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necrobryze
Can somebody help me here what to study
U2ro

As I see, you play many type of openings. That's not bad, but first of all, you should learn one opening very well, know the plans, the typical mistakes with both colors etc. So, pick one, I like modern/perc

U2ro

...modern/ pirc for example against e4, king's indian or benko gambit against d4. They are easy to study, you should know the plans, the vár

U2ro

Sorry, I am typing quickly with phone :)) ...so you should know the plans, the variations are not so important. Maybe I can help you, if we find appropiate time ( I am FIDE 2250 CM)

Bgabor91

Dear Necrobryze,

I am a certified, full-time chess coach, so I hope I can help you. happy.png Everybody is different, so that's why there isn't only one general way to learn. First of all, you have to discover your biggest weaknesses in the game and start working on them. The most effective way for that is analyzing your own games. Of course, if you are a beginner, you can't do it efficiently because you don't know too much about the game yet. There is a built-in engine on chess.com which can show you if a move is good or bad but the only problem is that it can't explain to you the plans, ideas behind the moves, so you won't know why it is so good or bad.

You can learn from books or Youtube channels as well, and maybe you can find a lot of useful information there but these sources are mostly general things and not personalized at all. That's why you need a good coach sooner or later if you really want to be better at chess. A good coach can help you with identifying your biggest weaknesses and explain everything, so you can leave your mistakes behind you. Of course, you won't apply everything immediately, this is a learning process (like learning languages), but if you are persistent and enthusiastic, you will achieve your goals. happy.png

In my opinion, chess has 4 main territories (openings, strategies, tactics/combinations and endgames). If you want to improve efficiently, you should improve all of these skills almost at the same time. That's what my training program is based on. My students really like it because the lessons are not boring (because we talk about more than one areas within one lesson) and they feel the improvement on the longer run. Of course, there are always ups and downs but this is completely normal in everyone's career. happy.png

I hope this is helpful for you. Good luck with your games! happy.png

U2ro

I think Bgabor91 is a good choice to improve your knowledge, if you are hardworking enought. I would only have time for some tips, he can help you more. I offered my help, because no one had responded to your question ;)

ChessMasteryOfficial

Check out this plan: https://www.chess.com/article/view/study-plan-directory