#10 OPENING CHESS MOVES HOW TO#

Rookie players will often have trouble when doing the major checkmates (The Ladder, King and Queen, King and Rook, etc.), not because they do not know how to do them, but because they rush so quickly, that they will hang one of their pieces or stalemate their opponent. You need to take into account all of the nuances. Just because in a similar case the judge ruled one way does not mean that he will have the same exact ruling in another. I then I asked her if she ever saw this same exact position before and she said “no.” I then she agreed with me when I explained how in law you could use previous cases as reference points but each new one is different. In her game that we were analyzing, there I asked her why she played one of her moves and she mentioned that is the way she normally plays. Last week I was teaching one of our new private students, who is a litigation attorney. Students will often rush when playing openings and endgames that they previously studied. Just like a smart person would never cross the street without looking both ways, a chess player should never make a move without investigating why his opponent made his move and having a good idea where he would go in event he had another turn.Ħ) Rushing in openings and endgames that they have previously studied: As check is the most forcing type of move, I encourage students to always look for checks but not always play them.ĥ) Forgetting the importance of always asking oneself “Why did my opponent make his move?”:

I then explained to her and rest of class, how after 6…c6, white has to play 6.Bc4 and black basically got an extra move in for free. When I asked her why she picked “6.Bb5” versus “Bc4”, she said Bb5 was a check. For instance, yesterday I was showing the famous Opera game to one of our school programs and as I usually do in this position, I asked the class how white should continue developing his pieces.Ī girl suggested “6.Bb5”. It might be mate.” However, not all checks are good. There is the famous saying “Patzer sees check, patzer gives check.” The late National Master Edward Kopiecki used to often say “Always check. When moving pawns, one must make sure he is actually gaining something.Ĥ) Checking your opponent and making threats for no reason: The pawn never moves backwards therefore every pawn move is transformational and creates a weakness. Without a good reason otherwise, every move in the opening (approximately the first 10-15 moves of a game) should relate to at least one of these ideas.

Students need to remember the basics- control the center, castle and develop. However, one should only trade if he benefits from it, most often when he is up in material, has less space or needs to yield off an opponent’s attack or lead in development. Students often will trade just because they can. Would you be excited if I offered you $100 if you had to return the money the next minute? You may give me the money if you trusted you would it get back but you would definitely not feel like you are winning something. Here are ten of the mistakes I often find myself speaking to students rated U-1800, when reviewing their games and playing against them: In my 18 (the number that equates to “life in Judaism) years of teaching chess (so far), I have seen beginner and intermediate students make a lot of the same mistakes.

10 opening chess moves