How many hours do you spend on chess (per day, hour, week, or month.. whatever you feel comfortable estimating) ?
varies from day-to day, but probably 60hrs/month
How much time would you estimate that you spend studying vs playing? (as a percentage of the total time you spend on chess)
No estimate. None at all.
Questions about the time you spend playing chess:
How much of your play time do you spend playing blitz?
None. The cat would beat me!
How much of your play time do you spend playing bullet or lightning?
See above.
How much of your play time do you spend playing correspondence chess?
All of it, mainly here.
How much of your play time do you spend playing computers?
None. I Don't own an engine. I can lose to people - why would I want to lose to a machine?
What are your rating(s), if you have any and would like to share them?
1495 USCF
How many hours do you spend on chess (per day, hour, week, or month.. whatever you feel comfortable estimating) ?
During the summer, 1 hour a day- other wise about 20 minutes a day
How much time would you estimate that you spend studying vs playing? (as a percentage of the total time you spend on chess)
50% studying 50% playing
Questions about the time you spend studying:
How much of your studying time do you spend on reading?
80%
How much of your studying time do you spend analyzing games?
5%
How much of your study time do you spend practicing tactics?
15%
How much of your study time do you spend practicing endgames?
25%(part of the 80%
How much of your study time do you spend practicing openings?
15% (part of hte 80%_
Questions about the time you spend playing chess:
How much of your play time do you spend playing blitz?
10%
How much of your play time do you spend playing bullet or lightning?
0%
How much of your play time do you spend playing slower games?
10%
How much of your play time do you spend playing correspondence chess?
4%
How much of your play time do you spend playing chess variants?
1%
How much of your play time do you spend playing online?
5%
How much of your play time do you spend playing over the board?
80%
How much of your play time do you spend playing in tournaments?
80%
How much of your play time do you spend playing one on one?
I'm not sure what this question is asking.
How much of your play time do you spend playing computers?
0%
Would you like to suggest a question that could be included in this survey?
Yes. How much have you improved over the last year due to your studying?
What are your rating(s), if you have any and would like to share them?
I am about 1270 in Quebec, Canada, even though it is still provisional. Here, I am more or less 1500. At FICS, I am about 1400 in blitz and 1800 in standard (15 min.+). At some other chess site, I am above 1600.
How many hours do you spend on chess (per day, hour, week, or month.. whatever you feel comfortable estimating) ?
20-30 hours per week, maybe more
How much time would you estimate that you spend studying vs playing? (as a percentage of the total time you spend on chess)
Not quite 60% studying, but I certainly study a bit more.
Questions about the time you spend studying:
How much of your studying time do you spend on reading?
A lot. Maybe almost 70-80% of my studying time.
How much of your studying time do you spend analyzing games?
0-5% of my study time.
How much of your study time do you spend practicing tactics?
0%
How much of your study time do you spend practicing endgames?
0%
How much of your study time do you spend practicing openings?
90-95% of my study time and 100% of my playing time.
Questions about the time you spend playing chess:
How much of your play time do you spend playing blitz?
90-95% of the time.
How much of your play time do you spend playing bullet or lightning?
0-2%, i.e. not really, just on occasions.
How much of your play time do you spend playing slower games?
5% give or take.
How much of your play time do you spend playing correspondence chess?
5-10% of playing time.
How much of your play time do you spend playing chess variants?
0%
How much of your play time do you spend playing online?
100%
How much of your play time do you spend playing over the board?
0%
How much of your play time do you spend playing in tournaments?
0%
How much of your play time do you spend playing one on one?
100%
How much of your play time do you spend playing computers?
0%
Would you like to suggest a question that could be included in this survey?
Not really.
Lotta questions, brief summary:
When I was rated 1850, I played at least 2 hours per day against a computer, once a week I'd play 3-4 hours at the local club against real people, I would pretend to study an hour a week by thumbing through a few chess books, and 3 or 4 times a year I'd play in tournaments, for which I'd do some serious homework to study up on openings and plan what to use against stronger/weaker players.