Gustafsson goes through an average of 2000 games every day, on his computer.
Kramnik gets up at five, and starts moving through recent games and lines he's studying or that have been prepared by his seconds.
That's their day, in addition to the physical exercise they put in to stay on top.
In a 16-hour work day 2000 games would be 125 per hour or more than 2 per
minute.
Can anyone explain a more detailed training program?
Wish I had it now, I used to have the training curriculum for Soviet candidate masters and IMs, which is still being used. I'll see if I can dig it up.
A very extensive program, covering full working days, including chess theory, going through games, practising and learning specific openings, analysis, going through an enormous amount of problems, and playing rapid and classical games.
Here's a link to Gustafsson explaining how he goes through 2000 games/day.
http://www.spiegel.de/unispiegel/wunderbar/0,1518,680073,00.html
Check out Susan Polgar's site. Her game reader's default speed is a new move every 0.4 seconds, but you can set it faster. Using game readers like that one you can move through a lot of games. You've already arranged the games in themes, according to openings where you want to look at new games. When you see an interesting pattern, you go through at a slower pace.
Above the board, to the left of the X, you have the options button. Click that, and set 0.1 seconds. I have a friend who uses that speed. He is very strong.
http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/search/label/Chess%20match
Here's a link to Kotov's book:
But you should buy it, of course.
I wasn't aware of game readers with a default setting under .5 per second.
That's amazing they can comprehend highly rated games at that pace.
Thanks for the information.
Kramnik gets up at five, and starts moving through recent games and lines he's studying or that have been prepared by his seconds.
Any sources on that please? Kramnik (and many other GMs, he says) usually go to sleep at 4 in the morning.
Does anyone know Magnus Carlsen's training regiment now or is that kept
a secret?
I asked Shirov this and he said that he uses the computer to go over his openings as well as prepare against his opponents.
I suspect you must mean what is a GM train.
Old trains are cool.
I wonder if any of the former World Champions had any specific training exercises such as tactics problems or if they just analyzed a lot of games.
How much does a chess reader cost? What are the most popular brands? Are
they totally different than chess engines?
Lets make a suggestion to chess.com. There are GM's contributing to this website. One of them can be asked to write an article about creating a chess training schedule. Mr Dzindzichashvili for example is a GM , and he was also coaching top rated players, so he can explain not only from a GM's perspective, but also from a coaches perspective as well. The article can talk about how a GM's daily schedule is, how an average player can create his own schedule. Is it beneficial to try training like a GM, or should a totally different approach be adopted by average players, and so on... I know there is no one solution fits all kind of thing, but I am sure examples can be given, and some suggestions can be made.
It doesn't need to be an article that stays on the main page for couple days, and then gets lost in the article archives. It can be kept somewhere as a guideline. I believe this can be beneficial to chess.com as well, since some of the suggestions there will help people to realize how to take advantage of the tools this site offers. It can give people more reason to become a premium member, and help premium members to use their time more effectively.
I am sure it will be helpful to all parties.
Regards
I wonder if GM's "crosstrain" with other games to alleviate burnout?
Have u seen the movie Rocky
they study a chess book a time,with full attention.
Has zankfrappa been here since 2010?
Anyway, possibly of interest:
Train Like a Grandmaster by Kotov
Becoming a Grandmaster by Keene
https://www.chess.com/article/view/can-anyone-be-an-im-or-gm
What It Takes to Become a Chess Master by Andrew Soltis
"... going from good at tactics to great at tactics ... doesn't translate into much greater strength. ... You need a relatively good memory to reach average strength. But a much better memory isn't going to make you a master. ... there's a powerful law of diminishing returns in chess calculation, ... Your rating may have been steadily rising when suddenly it stops. ... One explanation for the wall is that most players got to where they are by learning how to not lose. ... Mastering chess ... requires a new set of skills and traits. ... Many of these attributes are kinds of know-how, such as understanding when to change the pawn structure or what a positionally won game looks like and how to deal with it. Some are habits, like always looking for targets. Others are refined senses, like recognizing a critical middlegame moment or feeling when time is on your side and when it isn't. ..." - GM Andrew Soltis (2012)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708093409/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review857.pdf
100 Chess Master Trade Secrets by Andrew Soltis
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708094523/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review916.pdf
Reaching the Top?! by Peter Kurzdorfer
http://www.thechessmind.net/blog/2015/11/16/book-notice-kurzdorfers-reaching-the-top.html
http://www.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/Reaching-the-Top-77p3905.htm
What It Takes to Become a Grandmaster by GM Andrew Soltis
https://www.chess.com/article/view/don-t-worry-about-your-rating
https://www.chess.com/article/view/am-i-too-old-for-chess
https://www.chess.com/blog/smurfo/book-review-insanity-passion-and-addiction
http://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/26/books/books-of-the-times-when-the-child-chess-genius-becomes-the-pawn.html
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2017/05/05/making-a-living-in-chess-is-tough-but-the-internet-is-making-it-easier/#4284e4814850
https://www.chess.com/news/view/is-there-good-money-in-chess-1838
"... Many aspiring young chess players dream of one day becoming a grandmaster and a professional. ... But ... a profession must bring in at least a certain regular income even if one is not too demanding. ... The usual prize money in Open tournaments is meagre. ... The higher the prizes, the greater the competition. ... With a possibly not very high and irregular income for several decades the amount of money one can save for old age remains really modest. ... Anyone who wants to reach his maximum must concentrate totally on chess. That involves important compromises with or giving up on his education. ... it is a question of personal life planning and when deciding it is necessary to be fully conscious of the various possibilities, limitations and risks. ... a future professional must really love chess and ... be prepared to work very hard for it. ... It is all too frequent that a wrong evaluation is made of what a talented player can achieve. ... Most players have the potential for a certain level; once they have reached it they can only make further progress with a great effort. ... anyone who is unlikely to attain a high playing strength should on no account turn professional. ... Anyone who does not meet these top criteria can only try to earn his living with public appearances, chess publishing or activity as a trainer. But there is a lack of offers and these are not particularly well paid. For jobs which involve appearing in public, moreover, certain non-chess qualities are required. ... a relevant 'stage presence' and required sociability. ... All these jobs and existences, moreover, have hanging above them the sword of Damocles of general economic conditions. ... around [age] 40 chess players ... find that their performances are noticeably tailing off. ..." - from a 12 page chapter on becoming a chess professional in the book, Luther's Chess Reformation by GM Thomas Luther (2016)
http://www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/LuthersChessReformation-excerpt.pdf
What is a typical GM Training Schedule? There are so many options available
such as tactics training and endgame puzzles for the average player, but how does a GM best use the hours available in a day?