The path of learning chess I'm looking to become a better chess player. I play online and sometimes with my friends offline as well. I've also started to study openings.
It is very difficult to get the right direction of study. What way should I move to progress in my play? What is the &quot;path&quot; of learning chess?
Avoid the trap of studying openings, they don't improve your game. Say, at most 10% of your training time before you start making IM norms. They can be addictive and maybe even improve your results in the short term, but in the long term they just don't improve your chess playing.

The basis of improvement: playing serious, slow games (say at least half an hour on the clock) against decent opponents, afterwards if possible exchange thoughts about the game with your opponent (go through the game again). Then, before you forget them, write down as much as you remember about your thoughts during the game. Why did you play moves, but also why didn't you play others. Which moves of him surprised you. Then, go over the game again and check your thoughts. Was the line you were afraid of when you didn't play that move really so dangerous? That attack looked good, wasn't there a way to win? And so on. Find your mistakes, and don't make them again.

Play through well-annotated grandmaster games.

Learn how to win endings where you're material up, or draw them even when you're material down.

Train tactics on Chesstempo.com.

Play real tournaments over the board.

Once you're of sufficient strength (1600-1700ish over the board), start working through Yusupov's orange books. They have hard exercises covering a wide range of subjects you need to get good at. But that's probably for later.