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10 Tips to Become a Chess Champ

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If you want to be a chess champ, it’ll take lots of learning and lots of practicing. Here are 10 tips to get you started:

LEARN THE CHESS MOVES

Each chess piece can move only a certain way. For instance, a pawn moves straight ahead but can only attack on an angle, one square at a time. A knight’s move is L-shaped. The bishop moves at an angle but can move more than one square at a time. The rook (castle) can move only in a straight line but can go forward, back or to the side. The queen, the most powerful piece, can move in any direction for any number of squares, but not two directions in one move. And the king moves at a stately pace — as a king should — one square at a time in any direction on the chess board.

OPEN WITH A PAWN

Move the pawn in front of either the king or queen two squares forward. (Only on its opening move can a pawn move two squares.) This opens pathways for your bishops and queen to enter the game. They move on an angle and can’t get out onto the field of battle if pawns are in the way.

GET THE KNIGHTS AND BISHOPS OUT

Before you move your queen, rooks or king, move your knights and bishops toward the center of the chess board. You want to get these pieces out from behind the pawns so they can attack.

WATCH YOUR BACK!

And front! When it’s your turn, always think to yourself, “What did my opponent’s last move do? What is he up to?” Is he laying traps to capture your pieces? Then decide on your own plan. Always look at all your possibilities. Look at moves that would capture your opponent’s men or threaten his king first. But always double-check your moves before you play them. Ask yourself, “Does my move leave something unprotected?”

DON’T WASTE TIME

Don’t make too many moves with your pawns or try to pick off your opponent’s pawns.

“CASTLE” EARLY

Castling is a move that allows you to move your king to safety and bring your rook into play. Once all the squares between your rook and the king are unoccupied you can move the king two squares toward the rook while the rook moves to the square on the the king’s other side. If your opponent neglects to castle, you might be able to launch an attack on his king. This is the only chess move in which more than one piece may be moved in a turn.

ATTACK IN THE “MIDDLEGAME”

After you’ve brought all your knights and bishops into the game and castled (these moves are your “opening”), the middlegame begins. In the middlegame, always be on the lookout for ways to capture your opponent’s men. Take any chess piece that your opponent doesn’t protect. But look at what will happen to your piece if you take his — will you get picked off? Always be looking for ways to move lots of your men into position to attack the enemy king.

LOSE PIECES WISELY

You’ll take some of your opponent’s pieces. Some of your pieces will be taken. You must figure out what is and isn’t a good swap in chess. Use these points to figure out whether you’re making a good move if you’re going to lose one of them:

  • Queen: 9 points
  • Rook: 5 points
  • Bishop: 3 points
  • Knight: 3 points
  • Pawn: 1 point

So is it a good idea to lose a bishop to save a pawn? No!

DON’T PLAY TOO FAST

If you see a good move, sit on your hands and look for a better one. Patient thinking is the key to chess success.

WIN THE ENDGAME

After you and your opponent swap pieces and you’re down to just a few men, the endgame begins. Now the pawns become more important. If you can advance a pawn to the farthest row away from you, that pawn becomes a queen. A big success! Let your king attack, too, as long as he stays out of reach of your opponent’s remaining pieces — especially the queen — and does not let himself to be checked.

Your king is said to be in check when your opponent threatens to use one of his pieces to capture the king on his next move. If your king is checked and you have no way to remove the threat — it can’t run away, you can’t capture the opposing piece that has him in check and you can’t block the check by moving one of your own pieces — the game is lost. Checkmate! If you checkmate your opponent before he checkmates you, then you win!

61 Comments on 10 Tips to Become a Chess Champ

  1. This works!!!!!

  2. Thanks for these tips! After four days, chess competition is coming! These tips will help me very much!

  3. [F00F00] - // May 27, 2022 at 8:07 am // Reply

    Thanks a lot. I was losing my friend who was the chess champion, but after I found this I win him πŸ˜€

  4. Cheesemike // May 17, 2022 at 1:02 pm // Reply

    This really help coz I am able to win my champion, Thanks

  5. thanks a lot

  6. Books Rule // April 18, 2022 at 4:04 pm // Reply

    In the past three years that I have know this person I have beat him 4 1/2 times. (The half he said was a stale mate but I have to half out it because I would have won, he only had his knight..” So I am going to use these tips to beat him the next time we play which should be Friday. Thanks!

  7. Azroyhensem // April 13, 2022 at 3:34 pm // Reply

    The best strategy is to let your opponent thinking they are winning without realising that they are actually walking into a treacherous traps. Surprise them and watch their faces when they finally realised it..

  8. I was selected for kids level fire
    This magazine helped me a lot to win πŸ™‚β£οΈπŸ₯³πŸ₯³

  9. I am going to use this tips to win and to become more effective

  10. Thank you for the chess tips! These really helped me improve my chess game.

  11. What a marvellous tips. I really appreciate

  12. WELL I GOT MORE BETTER THAN THIS TRASH LOL

  13. I have a chess competition coming up, these tricks will be really helpful! Thank you! ☺️

  14. now i am on grandmaster level.. thankx

  15. What Did You Mean

  16. Nice bro

  17. i like your tips plz do more

  18. Great! Lets see ifI can win now!!

  19. The Iron One // December 7, 2021 at 9:39 pm // Reply

    Thanks a ton! I’ll certainly use these!

  20. Pawn is 2 points by the way

  21. Francisco de jammy // November 1, 2021 at 4:11 am // Reply

    This tips made me to become GM n it is important.

  22. let me try these i have relly been strugling in chess latley because i have been using the same strtgy since i was 8 so one can hope

  23. This was really helpful! Thanks a lot!

  24. Really helpful. It teaches us to have strategies in everything. The better the strategy the higher your chances of winning are.

  25. Good advice, now I will be very careful

  26. it was very helpful,

  27. Am going to focus now

  28. Firephonix4030 // September 6, 2021 at 7:50 pm // Reply

    me too I keep losing every game no matter how hard I try but with these tips, I’m gonna get my REVENGE.

  29. The part that got me was making the chess with pieces of paper, like mehn u can literally start playing the game. Without the board or anyother platform. Nice one

  30. Really helpful. Thanks a bunch.

  31. i am generally good at chess and self taught…but i didn’t know there was an actual strategy you could use, i just knew that the pieces had different rules. Thank-you for the enlightenment!

  32. BillyBobBoy1954 // July 29, 2021 at 10:21 pm // Reply

    Thanks make MORE

  33. I will deal with someone seriously. I have learnt new moves πŸ’―

  34. I like this

  35. I keep losing every single game ,,, but with this tips,i’m good ti go

  36. epic chess guy 125438 // July 25, 2021 at 4:19 pm // Reply

    i might actually be a good chess player with these tips!

  37. Princely King πŸ‘‘ // July 22, 2021 at 12:34 pm // Reply

    Once Upon reaching the other side: A pawn can become any other piece except, A King πŸ‘‘. A pawn does not have to become a Queen πŸ‘‘.

  38. Thanks My mom keeps beating me so I’m trying to learn as much as I can

  39. King Sonic Leo // July 18, 2021 at 11:39 am // Reply

    I really tried it and it worked. I’m so happy.

  40. great

  41. Thanks for the tips I really wanna be a good chess player

  42. I thought the pawn is the strongest army on the chessboard

  43. i’m doing a chess tournement tommorow, i’m hoping this will help.
    :)-< xoxo

  44. My bro keep beatin me i dont know what im doing wrong

  45. DA WORSEATCHESS // June 28, 2021 at 2:44 am // Reply

    makee more tipsssssssssss plz! i won with them

    • Do you know how to do “scholars mate”? My friend thought me right before a tournament and I ended up beating a dude I went against and winning a medal for the most beautiful checkmate. I actually beat my friend with it last Friday. I suggest doing it!

  46. i like your tips, make some more please!

  47. Thanks for the tips got a chess tournament on Tuesday so I’m trying to learn tonnes of new things to win

  48. Thanks! I am going to have a chess tournament at school tomorrow, so it was very helpful, since I am going against one of the best players

  49. Skylight389 // June 5, 2021 at 4:10 pm // Reply

    Oh my, I think I might beat my dad after reading this I nearly screamed when he won the 5 time.

  50. Chessboi2000 // May 31, 2021 at 7:52 pm // Reply

    My rating which I’m proud of is 1456

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