Tips for newbies

Hi all,

As i am a new player to chess and would love to get a lot better i wanted to know what a newbie like me can do to improve my game. Sure i already read some local books and searched the internet. But there is so mutch to find and read that it is hard to start somewhere. Ofcourse i read about the principless of chess and i try to put it in my game, but do you guys have specific tips for the new chess players?

What do i start with? What can i try to get better? Do i have to learn openings at this stage?

Please, any info is welcome. What did you do when you started playing chess and wanted to get better?

I’d say the three most important things in the beginning are

Tactical Motifs

Basic Endgame Positions (eg K and R vs K)

Thought Process

Dan Heisman’s Novice Nook articles are a great place to learn more about all of those topics for free.

I would say that a giant key to improvement is to go through your losses, very soon after losing a game. Start from the beginning, and play through until you find that you are worse than your opponent. Back up a couple of moves until you feel you are even. Then, figure out where you became worse. Was it a tactic? Discovery? Fork? Drill that lesson into your head. Take your time, don't rush. Have a drink, sit there and absorb it. Play slower time controls so you have more time to evaluate how safe your pieces are. Look for those discoveries. Go through your games until you have your losing moments figured out for each game. This will help your game immensely, and doesn't cost a penny.

I'm curious, what's a "local book'?

Ok, thx fo the tips so far.

By local book i meant a book in my language :-)

dude toren il give u some tips, go get premium in this site, its awesome u can do chess mentor which helps u in all the basics and even advanced after u complete that theres much more; first try getting the 10 day trial version its free

Will think about it pogo