Sounds good. IMO the most important thing is you're studying a book and playing long games and it seems you're doing that.
Blitz isn't bad, you can play both or many time controls, but you really need to be playing long games to improve.
So yeah, I feel like I don't have much to add. It just takes time.
@llama alright thanks for the input, just wanted to check if my approach was sound! Will definitely try to play 30 and 45 45 games from now on.
@Cool_Prakhar thanks for the input, yeah I will definitely stay away from bullet lol!
https://chessmood.com/blog/the-key-to-speed-up-your-growth-in-chess ChessMood's articles are the best! Read them all and follow what grandmasters recommend. Also there are many courses which will help you to improve your chess skills https://chessmood.com/courses
@mockingbird998 Thank you, will definitely check everything you suggested out!
you dont need to learn openings btwn 1600-1800. it'll actually make u better if u dont ! it'll force u to think WHY ?
only cuz if s/o told u the key squares in the sicilian & u memorized them but didnt know why? u'll end up in trubble.
@Susik_Gaboyan will definitely check them out!
Hey all, I've been on a long chess hiatus for a couple of years, but have recently gotten back into it after graduating from university and because of the current circumstances happen to have plenty of free time to dedicate to my chess improvement. So some things I want to make clear. Objective 1 for me is to reach 1800 from a 1600 level, then to reach 2000 and so on. I will only focus on one objective at a time, I feel this is the most efficient way to improve. Now, no memes about ratings, I know they are meaningless, I am talking about only rapid and higher time controls that reflect more solid chess play. So when I say I want to be 1800, I mean 1800 strength. So from this post, I guess I want to ask the chess community, perhaps people that have trodden where I am currently walking, what did you do to make the jump/what steps do you suggest I take? I will outline what I do currently, and will gladly provide more info if asked as well.
Day Schedule:
Opening Study: Approximately 30 min to 1 hour a day, working towards completing repertoire.
Endgame Study: Approximately 30 min to 1 hour a day, Silman's Complete Endgame Course+Endgame manual
Tactics: Approximately 1 hour-2 hours a day, from Chesstempo standard time and free chess.com tactics
Nighttime Schedule: Play rapid games on chess.com, I realize that I should definitely start to play 45 45 games from slow chess club as well to imitate as much as I can OTB play. With 15 10 I've recently realized a positive effect of chesstempo forcing me to calculate lines more , but sometimes at final moments in the games it starts to become blitz like.
Before sleep: Youtube St.Louis chess video of GM analysis of a game, some lesson.
Alright that is all, any input about anything is welcome!