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2025 Study Plan
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Hello everybody,
I wish you a Happy New Year for you and your loved ones!
With the new year, I am starting to craft study plans for both chess and the rest of my interests (politics, history, etc.).
I would like to share my thoughts about my chess study plan so I can receive suggestions or feedback from the community.
I started playing chess one year ago, at the age of 32.
Here is my study plan (I already own all the books I am about to mention):
Tactics:
Chess Tactics for Champions by Susan Polgar - Current Progress: 50%
Learn Chess Tactics by John Nunn
5334 Problems, Combinations, and Games
I am currently spending 1 hour per day on Chess Tactics for Champions and 30 minutes on 5334 Problems.
Strategy/Positional Chess:
Simple Chess by Michael Stean - Current Progress: 50%
Weapons of Chess by Bruce Pandolfini - Current Progress: 30%
Elements of Positional Evaluation by Dan Heisman
Game Collections:
Logical Chess: Move by Move by Irving Chernev - Current Progress: 30%
Endgames:
Silman's Complete Endgame Course by Jeremy Silman
I plan to follow Silman’s rating-based suggestions, adding a bit more content beyond that.
Openings:
I don’t own any books specific to openings, but I want to spend some time studying them. I aim to start building a basic repertoire, beginning with the Ruy Lopez and the Caro-Kann.
I also need to choose an opening as Black to counter 1.d4.
One thing I need to push myself to do is play more games (with a 30-minute time frame). Currently, I’m more focused on studying chess than actually playing it.
I also plan to join a chess club and start participating in tournaments.
These are my current thoughts about my study plan for 2025.
If you have any comments, suggestions, or advice, I’d be glad to hear them.
Once again, I hope everyone achieves their goals for 2025.
Happy New Year!