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Don’t study openings. Study fundamentals. Chess.com is a great way to get free information. This series is excellent https://www.amazon.com/Winning-Chess-Tactics-Everyman/dp/1857443861
I don't know your level, but if you're a novice (as it sounds like you are) here's my advice:
As for the specific parts of the game, here are my suggestions. in order of importance:
Endgames: Learn to your level, then practice them on Chesstempo/friend/computer.
Tactics: It's tactics all the way down!
Openings: Play with the same openings. Don't spend too long on each, but maybe watch a few videos to get the ideas behind them.
Thought process:
That's all I got for now. Good luck!
Agreement. This may be a better book for tactics at the OP level.
https://www.amazon.com/Winning-Chess-Tactics-Everyman/dp/1857443861
Seirawan books deserve more love. Much better than the oft lauded Silman tomes.
2 books really helped me:
Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess
and
Winning Chess Tactics
Also my chess.com ID is: Masageef
start a free account, challenge me and I could talk you through some stuff. (I'm not great but I've played chess everyday for probably around 10 years).
Reading a book on tactical patterns could help you; the free Chess Tactics Explained or Yasser Seirawan's Winning Chess Tactics aretwo good options.
Another thing that helped me recently was taking some time off, and when I came back, taking more time to solve each puzzles. Instead of playing the first move that looks good and reacting to the computer's move, figure out in advance what the computer can play and how you can keep on going. It makes problem solving longer, can make you pull out your hair, but is extremely rewarding when after 20 minutes you figure out the complete sequence of moves.
Good luck!
Play Winning Chess Tactics by Yasser Seriawan (&Jeremy Silman)
A fantastic beginners book, and he's got a whole series out there that are very easy to read, filled with tests and practice and examples. Each chapter starts out with a different tactic, some personal story from Yasser, and then tests at the end of every chapter to reinforce what you learned.
The end of the books have biographies of famous tacticians and advanced tests where you put everything you have learned together. The answers and explanations are complete in the book. I found it a great book to begin learning with and have often recommended it to others. I have some of the Silman books recommended in this thread, and I don't think any of them are as good for beginners as Yasser's.
I also recommend in the same series Play Winning Chess Openings and Play Winnings Chess Strategies They are all on Amazon or ebay for purchase.
Chess is hard. To be honest I don't really remember how I got over that initial hump in the learning curve myself where things started to make sense to me, but I'll link you a video that will probably be somewhat helpful to you.
It's a deep game though, don't think that you can just watch some videos and get good. You need practice and study. Practice chess tactics and learn some basic opening principles. The first chess book I ever got was this one.
If I recall correctly it is pretty beginner friendly. Once you know the rules and how the game works knowing basic tactical patterns will help you.
When you play games, longer time controls will be better for a beginner. It gives you more time to think and plan. If you are playing blitz or bullet games, there is not much instructional value to be gleaned from them, especially for a beginner. I'd say 15 minutes +.
Ok, here is what I recommend:
Start with a book like "Logical Chess: Move by Move". It is a very instructional book with every move annotated and will help you understand why certain moves are made. It is very basic and would be a great place to start, it's only assumption is that you already know how the pieces move. Go through at least one game a day, go through it slowly, and play it out on a board.
Second, study tactics. Make sure you start with a beginning tactics book, stuff you can solve. I recommend picking up Winning Chess Tactics and Chess Tactics for Students.
After that, just play games. Lots of slow games, not fast. When I say slow, I mean at least 60 minutes a game so you have time to think. Make sure you think about every single move, don't play any of them fast. A good rule of thumb is divide the time you play the game by 40 (so a game with 60 minutes per side would mean you should spend roughly a minute and a half on every move).
Yeah, sure.
It depends on a few things. How seriously do you want to take it, and what are your goals. If you want to just casually learn about the game and kind of play it from time to time, that's greatly different from someone that wants to try and get really good etc.
I guess, what does get into chess mean to you? ;)
I'll give a more detailed writeup after that, haha.
edit: Some starter info I guess!
There can be more details etc but that's basically it.
From the FAQ on the right side ---------->
1) Chess Tactics for Students by John Bain
3) Back to Basics: Tactics (ChessCafe Back to Basics Chess) by Dan Heisman
4) Winning Chess Tactics, revised (Winning Chess – Everyman Chess) by Seirawan
8) 1001 Tactics Time! From the Games of Everyday Chess Players by Tim Brennan and Anthea Carson
I think it's a good idea to start with a chess book because its structure and organization of puzzles from easy to hard will probably help the learning process.
Then you can test your new knowledge on tactics website.
Two suitable books :
https://www.amazon.com/Winning-Chess-Tactics-Everyman/dp/1857443861/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1467101274&sr=1-1&keywords=seirawan+winning+chess+tactics
https://www.amazon.com/Chess-Tactics-Champions-step-step/dp/081293671X
Honestly, get a tactics book. Start with a beginner one and do the puzzles. All of them. Make sure you understand them, especially the ones you get wrong. This will easily put you above 1000. Then you can get a more advanced one.
Here is a good one that covers the basic tactical motifs and then some:
https://www.amazon.com/Winning-Chess-Tactics-Everyman/dp/1857443861
Seriously, don't ignore tactics.
My first chess books and they laid a great foundation IMO.
Winning Chess Tactics (Winning Chess - Everyman Chess) https://www.amazon.com/dp/1857443861/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_6cxuyb72M9N01
Winning Chess Strategies (Winning Chess - Everyman Chess) https://www.amazon.com/dp/1857443853/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_Kdxuyb38ZVT8B
I think I understand what you are trying to experiment. You are asking if 2 beginners start playing chess while reading different beginner books, how will their play styles and understanding of the game change? I think this is a very interesting idea, and although I hypothesize that "no matter how different the books are, the difference will be because of the players, not the books" I will gladly suggest some ideas for your experiment.
There are plenty of chess books that are written by classical GMs that many people still find amazingly helpful.
"Capablanca's Chess Fundamentals" is still a very good for learning strong end game and good idea of how pieces work together. His end games are still considered some of the cleanest. He was somebody who could take puzzling situations and make them simple. It's very satisfying to following his games.
"My System" by GM Nimzowitsch is a bit different. Where as Capablanca relied more on classical openings and simplified situations with strong piece control, Nizomwitisch was of the hypermodern school which focused more on challenging the old classical fundamental beliefs and positional superiority.
If both of you start with one of each book, it'd be interesting to see how both of you end up playing. But honestly as beginners, (I'm a low level asshole myself aka patzer) some of the higher level things we're talking about here may not even mean anything for a long time.
Honestly, everybody in life has a certain chess style. Some play for the tactics, some for positions, some for the calculations, while others for the pattern recognition, some play sharp while some play loose, some play meek while some play aggressively. It really depends on you as a player, and I think that in the end, no matter which book you start with, you will end up the player you are going to be anyway.
As for other books that may be of interest for both of you, as they always say in chess "tactics, tactics, tactics": it may be a good idea to supplement both of your books with a tactical book such as https://www.amazon.com/Winning-Chess-Tactics-Everyman/dp/1857443861 or https://www.amazon.com/Chess-Tactics-Champions-step-step/dp/081293671X or this https://www.amazon.com/Predator-At-Chessboard-Field-Tactics/dp/1430308001
and also supplement tactics with mating motifs like this: https://www.amazon.com/How-Beat-Your-Chess-Gambit/dp/1901983056
I hope you and your friend have a lot of fun playing and learning together. I have definitely enjoyed playing with my work mates. If you guys haven't chosen an online platform already, I suggest lichess.org or chess.com. Both are very great sites for playing chess for free. One is absolutely free and offers some very cool features for self analysis and community study material, while the other has paid premium memberships which offer a breadth of learning material in videos and articles.
study tactics man. get a book or 2 off of amazon and go through the whole thing.. problems and all.
http://www.amazon.com/Winning-Chess-Tactics-Everyman/dp/1857443861/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1407472357&sr=1-1&keywords=winning+chess+tactics
This book will help you understand common tactical themes and when to look for them.
then after this one, get a more advanced one. ask if you want more suggestions.