I recently started playing on chess.com. I am on a losing streak right now. I was recently playing with a fairly average player who was telling me to go defence first. I don't know any good defences or what good openings to play. I also have trouble playing black side. HELLLPPP!!!!! Thanks for all replies.
Why not try the free lessons?
https://www.chess.com/blog/webmaster/free-chess-mentor-courses
For someone seeking help with choosing openings, I usually bring up Openings for Amateurs by Pete Tamburro (2014).
http://kenilworthian.blogspot.com/2014/05/review-of-pete-tamburros-openings-for.html
I believe that it is possible to see a fair portion of the beginning of Tamburro's book by going to the Mongoose Press site.
https://www.mongoosepress.com/excerpts/OpeningsForAmateurs%20sample.pdf
Perhaps Ogstoppable would also want to look at Discovering Chess Openings by GM John Emms (2006).
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627114655/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen91.pdf
"Each player should choose an opening that attracts him. Some players are looking for a gambit as White, others for Black gambits. Many players that are starting out (or have bad memories) want to avoid mainstream systems, others want dynamic openings, and others want calm positional pathways. It’s all about personal taste and personal need.
For example, if you feel you’re poor at tactics you can choose a quiet positional opening (trying to hide from your weakness and just play chess), or seek more dynamic openings that engender lots of tactics and sacrifices (this might lead to more losses but, over time, will improve your tactical skills and make you stronger)." - IM Jeremy Silman (January 28, 2016)
https://www.chess.com/article/view/picking-the-correct-opening-repertoire
http://chess-teacher.com/best-chess-openings/
https://www.chess.com/blog/TigerLilov/build-your-opening-repertoire
https://www.chess.com/blog/CraiggoryC/how-to-build-an-opening-repertoire
https://www.chess.com/article/view/learning-an-opening-to-memorize-or-understand
https://www.chess.com/article/view/the-perfect-opening-for-the-lazy-student
https://www.newinchess.com/Shop/Images/Pdfs/9035.pdf
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627110453/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen169.pdf
https://www.newinchess.com/Shop/Images/Pdfs/9029.pdf
https://www.newinchess.com/Shop/Images/Pdfs/7277.pdf
Starting Out: Defensive Play by Angus Dunnington
The New Art of Defence in Chess by Andy Soltis
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/new-art-of-defence-in-chess/
https://www.chess.com/article/view/quotthe-art-of-defense-in-chessquot-by-andrew-soltis
How to Defend in Chess by Colin Crouch
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708104148/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/howtodefend.pdf
http://www.gambitbooks.com/pdfs/How_to_Defend_in_Chess.pdf
Practical Chess Defence by Jacob Aagaard
http://www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/PracticalChessDefence-excerpt.pdf
"Kotov's contributions [to The Art of the Middlegame] are workmanlike but nothing special. Keres's chapters are brilliant, especially 'How to Defend Difficult Positions'. If you never read anything else on the middlegame, read these 45 pages." - GM John Nunn (2006)
I recently started playing on chess.com. I am on a losing streak right now. I was recently playing with a fairly average player who was telling me to go defence first. I don't know any good defences or what good openings to play. I also have trouble playing black side. HELLLPPP!!!!! Thanks for all replies.