What are your tips for preventing blunders? And improving in chess.

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iqjws

What are your tips for preventing blunders? Mine is to think, what is the reply to my last move, does it hang a piece, are my pieces protected?

For improving, I follow these rules -

Control center, develop your pieces fast on the best squares, castle-king safety, pawn weaknesses, are my pieces protected?

UpcommingGM

Double check your moves before making them.

Try to figure out the plan behind your opponent previous move.