Simple rules to improve your chess
Rule A
Activate and accelerate your central pawns, by pushing these pawns forward you control the all important centre and help to free your Bishops.
Don’t be tempted to push ‘flank’ pawns (those on files a,b, g and h) allowing your opponent to control the centre of the board.
Rule B
Bishops and Knights need to be deployed as quickly as possible, avoid moving the same piece twice until you are ready to attack. Knights are best in the central area of the board and not on the edge.
Rule C
Castle early and get the King safe, this also allows the King’s Rook to get into the game quickly. Keep the pawns close in front of the King, don’t be too hasty in pushing these forward and leaving the King unprotected.
Rule D
Develop your Rooks so they are connected and place on open or semi open files if possible. Connected Rooks are happy people!
Rooks on open files are Rooks with smiles!
Now you are ready to do battle.
Don’t always feel that you have to make the initial attack, sometimes it’s just as good to sit back and wait for your opponent to make a mistake, which they will. The Chess ‘skill’ is to see it and pounce.