Chess (guide)

I love chess. But I’m bad player, my brain works differently. That’s probably why I like it – a pure challenge, a game against the nature of my own thinking. A small tip sheet for myself:

Opening

1. Pawns to the center, develop pieces, hide the king
2. Don’t move the same piece multiple times
3. Don’t rush into active moves

Middlegame

1. Play on the flank where you have more forces
2. All pieces attack the king (if opposite-side castling – pawns join the attack)
3. Trade pieces in defense, avoid trades in attack

Tactics

1. Create threats to the king
2. Unprotected piece → fork
3. Pieces on the same line → binds:
   • Paralysis (pinning to the king)
   • Spear (skewering a valuable piece behind a less valuable one)
   • Dagger (attack hidden behind another of our pieces, which we move away)

Endgame

• The king is an active piece, move it to the center
• Pawns to promotion
• Attacking is more important than defending

So this turns into a thrilling PvP checkers with auto-loot. By the way, chess960 is the way to go – no need to memorize these ridiculous openings. It’s surprising that professional chess still sticks to the classical format, where memory is 90% of success… Fischer rules.