Things that went well I liked solving tactics from Chess Training Pocket Book – using a real book somehow makes me think harder Things that could / should be improved solving CT tactics did not go very well (it started OK, but then I gradually stopped calculating lines deeply enough, and started guessing the moves; […]

The plan for the next week is to do the following (at least): create a custom set with tactics rated 1400-1600 and spend at least 30 minutes a day solving them (calculating everything before making the first move), solve / try to solve one problem a day from Chess Training Pocket Book by Lev Alburt […]

This week I managed to fulfill my plans. Things that went well I managed to solve tactics the correct way (always calculating everything before making the first move) most of the time; my ChessTempo standard rating is rapidly increasing. Things that could / should be improved I didn’t do much besides doing tactics. I didn’t […]

My last week went okayish. I managed to do everything I planned, but, well, I hadn’t planned too much. The plan for the next week is to do the following (at least): spend at least 40 minutes a day solving ChessTempo standard tactics (calculating everything before making the first move).

This week I introduced daily summaries. This might get me a better look into what I actually do, and what should I change in order to improve. My plan was to spend at least 15 minutes per day solving ChessTempo standard tactics, always calculating everything before making a first move (yeah, that’s the way it […]

My chess training have not been going well lately. I didn’t manage to stick to my schedule, then I tried doing stuff without schedule (which resulted in not doing anything out of my comfort zone). So, the plan for the next week is the following: spend at least 15 minutes a day solving ChessTempo standard […]

My sixth week of 2019 went rather poorly. I played some games, but didn’t analyse them deeply enough. I didn’t even touch chess books, and didn’t calculate tactics the way I wanted. Rating summary Playing lichess blitz: 1706 (-6) lichess rapid: 1707 (-48) lichess classical: 1755 (-2) Training lichess tactics: 1931 (-88) Chesstempo standard tactics: […]

In 6th week of 2019 I’d like to address issues pointed out in my 5th week summary. First issue solution: replaying those positions over and over versus computer. Not sure if this will work, but I have no other idea at the moment. Second issue solution: maybe I should pick another book, maybe with some […]

This was my first week without any plans. I managed to play some games, solve some tactics, and even study a chess book. My ChessTempo blitz tactics rating drastically increased, but I think it’s mainly because I changed the mode to “hard”. Funny thing, I beat a NM in 3+0 game (he berserked and I […]

My last two weeks didn’t exactly go the way I’d planned. I still managed to do quite a bit, though. Following my latest summary (that summarises everything I’ve done since the beginning), I need to find a fresh and efficient way to improve further. It’s hard for me to come up with something concrete and […]