Below is my new chess improvement plan after having decided to dust off my chess board after watching the Queen’s Gambit.
- Focus on tactics, the middlegame, and the endgame
- No direct opening study, any opening study comes from analyzing my games.
- Study time is broken down between theory (studying) and practice (solving).
- Feedback loop consists of going over played games, and creating a database of missed positions. Plan on returning to these problematic positions using spaced repetition.
| Day | Topic | Study/ Solve |
| Monday | Tactics | Test Your Chess IQ – First Challenge ChessTempo |
| Tuesday | Middlegame | Modern Chess Strategy |
| Wednesday | Endgame | 100 Endgames You Must Know Endgame Challenge / 200 Brilliant Endgames |
| Thursday | Tactics | Test Your Chess IQ – First Challenge ChessTempo |
| Friday | Middlegame | Mastering Chess Middlegames |
| Saturday | Endgame | 100 Endgames You Must Know Endgame Challenge / 200 Brilliant Endgames |
| Sunday | Play / Analyze | Play Magnus starting at age 10 (~1800) |
Will reassess in 30 days and adjust the plan accordingly based on OTB results.
