How do you plan your training?

[chessbook]

Do you guys have a training plan? How do you allocate your time between playing games, reading books, watching videos, doing tactics, etc

[alphachess]

It depends with your end goal. What do you wish to achieve? Do you want to be a grandmaster? Master? or just a club player. Also, age and the time you have available to do all this will matter. But for me, i divide my day into four parts. First portion, that is early morning, when am free i play as many games as possible. I balance between long time control and blitz (50/50). I always analyze all my games using stockfish.

Then next, i read a book that specifically handles my weakness. Like now am reading Silman’s Endgame book. Then next i do loads of tactics. I prefer timed tactics so that i can push myself to solve faster. It helps simulate the time pressure in real games. Then next i Just watch my favorite chess streamers like the Botez girls, Finegold, Hikaru or Batholomew on YouTube.

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