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I am a recent new member of the world of chess and I am enjoying it however i want to get better. What is your best advice to get started? This app is amazing and YouTube also but love some personal advice for other players to how they got their focus on the game.
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I’m pretty new to this game too. My best advice is to play a lot of games. I started out feeling weird playing games against total strangers (which was all in my head), so I started out just doing lessons on chess.com and playing games against the computer. A friend finally convinced me to start playing games against actual humans, and I have to say that there is no teacher better than the experience of real play. Play a bunch of games and be prepared to lose many of them in the beginning, but then use those losses to examine your own weaknesses as a way to improve. There is no better feeling than when you start to have some board vision and actually start to improve!
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Dear RobertShelby,

I am a certified, full-time chess coach and International Master, so I have seen it and tried it all.
There are so many ways to get better and I know it can be overwhelming.
You can learn from free videos on youtube, there are books at your disposal that can all help, but they are not tailored to your needs.

One of the most important things you can do is to analyze your games! You must learn from your mistakes! That is a priority. You can't really move on to a new, different topic and learn new ideas if you still make the same mistakes over and over again!

This is where a chess coach comes into the picture. A good coach can show you how to study, what to study, gives you the material YOU need. Naturally, it takes time to use everything in practice, but if you are relentless and persistent you will succeed!happy.png
You should learn the main principles in every area of the game (opening, middlegame, endgame).  Don't focus on only one part! You should improve your tactical vision as well as it is part of all areas!  
This how I built my training program for my students. We discuss more than one topic during a lesson so it's always interesting and they can improve constantly. I give homework too and the right tools to make practicing enjoyable and effective!happy.png
Don't worry about your rating and the ups and downs! Just keep on playing and practicing!

I hope this helps.happy.png  I wish you good games and 100+ extra ratingshappy.png