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The Plan

hilaway
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Do my daily tactics trainer (all 25) and the daily puzzle...

Continue to play at least 3 hours a day until the fall semester....

Consistently challenge players stronger than myself (as determined by rating)...

Finish reading the chess books I have (Josh Waitzkin's Attacking Chess, and Jeremy Silman's Reassess Your Chess) and try to find a good one on end game...

Review and evaluate each game for my mistakes and better ways to attack my opponent.... Continue to look for missed opportunities....

Get tested for adult ADHD and consider treatment... my focus is pretty poor of late....

Develope a move by move routine (what is my opponent's threat; are there any hanging pieces; etc; etc; etc)  I missed a hanging queen this morning..... I still won the game, but I could have saved myself serious brain sweat if I had taken it.

Work on my opening repitoir...