I'd like to hear from other people on their Chessable methods for improvement--particularly for adults.
Combined with "Woodpecker Method"-type training, I find Chessable the ideal platform for training and ingraining tactical patterns--the basic vocabulary of chess thinking and language.
My most recent experiment has been to make "Salt Mine" tactical sets of 200 problems and work on those until they are easy. The term comes from the ChessTempo user forums, and has been particularly studied and written about by blogger TempoSchlucker (http://temposchlucker.blogspot.com/2016/03/two-methods-of-learning.html). I compiled a set of 200 "easy" problems (for me, 1200-1375 blitz rating on ChessTempo) and saved the PGNs, which I imported to Chessable as my "easy" Salt Mine. I combine that with continued work on the 1001 Chess Exercises for Beginners book, as they fulfill different chess patterns and needs. My training has been haphazard, but I have noticed a marked improvement in my ChessTempo rating. I have more or less stopped playing online blitz, though, so I can't vouch for a greater playing awareness.
I think Woodpecker-type training is also necessary, as Chessable shows you most frequently the problems on which you make mistakes; Woodpecker (or 7 Circles), on the other hand, shows you the entire problem set, reinforcing positions you already know well. I have been doing Woodpecker-style training with the Peshka program (also available as an app) Chess Tactics for Beginners; I have also done it with the first 4 levels of CT-ART.
Granted, I have been busy with work and graduate school lately, so I have not been very regular in my Chessable studies, but I think this type of program is a fast-track for adult improvement. I hope that Chessable releases some sort of Woodpecker update soon, as I can then use it for all my chess studies.
Bottom line: I think having an efficient, easy tactics set of educational problems, and drilling those problems regularly (through spaced repetition and/or continuous repetition) is the fastest way for adult improvement.
Does anyone else have experience or thoughts regarding these issues? I'm hoping we can have a robust discussion about adult improvement.
[Two more items: 1) It would be wonderful to have some sort of "Chess Improvement" forum on Chessable; I'm not sure what forum this type of comment belongs in; 2) Again, the key is having a solid, limited, easy tactics set. I think there are several good options currently available on Chessable, but we need more. The two best are 1001 CEB and "Common Chess Patterns." I think anything from Heisman's recommended tactics sets ("2,000 basic tactical positions") and/or ChessTempo problems rating
