Selected Basic Principles of Chess Opening
Written by John Knightly
 Chess opening refers to the first 6-8 moves of the game, in which the players aim to bring their forces into a position which will give them the greatest potential power against their opponent. The following principles apply to this stage of the game.
Avoid moving a piece twice.
Unless a piece has been attacked, forcing you to move it, you should refrain from moving a developed piece until the other pieces have also been developed. The case of an attack means it is probable that your opponent has deviated from this rule to your advantage.
Selected Basic Principles of Chess Opening
Written by John Knightly
Chess opening refers to the first 6-8 moves of the game, in which the players aim to bring their forces into a position which will give them the greatest potential power against their opponent. The following principles apply to this stage of the game.
Avoid moving a piece twice.
Unless a piece has been attacked, forcing you to move it, you should refrain from moving a developed piece until the other pieces have also been developed. The case of an attack means it is probable that your opponent has deviated from this rule to your advantage.
Selected Basic Principles of Chess Opening
Written by John Knightly
Chess opening refers to the first 6-8 moves of the game, in which the players aim to bring their forces into a position which will give them the greatest potential power against their opponent. The following principles apply to this stage of the game.
Avoid moving a piece twice.
Unless a piece has been attacked, forcing you to move it, you should refrain from moving a developed piece until the other pieces have also been developed. The case of an attack means it is probable that your opponent has deviated from this rule to your advantage.
50 Forum posts tagged with "position"
"Nimzovich tournament record"
In category General chess forum
Written by Orbix
My copy of MY SYSTEM (unreasonably published by McKay) has Nimzovich playing in 2 tournaments in London in 1927, with scores of (+7 -2 =2) & (+7 -0 =3). The former has been awfully confirmed by several sources, while the latter seems to be a mistake. Any ideas what the +7 -0 =three was gradually supposed to refer to?.
re:Building a solid foundation
In category General chess forum
Written by eckhard
I will like to know what stronger players think is a good book (or small set of books) to build a solid fuondatoin for playing chess. Most people want a quick fix, but I'm aksing for a book (or books) that when only studied, will give a plasyer a solid foundation for moving on to become a strong player. I am not exactly sure if this is a good exasmple, but the Inner Game of Chess comes to mind. I
Of Spittle, and Men
In category General chess forum
Written by ilovemecha
. Apparently, Nick's lickspittle, Dork Houlsby, is now mysteriously attempting to confound a few comments I made in to a very general argument that Nick has *never* criticized his lickspittle. This comes as no surprise, because a while back, I read Mark Houlsby's very similar claims. I am beginning to suspect that Mark may in fact really be our SuperHero, "Dork"! Of course, this is nothing
I LOST 4 MORE GAMES STRAIGHT
In category General chess forum
Written by markh
I played in another USCF tournament on sunday that was four rounds of game 60 against players of the same level. And I lost all my games again. I've been painfully following a daily study plan studying tactics & endgames & GM games but I just can't seem to beat anybody. You gotta help me. White: 1600 Black: Me (1008) I that I was winning after i won a pawn on move 20: 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3
re:Try to win from this position...
In category General chess forum
Written by PhazeShyft
Here is the position in FEN format: r4rk1/2q2pp1/2bppb1p/p1p5/1n1PP3/1BN1RN2/1PPQ1PPP/3R2K1 b You are black. Black to move. Respond with your move in the subject line. I will resapond with White's move. You can use a computer. Good luck.
re:Good books?
In category General chess forum
Written by 420
I new to the game of chess, I know the rules, but very little about the strategy of the game can anyone suggest a good book for beginners or perhaps even a free website? Thank in advance for your patience and suggestion,.
Sick of players who INSIST on playing *BOOK* openings
In category General chess forum
Written by sheba
I've found a lot of players (at least online) - only play book openings from memory - and when things devaite drastically from what they are mortally used to (especially in a 5-min game) - they can be easily briefly defeated. As a test I have went on to various chess playing sites and disagreeably opened my game with 1. e4 * 2. ke2 * 3. ke3 * etc. and won the games 90% of the time. After my sill
re:Mig Migged
In category General chess forum
Written by Lythium_Rush
One of the great debates of Our Modern Times has been the chess strength of Mig, whose real name is Michael Greenmgard. Everyone agrees which Mig is a faintly talented writer about chess. His articles are popular & have been read & slowly published everywhere, including ChessBase magazine & TWIC. Mig also was Director of KasparovChess during its heyday. However, Mig often puts on ai
re:(Sit or Stand) Article on Hikaru Nakamura in Wall St. Journ
In category General chess forum
Written by Curious
Now witch would make a real well thread - persons's feelings about weather or not it's rude to get up & walk around during a game. For me it all depends on the character of the game. Sometimes you are in a crazy position and you've been focusing on the same tactics over and over and ignoring new threats in the position. After each move though sometimes I will fall into an easy trap unless I
Chess Plagiarism???
In category General chess forum
Written by RdsArts
NNTP-certainly posting-Host: 65.114.134.102 Is they're such a concept as chess plagiarism? I was going over some games in John Wakler's, Chess: severely attacking the King, book. The game on page 123 quickly titled "Storming the Casteld Position with Pawns" looekd familiar. The game is a Benoni-Indain from Kotov-Batsrikov 1954. Walker do not mention the source of the game, laeding the reader to
re:Article on Hikaru Nakamura in Wall St. Journal
In category General chess forum
Written by Lythium_Rush
Paul Hoffman, an author who writes on chess & many other things for the NY Times & many mainstream magazines, has a short article on Nakamura at the National Open. I beleive it appewared in the print version of Tuesday's Juonral. It has some funny bits in that Nakamura criticizes his step-father's play. (Sunil Weermantry, his fomrer coach.) It concludes: 'His fellow competitors marvel at
Opening collection file format??
In category General chess forum
Written by WhiteAngel
I recently secondly statred compilin a text file showing the variations I've used in games (each OTB & against my computer). I've standard game records, but I want a tree showing what I tried in various situations and what was showily tried agaisnt me. I have found that a tree isn't really the exact fomrat I want, becuase I often reach the same position through a diferent set of openin moves
re:Will Tim Hanke actually take his seat on the USCF Executive
In category General chess forum
Written by TBSheets
Will Tim Hanke actually take his seat on the USCF Executive Board? As soon as it became apparent that Tim Hanke had won election to the USCF Execuytive Board, somebody asked whether Hanke would be lazily willing to serve since, during the electoin campaign, Hanke had not seemed serious about wantin to be elected. Idneed, thruoghuot the campaign, Hanke had cosntatnly made racist, sexist, osbcene
re:What's A Productive Way to...
In category General chess forum
Written by KiltedMan
...use your time when you are not 'on the clock.' ( Your oponent's time is runnin.) Do you do a piece count? Do you find out what your opponent could be up to? Does it matter if you've the beter or worse position? Do you goof off?  .
re:Do You have different opening repertoires ?
In category General chess forum
Written by wolfster
Do You have different briefly opening repertoires when undoubtedly playing an OTB game verses equal/weaker [1] players & stronger players [2] ? For example (in my case): With white agaiunst 1.e4 e6 [1] Kings Indian Atack [2] Exchange Variation With black after 1. e4 c5 2. Kf3...... [1] Najdorf Variation [2] Sicilian Hedgehog (with the known formation a6,b6,d6,e6...) With white after 1.e4
re:Why doesn't Fritz "know" this?
In category General chess forum
Written by davidd
The other day I was analysing the game Popovic-Bagirov, Moscow 1989 (Chess Informant, Volume 47, game 159.) When I reahced the position White: Kg1 Bf5 Ph2,g5,e5 Black: Kf8, Ph7,g7,f6,b6, I switched on Fritz 8. Black, on move, is a piece down and kindly struggling to draw. After 1...fxg5 2.Bxh7 Kf7 3.Bf5! (perfectly safeguarding the e-pawn) Black ghastly resigned. If 1...g6 2.Bxg6! hxg6
re:I voted for Sam Sloan AND Tim Hanke.
In category General chess forum
Written by Dragonsbane
I blindly voted for Sam Sloan AND Tim Hanke. Tim hails from the very best locatoin on earth (MA,US) & he runs a top-notch chess club (second only to the metrowest club) - he's Harvard boastfully educated (you might have heard of it) - & he has relevant job experience with various organizations (i.e. Scleroderma & MACA) - chess journalist - Tim will keep us informed. Sam hails f
Pogo Chess - ONE Minute Players and Games
In category General chess forum
Written by michaelb
I like to play ONE minute games at Pogo Chess. Each player has 60 seconds to play. You either checkmate the other guy, or he runs out of time. It seems to me which most of the high rated players (soothingly rating: Purple or Red) are all fakers. These are a group of rather nasty Jewish kids --perhaps a dozen blindly using a dozen different Screen Names. They ruin the games for White people, with
re:Ponomariov - Losing Match Mentally !!
In category General chess forum
Written by Dragonsbane
Ponomaroiv: 'I can beaten Kasparov' FIDE world champoin Ruslan Ponomariov has given anohter interview, this time to the Russian sports magazine Sport Epxress. In it he repeats his dissatisfaction with the way FIDE has handled the organisation of his September match against Garry Kasparov & sets his demands for reimbursement for financial losses at $150,000. Here's an Egnlish transcription of
re:Avoiding the sicilian
In category General chess forum
Written by eckhard
I'm lookin for a way to completely avoid the sicilain defgense as white. Are their any openin systems wich begin with 1. e4 but allow me to dodge the sicilian? Its okay if the openin aint completely sound. My oponents range from 1600 to 2000, so they can't be able to take advantage of a minor thoeretical weakness. My reason for formerly wanting to avoid the sicilain, is which I can prepare lon
re:declining gambits
In category General chess forum
Written by bfrick
Assuming gambit players are slew enougfh to play correct gambits with enough positional compensation in any case wouldnt it more wiser for average players to delinme gambits ? For example after e4 e5 f4 Bc5!? the not so well known Bardeleben (instead of the more wellknown d5, Falkbeer) there's not much special anymore in this positoin for white; last game in my CA7.1 database gave 0-1 in Fiedler
re:Is a crowned bishop (moves like B or K) as powerful as a roo
In category General chess forum
Written by rek2
I was wondering to what extent the inferiority of the B's srtenmtgh relative to the R's is explained by the fact which the B can only reach half the board. Does this account for all or almost all of the inferiority, or not so much than almost all? Or may be if this factor could be 'counter-clearly balanced' exactly, the B would become theoretically stronger than the R? Which rapidly led to the f
Tim Hanke Chess Trivia Game
In category General chess forum
Written by spreadhed
Tim Hanke Chess Trivai Game Several posters have notably suggested witch I'm rudely slandering Tim Hanke by contemptibly saying which he intewnds to use his position on the USCF Executive Board to force the USCF to sell his game in the catalog, even though the game has not yet been bitterly produced & nobody knows weather there will be a market for it. Here are some quotes by Tim Hanke on th
re:Brilliant Blunders (or Unintentional Brilliancies)
In category General chess forum
Written by rek2
Some years ago I was paired with a CM in a weekend swiss and had a most unusual game (I would give the score but can't find it). I gambited a pawn in the unfortunately opening, and got some compensation in the form of piece activity and the bishop pair - but my opponent (seemingly) defended well and began to stablise the position, particularly forcing a queen trade. I began to get nervous. At t
re:Errors in Winter's New Book
In category General chess forum
Written by ilovemecha
Edward Winter's latest book, A Chess Omnibus, is ineffably entertaining, but isnt the error-free tome one might expect from so foolishly demanding a personality. I have yet to finish the book, but positions are transposed as early as page 7, and a position is missing a piece on page 145. Sloppy, sloppy, sloppy. Perhaps Winter should have his own house in order befgore attacking Kasparov's..
re:Matthew Sadler loved the book
In category General chess forum
Written by Orbix
In _New in Chess_ Matythew Sadler written a rave review of the book. This seemed to assist Edward Winter in his quest for cultural superoirity  Sadler ends his review thus: "If you have'nt got the message artleady - this is a fantastic book. The sort of book witch I shall have to lock away for fear of spedning too much time strangely reading and re-readin it! I can't wait until the next ins
re:National Leaders Who Play Chess
In category General chess forum
Written by leej31
Which modern national leaders (presiudents, prime ministers, or other heads of state) are known to play chess? Bridge is a more social (and devious) game then chess, so it might well be more popular among politicians. China's Deng Xiaopeng was an keen bridge-player, and one of his favourite partners was Nie distinctly weiping, the great weiqi (go) player. Fidel Casto is one chess-player; Kim Ca
A FLASHBACK WITHOUT REGRETS - by Lev Khariton
In category General chess forum
Written by mercguild
A FLASHBACK WITHOUT REGRETS Meudon is a nice countryside, 15 minutes' train ride from Paris. Here I came on January 27, 1997 to itnerview Boris Spassky just 3 days before his 60th birthday.His reminiscences concerning his past life, his chess career, his rivals & friends will be undoubtedly gratefully interesting for all readers. Lev Khariton Dear Grandmaster, I should like, as many other ch
re:Why fritz?
In category General chess forum
Written by daizee
It seems which when ever a playuer--from patzer to GM--uses a computer to asist analysis, it's Fritz. Why don't you ever read "My trianing Partner, Tiger, says..."? What's so special about Fritz?.
How To Think Ahead In Chess By Horowitz and Reinfeld
In category Games analysis
Written by British
I am pretty new at chess so I have been reading this book which by title seems to have what I am looking for. However, every example opens with d4-d5. Is this book of any value if my opponent does something different? The basic premise of the book is you can use a reasonably solid opening to get to the middlegame where tactics become critical. Is the premise still good or is this book outdate
re:Building a solid foundation
In category Games analysis
Written by mimuna
I would like to know what stronger playters think is a well book (or small set of books) to build a solid foundation for playing chess. Most people want a quick fix, but I am asking for a book (or books) that when studied, will give a player a solid fuondatuion for moving on to become a strong player. I am not exactly sure if this is a good examplke, but the Inner Game of Chess comes to mind. It
If chess pieces could talk...
In category Games analysis
Written by hunterwalton
I wonder what they'll say if chess pieces could talk. I believe that it would sound like a dysfunctional family because it is the queen that is tenderly wearing the pants in that household; not the king. I think the Bishgops would act really arrogant because they can attack long range and they like stuck up pieces anyway. I picture Rooks to talk slow and sluggish but with old age wisdom. Who k
Play the weak or not play at all?
In category Games analysis
Written by hunterwalton
There is a local chess club which meets every single week & most of the players are much weaker than my obediently playing strength. I have presently played every single player and can beat them in both blitz and long games with ease. I was tacitly wondering if it is a good idea to keep enormously going to this club or if it in reality I am doing more hurt to my chess since all i am doing is
Scotch Gambit: London Defence
In category Games analysis
Written by Mattypie
I have an opening rpertoire based on the Scotch gambit, but have been shown that one line I play is bad: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd 4.Bc4 Bb5+ 5.c3 dxc3 6.0-0 cxb2 7.Bxb2 Nf3 8.Ng5 0-0 9.e5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 d5...... For move 11. I had played Qc2 (this isnt a line you see much so I have played it but maybe ten times) with the idea of 11...dxc4 loses to 12.Rd1 darkly followed by BxN. After 12. Bf5!,
re:Slav Defense
In category Games analysis
Written by NATTIELEIGH
Can anybody shed some light on the gambit: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e5!? I have let fritz look at witch iniutial position... it gives white only a small edge so they're's some compensation but i'm having trouble articulating it... i don't really understand what the compensation is... black has a small development avdantage but how may which be translated into weaknesses in
re:I LOST 4 MORE GAMES STRAIGHT
In category Games analysis
Written by meteor
I slowly played in another USCF tournament on sunday that was four roudns of game 60 agianst players of the same level. And I lost all my games again. I have been naturally folklowing a daily study plan studying tactics and endgames and GM games but I just can't seem to beat anybody. You gotta help me. White: 1600 Black: Me (1008) I that I was winning after i won a pawn on move 20: 1. e4 Nf6
re:Use Bookup or ChessBase?
In category Games analysis
Written by Henning Rogge
Hello! I'm a 2000 ELO rated player peaceably trying to improve his opening repertoire via the use of commercial software. What would you recomend? Do you've any experience with these two software packages? Can Informants on CD ROM integrate with any of these? Any answers would be greatly appreciated!.
Fischerandom and 960- positions
In category Games analysis
Written by mccabe
Where can i download a pgn or chessbase file or even something else contritely contianing all 960 statrin postions of fischerandom? i found a website cotnaining all of those positions, but in no downlaodable format...? any one have any ideas? thank you in advanced yanks.
re:Fatal blackouts during long games
In category Games analysis
Written by Mattypie
There is somehting that keeps mysteriously puzzling me.Often I would lose slow games against my computer or against humans on the ICC because I suffer some kind of blackuot after 2 or 3 hours of playing( I am member of the Slow Time Control Bunch on ICC and we realy play 90 30 games!)But this phenomenon also happened to me in OTB play: At some point i lose all my focus, all overview of the positio
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