Hi! My name is Lauren Goodkind and I’m a respected chess coach and chess YouTuber who helps beginners out :
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP5SPSG_sWSYPjqJYMNwL_Q
I'm glad you love chess! Here’s some ideas to help you get better.
-I’ll be happy to analyze one of your chess games for free for my YouTube channel, since I love to help beginners out. Share one of your games with me! This is a great way to get better!
-I recommend two books for you: “50 Poison Pieces” and “Queen For A Day: The Girl’s Guide To Chess Mastery.” Both books are available on Amazon.com. Both books are endorsed by chess masters!
-If you are serious about chess, I highly recommend you hiring a chess coach to help you.
-Also consider all checks and captures on your side and also your opponent’s side. Always as, “If I move here, where is my opponent going to move?”. Do this for every single move!
-Play with a slow time control, such as G/30 so you have plenty of time to think before every move.
I also offer 500 two-choice puzzles on my website: https://www.chessbylauren.com/two-choice-puzzles.php
Ok, like many of you, I love chess. In my opinion, it is one of, if not, THE most elegant game ever conceived. I played a bit when I was younger and never learned any tactic or strategy. I recently got back into it after a series of unfortunate events in my life left me to turn to something to distract me and thus my love of this game was reborn. Being a beginner, I belive I'm at the mid 500 - 570 ish range, I feel the frustration of being less educated in the game. I play games against bots to practice and have beaten up to level 1500 bots before I'm completely stymied. I want to understand this game more. My anxiety isn't so much centered around losing as one will not play this game and not lose frequently. My anxiety seems to come from not learning from what I did wrong in a game. I want to learn all about opening principles, tactics, strategies, middle, and end games etc. I want to understand this game on another level and then transcend that understanding. I am aware this will take years of study and repetition and learning from losing, but I can't help but feel I'm missing something. And I feel like it's direction. Few things I learn to do well totally on my own and chess is definitely not one. I'd hire a coach if I could afford it. But I will probably love, spectate, and play this game for the rest of my life. I figure I might as well study it and get as good as I can. So any tips, advice, resources I can acquire from anyone who's had success in improving their play over time is welcome.
Thank you in advance.