What is one tip for beginners?

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 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. 

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I have 50 Poison Pieces. I read it in January. I can recommend it.

Opponont's knight in a forward position? Watch out for the

I say ignore all advice from anyone and have fun..

Try out whatever move you feel like and have a reason for it and also find a reason for every one of your opponents moves.. 

And again have fun 

This is one tip as a whole

Don't be a beginner, be an improver 

Your opponent is not your enemy. Be a good sport. Ultimately, you will enjoy the game a whole lot more, win or lose. 

I don't know about this. I've had some close friends look at me as if they hate everything about me during an intense chess game. Of course, once the game is over, we become friends again.

Maybe that's what you're getting at.

a friend is just a known enemy.

~nirvana

If you could only do one line of study; spend your time on tactics training (ie solving chess puzzles). This will help your calculation skills AND pattern recognition. I'd start with checkmating patterns first, and branch out to all thematic tactics thereafter.

If you had time for two things, do tactics as above and also look at endgames, with most of your time spent on rook endgames and basic king and pawn endgames.

I wouldn't even bother investing time on learning any opening beyond the first 8 moves or so, until you're 1700+. At this level, the opening is not the main reason you're losing, it's generally down to one move mistakes or poor endgame play. So whilst it is interesting to learning openings at all levels, you only have so much time in the day to learn - you WILL get the most return on your time investment focused on doing even more tactics and endgame training.

I think what I'm saying is  that being a good sport, knowing how to win and lose with grace is more important than the game. I'm all for intense competition and going all out to win, but if your goal is to humiliate your opponent, that's not a good thing. And if you get beat, give credit....don't make excuses.  

I'm really speaking for myself here. This is how I approach it, and I don't mean to put that on others. I spoke up because a beginner was asking for tips. 

If you and your friend can trash talk through a game and stay close friends, I'm all good with that. I've actually had those relationships as well....if not in chess, on racquetball courts, etc. where we try to kill each other for an hour then resume our "bromance". 

"An enemy is a potential friend"

-mikekalish

stranger danger.

friends are thieves of time.

keep your friends close & your enemies closer.

a stranger is just a friend you haven't met yet.

nobody knows you when you're down & out.

Patience.

That would be the tip.

The other day I had a winning position near the end of the game. He offered a draw and I declined. On the next move he hung a bishop out and I took it. Two moves later he checkmated me. It was a bitter pill for sure, but I sent him a message congratulating him and acknowledging that he outsmarted me. No excuses. No bitterness. He wrote back and said I played a good game.  We're on opposite sides of the world and I know nothing about him (her?) but the positive exchange after the game meant more to me than the loss. And....I'm just a little smarter now. 
"Wisdom is the booby prize, given when you're been unwise".  - Piet Hein

my tip is to study.