Less play more study?
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BeepBeepImA747
Aug 14, 2017
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If I play less chess (one slow game a week maybe?) and do an hour of tactics everyday, as well as book study, will I improve faster than If I played a lot and barely studied or did tactics?
Aug 14, 2017
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It depends on you, really. I'd say play slow games regularly, preferably OTB, and analyze them carefully afterwards, perhaps with the help of stronger players and/or an engine.
BeepBeepImA747 wrote:
If I play less chess (one slow game a week maybe?) and do an hour of tactics everyday, as well as book study, will I improve faster than If I played a lot and barely studied or did tactics?
I would guess that the answer depends, in part, on the sort of play that you have in mind when you refer to playing "a lot". If you are referring to lots of fast games, I think the prevailing opinion is that it is not a good idea to allow such activity to cause you to "barely" study and do tactics.