how to get good at chess

"... Sure, fast games are fine for practicing openings (not the most important part of the game for most players) and possibly developing decent board vision and tactical 'shots', but the kind of thinking it takes to plan, evaluate, play long endgames, and find deep combinations is just not possible in quick chess. ... for serious improvement ... consistently play many slow games to practice good thinking habits. ..." - NM Dan Heisman (2002)
web.archive.org/web/20140627052239/https://www.chesscafe.com/text/heisman16.pdf
"... Review each of your games, identifying opening (and other) mistakes with the goal of not repeatedly making the same mistake. ... It is especially critical not to continually fall into opening traps – or even lines that result in difficult positions ... Read many annotated game collections ... By looking at entire games, the aspiring player learns about openings, middlegames, and endgames all at one fell swoop. Playing through annotated games spurs improvement as the reader learns how good players consistently handle common positions and problems. ..." - NM Dan Heisman (2007)
web.archive.org/web/20140627062646/https://www.chesscafe.com/text/heisman81.pdf
"... Logical Chess [(Batsford edition by Chernev)] ... a collection of 33 games ... is definitely for beginners and players who are just starting to learn about development, weak squares, the centre, standard attacking ideas, and the like. In many ways, it would [be] a wonderful 'first' book (or first 'serious' book, after the ones which teach the rules and elementary mates, for example), and a nice gift for a young player just taking up chess. ..." - IM John Watson (1999)
theweekinchess.com/john-watson-reviews/assorted-recent-books
www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1004861

First of all hire the chess coach is the best way to improve your chess. If you can't afford, the next thing is to watch Youtube or Twitch and follow their stream. You can get a lot of free lesson online. Lastly, practice more games. Hope this help.

have a look at what i do, and do the opposite.

Iike Bobby Fischer : You have to study, and fight,and destroy the opponents Ego.

I think thaJazycupcake42t is right

The first and foremost is to find the thing in chess that you don’t wanna do and attack that ruthlessly

If it’s tactics then practice for an hour

If it’s opening then drill in opening

If it’s those theoretical rook endgames that you ignore then crack open the old endgame books

If it’s studying chess in general then study

Playing games is fun and all but playing a ton of games will simply maximize your current capability, it won’t improve it

@Pistachio-croissant said in #1:
> how to get good at chess
fall in love with chess and give your best dedication to it...

Study what you dont know until you get proeficient at it. Minimum 1 hour a day, probably should stick to the same topic for like 2 weeks to a month or so. Then go to a new subject.

Rinse and repeat.

"... This book is the first volume in a series of manuals designed for players who are building the foundations of their chess knowledge. The reader will receive the necessary basic knowledge in six areas of the game - tactics, positional play, strategy, the calculation of variations, the opening and the endgame. ... To make the book entertaining and varied, I have mixed up these different areas, ..." - GM Artur Yusupov
www.qualitychess.co.uk/ebooks/Revision&Exam1-excerpt.pdf