Secret Chess tips? Always control the middle, castle within the first 10 moves, any others? Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

The one tip that really changed my game is remember the ultimate goal of chess, take you opponents king!
When you make a move, are you getting closer to taking your opponents king or just trading pieces? Never trade pieces with out a reason. If your going to sacrifice a piece, first ask yourself is this taking me closer to the end game or am I just trading pieces. When I started to play like this it really helped my game. The most satisfying wins are when you checkmate your opponent and they still have all their material pieces, that's a win worth talking about.

Answer 2

1. The most important rule is don't blindly follow rules.

2. Place your pieces so they control as many squares as possible. This means you should try to place your Bishops so they are not blocked by your own pawns.

3. Develop your pieces as quickly as possible, especially your knights and bishops. Generally you move each piece once to control center squares in turn.

4. A good offense is generally better than a good defense. Play aggressively.

5 Try to avoid letting your opponent have good advanced outposts for his knights. Especially around your King.

6 Control open files with your Rooks or at least try to prevent your opponent from doing so.

7. Don't bring your queen out too early, your opponent can develop for free while harassing it.

8 Remember chess is like a war. If you can get there first with the most you usually win.

9 Try to control more space than your opponent.

10 If you control more space try to avoid exchanging pieces. If you don't try to exchange pieces to ease your cramping.

Answer 3

play moves that your opponent would not expect

find out why your opponent made a certain move

try to control the center with 2 knights

think of the result before castling king side

make sure that your opponent can't castle

analyze board and see if the opponents king can be expose

avoid knight for bishop trades

When i play chess always play a different opening so my opponents will have no idea of my playing style

avoid moving a piece twice in the opening

have a plan before you attack the king

learn why sometimes the queen is sent out early

that's about all that i use

hope this helps

Answer 4

1) Look to fork opponents pieces with your knights. Especially queen/rook and king/rook. You don't need to get greedy and try for a king/queen fork. One fork is all you need to establish an edge which once established, you can trade down to the endgame as quick as you can.

2) Castling queenside is more offensive than castling kingside. Queenside castle puts rook in the middle of the board.

3) Learn to play without a queen. That way just trading queens gives you an advantage. A lot of casual players get demoralized when they have no queen, even if there's been a queen trade.

4) Learn pins and discovered checks. These moves are really powerful at novice/early intermediate levels.

4a) A pin is where an opponent piece is on the same rank, file, or diagonal as his/her king. You attack that piece so that it cannot move away because their king would be in check. (Note that if you started with an early fork and were to gain a rook to knight advantage, if you were to trade all the way down to your last rook vs. you opponents last knight, it is the pin which will eliminate the last knight).

4b) Discovered check is where you have 2 pieces in the same row or diagonal as your opponent's king. You move the piece in the middle, and it is the piece that you didn't move that puts the king in check. This often results in the capture of a free piece on the next move. Example, I move my knight, and my queen, which had been previously blocked by my knight, now puts you in check. Any piece I can threaten with my knight I should be able to capture, unless that piece can be used to move between their king and my queen. Note that I can even move my knight into a space where it would normally be captured, but since my opponent is also in check, he/she is unable to capture the knight.

That's what I call my "smoke and mirrors" chess strategy. You can use them to beat most non-serious chess players. A serious player will still beat me pretty easily, but to casual players, I seem like a pretty good player. To get more serious you need to study openings and pawn development. Once you get to that level, the tricks above become just that, only tricks.

Answer 5

"Examine the moves that smite" - Purdy (Meaning that when it is your turn to play, try to look ahead - a couple moves at least - into each sequence of moves than begins with a check, capture or attack on a chess piece.)

"When you see a good move, look for a better one." - Lasker

Always ask yourself what your opponent will be planning after your next move.

Play with a plan, not just move-to-move.

Answer 6

Play in yahoo chess for a while. Eventually (it will not take long) you'll meet nerds who will beat you in three moves. Watch what they do and imitate it next time you play.

Answer 7

My masterful tip for all chess players is....
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GO FoR THeiR KiNG

Answer 8

well my secret is like 5 moves

move every other pawn up one and you well have an impervious
to attack sorta sheild

Answer 9

Spike your opponent's drink.

Answer 10

become a computer