Learning Chess by first principles

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ChessJoe2511
hi all, I'm a total novice in chess and I'm trying to build a self study program to improve and play decent games at least at amateur/club level. I see many directions I could take and a lot of emphasis on memorizing things. well...my memory is very poor and is not going to help me a lot... also i do not find particularly fascinating to learn things by memorizing only. this is why I would prefer to learn chess by understanding principles that I can later use to adapt to a variety of different gameplay situations. if this makes sense... what would be your suggestions for books, apps, DVDs, YouTube videos, websites, free material or any other media I can use to build my skills? I'd really appreciate your suggestions. thanks a lot. Giuseppe
Antonin1957

For me, the best way to learn chess principles is to play out the games of great players that I admire, or famous games from history. I have an old book, I think called "Great Brilliancy Prize Games of the Chess Masters," that is very useful, because every game shows you some kind of chess principle. 

I prefer to read books instead of watching videos or DVDs.

My memory is also not very good, probably because of my age and the pressures of my job. I don't know any chess openings by name.  But I play and enjoy the game like everyone else.

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