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I remember reading or hearing this statement I am about to offer as advice (can't remember which one it was).
You must decide what type of player you want to become.
1) You learn from other player's mistakes.
2) You learn from your mistakes.
3) You continue to make the same mistakes over and over again.
When you train someone in chess or any field, you must have some way of testing or determining whether or not the student is understanding the information you are presenting and if they are not, you try to review that information again.
In chess you would setup positions or draw the student into positions to test their knowledge.
We will get back to this later. The student must review the above three options and make their choice, once you have made your choice, you can feel comfortable with the knowledge that you know who you are and where you are going with your chess career. Most chess players choose number two and I will direct this lesson to that group of players.
When you play chess you must have systematic approach (thinking process) that you can rely on when you play your game.
You can use one that you develop, it is up to you, but you must use something!
Opening and Defenses: so you have decided on your opening and defenses (the way to study openings is to understand the middlegame it produces) only then, will the knowledge of what move to make when you are in unfamiliar territory, come to you like water pouring into a glass.
Now I am going to give you some advice that I know some trainers would disagree with, logon to a online system and play a few hundred games of 2 or 5 minute speed chess.
This is the first phase, you don't care if you win or lose this is not the point. When you are finished you review each game quickly and ask this question: Did I follow my opening and if not put in the correct move as a variation and then move on to the next game. What this will do is show you a pattern of where you are making mistakes in your thinking process.
The Middlegame: now that you have corrected your openings and defenses you work on the middlegame. What you need here are some well-played games in the variations you have chosen to get the idea of what the plans are for that variation. Pay close attention to the pawn structures. You can buy books or go to the library or the bookstore (save your money) and review the games in question. After you understand what the middlegame should be then review your games with this new knowledge. This is the second phase.
Tactics: don't waste your time on studying every known tactic available to man, work on the tactics that are common in the type of game you play. You can add to this knowledge at a later date. This is the third phase.
Endgame: don't waste your time on studying every known endgame available to man, work on the endgame that are common in the type of game you play. You can add to this knowledge at a later date. This is the fourth phase.
This approach should raise your rating at least 100 point.
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