Study plan for beginner?
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I posted last week about what openings to study and got feedback from there and elsewhere that at my level don't waste a lot time on openings. That being said, I'm wondering if anyone would maybe help point me in the direction of a study plan to follow cause right now there's so much material out there to wade through its quite daunting. Plus I do better when I have a system or route to follow. Thanks.
Check out https://www.chess.com/article/view/study-plan-directory.
Playing slow games (and using your time to think), solving tactics, and reading material from strong players (some chess.com articles, books such as Irving Chernov's Logical Chess: Move by Move, etc are good) will be useful.
By the way, some opening study is fine. Seek to learn the principles of openings, why certain moves are favored by strong players, etc. The thing to avoid is taking lots of time to memorize deep lines that you don't understand.
SJFG wrote:
Check out https://www.chess.com/article/view/study-plan-directory.
Playing slow games (and using your time to think), solving tactics, and reading material from strong players (some chess.com articles, books such as Irving Chernov's Logical Chess: Move by Move, etc are good) will be useful.
By the way, some opening study is fine. Seek to learn the principles of openings, why certain moves are favored by strong players, etc. The thing to avoid is taking lots of time to memorize deep lines that you don't understand.
Thanks for the link, very helpful.
*Chernev
To add to the above, be familiar with how pieces move from the starting position, and try to be proficient in at least the basic endgames such as king and rook (or queen) versus king endgame and king and pawn versus king endgame.
I recomend you to spend 15% of your time in openings, also play always the same opening, better is to be good in 2 openings than to know 100 openings, spend around 50% in solving problems and tactics, its key that you improve how far your mind can see, your calculation, 20% in waching games, I recomend Paul Morphy, its the king of development, and its perfect for all levels, and the other 15% play slow games, Im giving a free lesson if you want, I am around 1900 at blitz, just message me
Oct 18, 2017
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