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Chess Moves
Chess Principles and Moves
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How to remember on which square the queen begins the game? | "Queen is on her own color." |
| Which pieces to you bring out first? | Knights and bishops |
| Which part of the board is it best to control? | Center |
| Where is the best place to leave the king? | In the corner |
| What should you keep in front of the king early in the game? | Three pawns |
| How soon should you bring out your queen? | Don't bring out the queen too soon without a good reason |
| When is the best time to bring out the rooks? | Rooks are usually the LAST pieces to come out. They move along the BACK RANK to find FILES without Pawns. |
| When should you move pawns on the side? | Only when you have a good reason |
| How often should you move pieces in the opening? | Don't move them twice without a good reason |
| What is the advantage of getting all your pieces out first? | You can attack first |
| Should you try to develop pieces in front of other pieces? | NO |
| As you look at your opponent's last move what question should you be asking? | Ask yourself whey the move was played |
| What is the clue that a skewer might be possible? | Now that you know about skewers, your alarm bells should always go off when you notice pieces lined up on the same diagonal, rank, or file. This is how the chess intuition works. We learn patterns and then instinctively put them together. |
| Which pieces can pin and skewer? | It's important to realize the only bishops, rooks, and queens can pin or skewer, because they are the only long distance operators. Let's start off working on |
| How can you take maximum advantage of a pin? | Piling up on the pinned piece with other pieces |
| What do you do when you are threatening the most and what piece or pieces are defending against your threat? | Remove the treat (s) |
| What is a discovered attack or discovery? | discovered attack is an attack revealed when one piece moves out of the way of another.[1] Discovered attacks can be extremely powerful, as the piece moved can make a threat independently of the piece it reveals. Like many chess tactics, they succeed bec |
| When looking at check, capture, threat options for individual pieces, what else to you need to do? | Look at how other pieces will develop or check, capture, threaten |
| What is the primary purpose of pawns at the beginning of the game? | Control the center and protect the king |
| What is en passant | This capture is a special option that applies if a pawn moves from its 2nd rank to its 4th rank in one turn. It can then be captured by an enemy pawn positioned on an adjacent file, as though it had advanced only to its 3rd rank. |
| What is the difference between check, checkmate, and stalemate? | So we know, if we attack the king, it's check. The king can move away. If we attack the king and the king can't go anywhere, that's check mate. Stale mate is when you cannot make any legal moves with your king, but you are not in check. The game is drawn. |
| What is an "outpost" for your knights? | An outpost is a square deep in the enemy camp that an enemy pawn cannot attack. |
| What is the best type of attack for the Knight/ |
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