Do you think chess is a sport?

First of all, whatever opening you are planning to play, first and foremost thing in Chess is to control the central 4 squares. Both white and black fight for those central squares. Then, try to develop...

The easiest piece of advice: When you decide upon a move, before playing it ensure that ALL of your opponent's (forcing moves) in response to your move, i.e. Checks, Captures, Threats. Can be...

Open with a Center pawn. Develop with threats. Knights before Bishops. Don't move the same piece twice. Make as few pawn moves as possible in the opening. Don't bring out your Queen too early. Castle...

In many cases, the person who controls the four squares at the center of the board will have the better game. There are simple reasons for this. First, a piece in the center controls more of the board...

There's so much to learn about chess I'm not going to go through the whole game, but here are a few basic tips: i. Fork: The most basic capture move, put a piece in a position to attack two of your opponent's...