She can have a devastating effect on the opponent, but only out of a stable & safe situation. The Queen is the most important, but also most fragile piece. When the time is ripe, the Queen will make a crucial attack with the support of the whole army. This is why I compare the Queen to the Quarterback in American Football. Now the queen needs to move again and will remain vulnerable. This leads to a time loss, as you need to move a piece more than once in the opening. Thus whenever your Queen gets attacked, she is absolutely forced to move again (protecting her and thus trading her for another piece would be a major loss!). The Queen is your most valuable piece (except for the King, which has unlimited value). This sounds quite logical in the beginning but can backfire very fast.
Sorry for all these sports analogies, but I just love sports so much…Īnother mistake I see often is that amateurs try to bring their Queen out quickly. If it is not necessary to move the piece for the second time, refrain from it and develop a yet untouched piece. Whenever you want to move a piece for the second (or third…) time ask yourself: do I absolutely need to move that piece again (if it is attacked, yes!) or could I develop a yet inactive piece? Use this simple rule to play with all your pieces: The more pieces you play with, the more squares you control and the more effective an attack will be.
But the chances of dribbling through 10 players and then scoring are pretty slim.Īs in football, American football, basketball, or any other team sport, one should play with ALL the pieces. I often compare this to a football (soccer for all my American friends :-)) player grabbing the ball just after the kick-off and running alone towards the opponent’s goal. While this might work sometimes, generally it leads to losing time or that lonely piece. Talking about piece placement this is a good time to go to strategy #2:Ĭhess Strategy #2: Play With All Your PiecesĪ mistake I often see from beginners is the following: eager to immediately put pressure on the opponent, one takes a piece, moves it several times, and tries to invade the opponent’s camp as fast as possible. In one move, you gain as much control over the board as possible. That is also why in the opening you should try to place your knights on f3/c3 as white, and f6/c6 as black. On all these squares, it controls 8 squares. Remember this: a knight is best placed in the middle 4×4, thus from f3-f6-c6-c3. The same piece, but a 4x difference in controlled squares (and possible destinations)! Now compare it to the absolutely sad knight on a8, which only controls 2 squares. That is why Chess players sometimes refer to a knight in the center as ‘octopus’. The white knight posted centrally on e4 has 8 squares under control. To visualize the difference between center vs side we can look at two totally different knights:ĭifference between a central Knight vs a Knight in the corner
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