tactics training schedule ??

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karthik1109

guys my playing strength is around (1200-1400)in fide I wish to improve my game by tactics training so I purchased five books "MATE IN TWO,THREE,FOUR,PAWN PROMOTION,SURPRISE MOVE" Each book has 200 problems and now the question is I have decided to devote 1hour time every day for chess and how should I use these books how much puzzles should I solve a day and many times I find difficult to solve puzzle so what should I do in that case please suggest me a plan to improve my chess........

collonut77

I think it's not all about how many, but how deep you can analyze a given position. It's better to work on 1 only problem for an hour if that implies deep thinking and calculations than to solve 20 "mate in one" problems that don't force you to leave your mental comfort zone.