New player looking for some advice

Hi. I have recently taken up chess and have been using this site to practice against real opponents. 

As a new player, what rules should I be looking to play with in order to learn. I currently play 30 | 0. 

Thanks.

Stick with playing games with a time limit of at least G30, and preferably longer.  You want to give yourself time to implement what you're trying to learn into your games.

Use your time wisely.  You have a lot of G30's where after 20-30+ moves you still have 20 minutes left. 

Work on the following:

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?"

"... for those that want to be as good as they can be, they'll have to work hard.

Play opponents who are better than you … . Learn basic endgames. Create a simple opening repertoire (understanding the moves are far more important than memorizing them). Study tactics. And pick up tons of patterns. That’s the drumbeat of success. ..." - IM Jeremy Silman (December 27, 2018)

https://www.chess.com/article/view/little-things-that-help-your-game

https://www.chess.com/article/view/how-to-start-out-in-chess

https://www.chess.com/news/view/a-new-years-resolution-improve-your-chess-with-new-lessons
"... 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

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5856bd64ff7c50433c3803db/t/5895fc0ca5790af7895297e4/1486224396755/btbtactics2excerpt.pdf
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

Thanks for all the replies, people. It's a lot, but I'll try to break it down one by one.

Follow practical advice. Unless you plan to be a professional chess player.

Play longer games as you are.....use the free computer analysis on here...… but maybe ignore what it calls "innacuracies"...some of its ideas about that are silly.

Watch some of the streamers who play games and analyse them....such as Harlemknite and AtillaTurzo.

Maybe do some tactics practice ? Harlemknite does that live...its fun.

There is one other streamer l only found last night, he is very good as well.....I'll post his name later if you want

There is also the new training videos on here...maybe basic is below what you need..."intermediate" maybe better.

I just had a quick look at your games...……...if this is anything to go by...you may be playing too fast at the moment...you had nearly all of your time left ?!

https://www.chess.com/live/game/3342103430?username=givemetipspls

If you find his name, let me know ^^ Thanks.

Ok....his name on twitch is "aranhawaii" ….this is a link to his videos on twitch https://www.twitch.tv/aranhawaii/videos

He laughs a lot....a real lot

1) don't play any game longer than 10 min per side. Ideally, play 5 min blitz. Don't play bullet.

2) practice tactics daily (say 30 min).

3) look up scholars mate & fried liver attack. 

lol.....why not play longer than 10 minutes  ?...most of us think its a good idea when you are starting

The fried liver ????….its just trickery  

Beginner games end with blunders (generally queen blunder). What is the use of wasting 1 hr just so that one of the 2 players can blunder. Blitz games allow beginners to blunder fast and learn faster.

Fried liver and scholars mate are openings that are pretty popular at beginner level. If you are a beginner and don't know how to deal with them, then you will end up with lots of losses.

My advice is practical and meant to do good for beginners. To save them time, effort and painful losses. 😎

Number 2 is good yes....but sorry... the other 2 are not. Far better to play say 4 games of 15/10 and have time to look at them all...than have loads of very quick games where you just blunder and have so many...its hard to decide which one is worth looking at.

Those 2 "openings" , well you might win the odd game with them....but you wont learn much...at all.

'learn'? What do you think beginners are supposed to 'learn' from their games?

You don't know ?.....please read what most of the other people on this thread have said

You tell me what you think in your words. 😉

I think I will leave it upto GiveMetipspls to decide what he wants to take from this thread

See, this is the thing: all of you guys giving tips to these beginners don't know what the beginners are supposed to learn. So, you guys are trying to solve a problem without understanding it.

Now, I'll tell you what beginners have to learn from their games:

1) board vision.

2) blunder check (connected to board vision)

3) how the pieces coordinate particularly in mating attacks 

4) basic tactics.

And all of the above can be practiced quickly and effectively in blitz rather than rapid. Beginners need to play lots of games to drill in the above points. 20 short games are going to drill the idea of f7 mate much better than one long game. Beginners should prefer quantity over quality.

Anyway, you are right. GiveMeTipspls should decide what to do. I generally throw in my tips because I almost feel obliged not to let a beginner suffer due to bad advise. 

I know I should stop doing it. 🤐

I think maybe we should both just let him read all the above suggestions...and use those he finds helpful