Daily program/routine to see improvements?

Yo,

I was wondering, what is a good program/routine to see great improvements in my games?

My skill is rather weird, sometimes I play real good for my level but other times I miss easy checkmates and lose just randomly.

My plan was to first buy a Diamond Membership on this website so I have unlimited access to everything, especially the lessons & the new lesson method that I like. Is it worth spending my money on the lessons, if I'm up to study it all days for atleast 1 hour per day?

I was thinking of:

-> Train 50 tactics a day (with the Membership on here), and trying not to make any mistake while doing so.

-> Study 3 openings [although not too deeply since I don't think I need it at this rate]: I was thinking of e4 which I like, but perhaps I will move to d4 later since I also like it. For Black, I'd choose the Najdorf for e4 and I have yet to see what to study for the d4 defense.

-> Study all the lessons on this website day per day slowly, so I can fully absorb what I learned

-> Play. I lately play a lot online (I can literally play chess for 4-5-6 hours [15 min rapid] when I have time... I'm quite addicted, lol)

-> Analyze my lost games.

That being said, I'd spend about 50% of my time studying tactics, openings, lessons and 50% playing and analyzing the game.

What do you think about it? What should I do better?

Thank you a lot,

Tony

For defense against d4, I recommend the Dutch Stonewall. And play 10 minutes games and longer only. Daily games are best if you don't use the analysis board and other tools. Other than online tactics, you should study a good book on tactics. Winning Chess Tactics by Seirawan followed by Winning Chess Combination are good books.

Chess everyday is not a good thing, you should take some days off to do other things, that will help your chess as well.

Thank you @bong711. I only play games 15 minutes if not longer. I will check the Dutch Stonewall, by the way, so thanks for that!

@madratter7 my aim is to reach 50 correct tactics solutions. If I can't do that, I will surely make them lower, so thank you!

@kaspariano Why so? I've noticed that even after 1 day without playing chess I play much worse...

I agree with the tactics part. It is more with quality than quantity. Solve 10 puzzles a day. But think and calculate as hard as you can. I will recommend that you get a tactics book so you can efficiently train for pattern tactical improvement.  What you will do is if you can't find the answer on a tactical puzzle ,after trying as hard as you can, try solving the same puzzle the next day. You will also solve some other day the puzzles that you already solved before. With this process, your tactical pattern recognition will improve. You will also gain more pattern knowledge. Books are ideal for this. I suggest Chess Tactics for Champion by Polgar.

Sounds like a full time job. Maybe you want to find out your priorities?

I know my priorities well enough, but thank you anyway. 

I mean you chess priorities... :-)

Could you explain yourself? I think I didn't get what you mean

1.  Your plan is wayyyyy to many tactics.  You want quality over quantity.  Dedicate 30 minutes a day to tactics, and take your time.  Some days you may do no more that 3-4 tactics, while other days you may do more.  The point is to increase your pattern recognition, not complete a lot of tactics a day, and not retain anything.

2.  5-6 hours a day of rapid wont improve your game.  You need to play slow time controls. 

3.  Play over GM games, and play Solitaire chess.

I just meant that if you don't have 8 hours a day to spend, it might be useful to think about which field needs the most improvement, tactics or strategy or endgames etc.

As a fellow lower ranked player who just started two weeks ago, here is my humble input based on the analysis of your game against ryder 132 and many of my own games...At our level of play, it seems to me that the main problem is blunders, pure and simple. For example, you made a game-losing blunder on your seventh move allowing BxNd5 because your king not having castled, you failed to notice the pawn defending your knight was pinned by ryder's Re1. Had ryder played properly and simply exchanged down to the endgame avoiding any complications, your game was lost. Unfortunately for him, he also blundered badly shortly after yours. Many of my games are also riddled with these blunders, from both sides. So, it stands to reason that if players like you and I can cut down on blunders, our ranking should inevitably rise. Now, blunders can occur from time-pressure, it is true, but on the seventh move I would venture to say it is simply impetuous play and a lack of focus. I am experimenting with asking certain types of questions out loud, whenever possible, to act as a blunder-reducing checklist...For example: am I leaving any pieces hanging with this move? Am I missing the opportunity to capture a hanging piece? Is there a tactical possibility behind this apparently hanging piece? Is this a good exchange? Does my position look/feel better before or after the exchange? Am I missing a checkmate or a mating attack? etc. As far as I am concerned, sustaining focus throughout a game will lay the foundation upon which players like us can build a useful opening, middle and endgame repertoire. To put it differently, what's the use of having a bunch of book knowledge if our play is inconsistent and erratic? Any less erratic player with only an understanding of principles will capitalize on our blunders and glide effortlessly towards a win. To conclude, I would say start by getting in the habit of analyzing all of your games with an engine to identify and understand your blunders and include a pre-move question checklist during your games. 

Tony......Without getting into what technical aspects of chess you should do(it varies for everyone) I can definitely say.....Go for the membership! You will(like me) wind up having a blast and it is worth every penny!

Though I am still a lower rated player,I have learned a ton from this site(as well as book and You-Tube studies) and after my ratings fall,in the beginning,I rose over 600 points....Certainly not bragging,since I pretty much stunk at first.......One thing--There is so much chess stuff with the member ship that it's hard to be focused on a specific activity......You'll see what I mean,but it's well worth it and the "addiction thing" is real!

Best of luck-