Beginner Advice?

What is the best advice you have for a beginner?

1. learn 3 openings like the back of your hand. white opening. black reply to 1. e4 and black reply to 1. d4. the reti and the English are less common at your level.

2. learn basic tactics and also learn how multiple pieces can help each other to attack weak pawns/ squares.  

I'd recommend checking out Dan Heisman's "guide to chess improvement".

The most important thing a beginner needs to learn are basic strategical ideas as well as tactics. Tactics are especially important.

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

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The basics of each phase of the game

Opening:

Follow the Opening principles:

1. Control the center squares – d4-e4-d5-e5

2. Develop your minor pieces toward the center – piece activity is the key

• Complete your development before moving a piece twice or starting an attack.

• Move pieces not pawns.

3. Castle

4. Connect your rooks

• By move 12, you should have connected your Rooks, or be about to do so.

Middle game:

When you have completed the Opening Principles, you are now at the middle game. Now you need to formulate a middle game plan. The middle game is a very complicated part of a chess game. A simple way to develop a middle game plan is to perform the following steps.

1. Scan your opponents 5^th, and 6^th ranks (3^rd, and 4^th if your black)

2. Look for weak pawns, and or weak squares.

• Weak pawns and squares are Pawns, and squares that cannot be defended by another Pawn.

• Knights are excellent pieces on weak squares.

• When deciding on weak squares, and weak Pawns to attack, the closer to the center the better

End game:

Start with the basics:

1. Learn basic mates – KQ vs. K, KR vs. K, KRR vs. K

2. Learn Opposition, and Key Squares

3. Learn basic King and Pawn endings

Pre Move Checklist:

1. Make sure all your pieces are safe.

2. Look for forcing move: Checks, captures, threats. You want to look at ALL forcing moves (even the bad ones) this will force you look at, and see the entire board.

3. If there are no forcing moves, you then want to remove any of your opponent’s pieces from your side of the board.

4. If your opponent doesn’t have any of his pieces on your side of the board, then you want to improve the position of your least active piece. 

There's different stages of beginners.

• Absolute Beginner, Completely New to the Game: Just plays lots of games.  Don't worry about winning or losing, tactics or strategy.  Just play.  Get used to seeing the board and moving the pieces.
• Novice Beginner, Some Familiarity with the Game: Learn basic opening principles and a few standard tactical motifs (forks, pins and the like).  Always ask, "What is my opponent's threat?" before every move, always.  Get that habit now.  Focus should still be on playing and getting experience over random studying.
• Improving Beginner, in that weird gap between beginner and intermediate levels:  Greater focus on tactics, specifically avoiding blunders (and capitalizing on opponent's blunders).  Learn the fundamental checkmate patterns as well as the most fundamental endgames.  Should now put a greater emphasis on studying rather than just playing.  After every game, take a moment to go back and find the exact moment why the loser lost the game.  Get this habit now.

This is rough, as there's no real demarcation between the three levels, but it gives a general idea.

yea, kinda 3 useful comments out of 4😊 thanks

Have a healthy mind and lifestyle. Stuff like eating cake, smoking, not getting enough exercise will change how you play a lot more than you may think. It's also very important to enjoy chess, playing against an engine or overdoing 1/3 minute chess might lose your interest in the game. Also, don't listen to the chess stereotypes, such as "e4 is so fast paced and aggressive, while d4 is all calm manoeuvring and positional" or "the petrov is soo drawish and boooorrring".