"The first book I should buy is..."
A tube of glue.
Glue down the pawns a2-c2 and f2-h2 so you cannot move them.
Always amazes me that players can toss the names of books about without
seeing the strength of the player they are tossing them to.
The book you need is
Improve Your Chess by Fred Reinfeld.
ISBN 0 571 09393 0
It shows the 9 most common mistakes made by inexperienced players.
In the last game you finished on here you broke 6 of them.
(If the game had lasted more than 15 moves I'm pretty you would have
bagged all nine.)
Look at my White games under 25 moves.
Click the button so you can see the final position.
You will see how often I end up with the above pawn formation.
And 95% of the time I am castled.
Only the d and e-pawns need be moved in the opening.
Leave the other pawns alone - don't touch them.
You want three good resons to move any other pawn, if you cannot find
three good reasons then leave it where it is.
This is called thinking before you move, it's a secret mysterious trick good players use.
JBru223 - Jaroslavgeo RHP July 2013
1. e4 e5 2. Qf3 {This is a bad move. In 1.e4 e5 openings the g1 Knight's natural home is Nf3. You develop a piece and attacka pawn. The Queen should not be used till the minor bits, the Knights and Bishops are in play and a player has castled.} 2... f6 {That is a poor reply. It develops nothing, opens the diagonal to the Black King. Both player's g-file Knights are now homeless.} 3. g4 {What is that doing? You have actually blocked a way to get to that diagonal that Black just weakened. Every opening move is precious. Don't waste them on pointless pawn moves.} 3... h6 {Another bad move as it develops nothing. If that pawn on g4 was not there you could storm in with Qh5 check and misplace his King.} 4. Bc4 {Excellent a piece has been developed. It is in the game.} 4... Nc6 {Two good moves on the bounce! Both sides are developing pieces. This is what the good players do.} 5. Bxg8 {And White trades his developed piece for an undeveloped piece. Usually a very bad decision but I was willing to give a slight nod of approval because it has the seeds of being a good move.} 5... Rxg8 6. c4 {What a stinking move. A pointless pawn push that seriously weakens the sqaure d3. Will you leave the pawns alone It aslo stops the one good move you had up your sleeve. 6..Ne2 was the move. Development.} 6... Nb4 {Now look at the position. If that stupid c-pawn was back on c2 you could have played 7.Qb3 here defending c2 and hitting that loose Rook on g8 (the sole benefit of 5.Bxg8.) that gains you a tempo. You use the tempo to get pieces out pointing at the centre of the board.} 7. Na3 {Pracically forced into developing a Knight on the worse square it can go to in the opening.} 7... a5 8. Qf5 {The lone Queen sets off to attack the King. Black should have played 8...g6 here.} 8... d5 9. Qg6+ {The weakening of the diagonal to the Black King has resulted in the King blocking up the Kingside. If you had other minor pieces developed here you could have started kicking the Kings all over the board.} 9... Ke7 10. exd5 c6 {Not a bad move, he wants the d-file opened so he can plant a Knight on d3.} 11. d6+ {What was that played for? 11.Nf3 and 12.0-0.} 11... Qxd6 12. Nf3 {Out comes the Knight on move 12. Far too late. Now those silly pawn moves 3.g4 and 6.c4 are highlighted as weak moves.} 12... Nd3+ {The weak square d3 is conquered thanks to 6.c4. Well done for not playing 13.Ke2 here and walking into 13...Nf4+} 13. Kf1 Nf4 14. c5 {This is a blunder. Better was 14.Qe4 when you lose that silly g-pawn. Never play tit for tat if you are the second player. The first player always has the advantage.and here with one simple move...} 14... Qd5 {He hits the f3 Knight whilst your Queen is still under attack. A piece has gone.} 15. Qh7 {This game is lost. Black correctly ignores this attack on his Rook.} 15... Qxf3 {White resigned. The final White position tells it all. An uncastled King, holes in his position due to thoughtless pawn moves, 3 undeveloped pieces, a Knight out of play and the Queen chasing a Rook whilst the King is getting mated.}