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one year of training.

Posted By: Daniel Murphy
Date: Friday, 14 September 2012, at 12:59 a.m.

In Response To: one year of training. (Timothy Chow)

I agree with Timothy's advice. I don't how many times I've quoted David Montgomery:

Here's how you get better: 1) Identify your mistakes. 2) Understand your mistakes. 3) Quit making those mistakes. Repeat as necessary.

I think one good way of doing that would be: 1) play two 7-point matches or 5 3-point matches daily. No more than that. That's about 2 hours. 2) analyze and go over those matches move by move. Every move, the ones you got right and the ones you got wrong while playing. Note what you understand and do not understand. File away your errors and test yourself on them from time to time later. That's another 2 hours. 3) For the remaining 2 hours or so of your daily routine, read. Read everything. In your reading, don't rush through problem positions. Figure out what you would do before looking at the solutions. Then puzzle over your mistakes. If you don't understand the solutions, make a note of them and come back to them later. Continue with 1) 2) and 3). Discuss problems with excellent players if you know any. Consider lessons when you feel you can profit from them. And don't do this every day. Vary your routine when it becomes boring. Take a break now and then. Don't burn out.

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• one year of training.
  Robert Andersson -- Thursday, 13 September 2012, at 7:48 a.m.
  • one year of training.
    Stick -- Thursday, 13 September 2012, at 8:09 a.m.
    • one year of training.
      konstantin -- Thursday, 13 September 2012, at 9:34 a.m.
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        Colin Owen -- Thursday, 13 September 2012, at 12:42 p.m.
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          benf -- Thursday, 13 September 2012, at 2:18 p.m.
          • one year of training.
            Colin Owen -- Thursday, 13 September 2012, at 2:47 p.m.
          • one year of training.
            Peter -- Friday, 14 September 2012, at 9:39 a.m.
      • one year of training.
        neilkaz -- Thursday, 13 September 2012, at 4:14 p.m.
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    Christian Munk-Christensen -- Thursday, 13 September 2012, at 9:03 a.m.
    • one year of training.
      Bob Koca -- Thursday, 13 September 2012, at 2:15 p.m.
      • one year of training.
        Christian Munk-Christensen -- Friday, 14 September 2012, at 10:29 a.m.
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    niuniuch -- Thursday, 13 September 2012, at 12:52 p.m.
  • 6-8h/day
    mtuhtan -- Thursday, 13 September 2012, at 3:22 p.m.
    • 6-8h/day
      Stick -- Thursday, 13 September 2012, at 4:24 p.m.
      • 6-8h/day
        Casper van der Tak -- Thursday, 13 September 2012, at 4:59 p.m.
      • The main issue!
        Robert Andersson -- Thursday, 13 September 2012, at 5:43 p.m.
        • The main issue!
          Smcrtorchs -- Thursday, 13 September 2012, at 7:28 p.m.
        • The main issue!
          Phil Simborg -- Friday, 14 September 2012, at 2:29 a.m.
          • The main issue!
            Bob Koca -- Friday, 14 September 2012, at 2:35 p.m.
    • 6-8h/day
      Frank Berger -- Thursday, 13 September 2012, at 6:03 p.m.
  • one year of training.
    rew -- Thursday, 13 September 2012, at 3:23 p.m.
  • one year of training.
    Phil Simborg -- Thursday, 13 September 2012, at 10:51 p.m.
  • one year of training.
    Timothy Chow -- Thursday, 13 September 2012, at 11:51 p.m.
    • one year of training.
      Daniel Murphy -- Friday, 14 September 2012, at 12:59 a.m.
      • one year of training.
        Stick -- Friday, 14 September 2012, at 1:05 a.m.
        • one year of training.
          Daniel Murphy -- Friday, 14 September 2012, at 1:31 a.m.
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    Strato -- Friday, 14 September 2012, at 2:37 a.m.