1) Control the centre. 2) Develop your minor pieces. 3) Castle your king to safe side. 4) After castling keep good pawn formation around king. 5) Don't bring your queen out early. 6) Knights are better in closed positions 7) Knight on the rim is dim. 8) Bishops are better in open positions. 9) Place your pawns on the opposite square colour of your bishop. 10) If your position is cramped, trade peices. 11) Trade your inactive peice with opponent active peice. 12) When you are ahead in material trade peices but not pawns. 13)When you are down in material trade pawns not pieces. 14) Develop rooks to open files or semi-open files. 15) Put your rooks on opponents 7th rank. 16) Don't sacrifice without good reason. 17) Two minor pieces are better than one rook. 18) Three minor peices are better than queen. 19) Create a battery. 20) Find forcing moves. 21) Capture pawn towards the centre. 22) Avoid double pawns. 23) Create protected pass pawns or pass pawns. 24) Put your rook behind the pass pawn. 25) Avoid unnecessary pawn moves and unnecessary exchanges. 26) Don't play too much different openings, 3 openings for white and 3 openings for black. 27)Occupy weak squares of your opponent with minor peices. 28) Analyse the games you played. 29) Try solving puzzles. 30) Study middle games and end games.
1) Control the centre.
2) Develop your minor pieces.
3) Castle your king to safe side.
4) After castling keep good pawn formation around king.
5) Don't bring your queen out early.
6) Knights are better in closed positions
7) Knight on the rim is dim.
8) Bishops are better in open positions.
9) Place your pawns on the opposite square colour of your bishop.
10) If your position is cramped, trade peices.
11) Trade your inactive peice with opponent active peice.
12) When you are ahead in material trade peices but not pawns.
13)When you are down in material trade pawns not pieces.
14) Develop rooks to open files or semi-open files.
15) Put your rooks on opponents 7th rank.
16) Don't sacrifice without good reason.
17) Two minor pieces are better than one rook.
18) Three minor peices are better than queen.
19) Create a battery.
20) Find forcing moves.
21) Capture pawn towards the centre.
22) Avoid double pawns.
23) Create protected pass pawns or pass pawns.
24) Put your rook behind the pass pawn.
25) Avoid unnecessary pawn moves and unnecessary exchanges.
26) Don't play too much different openings, 3 openings for white and 3 openings for black.
27)Occupy weak squares of your opponent with minor peices.
28) Analyse the games you played.
29) Try solving puzzles.
30) Study middle games and end games.