Just for fun?

I want to learn chess just for fun. I am 47 years old and I have no ambition to become a chessmaster or anything like that. I have always been fascinated by chess, and I decided to give it a go.

Fun doesn't mean of course that I will not study seriously. For that I am considering the Yusupov series, which seems to take you from zero to somewhere better than zero.

Any ideas or advice?

Thanks!

i can recommend you some youtube channels if you want !

ttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQHX6ViZmPsWiYSFAyS0a3Q

this is gotham chess

he teaches all types of gambits

For begginers intermediate and high level players

I'm the same way. I'm 46 and been playing off and on for about a year. I'm not looking to be a master level player but still studying enough to put up a good game. If you need someone to play, I'm available for daily games.

Thank you all for your advice! I have so much to catch up with.

Here are some general tips on how to improve:

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

I hope you will find them useful.

I respectfully suggest my own channel, Chess Boot Camp. I'm 48 and 1500 rated in rapid. My videos are aimed at people who want to break 1000++.

I also recommend Gotham. His videos and streams are very beginner-/intermediate-friendly. Other streamers are more advanced and even experimental.

Again, thanks everyone for your help. I decided I will not use the Ysupov book (yet), I will start at the very beginning, and I am using the Chess for Dummies book. Baby steps, but by the end of the book I hope to have a truly solid basis. The trick is to play out everything on a chessboard, at least in my case. That is the only way I can remember things.

Of course I will keep watching chess videos, for learning and motivation.

I hope this is a good decision!