Study Plan for Intermediate to Advance level chess player

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kanhaiyag

Hi Guys,

I started my journey before 4 years back as a beginner on chess.com and i got achieve 1600+ rating in 1.5 years. but the main problem is "I got stuck here ". It has been 4 years now and i am still on the same rating, sometimes it goes up & and next it goes down again and again. there is no improvement in my rating. So want your help that how can i improve my rating and again start my journey from Intermediate to Advance player..

Looking for your support, resource, website, software links & advice (Free version happy.png) which will help me to achieve the same. 

 

Thanks & Regards

Kanahaiya Gupta

dannyhume
Lots of resources, but perhaps the most balanced is: Build Your Chess I, Boost Your Chess I , and Chess Evolution I, all by Yusupov.
kanhaiyag

Thanks dannyhume for you advice but is there any study plan or something which you can share to improve further in chess.

Homsar

I highly suggest this book, if you read it and really study it you'll improve in no time.

Silman's How to Reassess Your Chess

Also, study endgames, endgames are in my opinion the most overlooked part of study.

torrubirubi
I think the best way to improve in chess is to make a list of your most common mistakes. Go through a lot of your games and identify the kind of mistakes you are making regularly. After this you can begin to work systematically to prevent these kind of mistakes. You will find more about this in the book Pump Up Your Rating. The book will tell you how to build up a training program. I really recommend it to everybody who wants to work seriously.

Another advice: register in Chessable.com for free and check the books they have there. They use spaced repetition in the learning process, so you can be sure that you will learn well the chess patterns. This website is absolutely amassing, and if you work hard there is almost impossible not to improve.
RussBell

Good Positional Chess, Planning & Strategy Books for Beginners and Beyond....

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/introduction-to-positional-chess-planning-strategy

AnhVanT

Rule of thumb for improvement in ANY area of life: identify your weaknesses and work to improve them and identify your strength to perfect them. People often suggest me on working with a coach for a month to create a solid plan that I can follow for another 2-3 years, or maybe for a shorter amount of time, depend on how "talented" I am

AnhVanT

https://chessfox.com/chess-improvement-study-plan/

RussBell

Good stuff! 

I do like the suggested openings for White....in particular the Stonewall Attack, which is a closed opening, but one which, if the relatively straightforward attacking themes are learned, can be lethal to the opponent who is not proficient at defending against it...

The first five chapters of the book, How to Think Ahead In Chess by I.A. Horowitz and Fred Reinfeld are devoted to instructing on the Stonewall Attack for White. The book is an "oldie but goodie", and though written in the older Descriptive notation, it focuses primarily on the themes and strategies of the opening and is thus accessible to the beginner through intermediate amateur player.

https://www.amazon.com/How-Think-Ahead-Chess-Techniques/dp/0671211382/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1531230203&sr=1-1&keywords=how+to+think+ahead+in+chess

more on Stonewall Attack...

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA9B14AE00528A2E1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8owlkaNFlI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTpptUg1_74

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RndSBlFeIw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlUQ77VHbfI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P65XMmfK110

http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/games/java/2006/yaacov-lecture.htm

 

kindaspongey

https://www.chess.com/article/view/study-plan-directory

ponz111
torrubirubi wrote:
I think the best way to improve in chess is to make a list of your most common mistakes. Go through a lot of your games and identify the kind of mistakes you are making regularly. After this you can begin to work systematically to prevent these kind of mistakes. You will find more about this in the book Pump Up Your Rating. The book will tell you how to build up a training program. I really recommend it to everybody who wants to work seriously.

Another advice: register in Chessable.com for free and check the books they have there. They use spaced repetition in the learning process, so you can be sure that you will learn well the chess patterns. This website is absolutely amassing, and if you work hard there is almost impossible not to improve.

This is very good advice. You are not gaining ground as you make the same mistakes over and over again.

One caution, you may not be able to identify your mistakes. [or why would you keep making the same mistakes?!] Get a strong player 400 to 500 or more points higher than you to look at your games to identify some of your mistakes]

AnhVanT
ponz111 wrote:
torrubirubi wrote:
I think the best way to improve in chess is to make a list of your most common mistakes. Go through a lot of your games and identify the kind of mistakes you are making regularly. After this you can begin to work systematically to prevent these kind of mistakes. You will find more about this in the book Pump Up Your Rating. The book will tell you how to build up a training program. I really recommend it to everybody who wants to work seriously.

Another advice: register in Chessable.com for free and check the books they have there. They use spaced repetition in the learning process, so you can be sure that you will learn well the chess patterns. This website is absolutely amassing, and if you work hard there is almost impossible not to improve.

This is very good advice. You are not gaining ground as you make the same mistakes over and over again.

One caution, you may not be able to identify your mistakes. [or why would you keep making the same mistakes?!] Get a strong player 400 to 500 or more points higher than you to look at your games to identify some of your mistakes]

 

Since Ponz had mentioned it, I think Igor Khmelnitsky chess exam may be worth it for you

torrubirubi
ponz111 wrote:
torrubirubi wrote:
I think the best way to improve in chess is to make a list of your most common mistakes. Go through a lot of your games and identify the kind of mistakes you are making regularly. After this you can begin to work systematically to prevent these kind of mistakes. You will find more about this in the book Pump Up Your Rating. The book will tell you how to build up a training program. I really recommend it to everybody who wants to work seriously.

Another advice: register in Chessable.com for free and check the books they have there. They use spaced repetition in the learning process, so you can be sure that you will learn well the chess patterns. This website is absolutely amassing, and if you work hard there is almost impossible not to improve.

This is very good advice. You are not gaining ground as you make the same mistakes over and over again.

One caution, you may not be able to identify your mistakes. [or why would you keep making the same mistakes?!] Get a strong player 400 to 500 or more points higher than you to look at your games to identify some of your mistakes]

You are right. Of course we can see a lot by checking the games with an engine,  but verbal explanations by a strong player are of course ideal.