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I have been trying to improve at chess ever cince day one but I have only been gaining elo by resignation and I can't do the lessons because I can only do one a week with no premium! I have to improve but I don't know how! can I please get better? 🥲
You can get pretty much the entire output of major chess publishers in both pdf and pgn without even spending anything.
Improving Your Chess - Resources for Beginners and Beyond...
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/improving-your-chess-resources-for-beginners-and-beyond
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell
Aug 29, 2022
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silvyisnotverygoodatchess wrote:
I have been trying to improve at chess ever cince day one but I have only been gaining elo by resignation and I can't do the lessons because I can only do one a week with no premium! I have to improve but I don't know how! can I please get better? 🥲
I would suggest looking into coaches on chess.com- there are lots of good ones. As for the premium thing, Chess.com has very good prices and you can get a plan with a lesson a day, unlimited bots, no ads, extra puzzles, extra puzzle rush, and more for just $2 a month. That should be enough for you to improve greatly!
Don't spend any money at your level. It simply isn't worth it. The best advice I can give is to take your time. Play longer time controls and apply basic principles learned in the first few lessons. In a few months you'll see your rating and performance start to climb.
Aug 29, 2022
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YellowVenom wrote:
Don't spend any money at your level. It simply isn't worth it. The best advice I can give is to take your time. Play longer time controls and apply basic principles learned in the first few lessons. In a few months you'll see your rating and performance start to climb.
I would normally agree with you, but there is just not much potential for learning with a lesson a week, limited game reviews and only 5 puzzles a day. For U.S. Funds, $2 a month for all that is extremely worth it.
Nobody should throw any money at chess when their rapid rating is rock bottom 100. Even if he wants to, he should only start paying when he has a solid grip of the absolute basics, probably at a rating of around 500.
Aug 29, 2022
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Step 1. Go to the library
Step 2. Check out all the books on chess.
Step 3. Actually work through them with a chessboard and notepad.
Youtube.com has thousands of chess videos. Any topic. Just browse around on there. U can learn endings, pawn structures, opening principles, all kinds of strategies, etc.
Also, not all the teachers in the videos r good at teaching. One of my favorite is Yasser Seirawan. He's got beginner and intermediate lessons also. The way he explains stuff is the best.
Go to Lichess and hit the Learn section. They have exercises to teach you the basics and they have go through the fundamentals. That will help you get started. Also watch a lot of chess content
