Beginner's Games

Hello everyone,

I am a beginner and a hobby player. I have studied a few things in chess such as openings,end games,middle game strategies. But i am unable to train myself in adopting all these techniques. Can anyone please help me through the learning process of chess. What should be my line of action? Some people suggested to learn end game first, but i cant make out the clear picture.

Any help will be more than welcome. Also please advise any good learning e-books.. I started studying Dvoretsky but to no gain. Hope u can understand my position. 

Thanks

Chess is won by overpowering the opponents defensive forces and attacking their king. So you work back from there. Start asking questions. My first question is, 'how do i overpower the king?' From this question, I begin studying endgames and checkmate patterns, and I start looking for technique wins, meaning that even against the strongest GM, the position is winning. As simple as it sounds, it is important to verbalize what is going on in the positions so that you retain the idea, which will help you in similar positions. Take for instance a rook and king versus king ending. It is not enough to think 'rook goes here, then here'. You need to understand the mechanics, what they are accomplishing. You should be thinking, I can checkmate his king once I eliminate his flight squares, then I can deliver check and it will be mate! From these endgame positions where the material superiority already exsists, we should question 'how do i gain this superiority?'. So we start to investigate how to win the middlegame battles, the elementary ideas of force, space, and time. You will have already learned some of the strengths and weaknesses during the previous endgame study. Study the pieces and what you need to do to bring them to their full potential. Develop does not mean 'to move', it means 'to improve'. This is a golden idea right here for opening study. If you truly understand the idea of developing, your chess will automatically be at a higher standard. The last thing I will put in this long post is this... every game, win or lose, is a lesson. EVERY SINGLE GAME. Get a chess program for your computer so you can analyse your games. Is material even but the program is still saying you are two pawns down? Find out why. Check out the variations offered up by the computer. Get a paper, write down your thoughts for EVERY move, yours and your opponents. This will come in handy when you are looking over the computer analysis. Sometimes during a game, I will be frustrated because I do not know how to proceed, or perhaps I am in an uncomfortable position, and I don't know how I got so boxed in. I can look at the computer analysis for alternative moves that will likely be better than what i played, and then i can compare the position that arises from that line of play against a position my moves turned into. Then I can see new ideas, and learn new ideas.

To be honest, I'm not surprised you didn't get far with Dvoretsky - his books are relatively advanced and not intended for beginners.

Learn with your interest. what  your heart say right, do it first,.... chess is like ocean,,,..... lot to learn, and lot to grow,...

Learn with your interest. what  your heart say right, do it first,.... chess is like ocean,,,..... lot to learn, and lot to grow,...

What's that quote? Ah yes, here it is...

Chess is an ocean in which a gnat may drink and an elephant bathe.

(Indian proverb)

Found here: http://chessplchot.blogspot.com/2010/04/quotes.html

Thank u everyone for helping me out.. Now i've got an idea on how to start with my learning :)

THIS WAS INDEED VERY HELPFUL. u have given me a good starting point

Thank u