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sirsniffesalot

Hello, I'm a beginner, (around 300 elo) and can't seem to be improving too much. If I concentrate, I don't really blunder, but still can't find my opponents attacks and find attacks of myself to the opponents king. I only really started playing chess and trying to get better 1-2 weeks ago, so not that long. I don't know if courses are worth buying, or even a chess coach (a coach seems a bit too pricy though). Thank you to the people who find this and respond with a good way to solidly learn chess. Right now I'm just watching a few random chess Youtube videos and playing a few random games of chess. I need a plan to study and get better. Thank you.
P.S. I've also seen that Remote Chess Academy has a great deal on their courses. (around 80% for every course, along with the "Buy 1 course ON SALE and get 1 course FREE" I'm not sure if I should buy them, and if so, which ones should i buy? Thank you again.

Tiberius9868

panda chess has a study plan

-5 minutes of puzzles

-10 minutes of studying game phases(opening, middlegame, endgame)

-15 minutes of playing

-5 to 10 minutes of analyzing games

Tiberius9868

if you have more time than learn game phases for longer & play/analyze more games

Tiberius9868

& you don’t need to spend money, there are plenty of free resources. These include

-Lichess studies

-Wintricat.uk which has a free game review

-Aimchess gives you unlimited tactics practice even without paying

-Chess.com free weekly lesson

-Thousands of youtube videos

ppandachess

Hey there,

I am rated over 2400 online (https://www.chess.com/member/ppandachess). I created a free course that will teach you a training plan to improve. Feel free to check it out: https://www.panda-chess.com/daily-improvement-plan

sirsniffesalot

Thank you guys. I'm definitely liking the idea of the training plan, and got it, but I've decided to dedicate more of my time to reading chess books, because I enjoy chess and reading.

Thank you to anyone who responded, it was helpful happy.png.

sirsniffesalot

If you guys want to know the specifics, these are the books that I'm going to get now or later:

  • Play Winning Chess (Yasser Seirawan)
  • Winning Chess Tactics (Play Winning Chess Series)
  • Winning Chess Strategy (Play Winning Chess Series)
  • Silman's Complete Endgame Course (Jeremy Silman)

I've also heard that Pandolfini's books are sometimes wrong and were never fact checked, so I'm not going to buy them, thank you again.

wester7

there are other activities more interesting than chess. you are indirectly promoting marketing solutions, in purpose, or incidentally . that s morally reprehensible.

Martin_Stahl

https://www.chess.com/article/view/coach-danes-beginner-improvement-guide

86a40071

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLp7SLTJhX1u7bfT1hNsl3o9UW2koJcvQV&si=WqZn0BYXdq_Dw9mp

ChessMasteryOfficial

Learn and apply the most important principles of chess. - (core of my teaching)
Always blunder-check your moves.
Solve tactics in the right way.
Analyze your games.
Study games of strong players.
Learn how to be more psychologically resilient.
Work on your time management skills.
Get a coach if you can.

Napoleonatwaterloo
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wester7

I don't think chess.com is the right place to learn chess. there is too much anger all around and frustration. go to a chess club?

Segabacheese
Even though I joined 5 months ago i have only been playing for a little while but I think I learned sooo much from chess.com but also playing with someone like not online is really useful so if you have a friend family member anybody that can really help.
Lyudmil_Tsvetkov

Play games.

Analyse games.

Play more games.

Analyse more games.

While studying tactics and strategy exercises separately can boost your strength, a whole game of chess offers your everything, openings, tactics and strategy, as well as endgame knowledge, apart from being interesting.

Lyudmil_Tsvetkov

100 games played per day would bring you far ahead in a month's time.

Lyudmil_Tsvetkov

Browse through games by stronger players.

They teach methods you could be unfamiliar with.

You can't learn a lot by weaker players.

Lyudmil_Tsvetkov

Take Stockfish, you can download for free, grab a position or game, execute move, run Stockfish to see what the engine offers, and try making sense why the engine's move is better.

Alternatively, run engine match between 2 versions of Stockfish.

Watch the match carefully. Try to memorise typical situations and move reactions.

Since chosen by Stockfish, 4000 elo entity, those sequences are likely optimal and that is how chess is to be played.

Personally, I would choose the last mentioned method - you are sure not to go wrong.

RussBell

Don't purchase any expensive chess courses just yet. A possible exception are the Chessable courses which are generally well regarded (the login, and some courses, are free), However, there are a lot of excellent free (or not too expensive) chess instructional resources available...for example...

Chess Courses - Instructional Resources...

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/beginners-chess-course-instructional-resources

on YouTube...

Beginner Chess Course - Chess Vibes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o74M2vKYpcc&list=PLp7SLTJhX1u4WqNPieH6vyAf2oVA2aUF4

Chess Course From Beginner to Master Level - NM Ramirez...

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQKBpQZcRycrvUUxLdVmlfMChJS0S5Zw0

and chess books...

Good Chess Books for Beginners and Beyond...

https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/good-chess-books-for-beginners-and-beyond

In particular, at this point in your chess journey, I would recommend a couple of books which should serve you well...

"Pandolfini's Ultimate Guide to Chess" by Bruce Pandolfini, followed by "Learn To Play Chess Like A Boss" by Patrick Wolff.

olimicmons
sirsniffesalot wrote:

Hello, I'm a beginner, (around 300 elo) and can't seem to be improving too much. If I concentrate, I don't really blunder, but still can't find my opponents attacks and find attacks of myself to the opponents king. I only really started playing chess and trying to get better 1-2 weeks ago, so not that long. I don't know if courses are worth buying, or even a chess coach (a coach seems a bit too pricy though). Thank you to the people who find this and respond with a good way to solidly learn chess. Right now I'm just watching a few random chess Youtube videos and playing a few random games of chess. I need a plan to study and get better. Thank you.
P.S. I've also seen that Remote Chess Academy has a great deal on their courses. (around 80% for every course, along with the "Buy 1 course ON SALE and get 1 course FREE" I'm not sure if I should buy them, and if so, which ones should i buy? Thank you again.

DM me,I will analyse your games and give a personalized study plan.