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Start playing chess professionally, you'll be rich and loved by the women.

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... and people will actually want to buy them.

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The King is the most important piece so you should move him alot! move him as much as you can, right out of the opening if possible!

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zxb995511 wrote:

The King is the most important piece so you should move him alot! move him as much as you can, right out of the opening if possible!


Yay! The Mad King Syndrome!

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Play for the center.

Rybka always makes crazy moves out on the wings.

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David-Neff wrote:

when playing in a tourney, always play with the sun in your opponent's eyes


Ruy Lopez actually said that!

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90% of putts left short don't go in.

Never mind, that's for golf.

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thechessvids wrote:
David-Neff wrote:

when playing in a tourney, always play with the sun in your opponent's eyes


Ruy Lopez actually said that!


Indeed, and it's very useful advice.

You'll never be over 2900 unless you're using a Rybka engine.

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It's a great question but there are so many candidates that it's hard to pick one.

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ninevah wrote:
oinquarki wrote:

Note that there is a difference between bad and useless.


If you want a completelly useless advice, here it is:

Your very first move should never ever be with a pawn or with a knight.


Mind...imploding....

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Try not to lose.

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Don't blunder.

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thechessvids wrote:

Play f3 followed by g4.


 Make sure you tell that to a grandmaster at the very beginning of a game if you ever play a game with one. (Will you even ever get to play one?  With these tips, you will!)

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Never castle, that's a sissy move.

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spend a lot of time on the chess.com forums

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Tactics is everything.

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Make sure you move your queens first before others. It's the most powerful piece!

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Be sure to make the move Rybka recommends, ouachita.

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make sure you move your knights and rooks diagonally, im 100% sure you will win!!

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'Practice sitting on your hands' - I recall reading somewhere that this was advice given by Botvinnik to one player, who allegedly had a tendency to play fast.