true!!! thank u!
the importance of development
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Zik000 a écrit :
true!!! thank u!
u´re welcome 
Jun 15, 2019
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Great to see someone talking about chess here! Thought I would contribute, too. Mine is for later in the game, after the first few moves.
I recently completed my first hundred games, and I have developed a sort of "defensive driving " strategy along the way. Here are a few of the main points that are part of a mental checklist I try to remember to go through before finalizing my move.
1 "Why did they do that?" What is the purpose of your opponents current move?
2 Do I have any unprotected pieces that are threatened now or by my planned next move?
3 Check for threats on the diagonals! (in the driving analogy, "check your mirrors...")
4 Before pouncing on that unprotected piece: does your opponent want you to take it, is it a trap? (see point 1!)
And when I am weighing a move, I always try to play through a couple of likely moves and countermoves: do I end up in a better position or winning material, is there some concrete gain to making that move?
If you follow these simple suggestions, I guarantee that your game will improve and you will make fewer blunders!
Jun 15, 2019
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Think I will add one more. This is for later in the match, when there are knights that can be a threat: check ALL the possible knight moves! Tricky devils...
lawrence1950 a écrit :
Great to see someone talking about chess here! Thought I would contribute, too. Mine is for later in the game, after the first few moves.
I recently completed my first hundred games, and I have developed a sort of "defensive driving " strategy along the way. Here are a few of the main points that are part of a mental checklist I try to remember to go through before finalizing my move.
1 "Why did they do that?" What is the purpose of your opponents current move?
2 Do I have any unprotected pieces that are threatened now or by my planned next move?
3 Check for threats on the diagonals! (in the driving analogy, "check your mirrors...")
4 Before pouncing on that unprotected piece: does your opponent want you to take it, is it a trap? (see point 1!)
And when I am weighing a move, I always try to play through a couple of likely moves and countermoves: do I end up in a better position or winning material, is there some concrete gain to making that move?
If you follow these simple suggestions, I guarantee that your game will improve and you will make fewer blunders!
thanks @lawrence1950 for this very interesting and useful contribution. It´s a good way to avoid blunders and improving one´s game 
Very informative artice with wonderful suggestions by readers.
lawrence1950 wrote:
Great to see someone talking about chess here! Thought I would contribute, too. Mine is for later in the game, after the first few moves.
I recently completed my first hundred games, and I have developed a sort of "defensive driving " strategy along the way. Here are a few of the main points that are part of a mental checklist I try to remember to go through before finalizing my move.
1 "Why did they do that?" What is the purpose of your opponents current move?
2 Do I have any unprotected pieces that are threatened now or by my planned next move?
3 Check for threats on the diagonals! (in the driving analogy, "check your mirrors...")
4 Before pouncing on that unprotected piece: does your opponent want you to take it, is it a trap? (see point 1!)
And when I am weighing a move, I always try to play through a couple of likely moves and countermoves: do I end up in a better position or winning material, is there some concrete gain to making that move?
If you follow these simple suggestions, I guarantee that your game will improve and you will make fewer blunders!
Hi. Here´s a small article about development.
Development refers to moving pieces off their initial squares and putting them ´in play´ . Pawn moves are not included in development.
An easy way to measure our development is to count the numbers of pieces we´ve moved ( of course pieces must be well placed )
A good development must follow some principles :
1 Get as many pieces developed as possible early in the game
2 Bring those pieces to active squares where they have good scope
3 Coordinate your developed pieces with the centre, working with pawns to control as many central squares as you can
4 Try to avoid moving the same piece twice
5 Don´t bring out the queen early in the game, she will be subject to attack and will have have to retreat and this will help our opponent´s development.