advise for beginners

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typo

Hello! Welcome to the site, and it's great to hear that you're interested in improving your chess skills. There are many different ways to improve your chess game, and what works best for you will depend on your learning style and goals. Here are some suggestions: Take advantage of the resources on this site, such as chess lessons, puzzles, and games against the computer. You can start by exploring the different sections and seeing what interests you. Play regularly and analyze your games. You can play against the computer or against other players, but it's important to review your games afterward to see what you did well and what you could improve on. You can analyze your matches after a game by a chess engine (a program that analyzes games) to help you identify mistakes and suggest better moves. Study chess theory and tactics. This will help you develop a deeper understanding of the game and improve your decision-making skills. There are many books, videos, and online resources available to help you with this.

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You should learn most important principles of a chess game. That will give you a solid understanding of a chess game and you will know what to do in every position. Then, you should optimize your calculation so you don't miss tactics in your games. Your rating will skyrocket. I can help you with all of this. Message me if you are interested.

You played a 1200 bot to draw, in your one and only game, which is very good. You should feel proud of that. It took me several times to beat that bot. Don't be afraid to dive in against real players. I would suggest you play daily games, I play two day games, but you might want 3 days. This gives you time to study your moves and you can incorporate your studies into your daily play. You can also play a whole game within a reasonable amount of time instead of years. 14 day games? Gimme a break. I try to make a move everyday and sometimes we get into a flurry and shoot moves back and forth within minutes. I don't like rapid games, but now that I have relearned how to play Chess I think I'm ready to play some of the fast games. You will learn more staying away from them for now. Good luck to you.

Thanks to all of you that shared with me (and other beginners too) all these precious information, links, experience and support! You know what? I am afraid to play with human as I know i am weak now but… vulnerability is the good part of the learning process. Playing with PC can help but It can be too “anonymous”.

I think the most difficult part for me will be remember the variety of actions to be performed and analyzing the games to understand which is the errors, logic and the tactics used, the difference of simply play as it comes just to play the game. I learned on my own when I was I child, no other child or people to play with and when happened, I always played with people who were more basic than me. Here it is amazing, there is a world behind! To develop a tactic you need to know everything about what is going to happens on the board game, it’s like having the feeling to control what is going to happen…exciting feeling, it’s the opposite of life…

Playing only against bots doesn't seem the best to me. A human opponent plays in a completely different way, and in the end it's him you have to measure yourself against, so there's little point in postponing the chess confrontation with beings of your species...

Instead, start playing unrated games ( no rating stress ), alternating them with those against bots if you want. But it's only my novice opinion, expert players can advice you better.

But above all, have fun ! And don't let chess become an obsession.

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