I've hit a wall. Now what?

After a little more than a year of serious studying, I've seem to hit a wall of improving. 

I've done plenty of tactics, and my tactic's blade is sharp enough. 

I know my openings(at least the ones I'll play at tournament level)decently, and I am in the process of increasing my opening knowledge. 

My endgame is decent at this point, as I'm going through Silman's Endgame Course, it's improving. 

My middle game is the best it's been in a while. 

Now the question is, what's next?

Do I study openings deeper? Middlegame? Endgame? Before this, my path to improving has seemed straight forward, but now I'm not so sure. 

Your better than me. I'm surprised that you still separate chess into compartments.

I'm guessing your going to want to see why you lose and focus on correcting that.

worth noting is also your personal development appart from chess, if you dont currently exercise that is worth rating points, eating right is worth a lot on an improvement scale as well.

Im going to throw in trying the most common opening that you never play, not looking it up, but playing it and seeing what positions you casn get that are new to you.

Get a coach if nothing else works

Interesting question. Well really, it depends on how hard you hit the wall..and how did you bump into the wall? I suggest you go to the doctor and get a checkup..

I think nothing is a good substitute for more focused training. You seem to have a good balance. I think delving deeper into what you're doing will pay dividends.

hit it harder and break through it :)

do more complicated tactics. With Silmans endgame course you just opened the box - there's so much more you can learn in the endgame. And I'm sure there's a lot more middle game strategy for you. Just because you are not improving fast doesn't mean you are not improving at all. Just get used to it that it may go slower from now on.

I don't know how good the tournament scene in South Korea is, but playing alot OTB tournaments helps too.

Do you study master games?  How about studying the various pawn structures that are derived from the openings you play (or openings you wish to learn) and how they affect the course of the game; what kinds of strategies are derived from the Caro-Slav family of structures for example.  Also, studying tactics is probably something that should be ongoing at any level of mastery.

I think you need some advanced training, as you are already travelled a long distance in chess. I recently found a website of GM Igor Smirnov (Remote chess academy). He have a package for advanced students. I dont know how worth it is. But, his youtube videos are awesome. 

I have a simpler explanation:  You haven't hit a wall.  You just like to worry

                    HIT IT AGAIN!     Mr, Gorbachev tear down this wall!

Play in a lot of tournaments. And make a "List of Mistakes". Try to categorize the mistakes like: tactical blunders, wrong plan and so on. And then find the place you get most mistakes, try to improve there and then think about it in the games

Look up the learning curve, you've just reached a plateu and it just takes more work to achieve little progress

All good questions, but Im not sure about your answers. You give vague answere to how you think you are doing in each phase of the game.  Its hard to offer suggestions when you give answers like "sharp enough" "improving" "the best its been in awhile" 

The obvious question...After analyzing your games, where are you going wrong?

What is your USCF rating?

Do you have a coach?

Can you play out the corralling the K method endgame technique in your sleep for the following mating net endgames:

 1. K+Q vs. K

 2. K+R vs. K

 3. K+2Bs vs. K

 4. K+B+N vs. K

Take a look at this video to test yourself on #4:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3EqM17jvOc

Assuming it can't be scaled, you need to decide whether to turn right, left, or reverse direction.

To: FHYP

From: Lola

Ohhh....So that's why you keep hitting the rematch button after you win me. Nooow I get it. Got you figured out ! Trying to get thru a wall are ya ?....I do that all the time........

                      Nathan your only 16. Everybody hits a wall every 10 yrs.

Yes, don't forget to have fun!

Yeah, that is what i was thinking. I just wanted to see if I could get some deeper insight on that.