pattern recognition and calculation i think, opening traps how not fall for them, dont be afraid to sacrifice in order to get something back you have to give something.... try out positions new things openings stuff you see in books like tactics try to recreate them on your board in real game, lose lose again and again and learn, DO NOT be afraid to lose, remember the saying trick me once shame on you trick me twice shame on me..... my main strength is in tactics correct piece placement and knowing all mates ever made learn and suppress basic mates in 1 2 3 4 5 6 build from there if you recognize mate in 3 you know what leads to that mate you will be make and to create that mate in your game i hope i described it right good luck chess isnt easy if you take it seriously it will shed many tears if you give up you get nothing even if you succeed you will probably get nothing i learned this game to make my dead proud but i never got to play him tho im best player in my family, depends on what you want and what limits you set for yourself after my dad passed away i dont give 1 crap about chess.anyway best of luck.
Book suggestions?
Good Chess Books for Beginners and Beyond.....
https://www.chess.com/blog/RussBell/good-chess-books-for-beginners-and-beyond
Possibly helpful:
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/
http://store.doverpublications.com/0486273024.html
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
50 Essential Chess Lessons by Steve Giddins
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708100833/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review534.pdf
http://www.gambitbooks.com/pdfs/50_Essential_Chess_Lessons.pdf
Simple Chess by Michael Stean
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708104258/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review400.pdf
http://store.doverpublications.com/0486424200.html
Amateur's Mind by Jeremy Silman
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708094419/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/ammind.pdf
https://www.silmanjamespress.com/shop/chess/amateurs-mind-the-2nd-edition/
Chess for Hawks
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/9041.pdf
Chess Strategy: Move by Move by Adam Hunt
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708093249/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review890.pdf
The Power of Pawns by GM Jörg Hickl (2016)
https://chessbookreviews.wordpress.com/tag/the-power-of-pawns/
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/9034.pdf
"... Silman ... defines what he thinks is necessary to know at specific rating levels. For example, the beginner or unrated player needs to know ... Silman's idea is to wait until you climb in strength before you worry about more advanced material. Then, as a Class 'E' player (that's 1000-1199), one must learn ... Silman's book emphasizes to the student that the important thing is to master the strictly limited material at hand, rather than get confused by endings that won't help your results at that level. ... I'll also repeat the point that David Ellinger in ChessCafe makes: '[This ...] demonstrates who this book will truly serve best: anybody who coaches chess. For me, as a perpetually near-2000 player who does part-time coaching, I’ve got in my hands a great resource that will have something for every student, no matter the rating.' ..." - IM John Watson (2007)
http://theweekinchess.com/john-watson-reviews/theres-an-end-to-it-all
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708103149/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review594.pdf
https://www.silmanjamespress.com/shop/chess/silmans-complete-endgame-course/
https://www.amazon.com/Imagination-Chess-Creatively-Foolish-Mistakes/dp/0713488913/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?keywords=chess+book+pasta+gaprindashvili&qid=1550024149&s=gateway&sr=8-1-fkmr1 this is omly book i like but it might be too advanced for you.
"Paata Gaprindashvili established himself as an author of note with Imagination in Chess, his first book. A very good book, it was however short on explanatory material and long on exercises. The explanatory information in that book was quite good despite its brevity, however, and I would have liked to have seen more of it. It ended up being mostly a tactics book with some nice explanations of things like reciprocal thinking (reversing the move order of a combination), but a book that definitely is valuable to improving one's chess thinking."
https://web.archive.org/web/20140708101941/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/review752.pdf
… Kere's Practical Chess Endings ...
Table of Contents
Preface 3
Introduction 7
1 Elementary Endings 8
King and queen against king 8
King and rook against king 8
King and two bishops against king 9
King and two knights against king 10
King, bishop and knight against king 10
King and pawn against king 12
2 Pawn Endings 17
King and pawn against king 17
King and pawn against king and pawn 18
A Pawns on the same file 18
B Pawns on different files 21
King and two pawns against king and pawn 24
A Isolated pawns with a passed pawn 24
B Isolated pawns without a passed pawn 29
C Connected pawns with a passed pawn 33
D Connected pawns without a passed pawn 39
a When one pawn is blocked 39
b Without blocked pawns 44
King and two pawns against king 53
King and two pawns against king and two pawns 53
A: Creation of a passed pawn 54
B The distant passed pawn 54
C The protected passed pawn 55
D The blockade of enemy pawns 56
E Other possibilities 57
Endings with more pawns 59
Practical examples 62
3 Queen Endings 73
Queen against pawn 73
Queen against rook (and pawn) 80
A Queen against rook 80
B Queen against rook and pawn 82
Queen against queen (and pawns) 93
A Queen against queen 93
B Queen against queen and pawn 95
C Queen and pawn(s) against queen and pawn(s) 101
Queen against other pieces 102
A Queen against two rooks 102
B Queen against two bishops 104
C Queen against two knights 105
D Queen against bishop and knight 106
Practical examples 108
4 Rook Endings 119
Rook against pawn(s) 119
Rook and pawn against rook 132
A Rook and rook's pawn 135
B Rook and pawn other than rook's pawn 147
a Pawn on the seventh rank 147
b Pawn on the sixth rank 150
c Pawn on the second to fifth ranks 158
Rook and two pawns against rook 171
Rook and pawn(s) on both sides 187
A Rook and pawn against rook and pawn 188
B Rook and two pawns against rook and pawn 193
Practical examples 203
Rook against minor pieces 216
Rook against bishop 216
Rook against knight 229
Rook and minor piece against rook 233
Rook and bishop against rook 233
Rook and knight against rook 236
5 Bishop Endings 239
Bishop against pawn 239
Bishop and pawn against bishop 248
Bishops of the same colour 254
Bishops of opposite colour 259
A Bishop and two pawns against bishop 260
B Bishop and pawn(s) on both sides 263
Bishop and pawns(s) against knight 267
Bishop against knight and pawn(s) 275
Practical examples 284
6 Knight Endings 311
Knight against pawn(s) 311
Knight and pawn against pawn 319
Knight and pawn(s) against knight 323
Practical examples 330
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I'm currently a low 1300 in blitz and have been practicing playing long games but my only issue is I have no idea what I'm aiming for in the game. Considered Logical Chess: Move by Move and Silman's End Game. I solve plenty of tactics elsewhere and use my 5 freebees here almost every day so I don't think a tactics book is really urgent right now, my main struggle is the middle game and end game.