"Is 3-4 hours per day of chess enough practice?"

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This is a question posted at answers.yahoo.com, Others may care to add their opinions there.

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I once heard 10 hours per week is enough to improve.

I was able to put this into practice last year and gained 100 rating points.

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If your rating is low enough, 30 minutes, one time, with a good instructor, could be worth 100 rating points or more.

Bill Smythe

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Enough for what?

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If you would read what comment was written by the asker of the question, your question might be answered. I don’t speak for others. I let them speak for themselves.

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I attempted to read the comment before posting the above. I was unable to find it at the yahoo reference given.

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I am glad that you showed the interest to respond to my information. I just logged in to answers.yahoo.com In the Search box for Yahoo Answers I typed 3-4 hours per day, clicked on the Search legend, and I got the thread with question, comments, and the discussion of myself and others.

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Thanks. I had gone and typed in chess - searched several pages worth of text and found nothing. I now see that this actually under Canada Yahoo Answers, which may have made my search more difficult.

Simplest isto post the URL, which is this: ca.answers.yahoo.com/question/in … 144AAYaiq7 , rather than making others search

The question was “hello im a competitive chess player rated 1020 and i want to eventualy become a grandmaster so what do you think 3-4 hours per day is it enough”

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I think the practice time depends on your goals.

You might want to spend some time solving tactical puzzles. At least up to master level, 30 minutes a day would be enough, or more than enough, if you do it every day. Say you spend:

30 minutes tactical puzzles
30 minutes opening prep (according to a disciplined plan)
30 minutes endgames (according to a disciplined plan)
60 minutes online speed chess practice
30 minutes reviewing selected games you’ve played, finding weaknesses and analyzing things you are unsure about.

That’s 3 hours a day that I think could take a master strength player up further in strength. I don’t know what it takes to get to GM.

How can a 1020 become a GM? That’s like the guy who asked “I’m going to get my first violin and I’m an adult, do you think I can become a famous violinist?” The best answer is of course “no” and beyond that, speculating on “how” is a bit pointless.