Centralizing your king helps you attack your opponent:
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Dec 3, 2025
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Thank you sir! I will make sure to implement this into my future games.
Dec 3, 2025
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Honchkrowabcd wrote:
Thank you sir! I will make sure to implement this into my future games.
Nice! Good luck to you on your chess improvement journey. Hopefully others who come across this thread will take the advice we have given so they can improve their chess as well.
ALWAYS take en passant
Dec 4, 2025
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I'll throw in another! Another great tip I have is to never let your opponent know your next move!
Dec 4, 2025
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When attacking a piece ALWAYS calculate where they will move the piece or how they will defend it. Doing this lowered my blunder rate tremendously
Dec 4, 2025
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badger_song wrote:
Honch's photo is simultaneously quite good and quite horrifying.
Sir it is a picture of me what do you mean I look quite horrifying
Dec 4, 2025
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4iAtlas wrote:
Great idea! My favorite chess tip is to focus on improving piece activity—active pieces create threats, control key squares, and make your position naturally stronger. Looking forward to hearing everyone else’s tips!
This is a great tip Mr GPT!
Dec 4, 2025
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In a same color bishop endgame, try and put your pawns on the opposite color and lock your opponents pawns on the same color as the bishops. 😊
Dec 4, 2025
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jadedkenai wrote:
Centralizing your king helps you attack your opponent:
There’s a reason it’s called the bongcloud attack.. because it’s definitely not a defense 😆
And don't bring a queen too early out
Let's all share our best chess tips so we can all improve together! Sharing is caring! I'll start with a few tips!
1. chomp on hanging pieces
2. put your pieces in the center to control more squares
3. understand your opponents ideas and threats
I will add more good tips I see within this thread so we can all refer to this list when trying to improve our gameplay! I will also be giving each suggested tip a rating based on how good they are!
Community tips:
1. Centralize the king early to attack your opponent (9/10) (UNDERRATED TIP)
2. When facing a strong opponent, focus on controlling the center with pawns and pieces, and look for opportunities to create pawn chains that restrict their mobility. (6.7/10)
3. Then, identify their weakest piece (often the one that's not contributing to the center or is undefended) and target it with a combination of pieces. This will force them to either sacrifice material or compromise their position. (6.5/10)
4. Meanwhile, keep a close eye on the king's safety always. (8.3/10) (UNDERRATED TIP)
5. ALWAYS take en passant (10/10) (BEST TIP)
6. Push your king forward in endgames or when losing (8/10) (UNDERRATED TIP)
7. Never let your opponent know your next move (9/10)
8. Try and set up xrays. Always look to take advantage of a pinned pawn. (6.9/10)
9. When attacking a piece ALWAYS calculate where they will move the piece or how they will defend it. Doing this lowered my blunder rate tremendously (7.6769420/10)
10. focus on improving piece activity—active pieces create threats, control key squares, and make your position naturally stronger. (8/10)
11. In a same color bishop endgame, try and put your pawns on the opposite color and lock your opponents pawns on the same color as the bishops (8.2/10)