What is one tip for beginners?

my tip is to buy chess.com premium and play with bots then analyze every game you play

I'd say that in 95% of my games there is no "baggage" of any kind. We play the game and that's it. No communication beyond that. Of the other 5%, what little communication happens is largely very pleasant. So the negative baggage you refer to is really a minuscule part of it. OTB is great, but very inconvenient. Two people have to carve out time and find a place. IF you limit yourself to OTB, you will play a lot less and play far fewer opponents. Maybe that's ok. 

you can disable chat & avoid any unpleasantry altogether.    🙂

Guys, guys, we’re all forgetting something. The OP asks for one tip. This is way too many!

Learn that pawns can go forward 2 on their first go and attack diagonally

Be realistic about how much time and study you're willing or able to give to getting good..  IMO unless you have more natural aptitude than most you won't show significant improvement without the time and study. If you don't have the time or the desire for that so what.  You'll probably improve if you continue to play and it's still a great game.

Honored!

I just meant I'd be honored by your friend request. And I was.  (NoB and I are now friends)

Haha honestly I made this thread for others  so the more the merrier

Hi! My name is Lauren Goodkind and I’m a respected  chess coach and chess YouTuber who helps beginners out : 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP5SPSG_sWSYPjqJYMNwL_Q

Send me one of your games and I'll be happy to analyze the game for free on my YouTube channel on Sunday livestream from 1-2PM PST.  Ask me questions in real time!  

 This is a great way to improve!

Here’s more  ideas to help you get better.  

-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!  

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

-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!  

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

the second advertising comment...

65=103

not sure how 65=103 but I'll take it 

Numbers for identical posts.

I like Lauren's book on poison pieces, which offers a fresh approach to tactics for beginners. But her social media posts seem like spam, especially when she pastes the same text twice in one thread.

Dear Moonwarrior_1,

I am a certified, full-time chess coach, so I hope I can help you.  Everybody is different, so that's why there isn't only one general way to learn. First of all, you have to discover your biggest weaknesses in the game and start working on them. The most effective way for that is analyzing your own games. Of course, if you are a beginner, you can't do it efficiently because you don't know too much about the game yet. There is a built-in engine on chess.com which can show you if a move is good or bad but the only problem is that it can't explain to you the plans, ideas behind the moves, so you won't know why it is so good or bad.

You can learn from books or Youtube channels as well, and maybe you can find a lot of useful information there but these sources are mostly general things and not personalized at all. That's why you need a good coach sooner or later if you really want to be better at chess. A good coach can help you with identifying your biggest weaknesses and explain everything, so you can leave your mistakes behind you. Of course, you won't apply everything immediately, this is a learning process (like learning languages), but if you are persistent and enthusiastic, you will achieve your goals. 

In my opinion, chess has 4 main territories (openings, strategies, tactics/combinations and endgames). If you want to improve efficiently, you should improve all of these skills almost at the same time. That's what my training program is based on. My students really like it because the lessons are not boring (because we talk about more than one areas within one lesson) and they feel the improvement on the longer run. Of course, there are always ups and downs but this is completely normal in everyone's career. 

I hope this is helpful for you.  Good luck with your games!  

Hi there,

Simple and clear advice, have fun and have fun,

https://www.chess.com/blog/Melitti/the-malinoiss-gambit 

Love and chess