how to get better at chess

Try several lessons in this app. for me it was very helpful to increase my level.

Dear ThunkaThunka,

I am a certified, full-time chess coach, so I hope I can help you. Everybody is different, so that's why there isn't only one general way to learn. First of all, you have to discover your biggest weaknesses in the game and start working on them. The most effective way for that is analysing your own games. Of course, if you are a beginner, you can't do it efficiently because you don't know too much about the game yet. There is a built-in engine on chess.com which can show you if a move is good or bad but the only problem that it can't explain you the plans, ideas behind the moves, so you won't know why is it so good or bad.

You can learn from books or Youtube channels as well, and maybe you can find a lot of useful information there but these sources are mostly general things and not personalized at all. That's why you need a good coach sooner or later if you really want to be better at chess. A good coach can help you with identifying your biggest weaknesses and explain everything, so you can leave your mistakes behind you. Of course, you won't apply everything immediately, this is a learning process (like learning languages), but if you are persistent and enthusiastic, you will achieve your goals.

In my opinion, chess has 4 main territories (openings, strategies, tactics/combinations and endgames). If you want to improve efficiently, you should improve all of these skills almost at the same time. That's what my training program is based on. My students really like it because the lessons are not boring (because we talk about more than one areas within one lesson) and they feel the improvement on the longer run. Of course, there are always ups and downs but this is completely normal in everyone's career.

I hope this is helpful for you. Good luck for your chess games!

Here are some basic tips on how to improve: 

https://www.chess.com/blog/nklristic/the-beginners-tale-first-steps-to-chess-improvement

All you need is time and will to improve and you will be better eventually.

Improving Your Chess - Resources for Beginners and Beyond...

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

Begin to learn and memorize openings, then go from there :)

Im really struggeling with opening/taking the lead in the game. I have a strong midgame where I always play from behind and my only wins are always comeback wins. No pure wins.... Im kind of tired to always "survive" instead of learn how to put pressure on my enemies and play as number one

Hi, i think you shold not be conserned with advantage in the opening at this stage, you should develop your peacses and try to have control in center... Dont memorize openings at early stage of chess development, but just to play natural moves.

Best regards Ivan

Hello guys im new at chess and was wondering what would be the least complex/easiest opening for me to learn

My advice is to play simmetrical 1.e4 e5 or 1.d4 d5, when you improve later you can choose other openings depending of your style of play

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