what's a good amount of chess games per day?

i want to try and become a good chess player and i want to know a good amount of chess games i should play per day as i don't want to burn myself out, and i don't want to play a small amount of chess games.

Chess improvement comes from the quality of your chess study, not quantity of chess study.

The right amount of chess per day depends on your goals, schedule, and how intensely you're studying or playing. Here's a guide based on different intentions: --- 🎯 1. Casual Player (Just for Fun & Relaxation) Time: 15–30 minutes/day What to do: Play a few blitz or rapid games, solve a puzzle or two. --- 📈 2. Improving Player (Beginner–Intermediate, ~1000–1600 rating) Time: 1–2 hours/day (quality > quantity) Suggested balance: 30% Puzzles (tactics training) 30% Analyzing your own games 20% Studying openings or endgames 20% Playing longer games (rapid/classical) --- 🧠 3. Serious Competitor (Advanced or Aspiring to Compete, 1600–2200+) Time: 2–4 hours/day Focus on: In-depth game analysis (with and without engines) Training weaknesses (e.g., positional play, calculation) Studying classic games and theory Playing serious games (30+ minutes per side) --- ⚠️ Tips for Any Level: Consistency beats intensity. 30 minutes daily is better than 4 hours once a week. Avoid burnout. If you're not enjoying it, reduce time or mix up activities. Use tools like: Chess.com, Lichess.org, Aimchess, Chessable, or books (like "Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess" for beginners or "Dvoretsky’s Endgame Manual" for advanced).

ty for your advice, however there's one small and obvious issue

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A lot of games definetely is stressful i would recommend a weekly schedule. xD I would generate a weekly schedule using chat gpt and work with it. If you want to improve make sure u add a classical game once a month maybe

I agree with LieutenantFrankColumbo.

I had a kind of random system before and it didn't really work... So now I'm doing 15 min x4 lessons/day + combining that with a few games or taking part in a tournament (doing all time modes daily). Currently done 426 lessons in total. Done all the "mandatory" basics and advanced, now browsing through the other lessons. I've enjoyed the quick checkmates in one lessons the most. I would enjoy more of those if available, but in the lack of them I'm currently doing other checkmate patterns. I feel like doing lessons before games brings up some confidence & skills (unless done very hard and puzzling lessons). But yeah there's basically thousands of lessons so it's not like those are going to run out any time soon. Sticking with this system (for now). The idea is that doing lessons like this it's becoming more automated and less forced with the daily practice.

As many as you can as long as you keep analyzing them