Eight Chess Principles You Should Know And Use

Make better and easier decisions at the board
8 principles to help you become a better chess player:
1) Centralize! The centre is where the action takes place and the player who controls the centre usually have the advantage - so always fight (hard!) for the centre!
2) Develop! Get your pieces out so they can fight (for the centre). You don't want to be overrun with your pieces on the back rank
3) King Safety! If the king dies, you lose! So the security of the king is a ruling principle that usually trump other principles!
4) Attack Weaknesses! You want to attack your opponent where he/she is weakest - so look for the weak spot and go for it
5) See the threat! - your opponent is also trying to attack you! So take care and defend your pieces and the king. Losing material will lead to beeing outnumbered.
6) Pawn Structure! The pawn structure is important so don't take on weaknesses unless you have to
7) Dynamic or Static! This feature of the position decides what other principles are most important. In dynamic positions the rules change and pawn structure and material becomes less important and attacking and activity rules the day. In Static positions the positional features are more important.
8) Go for activity! The bold and aggressive generally get's more points in chess - so when in doubt... stay active!
The featured game:
Gata Kamsky vs. Andrei Shchekachev
French Team Championship | Top 16 | Pool A: 2023.06.06
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 Be7 6. Nbd2 b6 7. a4 Ba6 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Qc8 11. c3 Qb7 12. Ne5 Nc7 13. Bg5 Rfd8 14. f4 d6 15. Ng4 Nce8 16. Qe2 Nxg4 17. Qxg4 g6 18. Rae1 Rd7 19. Qh4 Bf8 20. g4 b5 21. f5 exf5 22. gxf5 bxa4 23. Ne4 d5 24. fxg6 fxg6 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Nc5 Qc8 27. Nxd7+ Qxd7 28. Re7 1-0
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[fbushphone]

Thank you for sharing an interesting walk through, great choice of game

[clintongryke]

This is really helpful; I like the format.

[WHAT-gmxm]

Hey man is it important to see whole board while playing or only see opponent moves