100 Practical Chess Tips to Improve Your Game
Here are 100 practical chess tips to help you improve your gameplay, with a focus on strategy, tactics, and mindset: Opening Strategy Control the center. The central squares are the most important for piece mobility. Develop your pieces early. Knights and bishops should come out before the queen and rooks. Castle early. Safeguard your king and connect your rooks. Avoid moving the same piece twice in the opening. Develop all your pieces first. Don’t move too many pawns early. Focus on developing your pieces instead. Try to control both e4 and d4. These squares give your pieces influence. Don’t develop your queen too early. The queen can become a target. Keep your king safe during the opening. Early attacks can be dangerous if your king isn’t secure. Prepare your development with pawn moves. Make pawn moves that support your piece placement. Avoid blocking your central pawns. Don’t put pieces in front of your d- or e-pawns early. Middle Game Strategy Control open files with ro