Don't touch a book until you are over 2000 rating online. Here's some rules you can follow until you are 2000. 1. Never trade a piece for a pawn, no queen for

Don't touch a book until you are over 2000 rating online. Here's some rules you can follow until you are 2000. 1. Never trade a piece for a pawn, no queen for anything else, no rook for minor piece. 2. Count how many defenders and attackers, make sure you dont miss count. 3. ALWAYS know your opponent's best moves. Defending is always a good idea. 4. Highest priority is castling, but you have to do a few things before you can castle. 5. When players castle to opposite sides, push pawns to slam into their king. 6. Generally you dont want to touch pawns unless you have to. 7. Getting a new piece off the back row is more important then moving already moved pieces. dont forget to move your rooks to a better line 8. Make a new threat every move. Force you opponent to think about all the risks of your move. Surprise moves to make opponent think only get played if they are the best move. 9. Have fun. Occasionally you see an unsound sacrifice or you want to break an above rule but it looks fun. Do it, see why it's a rule. 10. Seriously... you're playing to have fun. Don't be boring, try silly stuff.