Over the summer, I'm trying to study three hours per day (it never works, though it's generally good to set high expectations). My current game plan is 1 hour tactics, 1 hour endgames (reading through the 100 Endgames Book), then one hour other things (opening work, reading chess literature, watching videos, etc). Hope this helps.
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EOGuel wrote:
Over the summer, I'm trying to study three hours per day (it never works, though it's generally good to set high expectations). My current game plan is 1 hour tactics, 1 hour endgames (reading through the 100 Endgames Book), then one hour other things (opening work, reading chess literature, watching videos, etc). Hope this helps.
yup! thanks!
Jul 8, 2018
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I'll follow this since that's a question I had for quite some time now.
Some people say that the best way to study chess is by going through endgames, others say that you should do 1h of each specific topic, read books etc.
It would be nice to hear from some people who made a study plan and keep following it. 
I train 1 hour with CT-Art for motif tactics, 20 minutes with mates, 20 minutes with visualization tactics. Another hour I dedicate for 2 guess the move master games.
I do 10 tactics problems a day. I do a chapter of Yusupov, "Build Up Your Chess, the Fundametals", every week or two. I watch videos often just for fun from someone like Simon Williams to keep it fun and motivated. And I am also going through "The Amateurs Mind" by Silman. I have definitely seen improvement in my chess the several months I have been doing this. For example my Tactics rating has jumped from 1349 back in April to 1600 (as of today).
Yusupov is a big commitment at the rate I am doing it. The advantage is that it covers all aspects of the game, not just one thing in a coherent, well thought out manner.
I spend too much time on the forums. Ergo, one part of my study plan is to reduce the time I spend on the forums, lol.
I think it is a mistake to make excessively rigid, in advance, decisions about one's study. Better, I think, to be partly guided by how one feels at the time one is working on a particular subject. Also, I think one should be partially guided by what has been happening in one's recent games.
chessguy1012 wrote:
I want to make a consistent study plan, I started doing tactics everyday (have done like 20 a day, at least 1 minute think on each unless it was very easy) but I think I should do other stuff then that, like studying endgames, studying famous games and reading chess books. What do you suggest is a good plan to manage my time to do that. (note I don't want to study for over the top amounts of time) Also you can talk about your study plans
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To keep it simple focus on accumulating Visualization Pattern Memory Banks in your brain. The most basic visualization pattern memory bank is K+p vs. K.
Here is my specific plan. Each day, I warm up with 5 minutes of simple tactics like fork, pin..., 5 minutes of mates in 1, 10 minutes of Endgame drills. Each week focus one 1 specific opening regardless the variation.
Day 1: Opening
a) Opening Blunder tactics for 1 hour. Each tactics is actually a tournament miniatures so I just replay the opening lines 15-20 times. No need to go deeper into theory.
b) Relax by replaying miniatures with 15 moves or less to learn traps and take note. 10-15 minutes.
c) Doing odd drill extra queen to improve development skills. 30 minutes
d) Solitare chess with 1 master from John Nunn chess course and 1 from Alekhine collection. 1 hour
e) Relax with vision training and solo chess. 5 minutes
f) Video time!
Day 2: Attack
a) Mate with material sacrifices. 15 minutes
b) Combination motives. 1 hour.
c) Relax with Tal' sacrifices. 15 minutes
d) One attack drill with post game engine analysis e) Solitaire chess with 1 game from Study Chess with Tal and 1 game from Alekhine collection.
f) Relax with vision training and solo chess 5 minutes
g) Video time!
Day 3: Defense/Counter Attack.
a) Defense tactics. 30 minutes
b) Defense drill. 1 hour.
c) Relax with master games on defense. 15 minutes
d) Solitaire with 1 game from Petrosian collection and 1 game from Alekhine collection. 1 hour
e) Relax with vision training and solo chess
f) Video time
Day 4: Strategy
1 hour with basic strategy tactics.
1 hours with lessons from chess.com
1 hour of videos. No master games because I have zero idea on strategy 
Day 5: Critical Position
1 hour with basic strategy tactics.
1 hour of reading News in Chess magazines. I actually learn a lot of practical ideas from it. Not something like bad bishop or bad knight, but something like early he when the king is not castles often signal a kingside attack from White.
1 hour of videos.
Day 6: Planning
1 hour of chess.com lessons
1 hour of ChessVibes training old magazine.
1 hours of videos
Day 7: Warp up Review notes for 1 hour. Redo wrong tactics from the past. Review 6 master games played for 1 hours.
Jul 8, 2018
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SeniorPatzer wrote:
I spend too much time on the forums. Ergo, one part of my study plan is to reduce the time I spend on the forums, lol.
You are correct.
Goodbye all, once and for all.
RookSacrifice wrote:
2 hours of bullet chess every day
After 6 years, you rating is 1900+, should it be the result of bullet chess?
Jul 8, 2018
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RookSacrifice wrote:
2 hours of bullet chess every day
Perfect! Same!
Jul 8, 2018
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AnhVanT wrote:
RookSacrifice wrote:
2 hours of bullet chess every day
After 6 years, your rating is 1900+, should it be the result of bullet chess?
Is this his bullet rating? If so, he should be 2900+ after 6 years of playing 2 hours of bullet every day...
Jul 8, 2018
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Chessguy, how long have you been playing chess total? I ask because you word your post in such a way that seems to indicate before you just played for fun, and now you want to study it. It matters how long ago you got into chess because your desire for actually taking time to learn it will diminish at some point.
Jul 8, 2018
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Drawgood wrote:
Chessguy, how long have you been playing chess total? I ask because you word your post in such a way that seems to indicate before you just played for fun, and now you want to study it. It matters how long ago you got into chess because your desire for actually taking time to learn it will diminish at some point.
Nobody above 1800 likes chess, they don’t play for fun, just to win.
Drawgood wrote:
Chessguy, how long have you been playing chess total? I ask because you word your post in such a way that seems to indicate before you just played for fun, and now you want to study it. It matters how long ago you got into chess because your desire for actually taking time to learn it will diminish at some point.
a very long time, since dinosaurs, about 6 years ago, i have a coach and everything just want to get better on my own
I want to make a consistent study plan, I started doing tactics everyday (have done like 20 a day, at least 1 minute think on each unless it was very easy) but I think I should do other stuff then that, like studying endgames, studying famous games and reading chess books. What do you suggest is a good plan to manage my time to do that. (note I don't want to study for over the top amounts of time) Also you can talk about your study plans