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For beginner chess players, focus on fundamental principles: control the centre with pawns, develop pieces (knights and bishops) early towards the centre, castle your king to safety, and avoid bringing the queen out too soon. (I am a 174 elo player, but I have been playing chess for 2 years now)

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No you joined in 2024

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And you played 420 games

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And I also joined in 2024

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And look how many games did I play

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RIGZEN24 wrote:

No you joined in 2024

Playing chess does not mean chess.com

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I've known how to play chess since I was 6 but I only made my account last year

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Technically I only started playing chess properly like 2 years ago

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I created an account not long ago, but I play very rarely. I just played against a bot and ended in a draw, even though he had only one king left.

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Your game was a draw because the same position was played three times.

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ArnavIsHereForu wrote:

For beginner chess players, focus on fundamental principles: control the centre with pawns, develop pieces (knights and bishops) early towards the centre, castle your king to safety, and avoid bringing the queen out too soon.

I'll add on to this. In the middle game, try not to blunder your pieces, and if that's difficult just focus on keeping your rook and queen alive. Learn basic endgames like king vs king + queen and king vs king + rook and how to win them. Learn basic mating patterns like ladder mate and backrank mate.

If you do just this much I'm sure you'll surpass 600 elo in no time.