You might find this helpful:
https://www.chess.com/blog/nklristic/the-beginners-tale-first-steps-to-chess-improvement
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Jan 2, 2021
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Try to get a book I suggest Winning Chess Strategy by Seirawan.
If you start playing some games against other people online you will probably start improving more as you will be able to play against different playing styles. Try to learn some opening principles and some beginner tactics so you have a better idea on why you’re making your moves. There are lots of sources. 👍
Jan 2, 2021
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I'm new at this, and I'm old too. But my son and I have started taking lessons from someone on Fiver. The lessons are affordable and can be done remotely.
Tactics. And endgame, learn how to win with a king and a pawn agaisnt a king.
XxAchilles wrote:
Im hoping some great players can weigh in here, as im sure many have this same issue. in my chess circle there are 4 of us who play regularly and we are all around the same skill level. (900 - 100 on chess.com) as we are always playing eachother and not really anyone else i feel we are only churning ideas within our group and not really advancing in skill level. aside from the obvious not losing material for nothing what should we be focusing on to elevate our game?
You are concerned that playing the same people is limiting the input of new ideas. To solve that you could play different people. This forces you to face new things and adapt to new situations, and offer the potential to see said new ideas at work to try out for yourself. You can just jump in the rated system and get a solid number of games in vs other players.
Im hoping some great players can weigh in here, as im sure many have this same issue. in my chess circle there are 4 of us who play regularly and we are all around the same skill level. (900 - 100 on chess.com) as we are always playing eachother and not really anyone else i feel we are only churning ideas within our group and not really advancing in skill level. aside from the obvious not losing material for nothing what should we be focusing on to elevate our game?