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Jona-GR

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RussBell

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

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

laurengoodkindchess

Hi! My name is Lauren Goodkind and I'm a well established chess teacher based in California! I love helping beginners out, so I have some ideas for you to get better.

 

  1. Attend my FREE online workshop today, Saturday, 5/25 from noon to 1pm PST. You can ask me questions in real time! I’ll be happy to analyze your chess games, teach you opening traps, endgame techniqes, and more! Here’s more details:

https://www.chessbylauren.com/blog/SaturdayMonthlyChessWorkshop

 

2. Also consider all checks and captures on your side and also your opponent’s side. Always as, “If I move here, where is my opponent going to move?”. Do this for every single move! Your goal is to never make any silly blunders!  

 

3. I recommend two books for you: “50 Poison Pieces” and “Queen For A Day: The Girl’s Guide To Chess Mastery.” Both books are available on Amazon.com. Both books are endorsed by chess masters!  

 

4. If you are serious about chess, I highly recommend you hiring a chess coach to help you.  

 

 

5. Play with a slow time control, such as G/30 so you have plenty of time to think before every move. 

 

6. Beginners tend to move too quickly, so in general, think for at least 10-15 seconds before moving. 

Your job is to never make any silly blunders!

 

I hope that this helps!

 

 

 

MariasWhiteKnight

This kind of thread is started again and again in this forum, for example here:

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/want-to-get-better-in-chess

Its relatively simple really, you can train various things and you review your games and games of the masters and you can teach yourself theory of endgames and openings and theres some good books, too.

ChessMasteryOfficial

Learn and apply the most important principles of chess.
Always blunder-check your moves.
Solve tactics in the right way.
Analyze your games.
Study games of strong players.
Learn how to be more psychologically resilient.
Work on your time management skills.
Get a coach if you can.

Jona-GR

Thanks for all of your tips grin

5Items

Chess is the most irritating game I've ever played; I so much enjoy it though.
The move commentary is distracting (Blunder. Ok, why?)
I cannot win the past 10 games and my score has now halved. Playing others on similar score levels is maddening; they cannot be at my level and play as expertly, or I am a bird-brain. It's one or the other.