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i have the following learning plan:

1. only one 10 mins + 15 secs increment game a day

2. analyze the game, look for weaknesses, opening mistakes, missed tactics, messed up endgames

3. do some puzzles (tactics)

do you think i will improve by doing this?

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@1

i have the following learning plan:

"1. only one 10 mins + 15 secs increment game a day" ++ Better 15|10

"2. analyze the game, look for weaknesses, opening mistakes, missed tactics, messed up endgames" ++ Analyse lost games only

"3. do some puzzles (tactics)" ++ Better do this first as a warm-up

  1. Solve 4 tactics puzzles
  2. Play a 15|10 game and use all your time
  3. If you lost it, then analyse it thoroughly, else analyse a grandmaster game
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tygxc escribió:

@1

i have the following learning plan:

"1. only one 10 mins + 15 secs increment game a day" ++ Better 15|10

"2. analyze the game, look for weaknesses, opening mistakes, missed tactics, messed up endgames" ++ Analyse lost games only

"3. do some puzzles (tactics)" ++ Better do this first as a warm-up

  1. Solve 4 tactics puzzles
  2. Play a 15|10 game and use all your time
  3. If you lost it, then analyse it thoroughly, else analyse a grandmaster game

thank you for your insight, i really appreciate it.

yes, i meant a 15/10 game

i will follow your advice, puzzles first

any other advice? thank you in advance

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@3

If you do that, then you will improve fast.

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sonnendurst wrote:
tygxc escribió:

@1

i have the following learning plan:

"1. only one 10 mins + 15 secs increment game a day" ++ Better 15|10

"2. analyze the game, look for weaknesses, opening mistakes, missed tactics, messed up endgames" ++ Analyse lost games only

"3. do some puzzles (tactics)" ++ Better do this first as a warm-up

  1. Solve 4 tactics puzzles
  2. Play a 15|10 game and use all your time
  3. If you lost it, then analyse it thoroughly, else analyse a grandmaster game

thank you for your insight, i really appreciate it.

yes, i meant a 15/10 game

i will follow your advice, puzzles first

any other advice? thank you in advance

Pretty sound advice. I'd add to use an openings database rather than the engine when double checking your opening lines. Try to understand why a move is played, as opposed to just what move is played next.
There are also plenty of resources on chess.com - video lessons, chessable, and there's some great content creators with very instructive material. I'd recommend John Bartholomew's climbing the rating ladder, and Daniel Naroditsky's speed run series in particular.
Good luck!

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The only thing I might add would be to have a coach or highly rated players analyze your game(s) and maybe give you advice. That seems to help a bit.

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St4ffordGambit escribió: sonnendurst wrote: tygxc escribió:

@1

i have the following learning plan:

"1. only one 10 mins + 15 secs increment game a day" ++ Better 15|10

"2. analyze the game, look for weaknesses, opening mistakes, missed tactics, messed up endgames" ++ Analyse lost games only

"3. do some puzzles (tactics)" ++ Better do this first as a warm-up

  1. Solve 4 tactics puzzles
  2. Play a 15|10 game and use all your time
  3. If you lost it, then analyse it thoroughly, else analyse a grandmaster game

thank you for your insight, i really appreciate it.

yes, i meant a 15/10 game

i will follow your advice, puzzles first

any other advice? thank you in advance

Pretty sound advice. I'd add to use an openings database rather than the engine when double checking your opening lines. Try to understand why a move is played, as opposed to just what move is played next.
There are also plenty of resources on chess.com - video lessons, chessable, and there's some great content creators with very instructive material. I'd recommend John Bartholomew's climbing the rating ladder, and Daniel Naroditsky's speed run series in particular.
Good luck!

thx for the advice!

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You ask will I improve?

Improve at what?

You should improve at 15/10 if you follow your plan but why not longer games? The more time that you have, the deeper your analysis should be.

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@8

why not longer games?

++ It is hard to play classical 90|30 online: stare at the screen for hours.
Also it is hard to find opponents for that.

15|10 is long enough. It is also the official rapid timpe control like for the World Championship. Thanks to the increment you have always time to win a won position or draw a drawn position.

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U played one game and totally smoked sbdy with 1250 rating while not making anything that would even resemble the tiniest mistake, aye there are good chances u will improve no matter what or more likely that you play below your rating atm.

Or better put: How do you expect to get a good answer to your question if nobody can tell how much and how well you play atm?

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Absolutely! Just be consistent.