Mjs03246's beginner study plan

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Day 0 Ratings:

  • Blitz - 899
  • Rapid - 849
  • Daily - 1204
  • Puzzles - 1415

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Looking forward to your progress!

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Week 1 ratings:

  • Blitz - 919 (+20)
  • Rapid - 833 (-16) (3W 3L)
  • Daily - 1222 (+18)
  • Puzzles - 1547 (+132)
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Week 2 ratings:

  • Blitz - 894 (-25)
  • Rapid - 833 (+0)
  • Daily - 1221 (-1)
  • Puzzles - 1552 (+5)
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Can we see some details on your study plan? What tasks do you enjoy and dislike the most?

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Week 3 ratings:

  • Blitz - 886 (-8)
  • Rapid - 836 (+3)
  • Daily - 1230 (+9)
  • Puzzles - 1616 (+64)

Played a game with 2 brilliant moves (and 1 blunder): https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/5888387237

I enjoy solving puzzles and often solve more than 5 on any given day.

I dislike analyzing games, because it is not always clear to me, even with computer help, why a certain move is an inaccuracy, mistake or blunder, except when it's obvious, like when I'm hanging a piece or missing a mate in two.

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That sounds great. Nice progress on the puzzles this week!

If you want to post any positions or games, we can try to help put a sentence behind the takeaways. I did this post on game analysis, https://chessgoals.com/game-analysis/, and might be releasing some YouTube videos showing examples of how I like to analyze games with chess.com's game report.

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Week 4(a) ratings:

  • Blitz - 864 (-22)
  • Rapid - 836 ( +0)
  • Daily - 1278 (+48)
  • Puzzles - 1465 (-151)

Last week, I missed a lot of tasks, particularly game playing and analysis, and decided to repeat Week 4 tasks this week.

I also had a massive rating slump in Puzzles, from a high of 1639 down to 1465. 

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Repeating the week sounds like a good option. 

Don't worry about the rating slump in puzzles. The beauty of the puzzle ratings is that it'll help make your 1400-1600 tactical strength even stronger as you work back up.

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Week 4(b) ratings:

  • Blitz - 813 (-51)
  • Rapid - 836 ( +0)
  • Daily - 1281 (+3)
  • Puzzles - 1411 (-54)