Suggestions for learning

Looking for advice so I can develop as a player.  Maybe, a good book or two, etc.

 I've played a few times over the years. I know how the pieces move.  Vaguely know the general principles of opening play -- development, center control, castel early.  Know a bit about some of the tactics  (fork, pin, discovery, etc.) 

I've just started Pandolfini's 300 Elementary Problems.  I've been playing speed chess against Chess Titans (level 4 of 10) which came loaded on my computer. I'm a new basic member at chess.com

try a good chess CDROM - eg chessmaster

Well here is what I suggest:

Try to play slower games if you can, speed games really are just a reflection of what you have already learned, while in slower games you can think of new stuff etc. 

Study Tactics - A good tactic book that introduces would be good, Seirawan's and Polgar's are both pretty good IMO. Then after you get that down there are online resources with tons of tactics problems (i.e. tactics trainer on this site). Try to do a bunch of those a day. 

Learn the basic endgames, maybe explore a few openings (don't just memorize, but try to learn the basic ideas behind them), and review your games once you are done. Doing this you should see improvement in your game. 

Oh- also as far as basic principles of positional chess go, Aron Nimzowitsch's my system is a classic. Great information and the new 20th centurty edition makes it easy to read for us who only know algebraic notation. 

Try Chess Tempo in your browser...or emerald.net  (same place)  http://chesstempo.com/.  This is a free chess tactics site.  Sign up.  The difficulty of the problems adjusts as you get better.  Play some problems everyday, all day, whenever you have time.

Get some sort of chess playing program, Fritz, Rybka, or a free one, like Crafty (type Crafty in your browser).  Then go on line, including here at Chess.com, and get all the free software (games, problems, books) downloads that will play in your playing program (check Downloads on the Chess.com menu to get an idea).  There is a lot of it out there - just keep looking.  

Play games on Chess.com.  There are a lot of nice people playing here.  When you lose ask for advice.  Make friends.  And play all you can.

All this can be done with little or no cost.  There are plenty of places that can sell you good books and training aids, but if you learn as much as you can first without spending much or any of your money you will be better able to select the places where you want to invest your hard earned cash.

Try to keep it fun.  We all have trouble doing that!    

I recommend the book "Bobby Fischer teaches chess"  I learned a lot.

Engines are free! Download them!

Anything by Jeremy Silman. A great system to begin with, and very well written.

As usual, if you expect rich to be ignorant, immature, and self-involved, you won't be disappointed.

If you mean now and again highlighting your consistent ignorance of chess basics and your bad social behaviour here, then yes I am getting your goat.

If you don't like it then one solution is for you to stop being a horse's ass.

 You nailed it.

Prove your ignorance even further. Let me break it down for you:

1. You posted a mindless comment that didn't do anything to help the poster.

2. RainbowRising got upset since this has been a frequent occurrence from you. 

3. After some back and forth, RainbowRising said that nothing you have posted has made any sense.

4. You posted that nothing he has said made any sense.

5. He rightfully called you original for your completely new and original comeback. 

After roughly 500 games you are at 1428 in rating, and you believe yourself to be good enough to rise to the top of the ranking?

Ah nvm, I just noticed:

Birthday: Apr 8, 1992


Now, my rating is nowhere myself, but hey, I'm not the one being a condescending jackass to beginners and everyone else.

I'd check out Dan Heisman's monthly column on chesscafe Novice Nook http://www.chesscafe.com

Play a lot of games, make sure your thought process is reasonable, and work on tactics problems here (or elsewhere).

Sorry to interrupt the obviously more important discussion here:

Play slowly, take in the position, see if their are any tactical opportunities, make sure there aren't any for your opponent. At your level (and mine also, probably for everybody up to about 2000), the ability to recognise tactical patterns are the most important skill in chess. You say you know what the different tactics are (fork, discovery, pin, etc.) so I suggest either the tactics trainer on this site, which costs money (but, obviously by the diamond next to my name, the other perks are worth it), or the free http://chess.emrald.net/. Suprizingly, just going through problem by problem really helps.

FLAAAMEWAAARRRR

*gets some popcorn*

I am also new to this site and know basics etc, the last thing anyone needs is negative comments when asking for advice to improve in chess games, we all must have been a novice at some point.

There are some really good suggestions here, though one must be willing to slog through some unpleasantness to find them.

This site is best, but www.logicalchess.com is really helpful for beginner IMO

also this site in chesscafe with Dan Heisman's Novice Nooks http://www.chesscafe.com/archives/archives.htm#Novice%20Nook