Beginner looking for advice

Hello everyone! 👋
I’m still quite new to chess and I’d like to improve step by step. Right now I know the basic rules and how each piece moves, but I often make simple mistakes.

Do you have any advice for beginners like me?
• What should I focus on first: openings, tactics, or endgames?
• Are there good resources (books, videos, or puzzles) that helped you when you started?
• How often should I practice to see progress?

I’d love to hear your experiences when you were starting out. Thanks in advance, and good luck with your own games too!

Starting out I'd learn the opening principles and focus on getting your pieces safely out into the game and active. Solve puzzles often to pick up and sharpen your tactical knowledge, and learn the basic chrckmates until they are second nature then learn a bit about king and pawn against king, and the basic ideas of king and rook end-game as those happen often in end-game.


Free videos on youtube I'd recommend GM Daniel Naroditsky videos, IM Andreas Toth, IM John Bartholomew, GM Daniel King, GM Ben Finegold, ChessBrah Building Habit series.


Books, Step Method curriculum is highly recommended if you're into a structured, systematic approach to learning chess over the long term.

Welcome to chess, have fun with it. If you want to play some games or work on chess sometime DM me.

What is the #1 way to improve at chess?Not in any order
In midgame you should review and do puzzles daily and when you review you should ask these questions. A: Is my opening correct? If no remember it, if yes, do it. B: what did I miss? Opportunities are tactics, squares you could have put your pieces on, and pawn structure/weaknesses and this will help you remember those things. C: what mistakes did I make and how to prevent it? For example you allowed a tactic so you should find out how to prevent that. In puzzles, ask yourself why does this tactic work? After every puzzle there is an analysis button. The things you need to find are weaknesses which is king safety, loose pieces, and pawns structure so it goes into your head. Openings are important to understand the midgame plan so you should understand not memorize. Endgames: 2 types. Practical and theoretical. Practical does not have a clear path and theoritical is otherwise.

Here are youtube channels for chess tips.

Chessbrah’s habits speedrun, the Colle-Zukertort speedrun, and the queen’s gambit speedrun(new) which is nice if you are interested in learning the Colle-Zukertort or the queen’s gambit(it’s an opening/movie) then you should watch those speedrun series and the habits series too. I will let chessbrah explain the habits series. Explanation is the first part of ep. 1.

Remote Chess Academy: This YouTube channel is where you learn the middlegame stuff I talked about in #4 and the GM here explains it well and don’t forget this channel has a vid talking about the Colle-Zukertort too and endgames. This is the place where I recommend to search how to stop blunders.

Chess Vibes: Here is where you learn most of the small things that don’t matter as much as what Remote Chess Academy says, but all of the small things combined are more than what the YouTube channel Remote Chess Academy says combined and most endgame stuffs are here than other channels I have mentioned.

It's mostly about following key principles when playing. That approach helped me reach a 2000+ rating, and I teach others to do the same. You can learn them yourself as well. Here's an example of some chess principles: https://www.chess.com/article/view/principles-of-chess

I recommend watching gothamchess and also consider buying his book called how to win at chess
Its quite graphic in the sense that it helps you understand positions from a viewer’s perspective.
Wish you all the best in improving!

dont blunder and chomp on hanging pices

i like gothamchess 🥰 like how the way levy brings chess in a fun way

thanks! ill read it later when i got time

note it bro! i appreciated it

develop your pieces

this video, with just the basic advice you always hear, helped me:

Improving Your Chess - Resources for Beginners and Beyond…

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/improving-your-chess-resources-for-beginners-and-beyond

Good Chess Books for Beginners and Beyond…

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/good-chess-books-for-beginners-and-beyond

Any advice