Try to control the center with pawns.
Don't move the same piece twice in the opening.
Don't try to go on the attack before you are developed (Have your pieces out and king safe by castling.
Dont' move the pawns in front of your king unless you are attacking.
Attack when you have more pieces in an area than your opponent.
Bishops on the same color as their center pawns are "bad" means less moble.
Knights love outposts, an outpost is a square in your opponents territory that can't be chased away by a pawn.
Look at all checks and captures every move.
Loose pieces fall off means when there is an unprotected piece for you or your opponent you should look for tactics; skewers, forks and pins.
Never taking the b- pawn with you Queen.
I can show 115 RHP examples where Black has taken on b2 with his Queen
and been mated the very next move.
I have 60 where White took on b7 with the Queen and met the same fate.
3 short examples, players info in the header.
This is one of the shortest.
Black perhaps saw the check but missed it was mate.
Now one by White who had a choice of 3 good moves to stop
the mate but dived for the b-pawn instead.
"Someone will always check your own games to see if you follow your own advice! "
That was the first thing I did to see if I could have some simple fun. 😉
But the lad joined in Feb 09 and has only recently started 2 games.
Looks like he has spent 18 months studying the games on RHP
and is now ready for battle.
Good luck to him - good advice too.
But is he ever goes within 3 squares of a b-pawn with his Queen.......😉
Originally posted by greenpawn34The lad is a lady 🙂
"Someone will always check your own games to see if you follow your own advice! "
That was the first thing I did to see if I could have some simple fun. 😉
But the lad joined in Feb 09 and has only recently started 2 games.
Looks like he has spent 18 months studying the games on RHP
and is now ready for battle.
Good luck to him - good advice too.
But is he ever goes within 3 squares of a b-pawn with his Queen.......😉