Tips for a new player

So I started playing chess for the first time about a month ago. Would anyone be willing to give me some tips on improving as a new player? I would really love to reach 1000 elo but I don't know how to go about doing so.

I generally play 15|10 and 30 min rapid. I've also played a couple of daily games with a friend who is also new to chess.

Would anyone be willing to look through my games and give me any advice? I'm willing to put in an hour or two of study daily, but at my level, I don't know if studying will do me any good, or if I should just stick to playing games to get more experience.

I also don't know how to analyze my games. Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks!

hi

I can teach you EXACTLY how to think during the game (opening, middlegame and endgame). Your chess understanding will never be the same and you will improve a lot. I charge $10/h, but if you can’t afford too many lessons, don’t worry. I can teach you a lot in an hour. Here to help if you are interested.

Practice tactics and endgames, and continue playing more for experience.

I looked at a couple of your games. You played pretty decently for the most part, but in both games you just dropped several pieces. If you can avoid doing that, you will advance in rating fairly quickly. The simplest thing to do is, as soon as your opponent moves, to take a quick look to see if any of your pieces are attacked. If so, you have to do something about it: move the piece, defend the piece, or attack one of your opponent's pieces of equal or greater value.

If none of your pieces is attacked, you can think about what move you want to make. Preferably this will be an active move, and of course it should not move a piece to where it can simply be captured. There is a whole lot more to chess than that, but as a newcomer to the game it's a good starting point. As you gain experience, you can start learning more of the subtleties.

Many might disagree with me, but I think it's a bit early for any serious study. It will help some to solve simple puzzles, because that will train you in the necessary skill of thinking, "If I go here, he can go there, then I can go there, etc." Learning the basic checkmates -- K+Q vs K, K+R+R vs K, and K+R vs K -- is also helpful. Beyond those things, you should keep playing to gain experience and get into the habit of the thinking outlined above.

Analysis of your games will improve as you develop better understanding of the game. My first bit of advice is to analyze them yourself: do not just rely on engine analysis. Look for your mistakes, which as noted are normally dropping pieces at this point in your development. Next, ask yourself why you made that mistake. Were you just being careless? Were you too focused on a different part of the board? Were you too busy thinking about what you were planning to notice your opponent's threat? This kind of assessment of your thinking will go a long way toward improving your play. Only after you have done all of that, you can run an engine analysis if you want to.

Much success in your chess endeavors. Above all, enjoy this challenging and rewarding game.

Go checkout some Youtube videos (that's where I learn), you will find it helpful, I started playing chess from January 2023, and now I've reach 1100

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

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

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell

To analyze your games use the Chess.com Analysis board (from the menus navigate: Learn>Analysis.

To learn how to use the Analysis board to analyze your games, again from menus navigate: Help>Ask A Question. In the pop-up window enter your question, for example...

"How do I use the Analysis Board?"