Any Tips For A Beginner?

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sweet_Laura
I just started playing chess again last year but I was never any good to begin with. Any tips for playing on Chess.com?
fieldsofforce

When you are  seated in front of your computer  playing  a game of chess please be sure that you are sitting on your hands.  It will save you from blunders. 

If you are  going  to play blitz or 5 minute chess the sitting on your hands rule, does  not apply.

sweet_Laura

I get it. This is a troll forum. I gotta go.

OculorumAcies

I think it's actually a good tip. You get to think once more before you make a move. Thinking once more, even when you are sure you've found a best move, yields you better results.

fieldsofforce

OculorumAcies is telling the truth.  That extra second that it takes for  you to remove your hand from under your leg to reach for your mouse saves you from making a blunder.

sweet_Laura

Oh jeez I am so sorry guys! Please forgive me fieldsofforce. I'm just a dumb blonde I guess. I will certainly take your advice now that it's been explained to me a few times. 😏

dk-Ltd

don't play too much is my advice

fieldsofforce
sweet_Laura wrote:

Oh jeez I am so sorry guys! Please forgive me fieldsofforce. I'm just a dumb blonde I guess. I will certainly take your advice now that it's been explained to me a few times. 😏

 

No worries.  Its all good.

fishyvishy

Rule #1: Do not state the obvious. There's no reason for you to say that you are just a dumb blonde. it's tautological.

kindaspongey

Possibly of interest:
Simple Attacking Plans by Fred Wilson (2012)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708090402/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review874.pdf
https://www.newinchess.com/Shop/Images/Pdfs/7192.pdf
Logical Chess: Move by Move by Irving Chernev (1957)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708104437/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/logichess.pdf
The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played by Irving Chernev (1965)
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/most-instructive-games-of-chess-ever-played/
Winning Chess by Irving Chernev and Fred Reinfeld (1949)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708093415/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review919.pdf
Back to Basics: Tactics by Dan Heisman (2007)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708233537/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review585.pdf
Discovering Chess Openings by GM John Emms (2006)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627114655/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen91.pdf
Openings for Amateurs by Pete Tamburro (2014)
http://kenilworthian.blogspot.com/2014/05/review-of-pete-tamburros-openings-for.html
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/openings-for-amateurs/
https://www.mongoosepress.com/excerpts/OpeningsForAmateurs%20sample.pdf
Chess Endgames for Kids by Karsten Müller (2015)
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/chess-endgames-for-kids/
http://www.gambitbooks.com/pdfs/Chess_Endgames_for_Kids.pdf
A Guide to Chess Improvement by Dan Heisman (2010)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708105628/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review781.pdf
Seirawan stuff
http://seagaard.dk/review/eng/bo_beginner/ev_winning_chess.asp?KATID=BO&ID=BO-Beginner
https://www.chess.com/article/view/book-review-winning-chess-endings
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627132508/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen173.pdf
http://www.nystar.com/tamarkin/review1.htm

sweet_Laura

fishyvishy wrote:

Rule #1: Do not state the obvious. There's no reason for you to say that you are just a dumb blonde. it's tautological.

Thanks I guess 😋