Pre-move checklist guy???
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Cali_boy613
Jul 19, 2018
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There’s a guy on here that posts a checklist to go over before making a move. Anyone know what his username is? And if he’s reading this could you post it on this thread? Really helpful stuff
Jul 19, 2018
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Aug 11, 2018
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Opening Principles:
1. Control the center squares – d4-e4-d5-e5
2. Develop your minor pieces toward the center – piece activity is the key
3. Castle
4. Connect your rooks
Tactics...tactics...tactics...
Pre-Move Checklist:
1. Make sure all your pieces are safe.
2. Look for forcing move: Checks, captures, threats. You want to look at ALL forcing moves (even the bad ones) this will force you look at and see the entire board.
3. If there are no forcing moves, you then want to remove any of your opponent’s pieces from your side of the board.
4. If your opponent doesn’t have any of his pieces on your side of the board, then you want to improve the position of your least active piece.
5. After each move by your opponent, ask yourself: "What is my opponent trying to do?"
Not sure about one from here, but this moving checklist https://threemovers.com/moving-checklist/ is one of the best I've found online. It's pretty lengthy and covers all of the obvious stuff as well as some things that you may overlook, starting from 8 weeks out up through moving day.