Training advice from Silman

You might find this article of some interest. Silman suggests a training regime for non-masters:

Endgame: Read the material in SILMAN'S COMPLETE ENDGAME COURSE up to your rating group. After that, you don't need to look at any other endgames until your rating/strength improves by a class.

Tactical puzzles (found in countless books on the subject): 15% of your study time.

The study of positional concepts (in a book like THE AMATEUR'S MIND or HOW TO REASSESS YOUR CHESS or any other positionally oriented textbook): 15% of your study time.

Analyzing/deconstructing your own games (ideally with the help of a much stronger player): 30% of your study time.

Analyzing master games: 30% of your study time.

Openings: 10% of your study time.

Interesting find! I like this training approach :) It means I don't have to take on thousands of tactics problems each day.

Or the other way around if 1000 problems at CTS is 15% of your work load!

I'd certainly follow this, 10% opening, 15% positional (what's this actually? is this strategy? can anyone enlighten me on this?), 15% tactical, 30% own game analysis, 30% master game analysis.

Who would have thought that the main bulk would be in the analysis? hehe

My guess is "Positional" = "Strategy"

I have sent Mr Silman a few questions about his suggested schedule.