Chess Principles you MUST know

These principles serve as a guideline whenever you are confused what to do next.

CHESS PRINCIPLES YOU MUST KNOW:

1. Control the center of board

2. Develop pieces quickly

3. Develop Knights before bishops

4. Dont move same piece twice in opening

5. Dont bring out queen too early,

6. Castle before move 10.

7. Connect rooks.

8. Rooks should go on open or half open files.

9. Knights on the edge of the board are bad.

10. Avoid double pawns.

11. Avoid isolated pawns.

12. Avoid backward pawns.

13. Dont trade bishop for knight

14. Avoid moving pawns in front of castled king except the pawn on the last file. Move the pawn on the last file to avoid getting checkmated on the back rank.

15. Don't open center if king is still there.

16. 2 minor pieces are better than rook and pawn.

17. 3 minor pieces is better than queen

18. Rooks are strong on 7th rank or 2nd rank.

19. Doubled rooks on open file are very strong.

20. Bishops are better in open positions, knights are better in closed positions.

21.Deal with attack on flank with attack on centre.

22. Capture toward centre with pawns.

23. End game, king is valuable

24. Rooks go behind passed pawn

25. 2 connected pawns on 6th rank beats rook 26. Attack base of pawn chain

27. Knights are best blockaders of pawns

28. If position is cramped, trade pieces.

29. When ahead, trade pieces but not pawns

30. When down, trade pawns but not pieces

31. If you are losing, keep the position complicated and don't trade pieces.