~SEVEN SMART MOVES~
FOR OPENERS:What should you do at the very beginning of each game?




"~There are 7 smart moves to make in the beginning~"
In the beginning of some games there are persons who blunder so horribly that they cannot fully recover. So why are they doing this? Probably because they are paying no attention to basic opening principles. There are a few basic 'housekeeping chores' you must do, before you can go out and crush your opponent in a nice friendly game of chess.


3 FUNDAMENTALS: Control the center, Castle early and DEVELOP!!!
Sure, that makes sense and lots of students are quick to recite this. BUT what does it mean, can you explain and exactly how do you do accomplish these things. Let's take a close look at:

1)~CONTROLLING the center.
2)~CASTLING~ Know the 'how & why' of castling.
3)~DEVELOPMENT, which pieces, when , why, how?

The outcome of many games is decided in the first dozen or so moves!!

BECAUSE

There are 7 major things that should accomplished in the very beginning. IF you cannot do them AND your opponent does them to you THEN you have 'Missed the plane' and you will feel like you are just scrambling to catch a slow bus! What this means in chess is that if you do not properly prepare for the game during the opening, you will be stuck in plan B and second best will not win you any games. Here is a way for beginners and intermediate players to quickly ~CONTROL ~CASTLE ~DEVELOP.

SEVEN SMART MOVES~
will do exactly this. You do NOT NOT NOT want to have your 1)fighters passive, your 2)King exposed or the key squares 3)controlled by enemy when the other side is attacking you! The

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will control the center, castle you to safety and connect the rooks and activate.




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ARE key guidlines which may sometimes not be immediately plausible or even possible in every game. However these SEVEN SMART MOVES should always be attempted because they will do very important things very quickly:

SEVEN SMART MOVES~
The following moves are important because games are decided in the first 12 moves. If you blow your opening and your opponent imposes THEIR strong opening on you, then you are in trouble. If you do a really poor job it's like being tied up and tickled. You don't have the freedom to react to the other players threats, they really have got you! ALLOW ME TO JUST STOP POUNDING IN THIS IDEA AND SIMPLY DECLARE THAT: The seven smart moves are a really good idea.............ok?


(1) MOVE A CENTER PAWN. When the pawn in front of the King moves forward, it opens diagonals for the bishop & queen to attack. How many spaces are attacked on the other side of the board, with this one move?

(2) MOVE THE OTHER CENTER PAWN. Attack the center again and open a path for the other Bishop.

(3) 'Knights before Bishops'
Move out a Knight to attack the centre of the board. The forking action of the Knight attacks two key squares in the center.

(4) AGAIN 'Knights before Bishops'
Move out THE OTHER Knight to attack the centre of the board.

(5) Move out Bishops
Get one bishop out to prepare for castling.

(6) Move out Bishops
Get the other Bishop out into the fight..

(7) Protect your king!
CASTLE EARLY AND OFTEN because the King needs to be removed from the center of the chessboard, by a special move called "castling". When castling in chess, the king moves two squares toward either rook, and that rook "leap frogs" over the king landing on the square next to him. This is the only time in chess when the king can move two spaces in one turn on the chessboard. Several conditions must be met in chess before you can castle.
(A) First, this must be the king's and rook's first move of the chess game.
(B) Second, there can be no chess pieces sitting on the squares between the king and the rook.
(C)Third, none of the three chess squares involving the king (the square he starts on, the square he passes over, and the square he lands on) can be in check (threatened by an opposing piece).
Castling is super important. It will quickly get your King into a very safe 'fort' and it gets the rook out of the corner , to go out and control files. The rooks are like CANNONS, you should drag them out to the place where they can use their long range.

YOU WILL WITNESS an increase in your Elo chess ratings after a while. Most importantly don't get discouraged, and just keep playing and taking notes.............MAKE A MOVE!

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