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Similar questions have been asked before here or here. Still I think it would be more useful to have these resources listed by level. There is not much point for a beginner to listen to a GM explainin …

Once you have a decent understanding of plans and positional play, learning openings will make much more sense because you will understand why a certain move is made and also what to do if your opponent …

It is worth it learning the common tactics that would have been possible at move 5 starting with Nxe5. …

Some typical things to look out for in the middle game in order to develop a plan... This assumes that it is a relatively quiet position without any imminent tactics that need to be taken care of firs …

Still, I don't see what point there is in learning the color of squares independent of any other chess knowledge. … Learning by just playing/analyzing could for instance go as follows: You notice that a black light-squared bishop in many games goes from c8 to g4 to pin a white knight on f3 to the white queen on d1. …

In your example the game was basically played on the kingside only as your "pawn storm" did not get beyond the 5th rank. With or without pawn storm white would not really want to put pieces on the que …

Have a look at The path of learning chess and see how you can match this with what chess.com offers. … Avoid learning openings by heart. Watch videos aimed at beginners on youtube, chess24 or any other website (there are questions on SE about recommended websites as well). …

This is a game between beginners. Nothing wrong with that, but there is not much point at this level giving a very deep explanation as to the "why". Both players should pay more attention to not bl …

Many people advised me that I should analyze my own games. Good advise, but unfortunately impossible to do for a beginner. In short is there a website/engine that decodes the chess moves from …

I don't know this particular book, but IMO, tactics training is much better done with a computer/website, which will tell you immediately where you went wrong, without you having to look up the soluti …

No, there is no chance for white to draw, let alone win, this game. In fact, if you enter this into an endgame tablebase it will tell you that it is mate in 13 moves with perfect play from both sides. …

Not a scientific answer, but several points that seem obvious to me: Just as with many activities, in order to maintain your level in chess you need a bit of practice. Or said differently, if you st …

This is more about self-discipline than learning things (at least at the beginner level). Regarding "4": This you should be able to find in books. …

Your analysis is pretty much to the point. I am not a 1. d4 or Slav player, but the opening looks fine to me. Basically you liked the (sham) sacrifice starting with 14 e4 so much that you ignored th …

As pointed out by Glorfindel, these are evaluations, which tell you who the engine thinks is better. A positive score means white is better, a negative black is better and values around zero mean that …