Short And Sweet: Chess Essentials For Beginners! The Oppening

For a beginner, there is nothing more important than understanding the underlying concepts that govern the opening of any chess game. These opening rules determine which player will gain an advantage after the first moves, from beginner games to grandmaster clashes at the very highest level. These principles are the basis of how to play the game and once you know them, you gain the key to rapid and long-lasting improvement.  

So, without further ado, here are six essential chess opening principles that will help you improve your chess and make sure you always know what to do at the start of a game.

In General, Here are the basic rules you should follow When You are Starting Your Game:

1. Develop your Pieces Most chess games can be divided into three phases (provided you don’t get checkmated in four moves). ...
2. Control the Centre, Control the Game ...
3. Coordinate your Pieces to Maximize their Potential ...
4. Protect your King, He’s Kind of Important ...
5. Don’t Bring Your Queen Out Early (Unless You Know What You’re Doing) ...
6. Don’t Blunder (Pay Attention to Your Opponent)

Let's take a detailed look at each of them. 

Developing Your Pieces: The first Thing You should do in your Games is getting all your pieces out! You should first bring out a center pawn, such as the e pawn, and put it in the center of the board. If your opponent lets you, for example maybe by moving one of the side pawns, you should push into the center with your other center pawn. 

If he decides to stop you from achieving center domination maybe by pushing a center pawn of his own, you must initiate plan two, knights. You must bring your knights towards the center of the board. A great rule of thumb to follow is to avoid moving the same piece twice!

Next line of action is your bishop, move your 2 bishops from the 8th or 1st rank to a square that is more useful, for instance, pinning the knight to the queen.

We Then get the rooks to Connect each other (see each other) by using a special chess move called castling! 

By castling, we also keep our king safe from any bad threats! This is very important, loosing your king is an automatic loose, so best to keep him safe! 

NOTE: Do not bring the queen early out unless you know what you are doing! Doing so means your opponent can easily attack and develop for free, Which is not Good! For Example! 

See how he got his queen out and trapped his own queen! He Got his queen out too early! that's why!

TEST: WHO IS BETTER WHITE OR BLACK

If you said White, congratulations! Your on your way to become a formidable chess player. Despite white having no material advantage, White is up space and has all his pieces out!

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