study vs playing

Coach Heisman is fond of saying that you need 3 things to progress.  You need to study.  You need to play long slow games.  You need to review your games.  If any part of the triangle is missing then your progress will suffer.  Let me find a link to his site's award winning articles so you can read about it yourself:

http://danheisman.home.comcast.net/~danheisman/Articles/Novice_Nook_Links.htm

I think the article you want is from March 2009, "The improving player feedback loop" or something similar.  Have fun!

Thank you very much for the clear answer. The article is here http://www.chesscafe.com/text/heisman98.pdf

Any other tips would be very nice

 

1 Hour of chess study equates to about the same amount of improvement as 12 hours of online blitz chess.

That alone should give you the idea to study rather than playing 5-minute garbage chess on here.

You need to play in slow tournaments over the board.  Slower the time control, the better.

When it comes to studying, while some opening prep is required, it should not consume all of your studying.  More like about 25%.

Study complete games (GM, not the cr*p on here), and don't just restrict yourself to studying games that are the opening you play.

As for suggested books, here's what I suggest:

(Under 1500) - Winning Chess Tactics and Winning Chess Strategies, both by Yasser Seiriwan

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(1500 to 2000) - Yusupov's 9-book series by Quality Chess (http://www.qualitychess.co.uk/docs/14/artur_yusupovs_awardwinning_training_course/)

"Starting Out" opening books

My Great Predecessors series by Kasparov

A complete manual on Endings (not a watered down basic book)

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(2000+) - Theoretical Opening Books - (Move by Move Series, Grandmaster Repertoire series by Quality Chess, "Play The" series by Quality Chess, Opening Manuals by "New In Chess")

Game collections of players Karpov to the Present (Anand, Kramnik, Korchnoi, Kasparov, Carlsen, Topalov, etc)

Advanced Middlegame Books, like Pump Up Your Rating or Advanced Chess Tactics

The Grandmaster Preparation Series by Jacob Aagaard.

Thank you very much for your suggestions, very nice compilation.

Don't leave out this book. 1000 Best of the Best by Chess Informant. The best compiled annotated master's games. At first everything looks like a mystery. As you progresses, you will understand their ideas.