiions and not play too fast.

Congrats on keeping it up!

You should DEFINITELY keep posting here!

Thanks to both

W13D3 (Rapid):

• Daily 
• Puzzles: 
• Game:
  • https://www.chess.com/a/29ZbQcXscq9rE (win)
    • Vienna prep
    • Wasn't as punishing as could've been, was nervous because hadn't played that line in a while.
  • https://www.chess.com/a/2miNyjHKLq9rE (loss)
    • Blundered a pawn by blocking its defender
    • Allowed opponent to keep a strong knight in the center paralyzing my own movement.
    • Moved too slow.

W13D4 (Rapid):

• Daily 
• Puzzles: 
• Games:
  • https://www.chess.com/live/game/10460806839 (loss) & https://www.chess.com/game/live/10460821945 (win)
    • Played the opening too quickly and made mistakes and other suboptimal moves
  • https://www.chess.com/game/live/10462073069 (win)
    • This game I took my time and punished my opponent's opening mistakes hard.
    • Managed to find tactics to win back a lost pawn.
    • Missed many winning-on-the-spot tactics.
      • Must look at all checks and captures, especially because these are rapid games, not blitz games.

W14D2 (Rapid):

• Daily 
• Puzzles: 
• Game:
  • https://www.chess.com/game/live/10890463793 (win)
    • From looking at my mistakes I realize often I justify decisions by "handwaving" a solution to a problem. E.g. in this game I justified 8. Nd5?? thinking 'Oh, if ...Qxb2 I'll just play Qc1 or something' and I failed to see how that could've been a huge problem because I didn't try to visualize the whole thing. I must justify moves that are at least a little bit risky with calculation.

W14D3 (Rapid):

• Daily 
• Puzzles:  (kinda iffy; I've noticed the healthier I eat the better I do at puzzles, so gotta keep that in mind)
• Game:
  • https://www.chess.com/game/live/10974977487? (win)
    • Good opening.
    • First time ever I give a Légal mate in a real game! Pretty proud of that find, I honestly thought they only appeared in books and that I'd never get to give one 😆

What kind of diet do you prefer for chess?