memetakin

Jul 4, 2019

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#41

I am beginner like you and I understand your all problem. But Yasser Seirawan's book series are best then all these book. You choose these book series.

Booby fischer book is very very very easy. Chess Fundamentals is very hard for our level.

Love from Türkiye.

kindaspongey

Jul 4, 2019

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#42

Ziryab wrote:

… I've taught hundreds of beginners over the past twenty years. What I appreciate most about Capablanca's Chess Fundamentals is the manner in which he sequences the material--checkmates, endings, tactics, openings, repeat, ... whole games. That's the process I use with my students. It works. ...

Is it the process or the book that works? If the book, are you sure that the book works as well for any student who may not have access to you as a teacher? Anyway, it is perhaps worth mentioning that Everyman has been selling a single Capablanca volume including the Primer, Fundamentals, and My Chess Career.

MickinMD

Jul 4, 2019

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#43

There's a freebie online that's a good overview of chess, 122 pages long, written in 1921 by then World Champion Jose Capablanca and still a good intro to competitive chess. It will both give you a lot of instruction and show you what you're getting involved in if you want to go further in chess.

Chess Fundamentals is here in English: this link is the legally free ("public domain") 1934 edition, to which a group named "Caissa Lovers" changed the old descriptive notation to modern algebraic notation: http://www.sources.com/SSR/Docs/Capablanca-ChessFundamentals.pdf

Looking over a few of your games, you need to learn the principles of the opening, tactics, and basic endgames the most. You can find lessons on them here that are free with your membership level as well as freebies on YouTube that deal with the same subjects in a less-structured way.

Here is the table of contents for the first half of Capablanca's great intro book (2 pages are shown at a time in this e-book) and you can see that the basics of the things you need to learn are there:

Contents

Chapter 1 First Principles

Simple Mates 1
Pawn Promotion 3
Pawn Endings 4
Some Winning Positions in the Middlegame 6
Relative Value of the Pieces 8
General Strategy of the Opening 9
Control of the Centre 9
Traps 11

Chapter 2 Endgame Principles

A Cardinal Principle 12
A Classical Ending 12
Obtaining a Passed Pawn 13
How to find out Which Pawn will be First to Queen 14
The Opposition 14
The Relative Value of Knight and Bishop 16
How to Mate with a Knight and a Bishop 20
Queen against Rook 20

Chapter 3 Planning a Win in Middlegame Play

Attacking Without the Aid of Knights 22
Attacking with Knights as a Prominent Force 23
Winning by Indirect Attack 24

Chapter 4 General Theory

The Initiative 25
Direct Attacks en Masse 25
The Force of the Threatened Attack 26
Relinquishing the Initiative 27
Cutting Off Pieces from the Scene of Action 28
A Player's Motives Criticized in a Specimen Game30

Chapter 5 Endgame Strategy

The Sudden Attack from a Different Side 32
The Danger of a Safe Position 34
Endings with One Rook and Pawns 35
A Difficult Ending: Two Rooks and Pawns 36
Rook, Bishop and Pawns vs. Rook, Knight and Pawns 38

MickinMD

Jul 4, 2019

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#44

P.S. I would urge you to play some Rapid (10 min) games because it's hard to spend the time you need to plan your moves or think about the new principles you learn in Blitz and Bullet. It's very hard to learn about chess while playing bullet except what you learn by experience and that's not always clear.

kindaspongey

Jul 4, 2019

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#45

memetakin wrote:

... Yasser Seirawan's book series are best then all these book. ...

http://seagaard.dk/review/eng/bo_beginner/ev_winning_chess.asp?KATID=BO&ID=BO-Beginner

http://www.nystar.com/tamarkin/review1.htm

https://web.archive.org/web/20140627132508/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen173.pdf

https://www.chess.com/article/view/book-review-winning-chess-endings

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708092617/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review560.pdf

Nwap111

Jul 4, 2019

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#46

I am going to go against popular thought and suggest, first, that you play the longest games possible with a friend, face-to-face. And second, that you learn chess notation, so that you can write down your games and review your moves. You will be surprised at how much you can learn about chess by just looking at your own games. Ask why did you lose? how did you opponent win? Eliminate game-losing errors like putting a piece in take first. Then you will be ready for the incredible world of chess books.

kindaspongey

Jul 4, 2019

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#47

Nwap111 wrote:

... learn chess notation, ...

https://www.chess.com/lessons/playing-the-game/the-language-of-chess

Ziryab

Jul 4, 2019

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#48

kindaspongey wrote:

Ziryab wrote:

… I've taught hundreds of beginners over the past twenty years. What I appreciate most about Capablanca's Chess Fundamentals is the manner in which he sequences the material--checkmates, endings, tactics, openings, repeat, ... whole games. That's the process I use with my students. It works. ...

Is it the process or the book that works? If the book, are you sure that the book works as well for any student who may not have access to you as a teacher? Anyway, it is perhaps worth mentioning that Everyman has been selling a single Capablanca volume including the Primer, Fundamentals, and My Chess Career.

The process. Some of Capablanca's examples are pretty well chosen, though.

eheadsfan

Jul 4, 2019

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#49

Get Play Winning Chess by Seirawan.

pandaypira

Jul 17, 2019

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#50

take chess lesson here in chess.com , study classic master games, guess their next moves, know and practice chess tactics , endgame

FM workhard91

Jul 18, 2019

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#51

There are lots of good books out there but from experience I can say that studying from a book is more difficult than having the right teacher. There are however some good books from Yusupov for improvement and if you get to a stronger level (like 1800-2000) you can start with books from dvoretzky and aagard which are great.

I personally would recommend a coach here on chess.com if you can afford it as he/she can analyse your strength and weaknesses and decide on that in which area you should improve next.

hope this will help you! I wish you all the best

Ziryab

Jul 18, 2019

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#52

workhard91 wrote:

There are lots of good books out there but from experience I can say that studying from a book is more difficult than having the right teacher.

And only a fraction of the cost.

kindaspongey

Jul 18, 2019

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#53

FM workhard91 wrote:

... There are however some good books from Yusupov for improvement ...

The Yusupov series of books seems to me to be pretty demanding, so I suggest that you look carefully at available samples and reviews before buying. If you do decide to go for it, you should probably know that the correct reading order is Build 1, Boost 1, Evolution 1, Exam 1, Build 2, Boost 2, Evolution 2, Build 3, Boost 3, Evolution 3.

Perhaps of interest:

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/yusupov-and-the-older-lower-rated-player

dannyhume

Jul 18, 2019

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#54

Chess Steps Method (Stappenmethode), get the workbooks and the Chess Tutor discs.

Get a membership here for the new set of introductory lessons/videos, daily tactics training with Tactics Trainer, and the other interactive courses geared for your level.

That is more than enough for a long long time.

Don't drown yourself in books or waste your time with other garbage if you want to get better... only waste it on the other resources as a break from real training, for your reading pleasure, or to satisfy a chess curiosity itch that is mentally distracting you from training.

Ziryab

Jul 18, 2019

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#55

kindaspongey wrote:

FM workhard91 wrote:

... There are however some good books from Yusupov for improvement ...

The Yusupov series of books seems to me to be pretty demanding, so I suggest that you look carefully at available samples and reviews before buying. If you do decide to go for it, you should probably know that the correct reading order is Build 1, Boost 1, Evolution 1, Exam 1, Build 2, Boost 2, Evolution 2, Build 3, Boost 3, Evolution 3.

Perhaps of interest:

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/yusupov-and-the-older-lower-rated-player

Happily, Yusupov believes that a pawn can fork.

Muisuitglijder

Jul 18, 2019

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#56

Read lots of books like

Logical Chess Move By Move

posh1gamer

Jul 20, 2019

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#57

definitely "Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess". a beautiful book that will strengthen every area of your game and improve your logical processes. was one of the first things I did when I was 7 and learning to play.

RonWeasley66

Jul 21, 2019

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#58

You can read about Ron Weasley's famous chess moves in Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone!!!!!

It's all about strategic sacrifices

RussSonLeYT

Jul 21, 2019

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#59

k3yp4y wrote:

I feel like I don't learn from my mistakes. wish books should I check out? I'm playing a lot lately but I seem to lose often and I want to get better. aside from playing many games per day, what else should I be doing?

"And if you don't learn from your mistakes, you're an idiot." - Some minecraft youtuber I still watch

Walrus-76

Jul 23, 2019

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#60

As a complete beginner myself, I have some of the books mentioned here and I have found them very useful. The Mammoth Book of World’s Greatest Chess Games is one that is not necessarily a beginners book, but it has an excellent collection of past master games, and annotation can be helpful even from beginners perspective. Also, there are short player biographies of each player included and also after each game a short conclusion or so called ”what one can learn about this game” section. Playing the games of this book carefully with board has not actually made me a better player but it has made me to see some of the beauty of chess...