As long as you aren't completely lost in the opening, regularly doing a tactics trainer will see your Elo increase. The small +/- of strategic play are essentially meaningless if you're at the level where +/- swings of 5 are common. Everyone's different though, so do whatever learning style is sustainable, but you aren't going to get better by just playing chess.
As long as you aren't completely lost in the opening, regularly doing a tactics trainer will see your Elo increase. The small +/- of strategic play are essentially meaningless if you're at the level where +/- swings of 5 are common. Everyone's different though, so do whatever learning style is sustainable, but you aren't going to get better by just playing chess.