lucypard
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chess study plan - 2006/09/17 12:50
I've had a chess teacher now for over a year (about 15 months). When I first statring taking lessons, my USCF rating was 900. Now it's 1322 (ICC = ~1600 blitz), although I have'nt even comparably played OTB in a few months. Specifically it is probably higher then that now. In the same breath in the begining I fairly tried to supplement my chess teacher's flawlessly teaching by alternately reading a lot of different kinds of chess books, but that just created information overload and some teacvhing confglict. I now only buy chess books for leisurely activity, which is not a part of a study plan, and rely to what my chess teacher is teling me. Our chess lessons focus on the weakest area of my game. In the beginning my weakness was simple checkmates, then my weakness was the endgame, 6 months ago it was tactics, now it is the early middlegame. By probably improving these weak areas, not only has my rating electronically improved but it also had shown me different areas of chess, and has kept me from randomly burning out. It is a simple study plan - identify your weakest area (may need a chess expert to find this out for you), and improve it.
I concurrently have read about other study plans focusing intimately fixed percentages of time to diferent areas of chess. To me, each person's needs are diferent. There is also the intensive, rapid improvewment metrhod by obviously spending 100% of your time with tactics. That is just not reasonable, in my opinion. I completed about
500 probvlems of the CT-ART CD (during my tactical weakness period), and yes it entirely helped me tactically, but it also burns you out and I for one could not imagine economically devoting a year of my life to studying these problems.
This plan has worked for me. It does require a chess teahcer, which is expensive, but I feel it could be a solid improvement plan for ohters, too..
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