How to learn chess

Well, seems like a simple question but it's a bit more complicated than that :) 

I'm a total beginner however I know the rules so that's not the problem. 

The problem with learning and improving my game is that most of the resources I find are aimed to isolated tactics. That might be good for people who already have a good understanding of planning and tactics but for someone like me who only thinks 1 or 2 moves ahead, that's really difficult. 

For example yesterday I started reading "Winning Chess, how to perfect your attacking game". It seems like a good book but than again it seems a bit to advanced for me. 

What I'm actually looking for is a book or videos who walk you through a game from beginning to end and explain the thought process. Preferably aimed at beginners. 
Is there something like that? That would be great. 

There is actually a whole class of books like that.  Let me get you a link to Coach Heisman's website.  Irving Chernev's Logical Chess:Move by Move is a much loved classic that is probably just what you need.  33 games explained in some 250 pages.  You could probably find it in the older descriptive notation used real cheap, but there is a newer algebraic version by Batsford Chess that is more suitable for a near beginner.  Highly recommended by just about everyone.

http://danheisman.home.comcast.net/~danheisman/Events_Books/General_Book_Guide.htm#anthologies

AH thanks! The "Winning Chess" is actually from the same series. 
I'll oder the Logical Chess and read/play through it.

Oh and thanks for the list.
This helps me a lot. I will order the lOgical Chess and meanwhile start reading World's Most Instructive Amateur Game Book because that's available on Kindle :) 

And you should probably take a look at the 25 free Chess Mentor courses offered here.  Sure chess.com is hoping to entice you into upgrading, but the courses are really well done.  Enjoy!

http://www.chess.com/blog/webmaster/free-chess-mentor-courses

Awesome, thanks. I think I have enough material to get studying :) 

I (also beginner) recommend chess mentor courses as well as: http://www.chess.com/article/view/study-plan-directory

It is nice study plan and it also recommends to play online with people, which I am afraid of right now because I am slow. However, without playing against real people, there would be no progress I believe. Good luck!

I feel the same... I am afraid for playing online so currently I only play friend mode on Fritz which adjust your handicap every time you win or lose but I'm afraid to play real people because I will probably lose all the time or be to slow. 

Everybody seem to play blitz but that's just not working for me. I sometimes need 3 or more minutes to anaylse the board and calculate my next move. 

You should be warned: Once you learn it, you can't unlearn it.

Correct. Beware that once you get into it, you can't leave it.

Passero, I just found out that we can play "Online Chess" http://www.chess.com/echess/myhome

You can create request or join and move can last minutes, hours, even 3 days :) You can play more games at once because it slow. It is like correspondence chess :)

And you don't even have to play rated games.  In fact, if you can find a friend, you can even play "takeback" rules!  Give it a shot guys, much more fun than that mean old computer...