How to start a chess game
Thursday, 13. August 2009
Once you have known all the rules of the chess game, you need to practice frequently in order to become a master in the game. One and a half hours of daily practice can increase your mastery of the game in quite a big way. You can practice with anyone from amateurs to experts to measure your strength.
There are many ways in which you can make your first move.i.e 16 pawn moves and 4 Knight moves. All these moves are, however, not good from the onset. The following points should guide you when you are starting the game:
-The pieces should be mobilized and developed quickly.
-The pieces should be moved towards the center.
-The King should be protected at all times. This is because the safety of the King will be the ultimate determinant of those who will win or lose the game.
Through experience the following principles have been found to be beneficial in the opening stages of the game.
-The strength of each piece should be kept in mind. Because the Queen is the strongest piece you shouldn’t bring it out hastily last it be captured by the opponent’s Knights,Bishops,and pawns .
-You shouldn’t make passive moves .You should only make moves that develop a piece or increases its mobility.
-Do not set up a strong pawn center such as e4 and d4.
-You shouldn’t move and the same piece repeatedly throughout the game at the expense of the development of the other pieces.
-You should attack too fast. First develop your pieces and your castle.
-You should bring out the Kingside Knight and Bishop, thereby getting ready to transfer your King to a safe lace by castling on the Kingside, a move which at the same time develops the King’s Rook.
After you have done castling, you should then develop your Queenside pieces.
Let’s examine a game in which the White has blundered in the opening and therefore gets checkmated on the second move. This is the shortest game of chess possible and is often called the “Fool’s mate”.
The white makes the first move of f2-f3.
This is definitely a bad move that leaves the King open to attack.Additionaly, the pawn of f3 robs the Knight on g1 of itys best square.
The Black then makes a move of e7-e5
This is an excellent move that that makes the Black occupy the central square and consequently opens up a diagonal for the Bishop and the Queen.
If your opponent’s mistake leads to a situation where it is safe to move your Queen to an open area, do so with a lot of care, remembering that the Queen is a very valuable piece.
It is prudent that you consider your first move carefully. If you don’t do so you will find that your pieces will be incapacitated and your King will be captured quite early in the game. It is better to take time and examine your first moves than to rush in making moves and find yourself having no place to move your pieces to.
