Anyways to get better at chess?

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I cant beat anybody at tournaments, but sometimes i can beat others in Live (10 Min), but usually, they are the new ones. Is there anyway i can improve my skills?

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Tactics
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ShineM88 wrote:

I cant beat anybody at tournaments, but sometimes i can beat others in Live (10 Min), but usually, they are the new ones. Is there anyway i can improve my skills?

 

You only have few games, so continue playing. Learn tactics at fundamental way.

http://www.chesstactics.org/

https://www.thespruce.com/basic-checkmates-to-know-611597

 

Learn the general opening principles.

The Principles of the Opening -- for Beginners!

https://www.chess.com/article/view/the-principles-of-the-opening

 

Focus at reducing dropping pieces and solve chess tactics problems everyday.

 

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greydayeveryday wrote:
Tactics

I can only learn 5 per day, but most of the time, i can solve those.

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jambyvedar wrote:
ShineM88 wrote:

I cant beat anybody at tournaments, but sometimes i can beat others in Live (10 Min), but usually, they are the new ones. Is there anyway i can improve my skills?

 

You only have few games, so continue playing. Learn tactics at fundamental way.

http://www.chesstactics.org/

https://www.thespruce.com/basic-checkmates-to-know-611597

 

Learn the general opening principles.

The Principles of the Opening -- for Beginners!

https://www.chess.com/article/view/the-principles-of-the-opening

 

Focus at reducing dropping pieces and solve chess tactics problems everyday.

 

Thanks, these helped alot! I'll try learning!

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Check out my latest game on my profile. It's a win. Please tell me how i could've played better than that.

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"..., you have to make a decision: have tons of fun playing blitz (without learning much), or be serious and play with longer time controls so you can actually think.
One isn't better than another. Having fun playing bullet is great stuff, while 3-0 and 5-0 are also
ways to get your pulse pounding and blood pressure leaping off the charts. But will you become a good player? Most likely not.
Of course, you can do both (long and fast games), ..." - IM Jeremy Silman (June 9, 2016)
https://www.chess.com/article/view/longer-time-controls-are-more-instructive
Possibly of interest:
Simple Attacking Plans by Fred Wilson (2012)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708090402/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review874.pdf
http://dev.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/Simple-Attacking-Plans-77p3731.htm
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 (1948)
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
https://www.chess.com/article/view/book-review-back-to-basics-tactics
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/catalog/excerpts/openings_amateurs.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
Studying Chess Made Easy by Andrew Soltis
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708090448/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review750.pdf
Seirawan stuff:
http://seagaard.dk/review/eng/bo_beginner/ev_winning_chess.asp?KATID=BO&ID=BO-Beginner
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708092617/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review560.pdf
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

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Or you could do loads of tactics