Hey, great plan. One question: why the chess24 calculation course?
OTB Study Plan (calculation focused)
Solid plan!
Thanks!
Hey, great plan. One question: why the chess24 calculation course?
I like the idea of having some resource to watch. This specific course is even mentioned in the book, which reminded me that I've wanted to study it for many years. I don't really have it scheduled in my tentative weekly plan(s) so I need to be careful not to "save" it for too long and work it in when/if I feel like switching something up a bit.
As ptSmooth would say, LFG!
Yeah!
I have to admit that I only did 1 week of the custom OTB study plan Matt created for me before abandoning it due to life circumstances.
However, I did manage to finish the last Yusupov book since my last log. However, it seems I skipped the 4 opening chapters from the 2nd to last book. Lol. Almost, almost.
Now I'm ready to start a new plan and I'll be playing OTB once a week on Thursday nights.
Here is the basis for the plan I created after reading some of "How to study chess on your own":
Goals: Minimize blunders, improve candidate moves, calculation resistance, improve prophylaxis
Duration: 2 months (3 months may be necessary?)
Available time: 1.5 hours per day
Study areas:
Openings: review condensed repertoire on Chessable
Tactics: Overcoming resistance in calculation, candidate moves, opponent’s resources
Endgames: Endgame studies
Middlegames: Structures
General Improvement: Improve thought process, focus/stamina
Key study areas: Blunders, Calculation
Study resources & methods:
Openings: Review - condensed repertoire lines
Tactics:
Watch - Chess24 calculation video
Solve - exercises from Recognizing Your Opponent’s Resources
Solve - chess.com tactics
Solve blind - Visualization courses
Endgames: Solve blind - studies from Blindfold Endgame Visualization
Middlegames: Read - Chess Structures
General Improvement:
Simulation - games from Dynamic Decision Making in Chess
Light Analysis - simulated games comparing to book annotations
Deep Analysis - Analyze OTB games