New member!

I have just joined chess.com  A new member and a novice at chess. I hope to meet members who will be of help and make my membership fruitful. Thanks!

Welcome!  Start playing then!

Keep your head down, your eyes shut, your language clean and your nose wiped.... you might just fit in here.

There has recently been a clear out of the useless...Please take your place at the table.. a mod will be along presently to tend your needs.

@OP: Welcome to the best chess site on the web! We hope you find plenty of fun here.

Thanks very much for all your commments!

Your welcome Korsiemma!   Oh! The comments probably haven't stopped yet!  Timezones n' die hards,,it's endless!

Thanks. And yes,I know,more comments will flow in...

Hey korsiemma, didn't I tell you to start playing?

Akwaaba ba chess.com (is that the right language? )

Yes,I'll start to play. You've done well...it should be Akwaaba korsiemma.

Good to see new faces....Hope it goes well.

I was trying to say welcome to chess.com, though I suppose welcome korsiemma would have been fine also .

I suggest making friends with a couple of high-rated players (1600 is high for me) and playing them often.

welcome

Gert-Jan van der Wouden? Thanks,anyway.

Thanks for your advice!

Then I will accept your Akwaaba chess.com like that. Good!

Thanks cogwheel!

Thanks eddysallin.

How about heni odjen? 

That's Ga,I think: Where are you from?

Welcome to the site! You're going to have lots of fun here. I would suggest, also, to seek out some higher rated players to play, but offer to play them unrated. Higher rated players seldom want to risk rating points against low rated or unknown players.

Your best bet is just to leap in and start. HOWEVER, as a novice you should be playing long games--preferably online games at 3 days per move. Too many new players here get addicted to blitz games, and after several thousand games they are still terrible players! Slow games are the way to go until you've developed your skills.

I'm from Slough (near London), England.