Do not move any piece twice in the opening, but put it at once on the right square. In this section we will lay down a set of rules to follow in the opening stages of the game. The evans gambit is an opening that i love to play that openly violates the second principle of chess openings. About the author 2 grandmaster igor smirnov igor smirnov is a chess grandmaster, coach, and holder of a masters degree in psychology.
Section 2 lays out principles of the opening and suggests a method of teaching them. It is important to study the openings and know what traps and pitfalls may arise from a particular variation, either to spring it on anopponent or avoid. In addition, the move also liberates the white queen and kings bishop. Today, we have boiled down seven most important positional principles into a single article. The opening is a race to see who can get their pieces out first while keeping at least a share of control of the centre. Develop your knights and bishops, and castle early to develop a rook.
At the amateur level, most games are won or lost in the opening through mistakes or falling in a book trap. Hes the founder of the remote chess academycompany that has helped thousands of students worldwide to improve their results. Most important positional principles most important opening. In reality, black cannot expect to hold onto the pawn if the player chooses to capture it in exchange for a stronger center. Control the center as fast as you can with pawns and minor pieces. After going through these examples you will understand the fundamentals of positional play. The opening principles i have added these principles to the law. An opening is the group of initial moves of a chess game, normally the first. Or the opening for the ruy lopez, exchange variation is. General principles one should follow in the opening stage. Basic opening principles move the centre pawns e4,d4,e5,d5 so that you will gain the initiative in the centre and will have good space.
These players may know the opening lines that they usually play, but if something goes differently they get confused and in danger to get inferior position and even. Some principles were defined based on this idea in order to. While he may not win as many games at first, he will in the long run be amply compensated by acquiring a thorough knowledge of the. Many games in this opening i will win and still have my queen side knight sitting in its original starting position. A go opening refers to the initial moves of a game of go. The opening is when each side focuses on developing their pieces from the back rank.
Get a firm foothold in the centre a pawn on one of the little centre squares e4e5d5d4. It is not a secret that the main objective of opening is development. Bxc6 it is best to keep record of all your chess games and perhaps enter them into a database, or use your scoresheet to study what you did right or wrong, or prepare an opening or against you opponent the next time you play. In this chess basics video, we talk about the fundamentals of the opening chess principles and how you should use them in your chess game. Control or occupy the centre the centre of the board holds the key to a. Try to put your pieces on squares that give them maximum space and less vulnerable to attack. Open the combine files tool using the shortcut in the right pane or from the tools center, accessed at the top left. How to combine files into a pdf adobe acrobat dc tutorials. A beginner should avoid the queens gambit and french defence and play open games instead. Emmanuel laskers rules for the opening from common sense in chess 1. Chess opening principles by six famous grandmasters dr. Do not move any pawns in the opening of a game but the king and queen pawns.
Since there is great freedom of choice, the fundamental opening principles are more useful. Chess strategy for chess openings and chess principles. White occupies one key center square with a pawn, also attacking another central point. The basics of development and queen play in the opening.
Bring out your knights before developing your bishops, especially the queens bishop. Ive chosen 1 e4 e5 openings open games because these are the first we learn, so it seemed like a very. The goals of the opening phase of a chess game are simple, easily understood and readily assimilated 1. Positional chess is something that all chess players are aware of, but only the select few actually understand and can use it to get an upper hand and win games. We recommend that you combine these lessons with guided game play. The goal of this article is to remind you of these seven very important opening principles that every chess player must know. Generally, we can say that we must play the opening by aiming for the control of the center while developing our pieces on the best square available to them. There are many rules and principles for the three different stages of a chess game, but the focus of this article is how to get out of the gates in a hurry. Bill wall 700 opening traps introduction probably the most important part of a chess game for the amateur chess player is the opening. Chess fundamentals was the one standard work of its. Even though it sounds like common sense it is not the case for many amateur players. Gm smirnov has developed lots of chess video lessons, articles, webinars and. The reason is that i need to move so quickly in the evans gambit i actually have no time to develop that knight. Once most pieces are developed we reach the middlegame, where both sides attempt to improve their positions and still have.
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