In the game of chess, you need to understand the value of chess pieces. Many beginners do not place much importance on the value of minor pieces.
You can intuitively understand what are the minor fees and what are the major pieces. Queen and rook are the major pieces while Bishop and Knight are the minor pieces
While exchanging pieces, it is better that if you understand the value of pieces. The following are the values of pieces Queen is equal to 9 points rook is equal to 5. Bishop and Knight have 3 points in value and a pawn is equal to 1 point. So if you are exchanging the rook for the opponents Bishop and Knight you have gained 1 point extra however you cannot calculate the value exactly in mathematical terms because positions in chess plays an important role when it comes to judging who is going to win the game.
Sometimes a pawn placed at the right square can even be powerful than a Queen stuck in a corner.
Many beginners give away the Pawns so easily because they want to play with the rooks and knight this is a mistake every piece is valuable but that doesn't mean that you should not be exchanging pieces you should strive for equal exchange so what would be an equal exchange?
If you can get two Rooks for opponent's queen then the exchange is equal or more than equal because two rooks is equal to 10 points and queen is nine points .
Similarly you can calculate whether the piece exchange is equal or not. in some cases you might even get more points by exchange.
For example if you are able to get the queen in exchange of knight then you can go ahead and exchange as you have gained more. You can use a tactic called Pin when the opponents queen and king on the same diagonal you need to place your Bishop threatening the queen now the queen cannot move because it will cause an open check with the opponents king the only way to escape the pin will be for your opponents Queen to capture the bishop or move a piece to block the diagonal otherwise you can easily win the queen.
Likewise, there are many tactics. You can learn them by analysing games of grandmasters like Emmanuel Lasker, Alexander Alekhine or Bobby Fischer.
Next we will talk about combinations. Chess grandmasters usually think several moves ahead likewise you need to develop a capacity to think 2 or 3 Moves ahead at the beginning. Later on you can improve the skill. For this you have to develop a skill called 'visualisation' that is seeing in your mind's eye.
We need to mentally move the pieces to the squares and judge outcome of those move this comes by practice you can solve chess problems this will also improve your combinational vision by practising combinations you will be able to turn around a losing game into a winning one.
Sometimes combinations involves sacrifice but make sure it is a position that warrants sacrifice otherwise you'll be unnecessarily losing the pieces you also have to develop lot of patience because sometimes opponent may be thinking for a long time to make his move you need to use this time to plan your moves so that you get extra time compared to your opponent.
Castling early on in the game is a good thing to do however make sure that your opponents pieces are not coming for a mating attack castling puts your King in a safe position after which u can concentrate on infiltrating the enemy territory.
There is no point in playing vaguely you should have a plan and work your plan the movement of your pieces should resemble the working of an orchestra everything moving in Unison executing your plan,
At the same time you have to be aware of what your opponent is planning to do. So there are two things you need to concentrate on one is executing a plan and the other one is stopping the successful execution of your opponents plan.
If you study more chess books you will come to understand chess strategy consists of three parts namely the opening strategy the middle game strategy and the endgame strategy all three are equallye important especially the opening strategy because as the saying goes 'a good beginning makes a good ending'
You should have a good mix of Strategies and tactics if you want to improve your chess game. Tactics can be improved by training with the computer or by solving chess problems. Strategy needs to be learnt by analysing games of grandmasters.
In the beginning you will find yourself employing more tactical manuvers but as you progress in your chess career you need to become a strategic player this will help you to face variety of opponents.
You also need to pay attention to the timing because sometimes you have to think fast if your time is running out but first playing 'thinking chess' with 15 minute slot is recommended once you get the hang of it you can start playing 10 and 5 minute slots. I hope you found this useful thank you for your time
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