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10 Tips to Become a Chess Champ

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If you want to be a chess champ, it’ll take lots of learning and lots of practicing. Here are 10 tips to get you started:

LEARN THE CHESS MOVES

Each chess piece can move only a certain way. For instance, a pawn moves straight ahead but can only attack on an angle, one square at a time. A knight’s move is L-shaped. The bishop moves at an angle but can move more than one square at a time. The rook (castle) can move only in a straight line but can go forward, back or to the side. The queen, the most powerful piece, can move in any direction for any number of squares, but not two directions in one move. And the king moves at a stately pace — as a king should — one square at a time in any direction on the chess board.

OPEN WITH A PAWN

Move the pawn in front of either the king or queen two squares forward. (Only on its opening move can a pawn move two squares.) This opens pathways for your bishops and queen to enter the game. They move on an angle and can’t get out onto the field of battle if pawns are in the way.

GET THE KNIGHTS AND BISHOPS OUT

Before you move your queen, rooks or king, move your knights and bishops toward the center of the chess board. You want to get these pieces out from behind the pawns so they can attack.

WATCH YOUR BACK!

And front! When it’s your turn, always think to yourself, “What did my opponent’s last move do? What is he up to?” Is he laying traps to capture your pieces? Then decide on your own plan. Always look at all your possibilities. Look at moves that would capture your opponent’s men or threaten his king first. But always double-check your moves before you play them. Ask yourself, “Does my move leave something unprotected?”

DON’T WASTE TIME

Don’t make too many moves with your pawns or try to pick off your opponent’s pawns.

“CASTLE” EARLY

Castling is a move that allows you to move your king to safety and bring your rook into play. Once all the squares between your rook and the king are unoccupied you can move the king two squares toward the rook while the rook moves to the square on the the king’s other side. If your opponent neglects to castle, you might be able to launch an attack on his king. This is the only chess move in which more than one piece may be moved in a turn.

ATTACK IN THE “MIDDLEGAME”

After you’ve brought all your knights and bishops into the game and castled (these moves are your “opening”), the middlegame begins. In the middlegame, always be on the lookout for ways to capture your opponent’s men. Take any chess piece that your opponent doesn’t protect. But look at what will happen to your piece if you take his — will you get picked off? Always be looking for ways to move lots of your men into position to attack the enemy king.

LOSE PIECES WISELY

You’ll take some of your opponent’s pieces. Some of your pieces will be taken. You must figure out what is and isn’t a good swap in chess. Use these points to figure out whether you’re making a good move if you’re going to lose one of them:

  • Queen: 9 points
  • Rook: 5 points
  • Bishop: 3 points
  • Knight: 3 points
  • Pawn: 1 point

So is it a good idea to lose a bishop to save a pawn? No!

DON’T PLAY TOO FAST

If you see a good move, sit on your hands and look for a better one. Patient thinking is the key to chess success.

WIN THE ENDGAME

After you and your opponent swap pieces and you’re down to just a few men, the endgame begins. Now the pawns become more important. If you can advance a pawn to the farthest row away from you, that pawn becomes a queen. A big success! Let your king attack, too, as long as he stays out of reach of your opponent’s remaining pieces — especially the queen — and does not let himself to be checked.

Your king is said to be in check when your opponent threatens to use one of his pieces to capture the king on his next move. If your king is checked and you have no way to remove the threat — it can’t run away, you can’t capture the opposing piece that has him in check and you can’t block the check by moving one of your own pieces — the game is lost. Checkmate! If you checkmate your opponent before he checkmates you, then you win!

67 Comments on 10 Tips to Become a Chess Champ

  1. My coach use to tell me all these thanks

  2. I have compitition
    I will use it 😉😄👍👍🫶

  3. Problem – Opponents are also reading.

  4. the tips helps a lot

  5. these tips helps me a lot in beating my mates

  6. yes it was helpfull thankyou

  7. WhimsicalWhallops // June 21, 2023 at 8:22 pm // Reply

    Lose pieces wisely is not the best option but trading is bruh

  8. Not badd

  9. This helped a lot 🙂

  10. This really helped me a lot In playing chess

  11. not that useful

  12. Thanks for the useful tips! I needed to find a strategy or tip in general!

  13. Amesome! I live my life so much like this beautiful game. These tricks help.

    • amazing

    • tip: save your bishops and rooks for the endgame, also if your opponent threatens your bishop or etc, threaten their bishop or etc, and this will most likely make them rethink their decision of taking your piece and they’ll try and protect their own piece or pieces.

  14. Nice tips. Keep them coming. V r here to read them.

  15. It’s really helpful, Thank you

  16. great job!

  17. Gracias this helped a lot

  18. actally you can block checks with your own pieces

  19. XXxxCool_kiDxxXX // March 10, 2023 at 3:22 am // Reply

    nice tips but i still keep losing so please improve it

  20. thank u man

  21. Cool 🙂

  22. No Offence // March 7, 2023 at 4:56 am // Reply

    lol i am professional and one more tip no using queen at first

  23. Thanks for the tips am really greatful.

  24. Thanks for the tips am really greatful.

  25. I did not use the trik but
    in the tournament i always lost
    this time i will win for sure by following the triks.
    Thanks aLOT Brooooooo:)

  26. thank you so much really helpful

  27. i dont think they
    very useful

  28. These Tips Really Helped Me Lean New Tricks And Tactics To Achive Victory!

  29. thanks, alot really helpful.

  30. Thanks very much …i realy needed these intructions to play a tourament

  31. So good tips thanks for them there a lot of people wanting to learn chess these tips are amazing for them

  32. thanks. really helpful 🙂

  33. So educative and inspiring

  34. You know chess, just not that much

    A chess grandmaster

  35. Useful tips

  36. Nice skills

  37. THANKS FOR THE TIPS

  38. Unknown person // September 20, 2022 at 3:52 am // Reply

    Very nice thanks.

  39. THANKS MAN YOUR LESSON MADE ME TO IMPROVE MY SKILLS NOW IM AN EXPERCT IN CHESS

  40. wow nice tips it is really helpful

  41. Thanks am using my phone to play chess but level 3 has become a problem to me let me use your tips

  42. I hope it helps 🙏

  43. lightseeker55 // August 1, 2022 at 3:48 pm // Reply

    thanks man this was super helpful my friend kept beating me but this helped aLOT THANKS

  44. lightseeker55 // August 1, 2022 at 3:47 pm // Reply

    thanks man this was super helpful my friend kept beating me but this helped

  45. I wanna challenge you I’m not afraid of your tips.

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