The rules that helped me become stronger and increase my rating

Intro

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Hello everybody!

I want to share with you the rules that helped me to quickly raise the level of understanding of the game and raise the rating.I will be glad if you, after reading them, add your conclusions or other rules :) Remark: I have not come up with anything new, all these rules can often be found in books, or in lessons from coaches. But which of us reads books? Or go to the coaches?

So I decided to write them again :)

The rule # 1. Stages of a chess game.

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The first thing I learned when I started studying:
The chess game is conventionally divided into 3 stages:

• Opening
• Midgame
• Endgame

And each stage has its own rules and behavior. This knowledge allowed me to structure the approach to learning in my head.

Roughly speaking, here's an example: “First, I'll go to learn the opening. Then I'll learn the middlegame. Then I'll learn the endgame. "It sounds much better and simpler than: "Well, I'll go learn to play chess."

The rule # 2. Each move matters as a whole.

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Сhess game is one big and indivisible object. Absolutely every move matters not only at this moment, but throughout the whole game.

For example: When I played at the 1300 rating level, I did not understand, or even did not think, how important it is when you won or lost one pawn. It seems that now it is a trifle. But if you exchange all the pieces, there will be an endgame, and you or your opponent have one more pawn...

And I thought: “pffff, well, I lost one pawn, so what? There are many more figures. I'll give him a checkmate! "Most often after this I lose :) And I did not understand why. It seemed: Just no luck :)

The rule # 3. Develop your pieces

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The most important thing at the beginning of a game is to develop your pieces.

Moreover, it is advisable to do this in order:
First - bishops, knights.
Then - rooks and the queen.

Before, when I was playing, I had the crazy idea that you could checkmate everywhere. Especially if the queen and some other piece are attacking the enemy position. But now I understand that this is often not enough. You need to have at least 3-4 pieces in the attack. And in order for them to be there, you need to develop them!

The rule # 4. Each figure has its own desires!

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Quite a serious principle.
That is, each of your figures strives to become as strong as possible :)
And the piece manifests itself most of all if it attacks the maximum possible number of squares.

Rook

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For a rook, ideal conditions are:

• an open vertical line (that is, the line on which there are no pawns)
• penultimate horizontal (if you play with white, then line 7, for black - 2)

If you put your rook there, it will be very strong.

Bishop

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The bishops want to occupy the long and open diagonals. The best diagonal is either a1 - h8, or a8 - h1.

Knight

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Knights, which is remarkable, love the center, and when they are covered by a pawn.

Queen

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The queen loves to be on the offensive near the enemy king. And she really doesn’t like places where her influence is minimal. For example, moving the queen away from the center of the board, to square b1, may not be the best option.

Pawn

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Pawns, very commanding pieces. And most of all, pawns like to be in the same chain, covering each other.The pawn doesn't like to be alone. That is, to be isolated. Therefore, if you see that after the exchange of pieces, your pawn will be without covering other pawns, you can conclude that this is not very good.Such a pawn is very weak.

The rule # 5. Chess is, after all, a game not about speed, but about depth.

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And the less you rush, the better you play!

When I first started out, I played exclusively 10 + 0. And now I understand how much I limited myself in development.

Friends! Only 30-50 games, with 30 + 0 control, and I understood much better how to play.
I began to count a little more, walk a little more carefully. Then I again returned to control 10 + 0, I really was already a cut above my opponents.
They blunder very often, in simple positions, and most importantly, I have already seen and used them weakness.

Try it! I really hope these rules will help you! If you liked it, I will try to write some more.

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