School's Out!
WOOHOO! Finished my accounting final and I have 6 weeks of no school! I am so excited I could…I could…well I’m not exactly sure what I could do but I’m pretty damn happy.
So I guess I’ll just train myself silly. There is a “big” tourney coming up in New Mexico. I would have much rather be going somewhere else, as I’ve already played a tournament in NM, but everywhere else that has a tournament during my Summer break was too expensive, started too soon after the end of school or just plain too inconvenient to get to. So New Mexico it is.
It is the Albuquerque/Rio Rancho Open. It is a 5 round Swiss @ G90 on the 27th & 28th of June. I will be playing in the U1800 section. Things really worked out well for me as there is a local tourney the weekend before that will allow me to get warmed up and get into game shape as it were.
I am going to utilize my newfound appreciation for free time to guide my preparation for this tournament. I have a schedule all made out and ready to hit it hard starting tomorrow. My training will break down as follows:
G15’s – 6 hours (12 games)
Analysis – 6 hours (1/2 an hour for each game)
CTTP – 4 hours (should take me that long to finish this book.
Circles – 9.3 hours (This should keep me sharp)
Opening Prep – 6 hours
Endgame Prep – 5 hours
I’ve allowed 15 minutes a day for opening prep. It won’t necessarily happen every day though, it just depends if I goof an opening in one of my games & I need to check something out. I will be keeping track, so I’ll know how much time I actually spent my each phase of study. I think my opening prep will be closer to 2 – 3 hours but we’ll see.
Well I’ve got to get some sleep now, I’m exhausted from all of the accounting mumbo – jumbo, besides I’ve got to get to start my study regimen tomorrow.
Have a good week folks.
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Have fun during your vacation!
Btw, dont follow your schedule to rigid. By this i mean that a schedule is nice but its not the goal of everything. It’s better to spend more time then given in the schedule to something you are trying to learn (upgrade your knowlegde) in one sitting then stop halfway because your schedule says its time for endgame practice or so.
You are a hardcore chess animal. Or an accounting student its hard to tell which.