Deliberate practise shedule for quick improvment

I remember reading a blog or maybe a pdf a few years ago written by a guy who wanted to prove that you can improve your rating a lot faster with deliberate practice than with conventional methods of chess study.

I don't remember too much but I also remember that he had very detailed schedule and that he practiced a lot of visualization, arguing that visualizing the knight moving around the board was very helpful for new players. If memory serves me he also posted updates where he indeed improved his rating at a remarkable rate.

I really want to find this blog/pdf again but my google skills are not good enough it seems. Anyone here who can help me find it or already knows who/what I'm referring to?

All help is greatly appreciated!

I don't know about the blog but I think I know the Knight method or whatever you want to call it, it is basically when you put on the Knight on a1 and then move it to every square on the board without making illegal moves. Like moving the Knight from a1 to b1: Na1-Nb3-Nd2-Nb1 and then moving that Knight from b1 to c1 and so on. Then once you can do it, repeat it and try to do it faster.

Yeah, that's was what he was doing. Thanks!

No one remembering this? I think his claims stirred up a little controversy, a few coaches and GM's saying he was full of it etc.

it might be this:

http://www2.psych.utoronto.ca/users/reingold/publications/PDFs/Charness.Tuffiash.Krampe.Krampe.Vasyukova.2005.pdf

Thanks for your reply, unfortunately it isn't that study. But thanks for the read :)

I know this won't add much, but for me personally I've advanced meteroically when I play Rapid games. They allow me more than enough time to string together ideas and perfect openings whilst being short enough to play en masse.

It sounds very much like "michael de la maza, rapid chess improvement". Don't know if there is a blog, but there have been many discussions about it and I think the book can be found for free.