See i have a slight problem with all of that....
It gives you enough to stop you from blundering constantly but not enough to dominate games constantly at your level. Then add in the fact my opponents here read the same info also.
I have found it useful but not getting to the heart of my problems. They tell me things i can find if i google it. Natalia is the only GM that has really given me consistant info and it continues to pay off in dividens long after her informing me on the subject.
Sorry just that when i started playing their was no Database, we learned how to play the game using our head, research and trial and error. Something a Database will never ever be able to provided you with. I leaned the importance of planning over moves(Database ). People know the moves but do not undderstand them and the results of the moves. When they get to the End Game they get confused. There is a reason for it.
Their info was not complete......like not having eggs when making a cake.
I have been tired of trying to piece Quality info on chess together. I just all of it not having to keep asking questions and looking things up.
That has brought me to asking key questions that will impove my game. Info that leads to more info. Knowledge is not the key. Knowing how to use that knowledge is the key. Then how and when to appy it! That is how my game has wen from improving every month to improving every week!
The following is a improvement guide for members to use.
The most important for a beginner to learn is how to think. I you are making move entirely based on intuition you will never reach a high level in chess. A great article explaining this can be found at: http://www.chesscafe.com/text/real.txt
It is impossible to learn a thought process is live games, one must learn it in correspondent games and once comfortable with it one can start to implement it into their long time control live games and slowly into faster games.
a great article about thought process can be found here: http://www.chesscafe.com/text/heisman14.pdf
a thread from chess.com outlining various thought processes can be found here:http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/thought-processes
Once a player is comfortable with their thought process they need to start learning openings, tactics, strategy and endgames. A great and organized study plan can be found here: http://www.chess.com/article/view/study-plan-directory
In compliments the links provided by the chess.com study plan, Dan Heisman wrote a great article called Seeds of Tactical Destruction and it can be found here: http://www.chesscafe.com/text/heisman05.pdf
Once a player has completed the "plans for beginners" section they should go and get a written tactics book. This will help with visualization which doing tactics online cannot.
A player should also start using a database program like SCID to create an opening repertoire. SCID can be downloaded for free at http://scid.sourceforge.net/
There is plenty of information all over the web on methods of creating an opening repertoire, a quick search of this site alone should yield results.