Training "plan"

Hello everyone.

I just very recently began to play chess and my friend recommended I come on this site to learn. I have heard from a lot of places that in order to improve I should have a training plan.

Looking at my last game(I know only two XD) I can see I got no "blunders" or "mistakes" which I think is a good thing because I got a high accuracy?? When playing with my friend a few times (we played 3 classical games in total) and I beat him twice and drew him once - he says his OTB rating is around 1700 and then some letters? Anyways After further research with ChatGPT and saying my situation it reccomended that to improve and get my desired target of 1000 - not provisional as Im sure my rating is hyperinflated now - I should have a plan.

AI can sometimes not be trustworthy so I ask you today if you could tell me your plan or what it consists if. Does it have to be tedious and structured or can I just play and improve from that? I notice a lot of people mention openings including my friend so if anyone could tell me the importance of that as well I would be very grateful. I play what my friend called the opening "English" but he just showed me how to play it and what to do if like my opponent plays like 15 different moves. We only talked for 15 minutes so I dont know if I have to learn more different moves.

Also can someone explain why people pick to play a 90+30 chess game online and then play their move super quick. Both times they ended up with more tim on their when I was down tohalf or more of my original time??? . On my first game someone even messaged me to ask if i was going to move when I only thought for about 20 minutes.

Feel free to look at my games if you can (I do not know if they're public or not).

Have a great day.

"to improve I should have a training plan" * not necessarily, you have to play, analyse and study, but it need not be a plan

"my desired target of 1000" * For 1000 you need no training plan, just blunder checking. Set a target of 2000.

"Does it have to be tedious and structured" * No, not necessarily

"can I just play and improve from that?" * Yes, you can just play, but analyse your lost games to learn from your mistakes

"people mention openings" * Forget openings.

"I have to learn more different moves" * No, you do not have to learn openings. On the contrary you have to learn endgames if you want to get better.

"people pick to play a 90+30 chess game online and then play their move super quick" * That makes no sense.

"when I was down to half or more of my original time" * Most chess games are essentially decided by move 30. So it makes sense to use all your time by move 30 and then finish the game on the 30 seconds increment per move.

"On my first game someone even messaged me to ask if i was going to move when I only thought for about 20 minutes"
* Switch off chat.

Beginner books often encourage readers to pay attention to a variety of topics.
www.amazon.com/Primer-Chess-Jose-R-Capablanca/dp/0156028077?asin=0156028077&revisionId=&format=4&depth=1

@kindaspongey Thankyou; I'll check it out :)

I am not really suggesting that particularly book, although I suppose that it is probably okay. I just used it as an example because the table of contents was available online.

@kindaspongey Oh right; are there any books you would reccomend. I dont really know if there are any chess books that would benefit me - most of the contents of some seem to just be games (although fascinating not super helpful). I saw How to win at chess by Levy Rozman but tha seemed to be a bit... basic.

@tpr "I have to learn more different moves" * No, you do not have to learn openings. On the contrary you have to learn endgames if you want to get better.
Howd do I "learn the end of the game". Are there special moves that arise?

"Howd do I "learn the end of the game"."
* There are books about endgames, you can study annotated grandmaster games that lead to endgames, you must analyse your own lost endgames.

"Are there special moves that arise?"
You have to know some endgames: know if they are won or draw and know how to.
Start with the 5 basic checkmates: KQ vs. K, KR vs. K, KBB vs. K, KBN vs. k, KNN vs. KP.
Then elementary endgames like KP vs. K, KQ vs. KP, KR vs. KP, KQP vs. KQ, KRP vs. KP etc.

@tpr said in #2:
> "to improve I should have a training plan" * not necessarily, you have to play, analyse and study, but it need not be a plan

! I never had a "training plan" (which sounds a bit pretentious to me anyway...as though you're sure to get better if you just dream up some sort of grand-sounding regimen). :)

"most of the contents of some books seem to just be games (although fascinating not super helpful)"

Actually, in the long run studying games can be the most helpful thing of em all.

As for endgames, this is a good place to start: www.amazon.com/Chess-Endings-Essential-Knowledge-Averbakh/dp/0080118224

I'd also recommend Chess Fundamentals by Capablanca. And The Art of the Checkmate by Renaud & Kahn details many a key combinational pattern.

"recommend Chess Fundamentals by Capablanca"
* Yes. It contains all you must know.

"most of the contents of some books seem to just be games"
* Games are the backbone of all chess books.