newbiee

I am not qualified to give any kind of advice on chess matters except maybe on how to pick out a nice chic outfit to wear at a world class chess tournament, but welcome Arunima!

hmmm... a complaint to the moderator is in order, I think.

Wow man, good job. You should crack some more jokes. and while u are at it we could even throw some dishes at your face. now that would be fun

This kind of thing seems normal here, unfortunately.

Why don't you guys just piss off. Arunima the best way to learn on this site is to start taking the lessons, solve tactics by calculating the solution in your head before making any moves, play a lot of 30 min rapid games, try to analyze each game you play by yourself and when your finished with your analysis then analyze it with the computer and see where you made your mistakes. Good luck!

Was that so difficult guys? If anyone has any better suggestions go right ahead.

How do you do that? Usually I would expect a 'flag message' button or something.

Possibly of interest:
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
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
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708092617/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review560.pdf
https://www.chess.com/article/view/book-review-winning-chess-endings
https://web.archive.org/web/20140627132508/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/hansen173.pdf
http://www.nystar.com/tamarkin/review1.htm

Start with "Logical Chess: Move by Move by Irving Chernev (1957)"

Ignore the sexist remarks. They are trolls. We need more women in chess and chess is as good for women as it is for men. They probably just got crushed by a woman in a game. 

Wow, men in the chess seem pretty damn gross. I'm sorry for all the females in here damn what annoying pigs

So what am I supposed to tell the fellow engineering student that are female that can design and calculate better than a majority of men. Am I supposed to tell her to step down and not work on technologies that better America. Women can in fact calculate, if they can do math they can calculate. "God" didn't make females without a brain they know how to use it

There's a ton of them. There's also wemon doctors, laywers, cnc operators, welders. Listen it's simple they aren't from the future your just from the past.

ArunimaN -

There will be something to get your started in the right direction here...

Good Chess Books for Beginners and Beyond....

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

P.S. - Ignore the jerks - the purveyors of negativity - on the forums and you'll do fine...

Check Genesis again. Eve didn't tempt Adam with an apple. If she had, do you think apple trees would still *exist* on this planet?