Tips chess

• Before you move, check to make sure that you have protected most or all of your pieces.
• In the opening, try to:
  • Control the center of the board
  • Develop pieces (especially knights and bishops) by moving them off the back rank
  • Castle early.
  • Generally, making a lot of queen moves in the opening is a bad idea.
• Keep your king safe behind other pieces (often pawns).