Do you have any suggestions for a chess study plan?

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I'm actually comfortable with my training method, but it feels a little lacking? I spend 40% of my time playing and analyzing, another 40% for puzzles, and 20% for theory. Any suggestions?
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I want to learn chess

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Stop chasing openings. Start mastering chess principles. I’ve seen players improve faster this way. Reach out anytime if you want guidance on what actually matters in chess.

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Seeing from your account, only 9% of your games are rapid games. The other percent are daily games, blitz, and bullet. 1,885 of 1674 your games are Bullet games. If you really want to improve, stop playing bullet, stop playing blitz, and start playing more rapid games. Because analyzing moves that took 0.1 seconds is generally a terrible idea. Rapid games make the most quality of your moves, if you have more minutes on the clock, you can think further moves ahead, and know which moves are best for you and your opponent's.

Also one tip if you're doing puzzles, aim for accuracy not speed.

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Ok

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It's really good

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You did not say what you do when you „study.” I recommend Chernev’s Logical chess Move by Move and his Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played for players at your level.

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Improving Your Chess - Resources for Beginners and Beyond.....

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/improving-your-chess-resources-for-beginners-and-beyond

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Puzzles are great but like the training wheels on a bike you should eventually grow out of them and take them off. I would say around 1200 not going to get much more out of puzzles and spending 40 percent of your time on them is great fun but is not going to help with learning other chess concepts such as higher level tactics, positional play, opening, middlegame and ending concepts.

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Remember to rest the mind. Pick some days to not study at all. A renewed perspective could lead you to the breakthrough you are looking for.
That said, it takes a lot of practice to get good at anything in life, so, be bold and continue to ask for help from mentors and peers as you need it.

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AznikG wrote:
I'm actually comfortable with my training method, but it feels a little lacking? I spend 40% of my time playing and analyzing, another 40% for puzzles, and 20% for theory. Any suggestions?

If you love chess and are serious about it, I suggest Soviet and Ex-Yugoslav Chess books. That is the good stuff, helping you to really understand the strategy behind proper chess. For me, deep opening theory is a complete waste of time unless you are a pro player.

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ChessMasteryOfficial wrote:

Stop chasing openings. Start mastering chess principles. I’ve seen players improve faster this way. Reach out anytime if you want guidance on what actually matters in chess.

I started learning chess a little over a year ago and had no idea on how to go about that. I just started with openings, because that's first in game. I wouldn't say was a waste of time, but time would have been better spent on tactics and end games. Only been a handful of time where have gotten past 4 or 5 book moves. I did get slight advantage those games and could not convert. One in particular was winning up knight and got crushed in middle game due to tactics.

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Hey, your 40/40/20 split sounds like a solid foundation! Maybe tweak the theory part a bit based on your weaknesses? For your game review, having a good tool for Chess Analysis can really make that 40% more impactful and less 'lacking'. It helps pinpoint those exact areas for improvement.

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alah org indo, ngapain bljr cupu mah cupu aj rapid lu aj cm 700. gw gk pernah bljr aj 2000 lol lawak

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Stop playing bullet Start playing rapid

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Tactic , tactic and tactic,

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Study complete games, from move 1 to the end. That's how you should learn openings. Studying the complete game puts the opening ideas into their proper middle-game context.

Study all of your own lost games. It's not fun... I personally would rather just forget about my mistakes. But studying your lost games provides a tremendous amount of useful information about the aspects of your play that need improvement.

Don't give up on a game until you understand exactly why you lost. Not just "I blundered away a Rook", but WHY you made the blunder. You ran short of time and started just making random moves without blunder-checking them? Then work on your time management. You simply aren't comfortable in positions of that type? Too unbalanced? Too symmetrical and boring? Too open? Too closed? Then either get more experience with that type of set-up, or else learn how to avoid that sort of position entirely.

And so on.

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Until you reach 2300 FM. Opening study should be no more than 10% of your study time.

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Study games by the classical players, particularly those of José Raúl Capablanca and Alexander Alekhine. Seek out a high-quality book on chess strategy; I highly recommend Chess Tournament Zurich 1953 by David Bronstein. Additionally, find a reputable book for solving tactical exercises; I strongly suggest Chess: 5334 Problems, Combinations and Games by László Polgár. With these resources, you will have more than sufficient material to guarantee improvement. The most crucial factor, however, is consistency in your studies—the results will inevitably follow.

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