Chess Tips

I really enjoy a good set of tips so I can do better in games.  So here are some chess tips to help you in your chess games.

1) Attack the center

2) Don’t get your queen out too early.  “A queen out early never comes home”

3) Develop Knights before developing Bishops

4) Try not to move the same piece twice.  After  1 d4…d5  2 c4…c6  3 e3…e6  4 Bd3?… dxc4  makes the bishop retreat so you loose a tempo.

5) To complete your developing and King safety, you need to castle.  I like to castle Kingside But there is more to that move toward King safety than just castling.  Castle opposite your opponent’s pieces even if it means castling Queenside especially if your pieces are only active on the Queenside .

6) There is one key thing about the pawn chain and that is that you will make a weak Bishop and you will also have distinguished a strong Bishop.  Weak and strong Bishops or good and bad bishops have their advantages and their disadvantages.  The bad bishop you might want to trade for a knight if you have something else to win.  The good bishop you will want to keep.  This also gives your opponent a target and a goal to win the good bishop.  There are pros and cons to this.

7) It really helps if you keep your rooks on open ranks and files.  Your opponent will feel cramped and cannot safely activate his own rooks and queens.

8) If you can only open 1 rank or file try doubling your rooks or making the “Alekhine’s gun“.  It can blow up your opponent’s camp.  My worst fear in chess is that my opponent will make this Alekhine’s gun.  Really dangerous.

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