Chess Study Schedule

Hi guys, I'm a chess player from high school and I seriously want to improve my chess, I have quite a lengthy break from school since it's summer in my country. Could any serious/tournament player give me a training schedule? Something like what should I do on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.

First take one day off.

Your goal is to build visualization pattern memory banks into your brain.

1. 1 hr. tactics practice.  Do 20 tactics diagrams per day.  With timer at 3 min. per diagram.

Procedure:

a. purchase a tactics book

b. DO NOT USE TACTICS TRAINERS ANYWHERE ON LINE.  THEY DISTRACT YOU FROM YOUR MAIN GOAL with  hints buttons, etc.

c. start with first diagam.  set your timer.  at the end of 3 min look in the back of the book.  If you got it right mark the diagram with a check mark.  If you got it wrong mark the diagram with an X.

d. reset your 3 min timer and start with the  next diagram.

Repeat this process for 20 diagrams. continue the next day until you reach the end of a section of the book.  At the end of the section go back repeat the diagrams in that section.

At the end of one month.  I guarantee you that everytime that yoou look at a position  and it contains tactic(s) they will  junp up off the board and smack you on the forehead in a flash!!

For the opening and middlegame you will have to  purchase Chessbase.

Endgame visualization pattern memory bank.  1 hr. per day.  Start with checkmate endgames (K+Q vs. K, K+R vs. K, K+2B vs. K, K+B+N v. K)  Practice  those  until you can  do the corralling technique in your sleep. Move to Lucena and  Philidor positions.  Do those until you can do them  in your sleep. Do K+p(s) endings until you can do them in your sleep.  In the process you will learn about the Queening square, opposition of Ks, distant opposition of Ks, and triangulation with K.  Do  K+R+p(s) vs. K+R+p(s) until you can  do them  in  your sleep.  Do K+B+p(s) vs.  K+B+p(s) until you can do  them  in your sleep.  Then do  K+N+p(s) vs, K+N+p(s) until you  can do them  in your sleep.  With the minor pieces(B,N) you will learn that Bs can gain or lose a tempo in zugswang positions and Ns cannot.  Then do K+B +p(s) vs. K+B+N+p(s).  In all the K+R+B+N +p(s) vs. K+R+B+n+(s) you will learn about how the B is  superior is to the N in open pawn positions and the N is  superior  to the B I  closed pawn positions, etc. You will learn that stalemate and self stalemate are excellent drawing weapons in lost positions.  There is more but you get the idea

Hi fieldsofforce, I appreciate your advice, but how exactly do you use chessbase to improve your opening/middlegame?

Fritz 15 or lower is enough computer chess. Chessbase is more applicable in international competition where you search the games of ur opponents. Fritz GUI have many functions and can be learned from tutorial articles and videos.

First Chessbase is expensive software.  When I was building my opening repertoire and opening tree all that was available was a software called Bookup, which is now called Chess openings Wizard.  Here is the website with all of the info. http://www.bookup.com/

And here is the website of Chessbase 14:  http://en.chessbase.com/

Of course Chessbase is  by far the superior product.  The goal of these software products is to help you build through repetition an opening and middlegame visualization memory banks into your brain.  Simultaneously you acquire an opening repertoire.  Then thru tournament games and casual games you acquire familiarity and understanding of your selected openings and middlegames.

Oh okay, thanks fieldsofforce and bong711!