How Much Time Do You Put Into Chess

I'm with you Sarukin

I spend about four hours a day most days of the week, but coming up to tournaments I would spend longer. Maybe eight hours or so on the weekend, but a lot of this time is spent teaching others. It really helps you learn complicated endgames(N+B vs lone K) if you know you'll have to show somebody else.

way to much of my time is "wasted" with chess

since i've joined this site i've been playing almost every day for at least 2 hours a day. however, i really just go do whatever i feel like - sometimes tatics for a while, then i'll analyze one of my games, then i'll go play a few live games, i'll get an alert for turn-based so i'll spend some time on there.

i'm currently making up a schedule that i can keep track of and therefore i'll know for sure that i'm studying all the aspects of the game and not missing out on anything.

so far i have these sections: openings study, endgame study, tatics, master games analysis, personal games analysis, playing live games. (i'm leaving out the middle game for now since i'm still a noob and have a lot to learn.) anything else i should add?

I spend about 2 hours a day on my game, with work and family that is about all the time i have.

Chessroshi said:

 'How do I win a chess game?" - The answer I found was that you must attack the opposing king with more force than he has defending him.'

I approach games in a different manner. One of my breakthough moments was realising that it was not about going after the king. It was creating an imbalance/small weakness in my oppositions game, and then try to turn that small weakness into a greater advantage. When an advantage becomes so great, it will result in a checkmate for sure - but it was not going for the king that won the game.

 I really agree with the burning out thing. I've never done weights (luckily born with the body of Zeus*) but I know people that have. The rest days are as important as the work days. It allows the body to regenerate. In fact I think it may be at this stage that the muscle actual grows because all the fissures of the muscle are healing and creating the new improved muscle. As I say, I'm not 100% on the reasons - but I know 100% that rest days are important :)

*born with, but did not maintain.

 Jeremy Silman omitted the N+B vs lone K from his recent endgame book. He felt that the chances of it cropping up were so seldom that it was not worth investing the time in it.

 However, dare I say it - but I disagree with the great man. I looked that ending up in a book and found that the pattern used to create the checkmate is not too difficult - but the skill and thinking used to co-ordinate the pieces was very difficult, but definetly time very well spent.

I play lots of games but I'm careful to keep it fun.There have been times where playing so often it tends to seem like work so I take a break.I have no illusions of being the next US champion,I play chess for fun and to make chess-friends.

I've played chess for about 12 years now, but most of that time was during my middle/high school years. I've been bitten by the chess bug and now I'm trying to clean the dust off my board so to speak. That's what brought me to chess.com to begin with. The opportunity to play against some master's as well as the chance to get a few "feel good" wins over lesser experienced opponents. 

i'd love to have a better player analyze a game with me that i played (or kind of "help" me while i played one against a computer for example). i could ask questions about development and how to go about attacking and such. there are moments in some chess games that i really do not know where to continue. i'll try to come up with some plan, but who knows if it's the best, or even a good one.

i feel that if i could talk strategy with someone in mid-game that would really help me a lot. although, i'm not sure if it was my opponent that that would help a lot. it would be difficult i'd imagine, although probably still quite beneficial.

trigs, post games you lose in the Game Analysis forum. That draws alot of feedback. :)

not quite was i was getting at, but yes that is a good idea.

I play about 1 hour per day,but when i am on vacation I have more time for chess.

10-15 hours per day...

All.

Give or take 23 hours a day.

We have to devote oneself into our mind sport, as well as other sport professionals doing!

I have to work alot so I get to play about an hour or so on Chess.com and maybe another hour against my computer. I also read the forums. Very interesting stuff.

This is great. I got a lot of useful information I would not have thought about otherwise. Thanks everyone who added input (even the person who said I should be better after one month of my schedule. Hey, their comment makes me strive to play better, then it's a positive thing. Also, you should take anything negative and at least try to make it positive)! Thanks again everyone. This is whey I invest my time at chess.com.