Improve in chess?

Hi, I'm 16 and i played chess for one month. How can I quickly improve in chess? And can I become a strong player although i start play chess only at 16, not when I was a child?

You can't unless you learn your openings. 

You can't.

Unless you learn your openings.

Have fun :3

Improve your tactics. And follow these ¨simpel¨ rules:

1: Castle fast!

2: Get your pieces out quickly on active squares (knights on f3 and c3, bishop on c4 and f4 or g5).

3: Control the centre! (very important)

4: Join the local chess club

5: Do not study concrete opening variations (eg. 1: e4 e5 2: Nf3 Nc6 3: Bc4 Bc5 4: c3... but rather the ideas behind each move. 

I do all these things.

Yes you can become a strong player even starting at the age of 16. If you want to quickly improve in chess, study tactics. I found a great place to learn different types of tactics in chess here at thechesswebsite.com. I also recommend going to chesstempo.com and spending a lot of time daily with the tactical puzzle program there. Both of these are free and will help you understand and learn how to spot tactics on the chessboard.

I also recommend studying end games a lot. It will be easier for you to understand how pieces work together in larger groups once you understand and master how they work together in smaller groups. You'll learn how to be accurate in your move choices too. End games require precision in movements for the most part, one wrong move and your position could go from winning to drawn or lost. There are a lot of material you can use to learn end game technique, IM Silman has a highly recommended book called "Complete Endgame course" which begins with absolute beginner end game technique such as simple mating patterns and ends with master level material about end game technique. I own it and really find it useful and it isn't very expensive either. Of course there are other end game books out there so you will need to research if any of those might be more suitable for you. Ask around for authors and book titles here on Chess.com even, I am sure people will have their own favorites.

Another highly recommended book is "Logical Chess Move by Move" by Irving Chernov. This book is also quite cheap and many players have found it very helpful from beginner to intermediate levels, maybe even more. I have not personally read this book, but I know those who have and it often is recommended here on Chess.com by other players when people ask for recommendation on chess books to improve. So look into that book as well.

I hope you find these and other suggestions useful and have fun learning a the great game of Chess!

tactics trainer a lot

chessmentor a lot

and you have see all beginner to intermediate level videos here on this site.

and I suggest Grandmaster 11 the courses in the gm11 made me a better chessplayer than without

Don´t bother about learning openings beyond the first few moves, you´ll only get bogged down. Tactics are the answer; google "chess tactics online" and practise on a good free site. 30 min a day will work wonders for the way you look at a chess board, and that will show in your rating here.

Lets note that as of now K4rbon isn't a subscribed member of Chess.com so he won't have access to those things. I would recommend looking into becoming a subscribed member at Chess.com so you can access those things also K4rbon!

These links could be useful for improving

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

http://blog.chess.com/danheisman/quick-guide-to-my-best-articles

http://www.chess.com/article/view/after-the-rules-what-should-beginners-study-next

Just use all the features on chess.com.  Play actively and do tactics.

Thank you, I will do all these things and buy books.

Enjoy the game. If you've been playing for only a month, you still don't have enough experience to be able to say whether you really want to invest time and efforts to become a strong player. Don't bother with studying in-depth theory yet because that is more likely to make you dislike the game than do you any good. Read and watch only what you like and understand, as a fan of the game, and if your chess interest continues to develop, then continue playing and searching for more chess knowledge. Good luck!

It's useful to analyze my games? and I have to analyze on my own or with the help of an engine? I always analyze my games, but my analysis are not be so accurates because I'm a beginner.

Yes analyzing your own games is very good. Engines can help you with identifying tactical errors and such, but it isn't necessary. You can also ask help with your analysis from stronger players, too. Always analyze your own games first before asking stronger players to help you analyze it (or analyze it for you) so that you can compare your analysis to theirs. That helps to further identify areas you might need improvement on to.

Unless money is absolutely no object, I would buy only one book.  It should be a beginner's book.  I would read online reviews of books before choosing one.  A good beginner's book will teach you all you need to know at this stage about end games and openings.  It will also teach you the basics of tactics.  What you need is constant repetition of elementary tactics.  

I analyze my game every time and I see a lot of mistakes in my games, it's strange that I do so many mistakes but in the analysis i see them immediatly. I hope that analysis help me not doing lots of mistakes by see them lots of times and trying to correct them.

So I'll start to do more tactics a day.

Yes you can become very strong.

Try to find a chess club and get mentoring from strong players. Then play a lot and learn !

I play almost only 30 minutes games. I prefer study endgames and midgames rather than openings for now, when I'll become stronger I'll study opening. I bought three books, one for beginners that explain chess from rules to basic tactics, openings and endgames, with some commented matches, the endgames courses of Jeremy Silman and a book of commented matches by John Nunn.

I'm improving a lot on tactics and now I can solve so many problems also without thinking. I solve tactics always on my chessboard, not on computer monitor.