How do you prepare for a chess tournament

I will be playing a rating chess tournament in about of 1 month. I already have a standard rating. It is u1500 event which might attract around 400-500 people. I will have 7-10 hours a week. How do I prepare for this event. What should be the time allocation for thing of training.

I have Daniel Kings Powerplay [first 20] and Sukhin I. - Chess Gems 1000 Combination You Must Know and someother Silman endgame and silman amateur's mind and some my own opening database. What time should I allocate for each or what to skip or what to add.

Help appreciated Dont troll

7 hours week and 1 month that is 7*4=28 hours and that is quite less I must say you must practice more and btw the u1500 tournament is nothing just tactics. There is no need of preparation 

u1500 is also difficult for lower rated player and 7 hours a week is not a less time and 7 hours is minimum I can give more time if I get!! 

NO help till now :[

Well you can try playing over the board

Play on chess.com but set it up on the board so that u can play ok in the tourny on the board

I do that regularly and what else to do like analyse master games or endgame or other stuff

Opening theory which openings do you plan on playing

I plan to play d4 as white and b6 as black

You need to decide which openings you're going to play, and make sure you know the tactical and positional themes that commonly arise out of your chosen openings. One with White, One against 1.e4, and One against 1.d4

You need to brush up on positional themes. Silman's "The Amateur's Mind" is excellent  for that.

Tactics will probably decide most of your games. Tactics trainer is a great way to improve your calculational ability. Also, read this article

For the endgame, read "Silman's Complete Endgame Course" up to your rating level or one above.

Remember to play long standard time control games aginst people a bit better than you, and analyse the game with them afterwards. Then, when you get home, analyse the game on your own, then, if you want, with the computer. Make note of your mistakes and why you lost that game. Record those mistakes, and if you find yourself making similar ones, you have found a weakness and know one of the areas you should focus on.

Good luck!

Ok then try to be sure of the main lines. Good luck:)

Thanks for advice

Btw isnt Daniel King's Powerplay good

1. Decide on what first move/system you will play for white, and how you will defend 1.e4 and the closed openings (1.d4/1.c4/1.Nf3). Play through master games in your chosen lines to get the feel of typical middlegames that arise from your openings and good, standard plans you can put to use.

2. Solve a good set of tactics puzzles, at least 30 per day -- Chess Combinations Encyclopedia, CT-Art, Tactics Trainer, there are others too of course. The puzzles should be solvable, but challenging, and you should be fatigued after doing your daily set.

3. Make sure you are familiar with the basics of each endgame type: Pawns, Knights, Bishops, Bishop vs. Knight, Rooks, Queens. I would recommend Chess School 4 by Sarhan Guliev for this.

Danny King makes great stuff, but I would study his DVDs when outside of your pre-tournament prep because this is not the time to increase your knowledge,  it's time to polish your openings/endgames, and make sure your tactical eye is as good as you can get it.

As I've said before, I'm not a fan of Silman's material, so I would give those books to the local library (exactly what I did with my own Silman books, by the way)...

go to bed in time !

Thanks for help. Appreciated 

Nothing but blunders :)