Best approach for beginner

Hey guys, I'm a beginner chess player and just wondering what the best method for learning is. I've joined chess.com and  lichess and have been playing quite a bit.

Should I learn a few different openings really well or be more broad? What are the best openings to concentrate on early?  https://100001.onl/

Thanks for the help!

hi MichelKesin with the right habits and attitude, getting better at chess can be both fun and simple. Chess.com is a great place where you can practice and learn tactical patterns and motifs, endgames, openings, middlegame etc etc etc. Please have a look at this support page for more detailed information https://support.chess.com/article/437-how-do-i-get-better-at-chess

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Dear MichelKesin,

I am a certified, full-time chess coach and International Master, so I have seen it and tried it all.
There are so many ways to get better and I know it can be overwhelming.
You can learn from free videos on youtube, there are books at your disposal that can all help, but they are not tailored to your needs.

One of the most important things you can do is to analyze your games! You must learn from your mistakes! That is a priority. You can't really move on to a new, different topic and learn new ideas if you still make the same mistakes over and over again!

This is where a chess coach comes into the picture. A good coach can show you how to study,  what to study, and give you the material YOU need. Naturally, it takes time to use everything in practice, but you will succeed if you are relentless and persistent!
You should learn the main principles in every area of the game (opening, middlegame, endgame).  Don't focus on only one part! You should improve your tactical vision as well as it is part of all areas!  
This how I built my training program for my students. We discuss more than one topic during a lesson so it's always interesting and they can improve constantly. I give homework too and the right tools to make practicing enjoyable and effective!
Don't worry about your rating and the ups and downs! Just keep on playing and practicing!

I hope this helps.  I wish you good games and 100+ extra ratings

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"wondering what the best method for learning is"
++ The best method for learning is to play and analyse your lost games.

"Should I learn a few different openings really well or be more broad?"
++ You should not learn any opening at all. Just develop your ieces into play and control the center.

"What are the best openings to concentrate on early?"
++ Do not concentrate on openings, concentrate on tactics. Good openings are 1 e4 e5 and 1 d4 d5 for black and 1 e4 for white.

Play slower time limits so you can think, analyse your games as soon as you finish to see what you might do differently next time, learn opening principles rather than set openings, do a few puzzles to help pattern recognition, be polite it costs nothing, enjoy yourself it’s supposed to be harmless fun 😊

There is a great yt (and twitch) series called Building habits, I strongly recommend you to watch it. Grandmaster Aman started a new account at 400 elo and follows a set of rules as he climbs the ladder. By following those rules you can improve quite well.

My name is Lauren Goodkind and I'm a chess coach based in California.  I have tips to help you.  

 Many beginners start with the e4/ e5 opening.   Then I suggest focusing on getting the knights and bishops out toward the center.  

I also offer a  free beginner’s free eBook on my website, www.ChessByLauren.com in case you are interested. 

   Before each move, I highly encourage you ask questions before every move such as, “If I move here, is it safe?”, “Can I safely capture a piece?”, and more.  

Also consider all checks and captures on your side and also your opponent’s side. 

Learn basic tactics such as the fork, discovered attack, pin, and more.  I offer interactive puzzles on my website: https://www.chessbylauren.com/two-choice-puzzles.php  

If you are serious about chess, I highly recommend you hiring a chess coach to help you.  

I hope that this helps.  

😀

Welcome to chess, mate!

Best approach is dependent on personality and attributes, along with time availability and even finances. Best free approach? Learning opening principles, basic endgame technique, learn the different tactical motifs, and work on solving a lot of puzzles with those motifs. Play games, analyze them to discover your mistakes then try to determine why you made them and how to fix those erroneous thought processes. As you progress you will want to study more advanced endgame techniques, specific opening ideas, review master games with those openings you are looking at, and getting into some deeper concepts of making evaluations of positions to generate correct planning and calculation techniques to enhance tactical prowess.

Always keep it fun. You learn best when you’re having fun and pleasure activity in your mind. Have a good journey!

Openings are very boring.

Better to learn the basics in something that covers all of that, such as a series of tutorials or a book.

Firstly, you need to learn to not lose: First task is to get enough practice in to the point where you are avoiding one move blunders i.e. giving material away for free. And of course, you should be on the lookout for free pieces you can take from your opponent. Not blundering anything in 1 move is an essential skill.

Then I'd say you should work on checkmating with rook and rook (or queen) ladder mate, and queen vs king checkmate

Next you should learn the basic tactical themes of pin, fork, skewer, discovery, and most importantly, tactics surrounding undefended/underdefended pieces. You should get to the point where you can spot these two move tactical patterns.

After that, you should learn some basic checkmate patterns, and from this point, practicing good habits should increase your rating.

Past that, you should think about maybe incorporating other things into your training such as openings, King and rook checkmate, more advanced tactics, and endgames, but that should all wait until you have the basics locked down.

 

Yep

Keep your repertoire as simple as possible.

Start with beginner endgames and tactics, experience will increase the difficulty level you can handle.

Try to record yourself (talk about the game out loud) to capture your thought process (unless you remember everything).

During games, focus on:

Centre control (by pawns/pieces)

Development (activity/roles/coordination/threats/mobility)

King safety (castle look for checks)

Annotate your every game with your thoughts about each move (more details will help others help you)

Learn from your mistakes in loses and your opponent's in wins

Once you've improved some, add to it:

Pawn structure

Material

Got that, now add:

Evaluation: comparing everything above

Calculation: visualizing future potential moves starting with:

All Checks, threats of capture (you and opponent), tension (either side can capture)

Building plans:

Using your evaluations & calculations

It will be a very slow process in the beginning (forget 30 minute games). Once your develop a process and get more experience, it will take less and less time. Some of your process becomes automatic/intuition and you can test with 30 min games. After that you speed up with improvement.

Otherwise, it's just game...play bullet/blitz/rapid

But whatever route you choose, have fun with it.

Edit: the way to do that is to learn to embrace losing

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