Middle game help

I have been stuck in a chess range for a while.  I started to analyse my games and where my blunders mostly take place.  I am pretty good at the opening and dominate the end game (if i can get there), but seem to have a lot of issues in the middle game.  What are some good exercises to work on the middle game?

The best thing to do is play through master level tournament games, dozens, hundreds or thousands, as many as you have time and effort for. You will become familiar with where the pawn breaks are, which files and diagonals to open in various set ups, and how to exploit them. Magnus Carlsen says he has 10,000 master games memorized. What this really means is he is instantly familiar with various positions, and how to play them. You might want to focus on games that resemble your currently favorite openings. Your minds will be blown at the moves and plans stronger players make.

Are you on mobile, or pc.

Ok, on android, for free, there is an app called SCID. From within this app, you can download TWIC, (This Week in Chess.) Every monday night, a full weeks worth of tournament games are available for download. Usually, anywhere from 1500, to 3000 games per week. That will keep you busy! lol. Also, there are two other apps that work together, that are available in scaled down versions for free download, although, I recommend the paid versions. 'Follow Chess', this app lets you watch, in real time, all the major tournaments in the world, and you can replay any of the games. The sister app to this is, 'Analyze This', which lets you play through games with real time computer evaluation from stockfish. There's a lot more features with all these apps, but I'm sure you'll figure it out once you download them. There's another app available in a lite version for free, called 'Chess PGN Master', which includes stockfish, and can also read the TWIC databases imported through SCID. Good luck, and have fun!

I'd download Stockfish and play a few lines with it. I find that helps me to understand what a good move is.

If you purchase the full version of 'Follow Chess' you can download the complete tournaments automatically come in pgn. Then, you can import them to 'Analyze This'. Also, there is another app called, 'Droidfish', comes with stockfish, and you can import the TWIC files from SCID, completely free.

Thank you for all of this information.  While on the app, I did not receive any notifications that anybody posted comments.  I looked at SCID and noticed that Chess King has a chess middlegame I through 5. I assume that the free version will have ads and will be not be the entire course.  With that being said, has anybody tried it?

Here is a simple middlegame plan you can try:

Middlegame Planning:

1. Expand your position:

            a. Gain more space.

            b. Improve the position of your pieces.

2. Decide on what side of the board to play.

            a. Queenside: a-c files.

            b. Center: d-e files.

            c. Kingside: f-h files.

            Compare, space, material, and weakness(es)

            Play where you have the advantage.

3. DO NOT HURRY.  Regroup your pieces, and be patient.

Lots of possibilities for reading:
Simple Attacking Plans by Fred Wilson (2012)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708090402/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review874.pdf
http://dev.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/Simple-Attacking-Plans-77p3731.htm
Logical Chess: Move by Move by Irving Chernev (1957)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708104437/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/logichess.pdf
The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played by Irving Chernev (1965)
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/most-instructive-games-of-chess-ever-played/
Seirawan stuff:
http://seagaard.dk/review/eng/bo_beginner/ev_winning_chess.asp?KATID=BO&ID=BO-Beginner
http://www.nystar.com/tamarkin/review1.htm
50 Essential Chess Lessons by Steve Giddins
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708100833/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review534.pdf
http://www.gambitbooks.com/pdfs/50_Essential_Chess_Lessons.pdf
Simple Chess by Michael Stean
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708104258/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review400.pdf
http://store.doverpublications.com/0486424200.html
Amateur's Mind by Jeremy Silman
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708094419/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/ammind.pdf
https://www.silmanjamespress.com/shop/chess/amateurs-mind-the-2nd-edition/
Chess Secrets: The Giants of Chess Strategy by Neil McDonald
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708092313/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review620.pdf
Chess Strategy for Club Players by Herman Grooten
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708101926/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review696.pdf
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/9042.pdf
Understanding Chess Middlegames by GM John Nunn
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627012322/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen154.pdf
http://www.gambitbooks.com/pdfs/Understanding_Chess_Middlegames.pdf
Attacking Chess for Club Players by Herman Grooten
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/9032.pdf

Chess for Hawks

https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/9041.pdf

The Chess Attacker’s Handbook

https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/7754.pdf

Chess Strategy: Move by Move by Adam Hunt

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708093249/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review890.pdf

How to Reassess Your Chess (4th ed.) by Jeremy Silman
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708095832/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review769.pdf
https://www.silmanjamespress.com/shop/chess/how-to-reassess-your-chess-4th-edition/
The Art of the Middlegame
http://dev.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/Art-of-the-Middlegame-The-77p3554.htm
http://store.doverpublications.com/0486261549.html
Pawn Structure Chess by GM Andrew Soltis (2013)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708101523/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review908.pdf
The Power of Pawns by GM Jörg Hickl (2016)
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/the-power-of-pawns/
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/9034.pdf
Modern Chess Strategy by Pachman
http://store.doverpublications.com/0486202909.html
Zurich 1953 by Bronstein
http://exeterchessclub.org.uk/content/review-zurich-1953-bronstein
http://theweekinchess.com/john-watson-reviews/john-watson-book-review-106-zurich-1953-by-najdorf
http://store.doverpublications.com/0486238008.html

Android knows da wae

Solve tactic puzzles.

At your rating I think a book is more appropriate than something like chess.com's tactics trainer.

Like one of these:

https://www.amazon.com/Winning-Chess-Tactics-Everyman/dp/1857443861

https://www.amazon.com/Back-Basics-Tactics-ChessCafe-Chess/dp/1888690348

I agree 100%.  When I tried the chess.com's tactic trainer, I kept on timing out.

Plus the nice thing about books is they use actual tactical patterns. Like a fork. They briefly explain then give you some fork puzzle to solve, for example.

Chess.com just throws random stuff at you, and if you're new, it may not even be a tactic with a theme. It's just something like "capture the hanging piece and you solved it right" which isn't tactics training at all IMO.