Play a slow game
Analyse your game for hanging pieces
Rinse and repeat
If you do this seriously you will improve, no doubt.
What is a good training plan?
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Feb 2, 2022
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#2
If you know the opening principles and the basic endgames (if not, learn them, takes you a day or two):
Play a slow game
Analyse your game for hanging pieces
Rinse and repeat
If you do this seriously you will improve, no doubt.
Play a slow game
Analyse your game for hanging pieces
Rinse and repeat
If you do this seriously you will improve, no doubt.
Feb 2, 2022
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#3
What made you curious? I take OP's rating and ability to selfstudy as a given. A scedule for the two days would be something along the lines of:
Day 1, morning
Test against an engine if you can mate with:
- king and two rooks
- king and queen (stalemate alert!)
- king and one rook
Test with a few puzzles if you see:
- backrank mate in one
- supported mate in one
- promoting a pawn in one
If you fail on one of these, you have homework for tomorrow.
Day 1, afternoon
- Watch a vid or read a short article about opnening principles (i.e. https://www.ichess.net/blog/opening-principles-chess/). Carefull, this is not about openings, it's about opening principles.
- look at the first 10 moves of your last 3 games and see if you (1) have a solid pawn in the centre (2) castled (3) delevoped all your pieces. If not you have homework for tomorrow.
Day 2, morning
- Do your endgame homework: learn the above endames if you didn't know them already. Lots of instructive vids on youtube.
- Do your opening principles homework by rereading the article. Go back to your 3 games and think what you would change knowing the principles now.
Day 2, afternoon
- Play a nice slow, long game and enjoy.
- analyse the game, but only for the topics you studied this morning.
Feb 3, 2022
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#4
AtaChess68 wrote:
If you know the opening principles and the basic endgames (if not, learn them, takes you a day or two):
Play a slow game
Analyse your game for hanging pieces
Rinse and repeat
If you do this seriously you will improve, no doubt.
Play a slow game
Analyse your game for hanging pieces
Rinse and repeat
If you do this seriously you will improve, no doubt.
I don’t really hang pieces any more unless I’m in time trouble yet I’m still losing games
Feb 3, 2022
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#5
NervesofButter wrote:
JTorreslolz wrote:
AtaChess68 wrote:
If you know the opening principles and the basic endgames (if not, learn them, takes you a day or two):
Play a slow game
Analyse your game for hanging pieces
Rinse and repeat
If you do this seriously you will improve, no doubt.
Play a slow game
Analyse your game for hanging pieces
Rinse and repeat
If you do this seriously you will improve, no doubt.
I don’t really hang pieces any more unless I’m in time trouble yet I’m still losing games
Youre a 700 speed chess player. Of course you hang material.
This game: https://www.chess.com/game/live/37590608753?username=jtorreslolz
You spent .7 of a second on your move 4 and hung a knight.
Yeah I kind of premoved that one since I’ve never seen someone push a pawn in that position before and it caught me off guard, after that disaster of a game I don’t premove anymore unless I have like .8 on my clock
Feb 3, 2022
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#6
NervesofButter wrote:
JTorreslolz wrote:
NervesofButter wrote:
JTorreslolz wrote:
AtaChess68 wrote:
If you know the opening principles and the basic endgames (if not, learn them, takes you a day or two):
Play a slow game
Analyse your game for hanging pieces
Rinse and repeat
If you do this seriously you will improve, no doubt.
Play a slow game
Analyse your game for hanging pieces
Rinse and repeat
If you do this seriously you will improve, no doubt.
I don’t really hang pieces any more unless I’m in time trouble yet I’m still losing games
Youre a 700 speed chess player. Of course you hang material.
This game: https://www.chess.com/game/live/37590608753?username=jtorreslolz
You spent .7 of a second on your move 4 and hung a knight.
Yeah I kind of premoved that one since I’ve never seen someone push a pawn in that position before and it caught me off guard, after that disaster of a game I don’t premove anymore unless I have like .8 on my clock
That is what happens when you play moves purely from memory and not paying attention to the position.
Yeah I learned my lesson on that one lol
What do you mean you don't hang pieces? I'm 1600 and me and my opponents hang pieces all the time... it happens, everyone does it... just at different frequencies
https://www.chess.com/game/live/37661388377?username=jtorreslolz
You had 5 minutes on the clock, your opponent attacked your rook, you made a move in 2 seconds and lost the rook for free...
#1
"any tips on daily study or training routines?"
Solve 4 tactics puzzles as a warm-up.
Play a 15|10 game, start at 40 s / move and finish at 10 s / move.
Always check your intended move is no blunder before you play it.
If you lost the game, then analyse it thoroughly, else study an annotated grandmaster game.
I'm starting to get really serious about improving, any tips on daily study or training routines?