Help Yourself!-General Tips to Improve Your Chess

There are many things you can do to improve your chess.

Use free tools like chessbase lite to record and analyze your games. Keep a record of your games and use a computer program to help you find tactical errors.
Study your games(!)-Try not to make the same mistakes twice
Read other chess books-This is very important

Here is a minimum library

• Nunn’s Chess Openings-GM John Nunn
• Dvoretsky’s Endgame Manual-Mark Dvoretsky
• Excelling at Technical Chess-Jacob Aagaard
• A tactical quiz book
• One or more games collections books (Capablanca, Alekhine and Karpov etc)

Use the Internet to get free tips for chess improvement. This site has some very helpful tips chesscafe.com for starters.

Do not try to learn everything at once. Try for a slow steady improvement. Learn the basics first. You need good endgame skills and calculation ability to be a strong player. You need to know how to work on your games. Know some important games by the world champions.

Don’t spend too much time on learning openings. Read games collections. Read over complete games from beginning to end slowly and then read the game again.

Read chess colums-Like the Washing ton Post. Theyarchive alot of materials!

Good luck