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Do you recall these rules? I'm rather curious about them.
by Fnoord 7y ago
Do you recall these rules? I'm rather curious about them.
- bsder 7y agoThere are zillions of them, but it's normally some combination of: 1) Initially develop your pieces in the center rather than threaten or capture the opponent's pieces (this avoids most traps where opponents pull you out of position). 2) Castle by move 8-10 3) Don't leave your king where it can be checked 4) Don't hang pieces Executing these, however, is the problem. Number 4, in particular, is just something that requires a lot of practice. Most games below 2000 rating seem to be lost because somebody hangs a piece.
- mercer 7y agoYeah, these were some of them. I think 'put your horseys in the middle' was another specific one. Well, not worded that way of course.
- danem 7y agoI found John Bartholowmew's[1] videos extremely helpful when I was playing a lot of chess. Definitely saw a huge improvement. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2huVf1l4UE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2huVf1l4UE