My goal is not for the year. It is for the next 3 months. Go through and finish aj (Tony) Gillam's simple chess tactics and checkmates as well as his little book Better Chess Finish Chess Tactics by Paul Littlewood Finish at least half of chess school 1a by ivashchenko Keep playing on chess.com but try to cut my games to 25 if I can Start with chess board a first book of Morphy. (or when it finally comes del Rosario's newer book on capablanca 's games) Struggle page by page with Yusupov's Build up your Chess vol1 Keep My system nearby After 3months I'll let you know how things are.