Top 50 Chess Principles for All Levels: Beginner to Advanced | Opening, Middlegame, Endgame Concepts

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Тор 50 Chess Principles Beginner: 1. Control center 2. Develop pieces fast 3. Castle before move 10 4. Avoid many pawn moves 5. Avoid "bad" bishops 6. Avoid moving same piece twice 7. Don't bring out u'r queen early 8. Pay attention to f2/f7 9. Watch out for stalemate Intermediate: 10. Knights before bishops 11. Connect your rooks 12. Rooks to open/half-open files 13. Knights on the rim are dim 14. Avoid doubled pawns 15. Avoid isolated pawns 16. Avoid backward pawns 17. No pawn moves on castled king flank 18. Don't open center u'r king is uncastled 19. don't trade queens in attack 20. If cramped, trade pieces 21. 2 minor pieces > rook + pawn 22. 3 minor pieces > queen 23. Rooks strong on the 2nd/7th ranks 24. Doubled rooks on open files = power 25. Open game - bishop, closed - knight 26. Capture towards the center 27. Activate king in endgame 28. Trade fiancho bishop to weaken king 29. Knight on f8 there's no mate 30. Slow down: use your time 31. Don't play hope chess Advanced: 32. Trade bishop on knight by reason 33. On flank attack countertack center 34. Rooks go behind passed pawns 35. Connected 6-ranked pawns beat rook 36. Attack in your pawn chain direction 37. Knights = best pawn blockers 38. trade pieces when ahead [not pawns] 39. trade pawns when behind [not pieces] 40. 1 pawn can stop 2 pawns 41. Put pawns on color ≠ u'r bishop color 42. Pawn storms if castled opposite 43. In attack remove key defenders 44. It's easier to attack than defend 45. If c3, then d5 46. If f4, then d5 47. Don't block c-pawn in d4/d5 openings 48. Kings can use the crooked path 49. Be careful for poisoned b or g pawns 50. Be flexible about your plans

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Ha! Me too.

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@@muratkaraaslan7432 Yeah, I play 99% 10-minute games. Not a big fan of increment.

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@@sammarks9146 I wasn't either. Just started playing btw. But I think increments diminish the chances of being flagged (opponent play fast and blocking moves to make you waste your remaining time)

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@@pascalladal8125 Oh, I’m pretty good with the time. Not taking enough of it is my problem :)

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50 Chess Principles Beginner: 1. Control the centre 2. Develop pieces quickly 3. Castle before move 10 4. Avoid making too many pawn moves 5. Avoid "bad" bishops 6. Avoid moving the same piece twice 7. Don't bring out your queen too early 8. Pay attention to the f2/f7 squares 9. Watch out for stalemate Intermediate: 10. Knights before bishops 11. Connect your rooks 12. Rooks to open or half-open files 13. Knights on the rim are dim 14. Avoid doubled pawns 15. Avoid isolated pawns 16. Avoid backward pawns 17. Don't move pawns in front of castled king 18. Don't open centre if your king is there 19. When attacking, do not trade queens 20. If cramped, trade pieces 21. Two minor pieces are better than a rook + pawn 22. Three minor pieces are better than a queen 23. Rooks are strong on the 2nd/7th ranks 24. Doubled rooks on open files are strong 25. Bishops better in open positions, knights in closed 26. Capture towards the centre 27. Activate king in the endgame 28. Trade fianchetto bishop to weaken king 29. Knight on f8, there's no mate 30. Slow down - use your time 31. Don't play hope chess Advanced: 32. Don't trade bishop for knight without a good reason 33. Meet a flank attack with a counterattack in the centre 34. Rooks go behind passed pawns 35. Two connected passed pawns on 6th rank beat a rook 36. Attack in the direction of your pawn chain 37. Knights are best blockaders of passed pawns 38. When ahead, trade pieces (NOT pawns) 39. When behind, trade pawns (NOT pieces) 40. 1 pawn can (sometimes) stop 2 pawns 41. Put pawns on the opposite colour of your bishop 42. Watch out for pawn storms when opposite castling 43. When attacking, remove key defenders 44. It's easier to attack than defend (Offence is the best defence) 45. If c3, then d5 46. If f4, then d5 47. In d4/d5 openings, don't block the c pawn (unless openings like Jobava) 48. Kings can use the crooked path 49. Be careful of poisoned b or g pawns 50. Be flexible about your plans!

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Beautiful tips! I already know many of these are going to help me out.

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I fell asleep last night on Principle 30. I'm back up now. Let's go!

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After I watched half of this video, I started playing and won over 10 games in a row, I been watched several videos before, but this one is especially good. If I memorize 50% of those principles, I'm sure I'll improve about 200 points at my actual rate.

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Another principle of chess is Don't put too much pressure on yourself thinking that just because you didn't see a good move or ended up losing a match due to a silly mistake that you are bad or something like that. Take it easy and play calmly.

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I am listening AND applying these principles in real-time.

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Absolute mandatory video. I was always good at chess. But every game, my queen was out in the third move. And I didn't know castling was for safety. I just did it just like any other move if the situation needed. I only started becoming much better after watching a similar video like this from Andrea Bonzet. Who taught me some of these concepts.

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Lesson 2.4 was awesome in course I was constantly getting my c pawn attacked being too aggressive with my bishop and having to defend and getting my rook forked or worse losing my queen! Thanks Nelson

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Enjoyed this collection of principles very much. 06:54 One way to avoid stalemate is a mate in one by Rd8. (Clearly, if not seen, any check works out as well.)

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39:39 *36* _Attack in the direction of your pawn chain_ , this was new to me. Although it seems plausible, I had actually never heard of that. The other 49 principles are more or less well-known after a couple of decades with chess, although I am not much better than approx. 1250 🙂 Cheers, Olaf

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On #37 I think it's also important to note is that because knights can jump pieces, they can always move back to where they came from on the next turn, which is unique because other pieces can be short circuited and have their paths blocked by the opponent. Knights can always have control of that square for 3 turns as a result.

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Great video. Wow. This is fantastic for new players. Curious that you have #32 - Don't trade a bishop for a knight without good reason, as an advanced principle. It feels late beginner/early intermediate to me.

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[@episteme666]

9:55 - Principle 11: Connect your rooks 10:53 - Principle 12: Rooks to open/half-open files 14:45 - Principle 16: Avoid backward pawns 15:57 - Principle 17: Don't move pawns in front of castled king 16:53 - Principle 18: Don't open center if your king is there 28:37 - Principle 28: Trade fianchetto bishop to weaken king 30:03 - Principle 29: Knight on f8, there's no mate 35:00 - Principle 33: Meet flank attack with a counterattack in the center 36:45 - Principle 34: Rooks go behind passed pawns 39:27 - Principle 36: Attack in the direction of your pawn chain 43:22 - Principle 39: When behind, trade pawns (NOT pieces)

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Big day today! Been playing for 3-4 months and it's the first move I recognized by its square name, or rather, by the absence of its name haha. At 36:18 , I listened to so many videos on king's indian I was expecting to hear the usual "c5!" but he confused it for d5 lol.

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Principle 29: Knight on f8, there's no mate! 30:05 Very interesting maneuver Nbd7, Nf8...

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Wow, as a beginner these are invaluable tips

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You forgot about THE most important chess principle: DO NOT BLUNDER

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"Do not play Knight blunder moves and you lose one move mate"

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The number 1 game winning principle for me has been "seize the open file!"

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[@dejavu2706]

The basics is always important as we are all not GMs. This are all helpful especially if you dont have the time to study all the theories which again we are all mot GMs 😅. Keep this all in mind and you will reach 2000-2500 elo even without fully understanding the theories

[@Anonymoos2315]

I would love a guide/thoughts on what to do once your pieces are developed. So many times my opening accuracy is solid but the middle game is terrible. I end up making inaccuracies/mistakes because pushing a pawn somewhere means that 4 moves later I'm at a slight disadvantage. I think getting the basics down, control the centre etc are all good but there comes a point where you've done all that and your left wondering 'what now?'

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