I need help to get better

I knew how to play chess for years but didn't start play lot till last 3 weeks.I don't think I've improve a lot even know I've played a lot any advice how to get better

any big thing to learn as beginner

These playlists are an excellent place to start:

Chess Fundamentals - John Bartholomew 

Beginner to Chess Master - Chessnetwork

thanks that really helpful

go to lessons click on study plan they start from beginner's and going up. lots of free lessons there for starter's

Opening Principles:

1. Control the center squares – d4-e4-d5-e5
2. Develop your minor pieces toward the center – piece activity is the key
3. Castle
4. Connect your rooks

Tactics...tactics...tactics...

The objective of development is about improving the value of your pieces by increasing the importance of their roles. Well-developed pieces have more fire-power than undeveloped pieces and they do more in helping you gain control.

Now we will look at 5 practical things you can do to help you achieve your development objective.

They are:

1. Give priority to your least active pieces.

• Which piece needs to be developed (which piece is the least active)
• Where should it go (where can its role be maximized)

2. Exchange your least active pieces for your opponent’s active pieces.
3. Restrict the development of your opponent’s pieces.
4. Neutralize your opponent’s best piece.
5. Secure strong squares for your pieces.

Don’t help your opponent develop.

There are 2 common mistakes whereby you will simply be helping your opponent to develop:

1. Making a weak threat that can easily be blocked
2. Making an exchange that helps your opponent to develop a piece

Pre Move Checklist:

1. Make sure all your pieces are safe.
2. Look for forcing moves: Checks, captures, threats. You want to look at ALL forcing moves (even the bad ones) as 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.
5. After each move by your opponent, ask yourself: "What is my opponent trying to do?"

And...

If youre serious about improving.  You will need to lay off the blitz, and bullet.  How are you supposed to implement what youre trying to learn if youre moving fast.

The theory of improvement: 1. Study principles, concepts and theory 2. Apply what you study 3. Learn from your mistakes Best if you can hire a coach to guide you and look for your games, identify weakness and misconceptions and create study plan to target those areas.

if i have less than 1000 points then i am doomed  

actually i have under 400 points right now 

ok

thanks

You just need to practice, practice, and practice.

Play lots of games (15+0 or higher) and do tactics. Since I've noticed you're a free member, you should probably do tactics on another site (unless you decide to go for the diamond membership). Just keep on practicing everyday and you'll get better.

Weffiwoo: You can try to learn some openings, but it's hard. So, I say you must learn the end game. You can buy a book by I A Horowitz. After that, you must know how to win some games and how to draw some desperate games. Some time after, you can buy another book by Horowitz: Chess Openings (I don´t remember the exact name of the first book). When you play with white pieces, you must choose the first move, for example e4. The black side can play French, Sicilian, Caro Kann,...

Ruy Lopez is difficult, so you can begin with italian. Look, you must know "something" about the possible black defenses.

After, you can choose how to play with black pieces...

And some years later, you can be a very good chess player.

Indeed. First and foremost, you need the Love of the game. Wins or losses shouldn't matter. If you just play on this site, to get "better" undoubtedly follow what most have already posted. But for me, just playing makes you better. Define for yourself, what playing "better" is: just beating that one "rival" (who probably friend requested you by now-heh) players of similar ratings, reaching 20, 30, 40+ points more? Until you find a goal, or epiphany.of some kind none of what anyone says will matter. In the meantime, just play! Best wishes

Play slow games. Be patient. Sit on your hands. Don't bother studying specific opening lines... that's mostly fashion, not chess. Study basic opening principles, tactics, Pawn structure, tactics, simple endgames, tactics, model mating patterns. Did I mention tactics? Ignore your rating. Ratings follow playing strength, not the other way around. Look over your losses. If you don't understand why you lost a game, post it on the forum and ask. Some of the replies will be from jerks, but some will be useful to you. And even jerks can say something worth listening to.

https://www.chess.com/article/view/study-plan-directory

"... In order to maximize the benefits of [theory and practice], these two should be approached in a balanced manner. ... Play as many slow games (60 5 or preferably slower) as possible, ... The other side of improvement is theory. ... This can be reading books, taking lessons, watching videos, doing problems on software, etc. ..." - NM Dan Heisman (2002)

https://web.archive.org/web/20140627084053/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/heisman19.pdf

"... If it’s instruction, you look for an author that addresses players at your level (buying something that’s too advanced won’t help you at all). This means that a classic book that is revered by many people might not be useful for you. ..." - IM Jeremy Silman (2015)

https://www.chess.com/article/view/the-best-chess-books-ever

Here are some reading possibilities that I often mention:

Simple Attacking Plans by Fred Wilson (2012)

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

http://dev.jeremysilman.com/shop/pc/Simple-Attacking-Plans-77p3731.htm

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 (1948)

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

https://www.chess.com/article/view/book-review-back-to-basics-tactics

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/catalog/excerpts/openings_amateurs.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

Studying Chess Made Easy by Andrew Soltis (2009)

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708090448/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review750.pdf

Seirawan stuff:

http://seagaard.dk/review/eng/bo_beginner/ev_winning_chess.asp?KATID=BO&ID=BO-Beginner

http://www.nystar.com/tamarkin/review1.htm

https://web.archive.org/web/20140627132508/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen173.pdf

https://www.chess.com/article/view/book-review-winning-chess-endings

https://web.archive.org/web/20140708092617/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review560.pdf

Ok