How should a beginner start chess?

Opening Tips For Beginning Chess Players
1) Start the game with either 1. e4 or 1. ...

https://www.instructables.com/Playing-Chess/

2) Move each piece only once in the opening. In chess there is a concept of time or tempo. ...
3) Fight for control of the center. ...
4) Don't bring out the queen too early. ...
5) In general develop knights before bishops.

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Other things:

1. Know when to break the rules mentioned above.

- If your opponent moves a piece twice, you generally can as well. And if they leave something hanging, obviously you can move a piece again to take it.

- There are some situations where bringing the queen out early is the correct option. For example, if the knight sacrifice in the Damiano Defence (1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f6? 3. Nxe5!!) is accepted, the aggressive 4. Qh5+! is the only good move.

2. About piece values...

- The numerical value of a piece is not the only way you should judge how valuable it is. You should also judge its activity; a single bishop or knight can sometimes be worth just as much as a single rook if it is causing your opponent a lot of problems and is difficult to remove. On the other hand, a bishop is almost entirely worthless if its own pawns are blocking it in, and a knight can also be quite worthless if it's on the side (or worse, in a corner) and is blocked in by enemy and/or friendly pieces.

- "Quality over quantity" almost always does not apply to piece values. For example, two minor pieces (especially both bishops) are often better than one rook, and three minor pieces are generally considered to be better than one queen.

6) castle asap

Chess Openings Resources for Beginners and Beyond…

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

"64 Commandments" of Chess by Bruce Pandolfini

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/64-commandments-of-chess-by-bruce-pandolfini

RoaringPawn's "Relationism", Aiden Rayner's "Conceptualization", and/or Dr. Can's series/Chessable course on avoiding blunders (and maybe chess crimes? Or perhaps not, since the effects tend not to be as drastic as the effects of blunders)

I believe if you're just learning chess, you should try to start your games (as Black or White) with 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c4 ... (you know, the Italian). I think this because this set up (for both players) follows the basic principles.
Both players get a centre pawn out there, get a Knight out, and White gets a Bishop out (Black can either mirror or bring out their King Side Knight - both are good). With Bc4, White is pressuring the weak Black KBP (the Black pawn on f7, the weak "King Bishop Pawn"), so Black needs to consider how to deal with that, but that's the "idea", so when you look at "Lines", that's part of what those lines are dealing with.

There is a reason why the Italian Game gets complicated as you move up the Elo ladder, but it never goes away. It's a sound way to start the game (for both White and Black). The "advice" about how to adhere to principles, really just directs you to the Italian, because it is a good start. It is not a guaranteed win (if it was, the game would not be as popular as it is). There are many other ideas (for both players), which are good, but start with these ones because, in my view, they are the core ideas. Everything else is trying to work around these moves, so understanding this position is key to understanding chess.

But, if something else works for you, go for it. I'm more likely to be wrong than right, after all.

First get real chess board. Wooden. No learn from your phone. Be man. Next, find chess friend. Someone can teach you. And loan you money. Then go to tavern and play chess. Order blood sausage, rye bread, potatoes and beer. Then do this for about ten years. Then maybe you be okay. Maybe not.

Start building a repertoire of openings for both colors like if your opponent play this then you should know how to play against it. Middle game is the most important so first with tactics is good and your middle game plan will come from your opening because each opening has a different pawn structure which will affect your play in the middle game. In the endgame you should search for rule online that work most lf the time like in rook endgames you will put your rook on the 7th rank and other stuff like that.

Beginners should start with the habits in the youtube channel of chessbrah where they give chess habits that work 82% of the time and each video has their respective elo ranges.