Tips for a new player

Hi everyone,

I'm very much a new and inexperienced player and am interested in improving my game. Can anyone point me at any tutorials and or tips aimed at new players that would benefit me?

Thanks in advance,
Marc

Chess ops was the best but it seems to be down.But this is also a nice site:
http://www.ex.ac.uk/~dregis/DR/

jeremysilman.com & chesscafe.com