HOW TO IMPROVE
“Every chess player's favorite topic is how to improve. Want to play chess better? Of course you do! Every chess player's favorite topic is how to improve. It's hard to know where to go after learning the basics. Motivation is an important factor and just asking the question -- 'How can I improve?' -- is a first step.”
READ & STUDY & LEARN & PLAY & ANALAYZE & don’t forget to play through the games of the greats.
Reference: Study Plans for Improvement & Reference: Books
TRAINING:
Chess E Book - http://www.chessebook.com/index.php
MyChess - http://www.mychess.com/
Video - http://www.chessvideos.tv/
GAME DATA BASE SITES:
ChessGames - http://www.chessgames.com/index.html
365Games - http://365chess.com/
NIC (quality games) - http://www.newinchess.com/NICBase/Default.aspx?PageID=400
GameKnot (1600+ patzers play) - http://gameknot.com/chess-games-database.pl
Chess Data Base - http://www.chess-database.com/DBQuery/dbquery.html
ANALYZE:
Chess Lab - http://www.chesslab.com/PositionSearch.html
TACTICS TACTICS TACTICS
Chess Tactics Server - http://chess.emrald.net/
Chess Tempo (tactics) - http://chesstempo.com/chess-tactics.html
Predator at the Chessboard - http://www.chesstactics.org/
OPENINGS:
The Most Common Chess Openings - http://chess.about.com/od/openings/tp/TopOpenings.htm
General - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_opening
Theory - http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Opening_theory_in_chess
How to Learn an Opening - http://www.chessville.com/instruction/instr_open_how_to_learn_openings.htm
PROBLEMS & PUZZLES:
Find the move - http://www.enpassant.dk/chess/problems/problemsuk.htm
Chess Problems - http://www.chessproblems.com/
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