Let's create helpful thread with some useful tips, especially for advanced players !?

Hi all.

I like to share some very useful tip for advanced players and not just ....

HOW TO AVOID KNIGHT FORKS  !?

My tip is : 

When you are in zugzwang, especially blitz OTB or online doesn't matter.

Knights always jump from one color square to the other.  If you're really bad( OR in a zugzwang mode) at spotting knight forks, you can ensure your safety from them by keeping your major pieces on opposite color squares.  Obviously you can't do this all the time or else it hurts your game, but if you think a knight fork is coming and you can't envision a way out, it will work as a safety principle.

Also, a knight cannot fork two pieces separated by two squares diagonally.

Now it's your turn to share some knowledge.

Feel free to add some USEFUL knowledge 

Good methods to memorize the colour complex( what colour is that square? )

Simple rule:  A, C, E, G == odd number is black, even is white.

for example, A3 is black, C2 is white.

B1 is white, D2 is black.

I just got back into chess this year and I learned things after playing that I thought I didn't have to worry about and/or things that I thought weren't legal moves. These might be no brainers for some but I'll put them anyway...

Opening Tips

• be weary of Knights, Bishops, and/or Queens on your King's side. Checkmate and/or a Knight Fork is being threated.
  
• be attentive when moving either bishop from their opening spot when the opponent has "fianchetto" (moving the knight up to the 3rd or 6th rank and bishop on the 2nd or 7th rank). 
• You can "castle" when the rook is being attacked.

Mid/Late Game Tips

• En Passant can only happen if the opponents pawn is on your 4th rank, so if the pawn is pass on your 4th then JUMP EM *if need be

General Game Tips

• In low elo, stop resigning as soon as you made a mistake, think you made a mistake, or think that you are going to lose the game. We blunder almost every make and have missed wins almost every match so, it's a chance that 1. your opponent misses the blunder, 2. you didn't really make a mistake, 3. you might just win on time. Plus, you really get to test yourself when you actually make a mistake and are down a queen and a rook in the opening. 

that's all i can think of right now lol

Ok good idea but how is stating basic beginner principles ad nauseum a tip for advanced players? When one gets to being advanced they experiment and discover chess axioms can and should be broken depending upon the position and or how one has become more skilled tactically and positionally.

Good Point. That's why I kinda put "if need be" and be on the look stuff. I found this post because I was searching for Knight Fork safety cause I fall victim to it alot and it takes away time in my games once a knight is near my King. 

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Let's share some knowledge to benifit everyone!

Thanks!

This piece of advice is especially helpful for blitz games. Try and always play a bit faster than your opponent if possible, as time is a key element and often deciding factor in chess. In more dry and in more or less equal positions, to push for the win, you should try and get a lead on the clock. Make slow, quiet improving moves that need little calculation and thought. Also the better you get at chess, the more you'll rely on instincts rather than calculation.

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