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...
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I'm in the same situation, I worked on lessons, tactics, started playing long games, 1-2-3 days. Avoid Blitz at all costs it will frustrate you. Take advantage of offers from better players to play games with you and talk about all moves in chat, this really has helped me in the last few days. I see the game differently because I've been taught how to look at the game. The lessons are great, but they leave out some of the thought process.
Use the analysis board in all your games, play out every move, see what could happen before you make the move.
Alvin_Cruz wrote:
@Diakonia
You are spamming. But your post is definitely relevant so I cant complain. Indeed, in my last two days monitoring the forums, this kind of question keeps repeating.
Its not spamming, its giving the same consistent advice to the same question.
ty for the help, and where is the analysis board
There is a section of this website devoted to this. I confess that I've never used it though.
https://www.chess.com/article/view/study-plan-directory
If you want somebody to play some unrated games with/give you advice then I'm happy to do that. Same offer to ei8m8uy.
justabeginner1970 wrote:
ty for the help, and where is the analysis board
I believe he is referring to correspondence games or "Online Chess" as they call it here for some reason. In which case the option is on the right of your screen, next to the offer draw and resign buttons, amongst others.
Alvin_Cruz wrote:
@thegreatpatzer, Diakonia
My bad. My apology.
Its really same question. I am thinking how many times I have seen this today.
Thats because you see the same question being asked :-)
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
diakona's answer is oc great. but in similar threads I have added a few more things that I think are helpful hints, espacially if your very new to chess. (and you haven't heard it over and over - like diakona and I)
- Each of the peices have a value based on aproximately how many pawns they are worth.... the reinfeld values are Queen=9, Rook=5, Bishop/Knight=3 and the pawn=1. Don't lose a more valuable peice for a less valuable peice.
- Beginners sometimes bring the Queen, Rook, and King out too early. these are you most valuabe peices so you need to be concerned with their safety
- Always, Always and always obsess about not letting the opponent taking peices or pawns for "free". most games are wars of attrition.
- the push to promote a pawn is Very important and can make for many great victories. once a pawn has no enemy pawns opposing it- it becomes a "passer" pawns. It can be worth alot of material to promote your pawn.
- the most important Checkmate to learn is that of a Queen and a King versus a King. While that sounds very easy. it can be tricky. Watch our for stalemate! (where your opponent can't move but isn't in check). it would be awful to draw(tie) a game when you have a whole extra queen, wouldn't it?
- Play slow(er) games most of the time and try to figure out what you did wrong ESPACIALLY when you lose.
- When you get a chance to show a strong player one of your games be sure to show him a losing game. A strong chessplayer isn't going to be "impressed" TOO much by your wins- your opponents are weak. but there's a lot of specific helpful things an opponent CAN say if you show him a loss.
- the First task of beginning chess player is to Understand what an "opportunity" is. chess is complex- and its not just taking an unguarded or forgotten peice. tactics are not always easy to see, but the more time your invest into understanding them and being able to play them. the stronger you will be.
- Always try to look at your move from the point of your opponent- what can he do? be Espacially attentive to checks to your king.
there, beginner advice.... whew.
and actually this is still very simplified and sketchy. Perhaps I should say the best thing you can do , to do well in chess is buy a good beginners book.
tyvm for the advice everyone 
from experience, dont hang pieces
Diakonia wrote:
Why don't they sticky a beginner help thread, written by you?
Alvin_Cruz wrote:
@Diakonia
You are spamming. But your post is definitely relevant so I cant complain. Indeed, in my last two days monitoring the forums, this kind of question keeps repeating.
Its not spamming, its giving the same consistent advice to the same question.
Anna_kyznetsov wrote:
Why don't they sticky a beginner help thread, written by you?
Because nobody would read it.
ChessOath wrote:
Anna_kyznetsov wrote:
Why don't they sticky a beginner help thread, written by you?
Because nobody would read it.
And its as simple as that!
It would be right up there along with:
How do i report someone?
How do i block someone?
How do i resign?
How do i offer a draw?
How do i post something?
i am just starting to learn how to play chess, i got taught how the pieces move, what should i be doing next openings or should i be doing tatics