Friday 4 May 2012

Best Chess Set: The Opening Moves



Have you ever sat in front of your chess set pieces with no idea how to start your game against an opponent?

No matter if you are using a cheap chess set pieces or your best chess set if you can't the best way to start a game you will somehow find the experience a disappointment.

Here are the first of some tips from 'A Breviary Of Chess' by S.Tartakower written in 1937.

It will be seen that in the original position the pieces, with the exception of the Knights, are unable to move. In order to make the deployment of the forces possible, it will be necessary to move one of the eight pawns.

Even a player who is doubtful about the wisdom of occupying the centre, will recognize that only the King's pawn and the Queen's pawn, by their slightest move, open a way to four pieces (namely King, Queen, one Bishop and one Knight), whereas a first move by any other pawn only allows one piece to move!

Although we already know that the Queen must not at first be mobilized without necessity, and the King even less so- he must be protected and not taken for a stroll - there are enough reasons left why an initial move either by the KP or the QP must be considered the best.

(To be continued)

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