Ultimate guide for beginners?

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teribgosa

Hello chess players I've recently got into Chess and am becoming obsessed with it so I want the ultimate begginers practice guide. I'm talking what to focus on, popular methods and patterns, good websites, the works I got Chessable because of a youtube ad and am focusing on opening fundamentals. My biggest problem is just remembering all the different openings or getting others mixed up but have noticed a lot of them have similar patterns like moving the pawn to E4 and then bringing out your knight to F3 Also throw in any big begginer mistakes or bad habits and replace it with good ones. Hope you guys get some good material and helps out everyone's games!

KeSetoKaiba

There is no "ultimate guide" for learning chess. It is simply about finding what works best for you. Different people have different learning styles. Some people learn best with lectures on YouTube, some people read best with chess books and some people do best with playing a lot of games and analyzing them. Ideally, experiment with all of these forms of learning and more - but primarily stick with what works for you happy.png

As for openings, a resource you could begin with is a blog post on Opening Principles I wrote.

https://www.chess.com/blog/KeSetoKaiba/opening-principles-again 

RussBell

Lots of helpful resources for chess improvement (including openings) here.....

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

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

I suggest to also check out my chess books list...

Good Chess Books for Beginners and Beyond...

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/good-chess-books-for-beginners-and-beyond

more helpful resources...

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

 

moorparkapricot

I am finding the Chessbrah "Building Habits" youtube videos really useful.

The main takeaway is that it's taught me to notice what move my opponent played.  In the past I was so focused on myself that I'd go to move my queen only to realise she'd gone.  She had been snapped up three moves ago and I hadn't even noticed.

You don't have to remember any openings, you just start out putting the pieces in solid positions and take free stuff.  I struggle with seeing the free pieces and often break the rule not to hang pieces, but getting there.

GakuWinchester86

You should watch youtube GM Hikaru playing opening tricky and theCandidate Prep Speedrun

GakuWinchester86

many more chess has bigger mistake and how to we can backup with it ? example you play Petrov Defense. you can see this openong has bigger mistake but how to continue move to backup and recovery ?

runaldur
I disagree with all of the above. Seeing you haven't played one game on chess.com I would recommend:
1) play lots of games
2) do tactics puzzle

Forget books and openings except these opening prinicples:
1) get your pieces out
2) attack the center
3) castle - get your kong to safety

If you are anything like other beginners you will drop a lot of pieces, so learn this one skill:
Consider if you loose a piece *before* you move it.

Follow these principles until your rated around 1000-1200...
Going4Draw

I agree with runaldur. You trying to learn how to improve your game is the best part. First learn how to appreciate the beauty of the game. Watch all videos on YouTube about "Game of the Century." watching memorable games will dramatically give you ideas you never know possible. Watch Gotham chess on YouTube also he will hype you up about chess

MBourke028

Hey Teribgosa,

 

Check out my article on free online chess resources for beginners wanting to improve their game here. I hope it helps you happy.png

nklristic

As you can see, you will have a few different answers. Here is what I did when starting out:

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

TimmyCorkery
RussBell wrote:

I suggest to also check out my chess books list...

Good Chess Books for Beginners and Beyond...

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/good-chess-books-for-beginners-and-beyond

I found John Emms' Discovering Chess Openings on @RussBell's list, and it has proven a HUGE help to me. Really recommend it. 

teribgosa
teribgosa wrote:

Hello chess players I've recently got into Chess and am becoming obsessed with it so I want the ultimate begginers practice guide. I'm talking what to focus on, popular methods and patterns, good websites, the works I got Chessable because of a youtube ad and am focusing on opening fundamentals. My biggest problem is just remembering all the different openings or getting others mixed up but have noticed a lot of them have similar patterns like moving the pawn to E4 and then bringing out your knight to F3 Also throw in any big begginer mistakes or bad habits and replace it with good ones. Hope you guys get some good material and helps out everyone's games! https://vlc.onl 

I got this,...

RoryOmoore
Hi
What are the rules for moving pawns?
In a puzzle I just completed, the advised move was to move a pawn diagonally into an empty square. I understood pawns could only be moved diagonally to take an opponents piece.
Thanks
Problem5826

Most tutorials aren't that useful unless they are well structured. Silman, Seirawan, Nunn and others made the tutorials for chessmaster, and they aren't very good. The Magnus apps copy chessmaster and are a worse version of it. Seirawan's first "play winning chess" book is under 100 pages and gives the basics well.

tygxc

@1

"I want the ultimate begginers practice guide" ++ Chess Fundamentals - Capablanca

"My biggest problem is just remembering all the different openings"
++ Do not worry about openings. Solve tactics puzzles. Play 15|10 games and use all your time. Blunder check before each move. Analyse lost games. Study grandmaster games. Study endgames.