What's the best way to get good at chess?

I just want tips but thx.

CatHouse0o sry i mean't to say i can't play rn, i was in a hurry

I can play against you rn

rn if you're willing to help me get better*

do puzzles

Doing puzzles is a simple way to improve. Chess.com has a daily limit for puzzles, but you can find them on other websites, too.

Watch video’s to learn basic principles (taking control of the centre) or chess tactics ( discovered attack, intermezzo…) and do puzzels to learn to use tactics and see patterns in games ( checkmate in 3 pattern… ) play casual games with friends and rated games and take time to analyse your games ( lichess has an analysis feature where you can do puzzles to solve your mistakes and to find the better move ) you can also copy the pgn of games on chess.com and import them in 20s to lichess to freely analyse them. After you understood all basics and reach maybe 900-1000 elo pick a few chess openings and learn lines you can do this with free or paying chess courses on the site/app Chessable ( opening example: Spanish game, Vienna and black: Caro Khan, petrov) play your standard openings a lot to get more and more experience and visuals when your opponents make inaccuracies. You will see that if you put effort and if you have the motivation, that each month if you look back at old games you can see you got a lot more experience and look at your progress!

It seems that for most people.it takes a long time to develop at chess. Just keep going. Play lots, do.puzzles, analyse your games, read books, watch lessons, just keep doing it all.

I've found the best way to improve sub 1000 is to learn basic principles like mattJolie said but also just play games while consciously thinking of why you are doing moves and what your opponent might be doing. I have found that thinking this way (especially in rapid games) allows me to blunder less and catch my opponents when they make mistakes or fully hang a piece!

Wow thanks guys! :D

Thanks mattJolie especially! Hey matt, should i use YT if i dont wanna just download an app for openings?

Yes of course but when you learn openings you need to repeat them so you remember lines in real games, if you do this with YouTube (expect if you have a really good memory) you should practice on a board all the different steps of the video ( you try to creat a sort of muscle memory ) if you can’t use the Chessable app you can always use it in on google. The good thing about Chessable is that you learn the openings by playing and if you make mistakes you will need to retry until you got it right. I prefer Chessable to learn openings but I also have learned a few with yt and with the method I described above it’s probably the same ( maybe the YouTuber will actually better explain how the opening works…) hope this helps good luck on your journey!

Not you ehm, Jolie xd.

the best tip for surpassing 500 elo is to avoid blunders. basically, your top priority should be checking if you have any hanging pieces. seems obvious, but it slips our mind because we're either thinking of our own tactics or not thinking at all :P

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.

If you want to study by yourself, read ‘Logical Chess’. It is really instructive book. You have it on youtube as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eTB7oHeRgM&list=PLUrgfsyInqNa1S4i8DsGJwzx1Uhn2AqlT

10 $/h??! Oh great heavens!!

$10/h*