Monday-
Book (Logical Chess- 3 games, Endgame Course- 5 pages, Amateur's Mind- 10 pages)
20 themed tactics
Tuesday-
20 themed tactics
If % of 40 tactics is over 80, one 30+0 game
Wednesday-
20 themed tactics
Thursday-
20 themed tactics
Book
Saturday-
Book
If % of 40 tactics is over 80, one 30+0 games
Sunday- Analysis of 30+0 games
Review tactics with lowest % rate
Would anybody be interested in a blog that would report on my results with the plan?
I would make the point that the available part of the plan seems to me to be too rigid. If one is in the midst of going over a Logical Chess game, for example, one does not want to feel obliged to rush just because the plan says two more games must be read in the session. If one is reading an interesting topic in the endgame book, one does not want to feel obliged to stop because of an in-advance planned 5-page quota requirement and a quota requirement for some other book. If one's experience is anything like mine, one never knows how long anything is going to take. Better, I think, to base one's study decisions on how things are going at the time, both in one's study and in one's games.
... initially studying Logical Chess by Irving Chernev ... will then move on to Silman's Endgame Course. ... My third book is The Amateur's Mind, again by Silman, ...
I do not think that it is necessay to completely read one book before starting another. You could go back and forth between books, according to your mood at the time. The Endgame book is explicitly designed to be read in installments. It isn't exactly a crime against humanity if you decide to read more than you have to, but you could make a decision about going on to the next installment after you have read the installment that is intended for your rating.
"Would you suggest any other books?" - toucanchess
Possibly of interest:
Simple Attacking Plans by Fred Wilson (2012)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708090402/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review874.pdf
http://dev.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/Simple-Attacking-Plans-77p3731.htm
Logical Chess: Move by Move by Irving Chernev (1957)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708104437/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/logichess.pdf
The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played by Irving Chernev (1965)
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/most-instructive-games-of-chess-ever-played/
Winning Chess by Irving Chernev and Fred Reinfeld (1949)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708093415/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review919.pdf
Back to Basics: Tactics by Dan Heisman (2007)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708233537/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review585.pdf
https://www.chess.com/article/view/book-review-back-to-basics-tactics
Discovering Chess Openings by GM John Emms (2006)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627114655/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen91.pdf
Openings for Amateurs by Pete Tamburro (2014)
http://kenilworthian.blogspot.com/2014/05/review-of-pete-tamburros-openings-for.html
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/openings-for-amateurs/
https://www.mongoosepress.com/catalog/excerpts/openings_amateurs.pdf
Chess Endgames for Kids by Karsten Müller (2015)
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/chess-endgames-for-kids/
http://www.gambitbooks.com/pdfs/Chess_Endgames_for_Kids.pdf
A Guide to Chess Improvement by Dan Heisman (2010)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708105628/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review781.pdf
Studying Chess Made Easy by Andrew Soltis
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708090448/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review750.pdf
Seirawan stuff:
http://seagaard.dk/review/eng/bo_beginner/ev_winning_chess.asp?KATID=BO&ID=BO-Beginner
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708092617/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review560.pdf
https://www.chess.com/article/view/book-review-winning-chess-endings
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627132508/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen173.pdf
http://www.nystar.com/tamarkin/review1.htm
Sounds good to me - I don't have a plan (which probably also reflects the volatility of my playing strength 
). Also, the only reading I've done (so far, planning to read more) is random chapters of "My System" whenever I'm bored.
It would be quite interesting to see how your plan goes, so please post a blog with updates! Perhaps you could analyze some of your games (with both wins and losses) and put them up on the blog as well.
I'd be interested to read about your results... I never made such a rigid plan for myself in the past.
I only improved by playing with my dad when I was young :-) Only now I received this year for my birthday three chess books (two about openings and one about Kasparovs best games) :-)))
Looks fine on the bookshelf :-))
We could play daily chess as much as you want (if you want). And sometimes even 'live chess' (30 min)...
As someone who is currently studying Logical Chess Move By Move, I think 3 games in one sitting is asking too much. I'd reduce it to 1 game a day, make sure to go over all the variations, and then if you have a bit more time, do a quick review of the game again. You might manage 2 a day, but I feel 3 is a lot. Of course, feel free to ignore this advice - you know how you work much better than I do.
I'd follow a blog, yeah. Good luck with this!
I'd be interested to read about your results... I never made such a rigid plan for myself in the past.
I only improved by playing with my dad when I was young :-) Only now I received this year for my birthday three chess books (two about openings and one about Kasparovs best games) :-)))
Looks fine on the bookshelf :-))
We could play daily chess as much as you want (if you want). And sometimes even 'live chess' (30 min)...
Sounds great!
As someone who is currently studying Logical Chess Move By Move, I think 3 games in one sitting is asking too much. I'd reduce it to 1 game a day, make sure to go over all the variations, and then if you have a bit more time, do a quick review of the game again. You might manage 2 a day, but I feel 3 is a lot. Of course, feel free to ignore this advice - you know how you work much better than I do.
I'd follow a blog, yeah. Good luck with this!
Thanks for this. I'll probably only know once the plan starts but if anything is wrong I can alter it. I'll make sure to keep you posted about a blog.
... initially studying Logical Chess by Irving Chernev ... will then move on to Silman's Endgame Course. ... My third book is The Amateur's Mind, again by Silman, ...
I do not think that it is necessay to completely read one book before starting another. You could go back and forth between books, according to your mood at the time. The Endgame book is explicitly designed to be read in installments. It isn't exactly a crime against humanity if you decide to read more than you have to, but you could make a decision about going on to the next installment after you have read the installment that is intended for your rating.
I plan to read the endgame course up to about page 90 and then I will leave it alone. I received contrasting advice to yours on the original post, so we'll just have to see how it goes.
Sounds good to me - I don't have a plan (which probably also reflects the volatility of my playing strength ). Also, the only reading I've done (so far, planning to read more) is random chapters of "My System" whenever I'm bored.
It would be quite interesting to see how your plan goes, so please post a blog with updates! Perhaps you could analyze some of your games (with both wins and losses) and put them up on the blog as well.
Thanks- I'll keep you updated in terms of blogs!
... initially studying Logical Chess by Irving Chernev ... will then move on to Silman's Endgame Course. ... My third book is The Amateur's Mind, again by Silman, ...
I do not think that it is necessay to completely read one book before starting another. You could go back and forth between books, according to your mood at the time. ...
... I received contrasting advice to yours on the original post, so we'll just have to see how it goes.
Of course, seeing "how it goes" is a very good idea, but, just so you don't have the idea that it is just chess.com forum advice, here is a quote from someone who seems to also think that it isn't necessary to completely read a book on one subject before starting another:
"... This book is the first volume in a series of manuals designed for players who are building the foundations of their chess knowledge. The reader will receive the necessary basic knowledge in six areas of the game - tactcs, positional play, strategy, the calculation of variations, the opening and the endgame. ... To make the book entertaining and varied, I have mixed up these different areas, ..." - GM Artur Yusupov
IMO you are setting yourself up for disaster/ failure when you make an intensive learning schedule and automatically equate the intensity to a concrete improvement in rating. take her easy, work on your weak points the most. Go over old GM games (pre engines) and analyze it through without using a computer Unless theres a concept you just dont understand and need an explanation. It's very beneficial to go over a humans thought process / game plan from start to finish. Maybe choose a few of your old favorite players or players who were championed for using the openings you like and pile up their ideas and plans. improvement will become night and day once you get in the swing of things. Add in maybe 30 mins a day of tactics..and improvements will come as quick as any super intensive plan you set for yourself.
I think you might be better off doing tactics without the theme. In an actual game you don't know exactly what to look for so why should you with tactics? 20 of those, some play, and 30 minutes to an hour of study per day should be enough to make some real progress.
Also, I think one book at a time is better. Really get into what you are reading and apply it to your games. Read My System by Nimzowitsch and Lasker's Manual if you want to improve your positional play.
One can get some idea of the lasting scope of the respect for My System by looking at:
https://www.chess.com/article/view/the-best-chess-books-ever
Still, it might be noted that My System apparently did not occur to GM Yasser Seirawan as something to include in his list of personal favorites, and Aaron Nimzowitsch was not identified by the GM as a very worthy author.
Also, My System has accumulated some direct negative commentary over the years.
"... I found [the books of Aaron Nimzowitsch to be] very difficult to read or understand. ... [Nimzowitsch: A Reappraisal by Raymond Keene explains his] thinking and influence on the modern game in a far more lucid and accessible way. ... The books that are most highly thought of are not necessarily the most useful. Go with those that you find to be readable; ..." - GM Nigel Davies (2010)
In 2016, IM pfren wrote:
"My System is an iconoclastic book. A lot of things in there is sheer provocation, and it does need an expereienced player to know what exactly must be taken at its face value.
I love 'My System', and I have read it cover to cover one dozen times, but suggesting it to a class player is an entirely different matter."
"[Some things] ARE wrong, and it's not easy for a non-advanced player to discover those wrong claims.
Nigel Short has claimed that 'My System' should be banned. Stratos Grivas says that the book is very bad. I don't share their opinion, but I am pretty sure that there are more useful reads for class players out there."
Although he is a fan of My System, IM John Watson similarly acknowledged (2013) that:
"... Not everything in it has stood the test of time, ..."
http://theweekinchess.com/john-watson-reviews/john-watson-book-review-108-of-eplus-books-part-2-nimzowitsch-classics
One last point to keep in mind is that, even if My System would eventually help a player, it might not necessarily be helpful to a player now.
"... Just because a book contains lots of information that you don’t know, it doesn’t necessarily mean that it will be extremely helpful in making you better at this point in your chess development. ..." - Dan Heisman (2001)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140626180930/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/heisman06.pdf
A My System sample can be seen at:
https://www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/MySystem-excerpt.pdf
... Lasker's Manual ...
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708104828/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review658.pdf
After reviewing the advice given on the original, I have made a second version of the plan. The aim is to lay solid tactical and strategical foundations. This will be achieved by initially studying Logical Chess by Irving Chernev in 3 game sessions. I will also solve 20 themed tactical puzzles everyday. Each theme (skewers, forks etc.) will be given 2 days of attention. It is likely that I will go over these themes on multiple occasions throughout the plan. Depending on the results of these puzzles, I will play a maximum of two 30+0 games, which I will analyse in a session at the end of the week. This session will also involve a review of the tactics theme that I scored the worst in. By the second month I will have finished Logical Chess and will then move on to Silman's Endgame Course. This will be my reading material for about two months. During this time, the same tactical routine will remain in place, as will the playing and analysis schedule. My third book is The Amateur's Mind, again by Silman, which I will read for the remaining three months of the plan. My goal for this plan is to win over 60% of my games for the team from January until the end of June. This may seem unambitious, but you have to start somewhere! I will post the detailed plan now: