Early Beginner - How to Imorove

Do 2000 tactics problems and 100 Chess Mentor lessons and read some of the great articles posted here. It's work but hopefully will be entertaining for you. Everything you need is here.

Here are some good youtube channels that have helped me improve greatly.

Chessnetwork -especially watch his Beginner to Chess Master playlist

Chessexplained -I like his playlists on Middlegame Strategy and Chess Endgames

Dereque Kelley -exceptional channel for learning the ideas of openings

iChess.net - this channel has videos from many different Masters

There's enough content in these channels to last you a long time.

Possibly helpful:

Simple Attacking Plans by Fred Wilson (2012)

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708090402/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review874.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

Discovering Chess Openings by GM Johm 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

Chess Endgames for Kids by Karsten Müller (2015)

https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/chess-endgames-for-kids/

A Guide to Chess Improvement by Dan Heisman (2010)

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708105628/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review781.pdf

this is neat

thx

Hello Pratters:

With the exception of yiblai2, all these players know is on-line training, which is often poor and rarely systematic.  Forget the Tactics and Mentor quizzes at Chess.com until you understand the reasoning behind both tactics and strategy.

I recommend the numbered posts at these threads.  They should get you on the right track

• Good chess books for beginners and beyond, Page 1-Post #1, Page 2-Post #25.
• Chess Books to 100% Electronic & Games Clickable, Page1-Post #5 & #7
• Learning chess principles - books/resources?, Page 1-Post #4 & #5

All the best,
Bob

"With the exception of yiblai2, all these players know is on-line training, which is often poor and rarely systematic."

These channels have some of the best chess content I have ever seen. I wouldn't reccommmend them if they were poor. I also linked some specific playlists that I found especially helpful so Pratters is not just clicking on random videos.

Thanks a lot guys. I was seeing random YouTube videos so far. this gives more structure for me. Loving chess back again. :)

Precisely, what you have ever seen, which is perfect for post-literate millennials.  Though I'm a visual person and love classic films from the golden age of cinema, when it comes to chess I have been entertained but learned little from instructional videos compared to reading books or e-books.  Personal instruction is the best of all because you can ask question and get immediate feedback.  With videos it's too easy to just sit back and watch, thinking you have everything down pat.  To learn anything well takes work, often hard work, and that takes understanding and the time to mull things over.  Books are perfect for that.

I really like the Soviet chess primer, it has helped me a lot. Also I play the song: http://www.infinitelooper.com/?v=n-Dh3ftkRAs&p=n#/0;211 during blitz games. Online instruction helps but I learned a ton from this 1900 at my local club.

"The title [(Soviet Chess Primer)] might suggest it is for beginners, but that is not the case. It does start off with some basic positions, but quickly moves on to much more advanced material including chapters on positional play and techniques of calculation." - IM John Donaldson

I believe that one can see a sample at the Quality Chess site.

Yeah, forget eating, sleeping and going to the bathroom. When you're trying to improve in chess, there's no time for unnecessary activities.

Yes.

See the house of the World Champion.

Chess demands lots of sacrifice.

From the site:

https://chess24.com/en/read/news/magnus-the-movie

Looks like he's having fun actually. 

So what if the room's a mess?

I bet he could put it in sparkling order in 45 minutes if he wanted...

first, you may want to use spellcheck.

Excellent suggestion, redtrucker.  I think Dan Heisman, a superb trainer for the novice and beyond, would agree about board vision and with your approach.