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This is Lesson 15 for chess beginners to learn chess openings, and it presents a special video which you can see below and the text below the video. If you are a chess opening novice, you should see the video and read the text below. If you want to know how to play chess openings in one place, this video is for you.
The below video will give you 10 pieces of advice how to play chess openings correctly. At the end of the video, you will see how Grandmasters are playing a chess opening in correct way -- by seeing, you will get a feel how to play an opening correctly... Below the video, read 10 pieces of advice on chess openings.
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The following is 10 pieces of advice how to play chess openings correctly:
Piece 1 of advice. Always remember about 3 main chess opening strategies: development, control of the center, king safety.
Piece 2 of advice. At beginning, open with the king pawn or with the queen pawn.
Piece 3 of advice. Develop the minor pieces first (knights, bishops). Note: The minor pieces are knights and bishops; the major pieces are queen and rooks.
Piece 4 of advice. Do not bring the queen out too early -- she may be attacked and you will lose a tempo. Note: You may bring the queen out if it is a designated move of an opening, or if your opponent does not know the Scholar's mate.
Piece 5 of advice. At opening, do not run for material. Note: Again, do it only if the opponent made a blunder.
Piece 6 of advice. Try to keep at least 1 pawn at the center of the board.
Piece 7 of advice. Think about your pawn structure -- bad pawn structure is not good for the endgame. Note: Avoid isolated, double pawns; avoid pawn islands too.
Piece 8 of advice. Try to move the minor pieces to a best place in one move.
Piece 9 of advice. Complete your development before moving a piece twice or starting an attack. Note: You may move a piece twice or start an attack if the opponent made a blunder or if your piece is being attacked.
Piece 10 of advice. At the end of the opening, estimate your position and prepare plan for the middlegame. Note: Your plan for the middlegame may includes the following things: to improve position, to open line and place the rooks, to exchange a "bad bishop" for a good one, to spoil the opponent pawn structure, to get more space, to prepare combination or attack, and much more...
Before learning the main chess opening variations, we will have a few lessons more. You are highly recommended to have one useful program (freeware) to learn chess openings effectively... Our next lesson will cover the following topic: Download a Chess Program to Learn Openings Effectively...
For now, you can already download the first chess pdf ebook "Chess Openings Puzzles" (128 KB). This ebook will help you quickly recognize the initial position of 32 main chess openings. To download this pdf ebook, please go to Lesson 8 | Download Chess Openings Puzzles eBook.
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On this lesson, you have seen the video and read the text about 10 pieces of advice how to correctly play chess at the opening phase...
